We gotta play the Ohio State?!? Yikes...

We watched most of Sunday's Big 10 Championship game between Ohio State and Purdue. We have watched Purdue several times this season and we like them very much. (Our first glimpse of them was back in December when they pistol whipped Albert's Boston College Eagles.) However, Sunday was our first extended look at the Buckeyes. And we walked away from the TV thinking, wow, these guys are pretty good! Evan Turner (picture) is a nasty swing man. Purdue had no answer for him. He was virtually unstoppable when he took the ball to the hole. He ended up with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Undoubtedly, Coach Rick will call on T-Will (Terrence Williams) to check him. The Buckeyes also have two scoring guards in Jon Diebler and William Bedford Buford. Those two went off for 30 points and shot 7-13 on treys. The good news is beyond those three, there ain't much else. They don't rebound well. And the bench is non-existent

Will the top seeded Cardinals bow out in the second round?

The odds, of course, are against it. Plus, rotating his four guards (Andre McGee, Jerry Smith, Edgar Sosa and Preston Knowles) Rick Pitino can press the Buckeyes the entire game, tiring out the undermanned Buckeyes.

So, we do expect The Fighting Sons of Pitino to win. But we also expect the game to be close. A lot closer than we ever envisioned a second round match up to be for a top seeded team.