OU Owns Us

I cant believe we are only 1.5 point underdogs.

Ohio (12-10 6-4 KenPom #164) at Ball State (12-10 4-5 KenPom #251)

Ball State is 4-5 at home. Ohio is 1-5 on the road.

Ohio is a 1.5 point favorite.

This is the 91st meeting. Ohio leads the series 55-35. Ball State leads 22-19 in Muncie.
- First Game in Series: 12/20/1969 (Ohio 92 Ball State 81)
- Ohio won the last meeting 90-70 on 3/10/2023 in Cleveland.
- Ohio has won last 6 meetings and 8 of the last 10 games against Ball State.
- Ball State last won on 2/1/2020 (65-54) in Muncie.

Ohio Results
Troy (W) 88-70
at Cleveland State (L) 78-82
Detroit Mercy (W) 71-52
George Washington (N)(L) 94-99
Middle Tennessee (N)(W) 80-68
Brown (N)(W) 82-77
Delaware (W) 74-73
Youngstown State (L) 72-78
Marshall (L) 69-74
Defiance (W) 108-28
at Austin Peay (L) 67-71
Davidson (N)(L) 69-72
Toledo (L) 77-86
Northern Illinois (W) 78-66
at Bowling Green (L) 78-83
at Western Michigan (L) 79-81
Central Michigan (W) 73-61
Eastern Michigan (W) 85-67
at Akron (L) 58-67
at Kent State (W) 71-64
Buffalo (W) 91-70
Miami (W) 78-69

Ohio Starters vs. Miami
12 Jaylin Hunter (G 6-0 195 SR) 13.8 PPG/42% FG (104)/28% 3PT (31)/4.5 RPG/30.9 MPG (Started 22 of 22 games)
04 Shereef Mitchell (G 6-1 170 GR) 13.7 PPG/49% FG (115)/33% 3PT (23)/4.2 RPG/29.6 MPG (Started 21 of 22 games)
23 AJ Clayton (F 6-8 225 JR) 11.9 PPG/54% FG (91)/ 44% 3PT (47)/4.5 RPG/25.2 MPG (Started 22 of 22 games)
02 Miles Brown (G 6-1 180 5TH) 7.8 PPG/33% FG (30)/ 39% 3PT (16)/4.3 RPG/26.1 MPG (Started 13 of 7 games)
10 Aidan Hadaway (F 6-8 190 SO) 6.9 PPG/50% FG (61)/ 33% 3PT (12)/4.0 RPG/21.9 MPG (Started 13 of 22 games)

Others
01 Elmore James (G 6-3 205 SO) 10.2 PPG/47% FG (76)/ 30% 3PT (10)/5.0 RPG/27.1 MPG (Started 16 of 20 games)
00 Ajay Sheldon (G 6-1 185 SO) 5.5 PPG/55% FG (39)/ 53% 3PT (28)/1.7 RPG/15.4 MPG (Started 0 of 22 games)
11 Gabe Wiznitzer (C 6-11 240 SR) 3.9 PPG/54% FG (35)/ 00% 3PT (0)/ 3.5 RPG/14.8 MPG (Started 0 of 22 games)
03 AJ Brown (G 6-4 195 S0) 9.0 PPG/38% FG (30)/ 29% 3PT (10)/3.9 RPG/26.4 MPG (Started 9 of 9 games) DNP vs Miami

MAC Leaders
AJ Clayton is #5 in FG%, #4 in 3PT%, #5 in 3PT FG made, and #2 in blocks
Elmore James is #8 in FT%
Jaylin Hunter is #1 in assists #1 in assist to turnover ratio, and #5 in steals
Shereef Mitchell is #9 in steals

As a Team:
-They score 78.2 PPG (MAC #2) and give up 70.8 (MAC #3)
-The shoot 46% (MAC #5) from the field and allow 42% (MAC #1)
-Their 3pt average is 36% (MAC #5) 8.8 per game (MAC #1) and they allow 33% (MAC #4) 7.3 per game
-As a team they shoot 71% from the Free-throw Line (MAC #7)
-They rank #4 in the MAC in rebounding.
-They are #5 in the MAC in offensive rebounds. (10.5 per game)
-They commit an average of 9.8 turnovers per game (MAC #1) and force 13.4 per game (6.7 steals)(MAC #3)
-They rank #3 in the MAC in blocked shots.
-They rank #2 in the MAC in assists.

Hunter will tear us up.

That's an incredible and absolutely shameful record against what should be a peer school, and is indicative of the overall long-term failure of the basketball program .  All those responsible, from the coaches on up, were employed way too long at BSU and should have been basically unemployable afterwards at any program of a similar level.

If this team has any chance to finish the Regular MAC season .500 we must win tonight!!

My prediction is Ohio by 8.

Not the start we needed. More turnovers than shot attempts. Dug a 13-0 hole!!