Ohio will now have to turn around and play tomorrow at 4 PM against the loser of Indiana St./Norfolk St. game.

Indiana St./Norfolk St. play tonight at 8:30 ET.

I'm guessing Saturday gets streamed just like today?

My takeaway is this....

I really thought after watching Ohio struggle vs. TSU....that going away from Athens to the distractions of V.I. and facing a team like Tulsa (that just beat #9 Wichita by 10).....that this was going to be an ass-whooping.

So to see Ohio play well for 30 of the 40 minutes was encouraging. The last 10 minutes....ummmm....a bit disturbing to say the least.

But I guess it's better to see Ohio get up 19 and blow it than to go down there and get drummed all day by Tulsa.

Today proved that Ohio is capable. Not sure we would've got that feeling had they lost by 15 and never been in it.

Yes...blowing a 19-pt lead in the final 11+ minutes is brutal.

But still some positives to takeaway....

Simmons is good....but he wilted under the pressure late...too many turnovers and trying to do it himself. He's going to need some help handling the ball and handling the game.

Kaminski showed the stroke we all knew he had....but he was kind of invisible late. He's going to need to assert himself as a go-to-guy late to help Simmons handle the load.

The freshman stumbled a bit...but I like what I saw from Dartis again today. Taylor appears to be coming along slowly.

The most frustrating thing (other than blowing the 19pt lead) was Campbell inability to stay on the floor.....again! He is a fouling machine. I know the refs were whistle-happy today...but this is three games in a row where's he's had at least 4 fouls and been forced to sit with foul trouble. He has to find a way to stay on the floor and play defense without fouling. He's just too good to play 20 mins a game.

Still can salvage a couple wins on this trip and head home with some momentum. Very anxious to see how this young/inexperienced team bounces back from this disappointment. That will be as interesting as anything to watch vs. Norfolk/Sycs on Saturday.

I heard that one and chuckled. How down home can you get? Nice

Ha...After retweeting Saul's quote, I got blowback from the angry mob, too! #blessed

I watched some of the IUPUI victory over Indiana State last weekend. If it is Indiana State we will face tomorrow, they are beatable.

Yes.
Indiana State and NS are way more deliberate, slow paced teams. Norfolk state plays very much an inside game. Indiana state better outside shooters so far.

I was reading their board during the game and they are a bunch of tools. Tons of stuff along the lines of "Ohio is one of the worst teams in the country. No way should we be losing to these guys". Like many of the fanbases around the country they have a seriously inflated opinion of their standing in the national hierarchy.

Borna, Tulsa looks quite a bit better to me than Indiana State, but i sure don't anything about BB like you do. I only saw the first half of the ISU-NS game, but they were not terribly impressive in any phase of the game. Did you like what you saw with them?

I thought Simmons played really well most of the game, but looked exhausted toward the end. 38 minutes may be too much for a player who has to carry so much for his team. I'm excited for this team going forward.

Are you kidding? What an over sensitive world we live in today. He was clearly trying to emphasize the youth on our team. Can everyone just relax, take a deep breath, and stop looking for a reason to feel disrespected? Really.

Watched the game and my take...our guys were totally gassed at the end of the game. Tulsa's "D" in last 10 minutes reminded me of Nolan Richardson's Arkansas teams and 40 minutes of hell. Hopefully, conditioning improves because it led to at least 5-7 turnovers over the last 7 minutes.

Saul better get inside Campbell's head and explain the difference between a good foul and a bad foul. Why does he continue to get 3 fouls in the first ten minutes of every game? We can't beat TOP 50 teams with Campbell on the bench.

I'd also like to see Treg do less driving to the basket. He's constantly out of control which leads to a travel or a charge.

Other than that....very pleased. If we can somehow take these last 2 games on island, it's going to keep momentum moving forward. With that said, next year's team is going to be scary, scary good.

I meant ISU was going to take the game I was watching last night. I think we should match up well with ISU....(the team I always use when folks say
your son played at Ohio State?" to which I reply "do you call that place in Terra Haute, Indiana?") I do think Tulsa is a lot better than the Sycamores especially after ISU lost a few key peices last year....never count Coach out though, he is pretty good and the kids they have are competitors. It will be a good game. BBIQ is always competitive.

EDIT. so dumb. Thinking ISU won and we would play not thinking we play the LOSER. I am not wired that way....