Men's basketball reporter Matt Bishop recalls the atmosphere at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, where the Spartans pulled the win against the Buckeyes in double overtime.

Well, folks, Value City Arena is no Breslin Center.

What Value City Arena is, though, is a place where the fans get loud at all the wrong times (like when the home team has the ball) and are never loud unless their team, in this case, Ohio State, hits a shot that ties the game.

They might as well change the name of the place to Munn Ice Arena because the similarities between the two are striking.

Ohio State handed out towels to many of the fans, but like the cheering, the only time the towels were waved was when Ohio State hit a basket that tied the game. I think the towels did more to harm my eyes than they did to MSU. The amount of fuzz that the towels generated was crazy.

I couldn't even look up at the scoreboard without a chunk somehow finding its way under my contacts. Thank goodness they weren't constantly waving those things.

Don't get me wrong, though, the arena was very nice. The place looked like a million bucks (probably was more) from both the inside and out and is a great place to watch a sporting event, whether it be basketball or hockey.

Now if the fans only supported the basketball team like they do the football team.

Matt Bishop can be reached at bishop20@msu.edu.