Lang didn't fade himself and he never will, because in his mind he thinks he's a great handicapper. He was on Ohio State today because Dawson was out for Michigan State and he felt Ohio State was peaking at the right time.
ANALYSIS
All about the small chalk stepping up and delivering a big win and a number 1 seed right along with it.
When they met at Michigan State last week the Spartans were rolling large, up 16 in the first half when their 3rd leading scorer and 2nd rebounder Branden Dawson went down for the year.
The Buckeyes took control and never looked back.
Well here they are in the Big 10 championship game after destroying Michigan and have won both their tourney games by 39 points.
Under normal circumstances the play might be the Spartans but in this case, without a big man, you might be able to get by the Iowa and Wisconsin's of the world, but not Ohio State.
Izzo said after the loss at home it was the worst loss he has ever suffered while at Michigan State and without an available big man playing 3 days in a row, the play is the Buckeyes.
I had the Spartans in the first meeting at Ohio state and got a win, had them last week and took it on the chin.
It seems to me the Buckeyes are peaking right now and in their last 2 wins have shown me that.
The right side of this game today is the small chalk to step up and deliver an emphatic win today in the Big ten championship game
Lay the small number and collect.