On Tuesday night in Gainesville, Ohio State delivered a message, loud and clear, to the rest of the college basketball country: the Buckeyes may be the best team in the nation, and they are going to be very hard to beat, especially come March.
Although the Bucks were a preseason top-5 team, nobody, and I mean nobody, saw a performance like this coming.
Florida was rated as the 10th best college hoops squad, but the Buckeys made the Gators look like a high school team.
Led by David Lighty and Jared Sullinger, who both tallied 26 points, Ohio State erased a 3-point halftime lead and surged to a lopsided victory.
The story of the game was Sullinger becuase the big freshman looked unstoppable as he recorded his second career double-double in just his second collegiate game, and in his first road contest at the college level. The prospect of an experienced Sullinger is downright frightening.
The Buckeyes turned in a total team effort as four players scored in double figures.
Apart from Lighty and Sullinger, William Buford (16 points) and Jon Diebler (14 points) also had impressive showings in this big interconference showdown.
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