Sports 2/21/11

It certainly was a crazy NBA all-star game last night as the Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference 148-143.  Not surprising that it would be so high scoring, David Stern set it up that way to get ratings I'm sure. Kobe Bryant was the MVP.  In sad news The Ohio State Buckeyes had a chance to reclaim their #1 ranking but got killed by Purdue 76-63 despite 25 points from Jared Sullinger.  A problem for the Buckeyes was the ineffectiveness of Dallas Lauderdale, who played only 12 minutes due to foul trouble.  E'Twaun Moore scored a career high 38 points for the Boilermakers on 7-10 shooting from behind the arc.  The major difference in the game was assist to turnover ratio.  The buckeyes turned the ball over 18 times, but dished out just 9 assists, while the Boilermakers turned the ball over 14 times, while dishing out 16 assists.  When the new rankings come out the Duke Blue Devils will be the nation's #1 team, meanwhile the Buckeyes may fall as low as #7 or #8.