🏀 Nashville Hoops Showdown: Virginia vs Ohio State, Saturday, 14 February 2026, 2000, Fox

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Don’t just lurk! Jump in, the water’s fine!

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Gameday! Big one!

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Slow Motion Reaction GIF by Discovery Europe

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It’s a fun matchup. Glad it doesn’t have conference implications. Their guards could really give us fits

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BUR preview:

#42 Ohio State vs. #20 Virginia (-5), 8 PM ET, FOX.

Yes, you read the schedule correctly, Ohio State and Virginia are playing in Nashville in mid February. This could quickly turn into a tricky matchup for the Hoos given OSU’s ability to exploit coverages with Bruce Thornton’s elite ball screen and off the dribble scoring (93rd and 86th percentile efficiency ratings, respectively). Virginia’s rim protection within their drop coverage is borderline dominant, and that allows them to really contest on the perimeter, where opponents have shot sub 30% on the year from 3 (and even slightly lower in ACC play). Where Virginia has struggled defensively is defending on the ball and in ball screens, which OSU can exploit with Thornton (but really need Mobley to step up as well, as they lose every time he goes MIA).

For Virginia, this is an excellent matchup for Thijs De Ridder to get back on track offensively, as he’s struggled the last few games (which has also coincided with Malik Thomas struggling offensively and defensively, which in turn has led to another apparent doghousing for him), and the Cavs can absolutely dominate the offensive glass- but I think the Buckeye backcourt has an even better matchup. - Jordan Majewski

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We cant take any game for granted nowadays.

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Good take. Over the last month or so the Hoos and OSU have been mirror opposites in terms of offensive and defensive capabilities. We’ll see if we can use their lackluster defense to get things going.

OSU also been a poor rebounding team as of late.

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Here’s my hot take: If we pull off a dominant win tonight, given Wisconsin’s drubbing of Michigan State yesterday in Madison, and depending on how some other key matchups go (see below), then #15 Virginia could be knocking on the door of a Top 10 ranking come Monday.

Other key games to watch today:

#25 Kentucky at #14 Florida - 3pm EST

#13 Purdue at Iowa - 5pm EST

#12 Gonzaga at Santa Clara - 10:30pm EST

Pittsburgh at #11 North Carolina - 2pm EST (without Caleb Wilson)

#9 Kansas at #5 Iowa State - 1pm EST

GO HOOS!!!

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Not a hot take here, but how this game is called will go a long way. Don’t need to see Thortonn at the line 42 times tonight.

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I think you reversed the Pit-UNC rankings.

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At wedding in La Quinta now. 5pm local tip for wedding and the Hoos game. :frowning:

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Thanks - fixed!

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My big concern about tonight is this game matters much more for them than us.

Hoping at least one of Thijs or Malik can get back on track tonight. We’ll need them.

After watching what McCray did to us last game, I’m very scared of Thornton.

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Speaking of McCray: Anyone know why the announcers insisted on always referring to him as “McCray The Fifth?” Did FSU also have a McCray IV on the bench and the announcers were afraid we’d be confused? At one point, they were talking about how McCray and Jones were scoring all the points, and I thought it would be only fair if they started referrring to Jones as “Jones The First.”

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This gives me a tiny opening to raise one of my pet peeves (so of course I’m taking it):

They shouldn’t put “Jr.” and “III” on jerseys. It’s not part of your last name! If anything, it’s part of your first name. Your dad is Jim, and you’re “Jim Junior.” (But even then, since your dad is not on the team, the differentiator isn’t called for.)

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Warriors’ Gary Payton II: “GP 2”.

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Or how about the NBA guys pointing out that Trey Murphy III was redundant? You can be Trey or the third, but not both

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He’s listed on FSU’s website as Robert McCray V.

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The way I see it:

First name: Robert

Last name: McCray

Full name: Robert McCray V

There’s no need to say “the Fifth” unless you’re saying his full name (and even then, only if there’s a potential for confusion with his father). But in McCray’s case I get it – fifths are so rare, they can’t resist saying it. It’s like Cory saying “Poca Dots”. Inevitable.

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Whoa. Robert McCray V is one of eight siblings. And he was the fifth child.

Sorry for hijacking a game thread, but :exploding_head:

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