2011-2012 Men's Basketball Discussion....... - Page 25 - ScarletBuckeye

Agent Johnny Utah · 02-08-2012, 11:46 AM

What happened with the defense against Purdue, particularly Aaron Craft? Ohio State gave up more lay-ups against Purdue than they had since Christmas. It makes me worry when you give up 84 points at home.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-08-2012, 11:52 AM

It is a concern but the issue last night in my mind was Sully and Craft both playing defense on the high screen...........they both did a poor job.

I have no doubts we will see a much better defensive performance on Saturday.........

We lead the nation in defense............through the course of the season, a team is going to have a game or 2 like that............

You have to give credit to Purdue also..........

OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-09-2012, 09:13 PM

Spike Lee at practice today.......

OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-13-2012, 06:27 PM

Rivals.com$

Frustrated and Flawed...............It isn't the loss that hurt Ohio State so much, it was the 40-minute humiliation that exposed them to future opponents.

PHATBUCK13 · 02-13-2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie

Spike Lee at practice today.......

Spike is about 5'2"

What was he doin at our practice?

BuckeyeChad · 02-13-2012, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by PHATBUCK13

Spike is about 5'2"

What was he doin at our practice?

Helping to ensure we get embarrassed on the hardwood.......

PHATBUCK13 · 02-13-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeChad

Helping to ensure we get embarrassed on the hardwood.......

Well, it certainly worked.....

OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-13-2012, 07:31 PM

Have some faith guys............we will be fine...........

Spike was speaking on campus and stopped by............

OSUBasketballJunkie · 02-14-2012, 06:54 PM

Dispatch

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Men's basketball: Buckeyes put past behind them
Aim is to forget about Michigan State, focus on tonight’s game vs. Minnesota

By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch
Tuesday February 14, 2012 6:04 AM

When his team lost early in the Big Ten season at Indiana and Illinois, Ohio State coach Thad Matta spoke of a still young and developing group not being able to handle the adversity that comes with playing on the road in the conference.

The Buckeyes were more than a month older, and theoretically more seasoned, when they imploded against Michigan State on Saturday night in the comfort of their arena. How did they handle that?

“Obviously not well enough,” Matta said yesterday.

“But I still say this: We’re still a work in progress.”

The progress they are making will be tested the next three weeks as Ohio State finishes the conference season with four of its final six games on the road. The run starts tonight at Minnesota, a quick turnaround from Saturday night’s game that guard William Buford said is “a great thing” for the team.

“We get to show the world that (Saturday) was a fluke,” he said.

Ohio State fell three spots, to No. 6, in the Associated Press poll yesterday, equaling its lowest national ranking of the season.

Saturday’s 58-48 loss, the first for the Buckeyes in 40 home games dating to 2010, featured offensive execution that literally was that. Confronted by a tough Michigan State defense ranked among the best in the country, players freelanced rather than stick to the game plan and shot 26.4 percent from the field.

Although the Spartans’ defense had something to do with getting them out of their game, Matta said the Buckeyes were complicit.

Continued...............

McKraut · 02-14-2012, 06:58 PM

Every team has it's off game, and while that might have been one of the worst for us in recent memory, I doubt we'll ever see another poor shooting/TO performance like that from Sullinger... and he still had 17pts and 16 boards. I think we bounce back tonight and do just fine. If we only end up with a 2 or 3 seed in March, it may actually play out better for us...