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HOLY SHIT! Columbia is up 23-21 against The Ohio State University in basketball.
The game is on ESPN right now, so tune in if you want to see what is currently a miracle and will either stay that way or turn into a heartbreak.
Halftime UPDATE: Well, maybe we shouldn’t have posted anything, because the ol’ “Bwog Jinx” seems to have kicked in. Right after this post went up, OSU came up with 12 unanswered points to go up 33-23, although the Lions did retaliate with a 3-point buzzer beater to bring it to 33-26 at the half. For comparison, Duke led by 21 at halftime last year.
Final UPDATE: 68-54 Buckeyes. OSU coach Thad Matta finally figured out how to win a basketball game with a team of much bigger dudes. Meanwhile, Columbia coach Joe Jones figured out how to stay close with a team of much smaller dudes. So who’s the real winner?
According to ESPN Gamecast, it’s still Matta. But at least they have a nifty little chart where you can visually see OSU pull ahead in the second half. – DHI
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@fuck ohio state!
i’ll say it again.
michigan is going to rub their face in the dirt this weekend.
go blue!
@wow well done, guys. I hope you play like that for the rest of the year, you’ll win Ivies!
@WOW A non-sarcastic sports post on bwog?
People praising Kulawik on bwog?
I guess the strikers are making people on this campus realize that there is more to college than bitching and moaning.
@LOLZ! obligatory hunger strike post!!!1!!
@asdf that was great. i thoroughly enjoyed that. great game, guys.
haha they said mack looks like rod strickland.
@sigh Nice job guys. Get someone who can drive and we might turn a few heads.
@final score 68-54 ohio state
real good game by columbia–very encouraging.. i’m excited for the ivy season and who knows maybe they can beat american or scare nova before that
@doing real well the teams playing real well. Baumann’s working down low, getting good passes out. Everybody’s hitting shots, playing d. If koufos was 4/5 inches shorter, this’d be a 2/3 pt game coming down the stretch.
They’re going nuts over koufos when all he’s doing is using his height advantage–can’t coach jones throw crimmins out there just to see what happens?
@FINAL SCORE 68-54
Baumann 12 pts 4 reb, Joe Bova with 11 and 4.
Montgomery added 11 and Foley with 10. Big Ben had a tough night with no points and Niko Scott 0-7 from the field.
Solid effort all around.
@damn There’s no one in the ivy league like Kosta Koufos. Thankfully. He’s killing us. then again you’d expect that from someone offered a professional contract in europe.
@final score? could someone post it?
@ummm we’re still playing…
Foley stepping in to take a whacking on the charge…
You know what’s also a good sign? We’re playing defense without fouling out of our minds. That’s always been a weakness on this team. Glad to see a step up.
@not so fast Nice little sequence here heading into the timeout,
Ya gotta believe.
@ugh game over. we’ve switched to man. we can’t handle their athleticism
i agree they bumped bova on that but they’re gonna get homecooking
either way, this game is really, really encouraging–no excuses to not step up during ivy season
@looks like OSU decided to actually treat us seriously.
agreed. this is very encouraging after the stink bomb against Fordham.
Baumann and Foley.
@I tried to put a less-than-3. got html codepwn2d.
I’m excited about ivy play. Let’s get a rocking student section. no sitting and watching. if you’re in the lions den, you’re on your feet for 40 minutes. no excuses.
@what if i don’t have legs?
@we'll pick you up and carry you on our shoulders. this is the lions den baby!
two bad turnovers. but nice D and taking the charge.
@no joe man to man again? uh oh…
@damn how do our guards keep leaving butler open
@did you see that pick? the guy practically walked into foley. actually strike practically. he DID.
also, Joe Jones looking rather sharp in that suit…
@ugh Butler finding a 3 and a turnover with a WIIIIIIDE open loscalzo in the corner. yuck.
@seriously number 33. don’t be lazy with the pass when theres a wide open three at the end of it–koufos is out. make a run
@alum WOW.
36-34 Buckeyes with 15:40 left.
@Yung Pedro i called this would be the upset of the year when I saw the Spectator this morning.
@well more possesions like the last two and the only upset tonight will be my stomach. mmmmm.
@don't count them out yet. Baumann and columbia showing some tenacity. Within two and john’s going to the line
@Wildcat They’re playing the type of tenacious basketball that smaller players require to beat large opponents on the scale of a human DOZER.
@ugh bad long three taken there. have to tighten up on d and start flexing inside on offense
how are we in nyc and we still don’t have a quick as hell penetrating pg/sg? heck–rice, lincoln, christ the king, st raymonds, mt vernon, boys and girls..lets get one of their pgs
@because we’re still Columbia i.e. no “scholarships” and the best basketball recruits go to Penn.
We’re getting outsized and out-athleticed in the paint now.
Foley’s our best PG. Not putting him in worked for about 15 minutes. And he just drops a 3 to end a 14-0 run.
Let’s adjust and move on.
@oh i agree we can’t compete athletically at every position. But you can’t tell me that in talent rich nyc (particularly with pgs) we can’t get the type of kid with quicks good enough to penetrate and break down a d–there’s bound to be some intelligent pg from a chsaa school
agree on foley–we have to continue to move the ball and keep up the zone on d–we can’t do anything about koufos, who probably a lottery pick
@agreed The Ivy’s have made a shift to a back-court league. Check out Flato at Yale and Cornell’s back-court. By contrast the Lions strength is hammering Baumann and Big Ben in the paint. that’s not gonna fly against a bigger stronger big10 team.
we need to tighten the zone up and make them beat us from behind the arch (though Butler is finding his mark now).
also we’re not gonna shoot over 50% from behind the arc. Need to get Baumann some space inside or get Armstrong driving.
Let’s go Blue!
@nice the announcers just gave the alumni rundown. good stuff
@Carolinian You know, they might just not be good this year (the Buckeyes).
@well gee losing Oden and Conley Jr. might do that.
Also, Columbia’s playing a decent Zone D. I’m shocked.
@they're definitely not finals caliber but they’re probably a good tourney team.
Also they have some seriously good young player–lighty and butler are both top 100 recruits. Deibler was mr. ohio bball and set scoring records there. Koufos got offered like 5 million to pay in greece and was teh under 18 world champs mvp. They’re still playing a heck of a team
HAHA…they’re naming our notable alumni–Gehrig, Garfunkel, FDR all named
@Awesome You rule Bwog!