Turner, who also had eight rebounds and six assists in his team's third straight victory said, ``I thought we all did a good job at the last of the game.'' Michigan's Stu Douglass hit the tying 3-pointer with five minutes left, but the Wolverines didn't score again after that for almost four more minutes. "I felt like they had too many easy baskets, especially at the end,'' said Douglass, who scored all 12 of his points from behind the arc.



Harris had 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists and DeShawn Sims also added 10 points to the total of Michigan (13-5, 3-3), which lost consecutive games for the first time this season. "We had a lot of tough breaks tonight,'' Michigan coach John said. ``And we were going to need to play an almost perfect game to beat this team.'' The Wolverines struggled early against the Buckeyes' in the 1-2-2 zone and trailed by a total of 11 points in the first half, but closed it on a 9-2 run and cut Ohio State's lead to 29-25 at the break.

Harris scored Michigan's first seven points in the second half and the Wolverines led much of the way. They were up 44-40 with just about eight minutes to the end of play but Ohio State caught up and grabbed the lead with a quick score of 7-0 run midway through the half. The taller Buckeyes wound up outscoring Michigan 32-18 in the paint and grounded their rivals, 32-28. The 7-foot Mullens came off the bench to grab six rebounds and scored five points during the decisive spurt.

"I think these guys grew up tonight,'' said Matta."A lot of guys reached a little deeper. "They made the run on us and we were able to respond to it.''

All but two members of Michigan's 1989 national title team, including all-time leading scorer Glenn Rice and Rumeal Robinson, whose free throws late in overtime sealed the championship-game win over Seton Hall, attended the halftime celebration and made cheers from the sell-out crowd. The Wolverines wore blue jerseys matching the design similar to that of Rice and his teammates wore when they won the championship in Seattle.

In 2008, The Buckeyes won the NIT and defeated UMASS. Matta's winning percentages for overall (78.6%) and conference (72.9%) are better than any last Buckeye coach with more than two seasons. Washington Senators from 1950-1952, Taylor back to Ohio State as helper basketball coach in 1958, became a coach the written year. During his 18 years at Ohio State, they won the 1960 NCAA championship, were winners in 1961 and 1962 and a third place finish in 1968. The last time he coached the Buckeyes to an NCAA tournament presence was in 1971. All the coaches from the formation of the Ohio State Buckeyes basketball is experienced and define themselves outstanding at specified time with in the favor of game. All this leads the Ohio State Buckeyes basketball to be the best one.