What a basketball game. I'm sure alot of people didn't make it up until 12:32 AM when the game ended. Certainly several others turned off the TV in disgust when the Buckeyes were getting their heads kicked in as the game approached halftime. Those of us that made it to the final horn were witnesses to one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the NCAA Tournament as the Buckeyes came back from a 20 point deficit to defeat Tennessee by a final score of 85-84. I relive the win on The Morning After.

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Papa Cass chimes in on last night's Buckeyes miracle, but isn't nearly as jubilant as I am about the come from behind win. Erik says that these are the teams Ohio State is supposed to beat. The teams they are supposed to have trouble stopping haven't arrived yet. And all this buzzer-beating is giving him the feeling that Ohio State is playing on borrowed time.

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10 PM tonight, Buckeyes vs. Volunteers with a trip to the Elite Eight hanging in the balance. The game is actually a rematch of a contest in mid-January that saw the Buckeyes hang on for a two point win at home, albeit while Greg Oden was still getting into the swing of things. Our Buckeye Insider Mike Furlan takes a look at tonights game, and tells us what to expect.

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The first week of the NCAA tournaments results are in, and in case you weren't paying attention ... it was not a very kind weekend for the Big Ten. As a matter of fact, if you listened to any of the talking heads, you would think that Big Ten (and the ACC) were no better than the mid majors. Heck, after the first weekend of the tournament, the Big Ten, ACC, and Horizon conferences all have the same number of teams remaining, one. In Furls latest, he argues that a closer look at the performance of the Big Ten teams seems to buck what the critics are saying about the conference.

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