Coming out of the timeout, the Buckeyes put together their best run of the game.
LaQuinton Ross scored 10 straight for the Buckeyes as they built that second-half lead.
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KU's star forward, Thomas Robinson, started slowly, badgered in the low post by the Buckeyes' bruisers.
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The Buckeyes settled in, eventually taking a 29-28 lead when Craft drove for a layup.
Under that assumption, the Buckeyes arguably will lose out on BCS money this season.
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The Buckeyes' 10th straight win sent them to Los Angeles for a game on Thursday against sixth-seeded Arizona.
Hankins, 6-foot-2 and 325 pounds, was an every-down player for the Buckeyes this past season, starting all 12 games.
The Buckeyes completed a 6-6 season under interim Luke Fickell with a 40-34 loss to rival Michigan on Saturday.
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Will they punish the Buckeyes more or less than they punished the Trojans?
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They all had the Buckeyes and Wolverines around top five in the country.
The Buckeyes handed the Wolverines their first loss of the season last month.
Now, the 47-year-old Ohioan will be returning to his roots by becoming coach of a Buckeyes team facing NCAA problems.
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The postseason ban means the Buckeyes can't play for the Big Ten title or Bowl Championship Series title next year.
The Ohio State football team finished the regular season with an impressive 12-0 record under first-year Buckeyes coach, Urban Meyer.
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Ross desperately tried to rally the Buckeyes, scoring eight consecutive points and leading a 23-6 run midway through the second half.
The Buckeyes had opened the tournament in Dayton twice previously under Matta and lost despite thousands of fans providing a home-court feeling.
Everything was working at the plate for the Buckeyes in the first.
Rather, in January 2011 the Buckeyes faced Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl.
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Buckeyes hammered the Amelia Bulldogs pitching as six hitters had a field day, combining for eight hits, four RBIs and nine runs scored.
Aaron Craft scored nine points on 2-for-12 shooting for the Buckeyes, who dug a hole too deep to escape with their second-half rally.
The Buckeyes pushed the lead to six points at the start of the second half, but Melvin Ejim's putback cut it to 52-51.
Ohio State led 62-60 after another 3-pointer by Hardaway, and the Wolverines were eventually able to stop the Buckeyes for a couple of possessions.
Deshaun Thomas scored 21 points after missing nine of his first 12 shots for the Buckeyes, who made just 24 % of their first-half shots.
Deshaun Thomas scored 21 points after missing nine of his first 12 shots for the Buckeyes, who made just 24 percent of their first-half shots.
One of his jobs is to pump up players with pre-game speeches that involve everything from construction hardhats to a nutcracker (for the despised Buckeyes).
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The Amelia Bulldogs had no answer as Buckeyes scored seven runs.
The Buckeyes led 48-40 after a 3-pointer by Lenzelle Smith Jr.
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