The Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers had to deal with a very noisy disruption during the Pistons’ 122-119 overtime win  Friday at Little Caesars Arena.

During a timeout, with the Pistons up 65-64, the horn sounded to signal that the teams should return to play. But the horn blared for 13 straight minutes, delaying the game.

The horn blared after a power surge caused the overhead scoreboard to malfunction. The horn finally shut off when the arena staff shut down the overhead scoreboard, and the crowd cheered.

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While the horn malfunctioned, the scoreboard and clock above the baskets reset to zero. After 18 minutes, play resumed. The scoring crew used a manual airhorn when play resumed, and the overhead scoreboard was black.

The officials brought Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff and Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson to midcourt for a brief discussion before announcing the game would resume without the main scoreboard. However, moments after the game restarted, the scoreboard came back on.

Because of the delay and overtime, the game lasted 3 hours and 22 minutes.

Cleveland, which will host Detroit on Tuesday night, led by nine points with 2:44 left in regulation, and Cade Cunningham fouled out with 1:56 to play. But the Pistons outscored the Cavaliers 16-7 to force overtime.

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Cunningham had 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for East-leading Detroit before fouling out. Jalen Duren had 33 points and 16 rebounds for the Pistons in the win.

Jarrett Allen had 25 points and nine rebounds for Cleveland, which played its second straight game without James Harden (thumb) and Donovan Mitchell (groin). Evan Mobley had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and Sam Merrill added 20 points.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Marcus Rashford returned to action in Barcelona’s comprehensive victory over Villarreal on Saturday

Marcus Rashford’s return to the pitch for Barcelona after injury came in their 4-1 thrashing of Villarreal.

Hosting La Liga’s fourth-placed side on Saturday, it was an excellent performance by Hansi Flick’s side in what was the German’s 100th game in charge of the Spanish champions. The game was defined by Lamine Yamal’s first career hat-trick, with Robert Lewandowski adding a fourth goal in stoppage time.

Starting the game on the bench, Rashford came on in the 73rd minute for Raphinha in his first match back from suffering a knee bruise against Mallorca last month. The Manchester United loanee’s return from the sidelines came amid the latest updates surrounding his footballing future.

According to a report in Spanish news outlet Sport, the La Liga holders have come to an agreement to sign the 28-year-old on a permanent deal, all set to activate their option to buy Rashford for a fee worth £26million (€30million).

The report also claims the winger has helped to make it happen by considerably lowering his current wage of over £300,000-a-week, with a compromise between Rashford and Barca on his salary having since been made.

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With 23 goals and assists to his name this season, the opportunity to add to that tally remains for Rashford, who was subject to similar verdicts from the Spanish media after his bright cameo against Villarreal caught the attention.

Sport

Upon his return to full fitness, the Englishman enjoyed 17 minutes of playing time in the victory that opened up a four-point lead over Real Madrid. Carlos Monfort of Sport handed Rashford a match rating of six out of 10 and lauded his ability of causing danger on the pitch out of nothing.

Monfort also wrote that Rashford’s penchant on turning a game on its head is a major reason why Barcelona are reportedly nearing a deal to keep him at the Camp Nou permanently. He said: “He is capable of creating danger even when there is none, and this ability to unbalance the game explains why Barca is committed to keeping him permanently.”

Football Espana

The match rating of six was popular among Spanish media outlets with Football Espana also handing Rashford the grade. The game was already done and dusted by the time the England ace was brought on but he failed to add a goal or assist in his brief cameo. They wrote: “Tried his best to make a difference late on, but it wasn’t to be.”

Mundo Deportivo

Even without a goal contribution to his name, Rashford still has the ability to make his mark on a game, and that’s exactly what Xavier Muñoz of Mundo Deportivo picked up on in the home clash against Villarreal.

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Muñoz pinpointed Rashford’s powerful right foot and excellent movement as aspects of his game that were noticeable during his cameo as he wrote: “He played for just over a quarter of an hour but made his presence felt with some intentional runs and his well-known foot when taking corners.”

Tribuna

For a lot of attacking players, time on the pitch without contributions to goals could be looked at as a bad day at the office. However, that isn’t the case for Rashford, who has enjoyed praise for his run out against the Yellow Submarine by several media sites, including Tribuna.

While much of the compliments were saved for the hat-trick hero in Yamal, Rashford was handed a respectable rating of six out of 10 with Oleksii Yani writing: “Active but no decisive contributions.”

Stony Brook men’s basketball star Erik Pratt was suspended by the school for spitting on a fan during the team’s 82-69 loss to Monmouth Thursday.

Pratt was being heckled by fans with 2:30 left in the game with Stony Brook down 79-63. Instead of ignoring the fans, Pratt turned and spit at them and walked away.

“In light of his actions in last night’s game at Monmouth, I have made the decision in consultation with the CAA to suspend Erik Pratt for Saturday’s game at Hofstra,” Stony Brook director of athletics Shawn Heilbron said in a statement.

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“I met with Erik earlier, and he acknowledged his mistake while accepting full responsibility for his actions. While emotions were high in the moment, he understands that his behavior was inappropriate and did not meet the standards we expect of our student-athletes nor those set forth by our department, institution and the CAA. Erik has expressed his commitment to learning from this experience and moving forward in a positive manner.”

At the time of his ejection, Pratt led the team with 14 points and had eight assists. Pratt is Stony Brook’s leading scorer, averaging 19.4 points per game, and his absence for the team’s game against Hofstra on Saturday is a big one.

Stony Brook is tied for the No. 5 seed in the CAA tournament, and a loss to Hofstra could drop them in the seedings.

Pratt played at Milwaukee and Texas A&M before joining Stony Brook. 

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Pratt is not the only athlete to be embroiled in a spitting controversy over the last year. Philadelphia Eagles star Jalen Carter spit on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott in the first game of the 2025 NFL season.

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For all that Igor Tudor has tried to get the Tottenham squad to look forward, and look at themselves “in the mirror”, there are figures around the club who can’t get certain images from Sunday out of their heads.

The players naturally looked beaten. The hierarchy, however, were said by those present to appear “haunted”.

Obviously, the biggest home defeat to Arsenal since 1978 was bad enough, but this was obviously more.

It was the realisation that the change of manager wasn’t going to change that much, certainly as regards the negative atmosphere around the club. It was the realisation that there was evidently no quick fix. It was that Tudor has a huge job on his hands, and maybe the most difficult in the history of the club.

Above all, it was the illustration that they are right in it, that relegation is now a live possibility.

Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur may well be the biggest game this weekend, in how it will tell us the most – much more than a north London derby – about what Tudor can actually do with this team.

If Spurs win, the mood will immediately lift. They’ll finally have breathing space, and just the positive feeling that would come from a first win of the year. A draw would at least show some progress, even if it’s not quite what they need.

Any kind of defeat, however, and it really is alarms blaring.

The tension will be suffocating. The pressure immense.

And for all that people are rightly saying that a Spurs relegation would be the biggest of the Premier League – and probably the biggest in English football since Manchester United in 1973-74 – more relevant might be how the reasons for that reflect frankly astonishing underperformance. If they really do go down, it will be one of the most remarkable feats of reverse alchemy in football history; a shocking waste.

People point to Leeds United in 2003-04, but the manner in which they had financially overextended themselves made their decline inevitable.

Tottenham have had the opposite problem. This should have been the opposite of inevitable. It should have been impossible.

They’re the ninth-wealthiest club in the world on revenue. The ownership now actively want to spend, and raise a relatively high wage bill even higher.

This comes in an era in which most of the sport has never been more geared towards those who are already wealthy. As has been stated on these pages many times in the past, it’s not like 1974 when there was relative parity in the old First Division. There’s a 90 per cent correlation between wage bill and league finish, and the gaps have never been greater.

So, in a skewed modern parallel of how United were relegated a mere six years after becoming European champions, Spurs could get relegated a mere five years after joining the Super League.

That, in its own way, says a lot about the modern game.

But of course it’s more than that.

It’s 10 years this week since they could have gone top of the league, in “the Leicester City season”.

It’s seven years since they were in the actual Champions League final, for what was supposed to have been a launch moment for the club.

That should instead now be the great regret, the ghost of what might have been.

The moment is now just a peak from which they have fallen a very long way.

A greater frustration – especially for the supporters – is that there’s been no sudden drop, no hinge date from which you can trace everything. Instead, the fans have long been complaining that the very ownership approach made this more and more likely.

Questions have persisted as to what the aim of the hierarchy is. Representatives of the Lewis family would, of course, insist it is about eventually making the club a success.

Fans would counter that by pointing to limited investment over 25 years, and question whether this has just been about having a football asset there, or something you can eventually flip in a sale.

The view among some other Premier League owners and executives is that they need a sale, for a refresh. There is too much “baggage”.

As one senior figure argues, any club can succeed in spite of the ownership, but their outlook still dictates so much. It tends to show when they are fully immersed in victory, usually in structure and appointments.

It can also go both ways. To once again draw a contrast with the other side of north London, the Kroenke ownership are said to have really come alive once Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal started winning.

The discussion is nevertheless complicated by the fact that the Lewis family imbued Daniel Levy with so much power for so long.

Ironically, it was the former chairman’s departure – something long desired by much of the fanbase – that has brought this greater collapse.

That isn’t necessarily to defend or criticise Levy. His abrupt departure nevertheless prevented a transition of responsibility, so now everything has plummeted through the cracks.

The lack of football expertise has been exposed. The lack of a football idea has been exposed. The mismatched nature of the squad has been exposed, one long conditioned by the Levy-led decision to keep the player wage bill to such a low percentage of revenue when they could have afforded much more. It’s now also a squad with considerable “scar tissue” – to quote one insider – despite last season’s Europa League success. Speculation now mounts about “cliques” in the dressing room.

Some sources would point out how Spurs employed potentially transformative figures in their recent past, such as Michael Edwards, only for them to leave.

All of which leaves Tudor in this unenviable situation, trying to make sense of something that sees confusion at all levels.

This is what is said to have “haunted” the hierarchy on Sunday, the manner in which every issue has suddenly combined to significantly escalate; the lack of time; the pressure.

It isn’t terminal, of course. There is still talent in the squad. Tudor is said to feel that the squad can also fit his formation.

One win could change everything, settle everyone down, set things right.

Nevertheless, it shouldn’t be overlooked that this is an incredible situation to be in. One of the wealthiest clubs in the world, a hierarchy once arrogant enough to think they should be in a breakaway league, are dependent on a Hail Mary appointment and the intangible of good feeling in order to escape a historic nightmare.

Naturally, discussion is already building about what relegation would bring. Spurs have a lot of very high fixed costs and partners, amid a situation where they wouldn’t have the same TV money, sponsors would change, and match-day income would dive. At the same time, some investors would see relegation as a huge opportunity to do a deal on the cheap. Spurs are seen as “set up on the business side”, which perhaps makes some difference from the rest of the club.

More interesting, if they get out of this, might be how they turn this situation around. Some football figures see it as a grand opportunity in that regard, due to the myriad advantages Spurs have.

That only sums up the situation.

To manage that, though, they need that one win to change everything back.

South Africa vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Zimbabwe will need to fix their bowling woes against a skillful South Africa as they aim to end their spirited T20 World Cup campaign on a high in their final Super 8 fixture here on Sunday.

Reaching the Super 8 as group toppers was part of the success story for Zimbabwe, and inspired by their leader Sikandar Raza, they will be determined to push South Africa to the limit.

Bowling Discipline Key Against Proteas

South Africa are the team to beat in the ICC showpiece, and if Zimbabwe are to challenge them, they must improve their bowling performance after conceding more than 250 runs in the previous two Super 8 games against West Indies and India.

Raza knows his side can only compete with the bigger teams if all three departments click.

“At the World Cup against the best teams, you need all your three departments to be working hand in hand. And unfortunately, if one lacks, then the game runs away from you.

“So hopefully in the last game, leave everything on the park and we try and sort out all our three departments and hopefully that gives us the best chance to win the game,” Raza said after the India defeat.

Errors to Correct

Zimbabwe have been guilty of bowling too many loose balls in the Super 8 stage. They need to bowl with the discipline they displayed against Australia and Sri Lanka in the group stage.

Their unbeaten run in the group stage came on slow pitches in Sri Lanka, but the margin for error drops drastically in batting-friendly Indian conditions, as they experienced in Mumbai and Chennai.

Batting Strategy: Maximising the Powerplay

On the batting front, the opening duo of Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani need to make the most of the powerplay.

Bennett, who is yet to be dismissed in the tournament, showed against India that he can also clear the ropes. He will need to find a way to tackle a wily South African attack.

South Africa’s Strengths

Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi, with 11 wickets each, have been the standout bowlers for the Proteas, complemented well by pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada, Corbin Bosch, and frontline spinner Keshav Maharaj.

The top three — skipper Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, and Ryan Rickelton — are in top form, and it would take a special bowling effort from Raza and his team to stop them.

The middle order, including David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, and Dewald Brevis, has also made an impact in the Super 8 stage.

Venue and Context

South Africa, who have only played in Ahmedabad and Delhi so far in the tournament, return to the national capital for their final Super 8 fixture.

In the five games played here, 200 has only been breached once, with India posting 209 against Namibia.

It is effectively a dead rubber, with South Africa already through to the semifinals and Zimbabwe eliminated from the race following back-to-back losses.

Teams

Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Ben Curran.

South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs.

Mexico’s Emanuel Navarrete stopped compatriot Eduardo Nunez in a dominant display to unify the IBF and WBO super-featherweight titles.

After outclassing Nunez for much of the contest, Navarrete, 31, added the IBF title to his WBO crown when the ringside doctor stopped the action before the 11th round.

The victory at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona was the 40th of Navarrete’s 43-fight career, while Nunez’s 19-bout win streak came to an end.

“It’s difficult to see your opponent hurting in there, but it’s also really difficult to not continue and go on to win the fight,” said Navarrete.

“You never know what might happen in those last rounds. He could catch you with a shot and it could be over. So I needed to continue doing my work.”

Navarrete controlled the action in the early rounds before landing some damaging shots in round nine, forcing the doctor to take a look at Nunez for the first time.

Following another dominant display from three-weight world champion Navarette in round 10, Nunez was deemed unable to continue after sporting a bloodied face and a severely swollen right eye.

WBC super-featherweight champion O’Shaquie Foster and WBA title holder Lamont Roach are potential options for Navarrete to face next.

Former NCAA and Team USA women’s basketball player Destiny Littleton shared footage Saturday of her experience fleeing Iranian counterstrikes in Israel. 

Her documentation concluded with a panicked scene of her and other civilians shouting in fear as drones flew overhead. Littleton, who won a national championship at South Carolina under coach Dawn Staley in 2022, and a gold medal for the U.S. in the 2017 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup, currently plays for Hapoel Jerusalem in Israel’s top division. 

She posted footage on her Instagram Saturday updating followers as she fled to a local bomb shelter when Iranian counterattacks began to strike Israel. 

After the U.S. and Israel carried out a round of military strikes on Iran, the country responded with ballistic missiles and drones targeting cities including Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem. 

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Littleton was nearly caught in the crossfire.

Sirens could be heard in her video as she fled the shelter, and at one point she even aimed her camera at what appeared to be missiles flying through the air. 

In one video, she struggled to find the shelter as sirens blared in the background. 

“Trying to find the saferoom, but I can’t find it,” she said, in a panicked voice as she scrambled through an empty alleyway. “Jesus Christ, I don’t think this is the right… I don’t think this is the right way.”

As she walked down an outdoor stone staircase, bombs exploding in the distance could be heard in the background, as she yelled, “Oh s—!”

Shortly after that, she posted a video announcing she had left the shelter and was going to a teammate’s house after feeling “uncomfortable” in the shelter she had just found.

“That B-O-M-B shelter I was just in, couldn’t fit five people, and that was it, I was like, ‘no, no, no, no,’” she said.

Littleton eventually reached her teammate’s high-rise apartment building, where she revealed she had heard several recent explosions. 

“I heard the booms all over,” she said while showing an overview of the Jerusalem skyline. 

Then, in her final video of the night, Littleton appeared frantic and sweaty, as she revealed explosions nearby.

“There’s no siren going on right now, and yet there’s these things in the sky blowing up! I’m pretty sure they’re either missiles or drones! Either way, we’ve seen them blow up in the sky, multiple of them, very very close to us actually!” she exclaimed. 

“I’m not really sure what it is… Jesus Christ.” 

Littleton and those around her then became more frantic as another apparent drones appeared nearby.

“Over there! Over there! Over there! Over there! Over there!” she shouted, before turning her camera around to show what appeared to be a drone flying nearby the building she was in. “I’m pretty sure that’s not a star.” 

Just then, five other drones came into frame, and an explosion was seen going off in the distance. 

“I think those are freaking drones bro!”

The entire room then erupted into a loud panic as a drone flew over the building they were in, as she turned the camera upwards to reveal the weapons. 

“Oh s—!” Littleton shouted. 

Another civilian nearby screamed, “Guys! Guys! What the f—!”

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The drone went on to land and exploded a far distance from her location, as seen in her footage.

Littleton and the group were later seen in the footage leaving the apartment and heading to a bunker, as she appeared visibly rattled, sweaty and overwhelmed, massaging her head, sighing. 

Littleton has not posted a follow-up post at the time of publication.

Staley said Saturday that the university is working to bring Littleton and two other players home amid the chaos, alongside WNBA veteran Tiffany Mitchell and former Phoenix Mercury forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan. 

“Please pray for our @GamecockWBB @TiffMitch25 @2121Mikiah @dstnylttltn24 who are in a war zone in Israel,” her post said. “We are working on a plan to get home. Let us pray for our loved ones to return home safely asap! Thank you in advance.” 

The U.S. joined Israel in launching strikes against Iran on Saturday morning. In video remarks posted to Truth Social, Trump encouraged the Iranian people to take over their government once the United States and Israel finished “major combat operations” in Iran.

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Iran launched retaliatory missile strikes targeting U.S. sites throughout the Middle East. Fox News reported that approximately 40 missiles had landed in Israel. 

Fox News Digital’s Paulina Dedaj, Michael Sinkewicz and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report. 

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Sep 27, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung (6) celebrates after hitting an RBI double during the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung will be sidelined at least 10 days and possibly longer after being diagnosed with an adductor strain.

The ailment was detected via an MRI exam. Jung was scratched from the lineup prior to a game on Thursday.

Rangers manager Skip Schumaker is hoping the injury doesn’t keep Jung away from baseball activities for a longer duration.

“The thing about Josh is that he’s such a hard worker,” Schumaker told reporters on Saturday. “I think he’s going to get back quicker than that 14-day mark. His process has been so good. I felt like his work in the cages, in the backfield and the lives were about to translate on the field.

“In the first couple games, he hit the ball as hard as anybody. I thought he was just trending in the right direction. Honestly, if there’s stuff happening, I’d rather it happen now.”

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Jung, 28, batted .251 with 14 homers and 61 RBIs in 131 games in 2025 in his second straight disappointing season.

Jung was an All-Star as a rookie in 2023 when the Rangers won the World Series. He had 23 homers and 70 RBIs to go with a .266 average in 122 regular-season games and finished fourth in American League Rookie of the Year balloting.

Jung batted .308 with three homers and eight RBIs in 17 games in the 2023 postseason. He hit .350 in five World Series games.

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Infielder Justin Foscue (strained right hamstring) also will miss at least 10 days, but Schumaker said it won’t affect his bid to make the team. Foscue, a first-round pick in 2020, is 3-for-51 (.059) in 19 games over the past two seasons.

“It doesn’t change anything as far as his chances,” Schumaker said of Foscue, who turns 27 on Monday. “He’s just gonna lose at-bats, which sucks for him. But I think as far as him breaking camp or anything, there’s still four weeks left. He’ll still have two weeks left of camp, really, to try to build up. He should get more at-bats.”

–Field Level Media

It’s now or never for Ohio State. The Buckeyes enter Sunday on the First Four Out, according to CBS Sports bracketology. Chances like this one, with No. 9 Purdue coming to Columbus, do not come around often, and Ohio State has to take advantage of getting a resume-boosting opportunity on its home floor.

For all intents and purposes, Jake Diebler could very well be coaching for his job. Ohio State has a chance to be the No. 1 job in this spring’s coaching carousel. If the Buckeyes do not make the NCAA Tournament, Diebler’s time could very well be up.

This game means everything.

Purdue vs. Ohio State: Need to know

Wins Above Bubble outlook: Ohio State sits 46th in Wins Above Bubble. That’s right on the border for an at-large resume. Beating Purdue at home gives Ohio State a chance for approximately +0.70 Wins Above Bubble, since the average bubble team is given a 30% chance to beat Purdue at home. With a win, Ohio State would vault up to around 39th or 40th in Wins Above Bubble. This would easily be Ohio State’s best win of the season.

Will Purdue go out like this? Purdue feels a bit more wobbly after suffering its fourth home loss of the season, this time at the hands of No. 13 Michigan State on Thursday. Fletcher Loyer and Trey Kaufman-Renn simply have to be better on both ends of the floor to help All-American point guard Braden Smith. Matt Painter has preached that all of Purdue’s goals are still on the table. Will these seniors die hard in March?

The Bruce Thornton bounce-back spot: Thornton is carrying a remarkably heavy burden for the Buckeyes. The senior guard has scored at least 16 points in seven of his last eight games and eclipsed 2,000 career points earlier this season. Devin Royal is back healthy. Juni Mobley is back in the lineup. Ohio State could also get big man Christoph Tilly (calf) back in the mix for this one, too. But Thornton is the head of the snake, and Iowa took him out of the game earlier this week. Purdue is going to get Thornton’s very best effort in his second-to-last home game. 

Where to watch Purdue vs. Ohio State live

Date: Sunday, March 1 | Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Location: Schottenstein Center — Columbus, Ohio
TV: CBS | Live stream: CBSSports.com, CBS Sports App
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Purdue vs. Ohio State prediction, picks

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Ohio State has a +12 net rating with Tilly on the floor this year. It drops down to just +4.9 when Tilly sits. If the 7-footer can get back into the lineup, Ohio State matches up much better with Purdue across the board. Thornton can take Smith. Mobley can handle the Loyer assignment. Royal or Bynum can rotate onto Trey Kaufman-Renn. Tilly should be just fine against Oscar Cluff. I think Ohio State keeps this within a possession at home in an enormous spot. Outside of Michigan and Iowa, Ohio State just doesn’t get blown out very often. They’ll hang around for awhile in this one. Pick: Ohio State +6.5

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