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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- After Ohio State scored on the first possession of overtime against Michigan, Urban Meyer left his team huddle to tend to another task.Meyer furiously pumped both his arms up in the air to each quadrant of Ohio Stadium, urging for more noise. Then he pointed to the student section in the end zone for another boost.Thats the kind of day it was for Meyer and the No. 2 Buckeyes. They had to search for every possible edge to pull out a 30-27, double-overtime win over a team that had pushed them around most of the afternoon.When the game finally ended on?Curtis Samuels?15-yard touchdown run, Meyer fell face down onto the turf. Later, in his news conference, Meyer claimed he couldnt remember many of the plays before Samuels touchdown run.On the 10-year anniversary of the Game of the Century between these two rivals -- a 42-39 victory by then-No. 1 Ohio State over then-No. 2 Michigan -- we were treated to a worthy successor. It had a little bit of everything: controversial calls, a sideline meltdown by Jim Harbaugh, questionable coaching decisions and a comeback for the ages.I cant wait to see that game when Im like 35, Buckeyes defensive end Jalyn Holmes said. I can tell my kids I played in that game, and it made the rivalry back to what it used to be.Ohio State trailed 17-7 midway through the third quarter and was lucky to be that close, given how little its offense had produced. Michigan looked ready to clear up the Big Tens College Football Playoff picture before its collapse complicated the selection committees deliberations.The Buckeyes are 11-1 with victories over top 10 teams Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Michigan. But a road loss to Penn State proved fatal to Ohio States Big Ten title chances, as the No. 7 Nittany Lions beat Michigan State on Saturday to clinch the East Division. Penn State will play No. 6 Wisconsin in the league championship game next week in Indianapolis, with the winner staking a claim to a playoff bid.Ohio State, meanwhile, will have to hope it has done enough to become the first non-champion to make the playoff field.Meyer said I dont know three times when asked whether his team deserved a playoff bid. Several of his players made their case for it.I think weve proven ourselves with our strength of schedule and how we played, defensive end Sam Hubbard said. It doesnt really matter if we go to the Big Ten championship game. What weve done speaks for itself.How can you keep us out, with our wins on the road against top-tier teams? senior center Pat Elflein asked.I think were one of the four best teams, quarterback J.T. Barrett said. Its up to the committee now.Ohio State owns an impeccable résumé. But the committee will have to really consider whether Meyers team still passes the eyeball test.Consider that the Buckeyes squeaked past a 3-9 Michigan State team 17-16 last week. And for much of the game against Michigan, the Buckeyes again looked shaky offensively.Their only score in the first 43 minutes came on a gifted pick-six by safety Malik Hooker. Normally reliable kicker Tyler Durbin missed two field goal attempts, including a 21-yard gimme. The teams Achilles heel, its lack of a downfield passing game, surfaced again. At the end of three quarters, Barrett had only 57 passing yards and 153 total yards.Meyer was so desperate to generate offense early in the second half that he called for a fake punt from his own 19-yard line. That didnt work either.We just faced so much adversity, Hubbard said. But our mindset never changed. We just kept swinging, kept fighting.The defense carried the load, forcing three Michigan turnovers and holding the Wolverines scoreless from the 6:37 mark of the third quarter to the end of regulation. Ohio State finally got its offense moving by returning to its bread and butter: a heavy dose of Barrett runs.Barretts 41-yard draw play in the fourth quarter provided the much sought-after spark. He ran for a touchdown on the Buckeyes second play of overtime. On fourth-and-1 in the second overtime, he plowed ahead for a first down -- barely. The spot was reviewed by replay officials before being upheld, and Samuel scored the game winner one snap later.When I got hit, I wasnt 100 percent certain, to be honest with you, Barrett said. I fell on top of people, so I didnt know exactly what it was going to be.Harbaugh was convinced the Wolverines had forced the stop that would have ended the game, and thats one of many calls he blasted in his postgame news conference. Harbaugh could have just as easily pointed the blame internally.His tantrum after an offsides call led to a costly penalty on an Ohio State scoring drive (and left him with a broken headset). As someone steeped in the history of this rivalry, Harbaugh should know that committing three turnovers on the road is no way to emerge with bragging rights.If Michigan takes better care of the ball, the Wolverines probably win the game and the division crown. Instead, they lost to the Buckeyes for the 12th time in their past 13 meetings. A few Ohio State redshirt seniors such as Elflein earned their fifth pair of gold pants, the trinket players receive for beating the Wolverines.Thats amazing, said Elflein, who has given the charms to his mom and sister. My family wears them proudly. To beat the team up north five times, what a great career.Few recent games in this series have had as much at stake and contained as much drama. Meyer seemed to realize that at the end of the game.He normally joins his team in front of the student section to sing Carmen, Ohio, but he couldnt get closer than the 20-yard line because of the mob of fans who had rushed the field.Meyer instead hung around, with one arm draped around his son, Nathan, and soaked up the experience. He watched the scoreboard highlights of the game and stood through two more songs, All I Do Is Win and Sweet Caroline, before finally heading to the locker room.He knew this win was special, regardless of where it leads next for Ohio State.That is one of the classic games of this rivalry that will forever be, Meyer said. Im not saying its the greatest, because thats disrespectful for the other players that have played in it. But thats an instant classic between two great teams. Adidas NMD Kopen . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. 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The Golden State Warriors took the NBA by storm with their willingness to shoot 3-pointers from anywhere, at any time. They won a title, played for another and changed the way teams think about the 3.The precedent was set in college basketball, where current Louisville coach Rick Pitino set the trend and the rest followed.Rick Pitino went to it right away, but everybody else didnt, Villanova coach Jay Wright said. Gradually, everyones realizing the effect and power of that shot.Pitino, then coaching at Providence, embraced the 3-point shot immediately after it was added to college basketball in 1986. The Friars went to the 1987 Final Four behind sharpshooter Billy Donovan and their ability to knock down the 3.Though teams were reluctant to follow suit at first, the 3-point shot became a viable weapon in college basketball. Smaller teams saw it as a way to compete with bigger, more athletic teams, while the teams with big frontcourts like the 3 to help space the court.The percentage of shots taken from the 3-point arc reached an all-time high during the 2015-16 season, with teams combining for 35.4 percent. Three of the four schools that reached the Final Four attempted more than 40 percent of their shots from behind the arc: National champion Villanova (42), Syracuse (42) and Oklahoma (40).Contested 2-point shots dont win games in college or the NBA, said Northern Arizona coach Jack Murphy, an advance scout for the NBAs Denver Nuggets from 2006-09. So I just think youre seeing a lot more teams play smaller or play with more capable 4-men.The trend in the college game makes sense.The NBA 3-point arc is 23 feet, 9 inches from the basket, while the NCAA line is 19-9. The shorter shot is not only easier to make, it broadens the range of players who can hit it.Zone defense is far more prevalent in college, creating opportunities for teams to shoot over the top or work the ball inside and kick out to shooters.College basketball also has a much wider range of talent; a skinny, pure shooter might be able to thrive in the college game, but usually has no shot at playing in the NBA.And theres this: Outscoring your opponent takes a lower shoooting percentage from 3-point range than inside the arc.dddddddddddd.The one thing: One out of three 3s equals one out of two 2s, Arizona coach Sean Miller said. You think about that. If youre a 37 percent 3-point shooter, that doesnt necessarily get anybody excited, but if you take good 3s and you make 37 percent, thats a good shot for your team. Because 1 of 2 from 2, everybody signs up for 50 percent from 2.Its more than just the way the college game is set up. A transformation of skill sets contributed.Almost since the inception of the game, coaches took their biggest players, parked them near the basket and left them there so they could shoot from close range.As the game evolved, so did the aspirations of the biggest players on the court.Instead of just catching the ball in the post and shooting hook shots, they wanted to be ballhandlers and perimeter shooters. These big kids worked on their skills and, after years of resistance, their coaches began to help them.The tallest players often arrived on college campuses with an entirely new cache of skills and coaches embraced it, using their ability to shoot the ball to stretch defenses.Youre seeing a lot more thought put into coaching on the youth level, Murphy said. Theyre putting kids in positions where they can handle the ball and shoot perimeter shots. I mean, the national championship was won by a 3-point-shooting big man. Thats just what youre seeing in the game.That big man was Villanovas Kris Jenkins.The 6-foot-6, 235-pound forward is a bruiser inside, but also has deep range on the perimeter. Last April, he hit one of the most dramatic shots in NCAA Tournament history, pulling up without hesitation for a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Wildcats a 77-74 victory over North Carolina.The Wildcats philosophy wont change with their title defense, either.Im OK with 38 to 40 percent, Wright said. Thats good for us.Based upon the statistics, so are many other coaches.---AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston in Philadelphia contributed to this story. ' ' '