Today at 4:40 p.m. ET on TNT the wild March Madness action will continue with No. 7 seed VCU clashing with the No. 10 seed Ohio State Buckeyes in a matchup that can be live streamed free by clicking this link. VCU Rams fans can hear the game on Ram Radio 107.3 FM, while Buckeyes fans may do likewise on Sports Radio 97.1 The Fan.
VCU's Havoc defense will be put to a stern test today when the Ohio State Buckeyes take the court, led by super freshman D'Angelo Russell. The precocious guard is the ignition for the Buckeyes; he scored 19.3 points per game this season grabbed 5.6 rebounds and handed out 5.1 assists. He also took six more shots per game than the next man on the Ohio State list, and converted 45 percent of his attempts into buckets.
VCU is well-known as a giant-slayer come March Madness, but this year's feel is different. They are the higher seed of the two squads, and the Rams are without their top player, Briante Weber. VCU's defense has suffered-they gave up 65.5 points per game, a middling 144th in the nation.
Offensively they struggle to make up the difference when their pressure D fails. They shot just 42 percent from the field as a team, and only have two real threats to put up points (Treveon Graham and Melvin Johnson).
While VCU goes through scoring droughts, their pressure may frazzle Russell, whom Ohio State absolutely needs for their offense to click.
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