OSU Basketball

Got a chance to catch the Ohio State - VMI game last night, played in historic St. John Arena.

I expected the VMI experience to be a little more exciting than it was. VMI came into the game averaging a 100+ points a game this season. This stat is not fluky due to the small sample size (4 games) they averaged 102 all of last season.

Anyhow, VMI managed only to put up 55 points and countless times were at the very end of the shot clock before they had to heave up a desperation shot. This is a team that likes to shoot with no less than 15 seconds remaining on the shot clock, and even that is a long possession for them. One more thing; I am not sure if the NCAA keeps shot clock violation statistics, but if they do I would like to see how many shot clock violations VMI has had in the last two years. I bring that up because OSU forced one last night and it may have been the most impressive 35 seconds of defense I have witnessed in a long time.

The game was a nice rebound win for OSU after the shellacking they took from Texas A&M Friday night.