CBS Sports Classic — #23 Ohio State vs. North Carolina
Date: December 17, 2022
Time: 3 p.m.
Venue: Madison Square Garden – New York, N.Y.
Watch: CBS
Listen: Ohio State Radio Network from Learfield
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | North Carolina
Rosters: Ohio State | North Carolina
Season Stats: Ohio State | North Carolina

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State heads to the Big Apple and Madison Square Garden this Saturday to tackle North Carolina as a part of the annual CBS Sports Classic. Tip-off is about for 3 p.m. and the sport will probably be televised nationally on CBS. Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery and Jenny Dell can have the decision.

• This would be the sixteenth all-time assembly between the applications with North Carolina holding a 12-3 edge within the collection.
• The most up-to-date assembly was a enjoyable one for the Buckeyes as they rolled the Tar Heels 74-49 in Chapel Hill on Dec. 4, 2019. That was a Top-10 showdown as a part of that yr’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• This would be the third sport between Ohio State and North Carolina in Madison Square Garden. The Tar Heels have gained the earlier two, beating the Buckeyes by three within the 1946 nationwide semifinals and profitable by 4 within the Coaches vs. Cancer 2K Sports Classic in 2009.
• Ohio State is 23-13 all-time in Madison Square Garden with wins in 5 of its final seven journeys. The first sport was manner again in 1937 towards New York University and the newest sport got here within the 2018 Big Ten Tournament.
• On the yr, Ohio State is 7-2 general with the one two losses coming towards Top 20 groups.
• The Buckeyes are coming off an exciting buzzer-beating win over Rutgers within the Big Ten opener every week in the past Thursday. That was the primary “walk-off” buzzer-beater since Evan Turner beat Michigan with a three-pointer within the Big Ten Tournament in 2010.
• Ohio State began the week third within the nation in offensive effectivity in line with Kenpom. The Buckeyes are additionally within the Top 10 in rebounding margin at +10.4.
• Zed Key has gotten off to a fantastic begin this season. He is averaging a team-high 14.3 ppg and has 4 of his six profession double-doubles thus far this yr. Key can also be capturing a Big Ten greatest 70.4 p.c from the ground which additionally ranks him within the Top 10 within the nation.
• North Carolina opened the yr with 5 wins after which dropped its subsequent 4 video games. The Tar Heels rebounded with a win over Georgia Tech final Saturday after which beat The Citadel 100-67 on Tuesday. Caleb Love leads the best way in scoring at 18.0 ppg.
• Ohio State switch guard Sean McNeil enters Saturday simply 10 factors shy of 1,000 for his DI profession. He scored 900 factors over the earlier three seasons at West Virginia whereas making 155 three-pointers. McNeil performed one season (2018-19) at Sinclair CC and led the nation in scoring with 921 factors (29.7 ppg).

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