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[QUOTE="CuseIsInTheHouse, post: 249811, member: 1471"]
How do you lose a game in the first half with three missed layups? Momentum doesn't last an entire half. How would it have carried Cuse the entire game? If Ohio State had been trailing by 8-10 in the first half, it changes the way they play. They would be more aggressive and maybe Sullinger returns to the game with 2 fouls. Some may disagree, but I think OSU was the better team on Saturday. I don't think 'Cuse was robbed. There were definitely some bad calls but they missed shots and turned the ball over when it mattered the most. Not in the first half, but in the second half. That's where the game was lost. A 6 point lead at the half means nothing. Momentum is killed by the 20 min break.
 
Specifically, the game was lost late in the second half. Brandon hit a three with 6:46 remaining to bring Cuse within a point. OSU went on a 7-1 run in the next 3:30. It went from a one point game to a seven point game in no time.
 
Cuse's possessions from the 6:45 mark to the 3:45 TV Timeout consisted of:
- Missed three by Brandon
- Missed two by Brandon
- One of two FTs by Baye
- Scoop turnover
- Kris turnover
- Kris turnover
- TV timeout
 
This was the difference in my opinion and where the game was lost.
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