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Post by baldref on Mar 11, 2021 16:42:16 GMT -5
Ken Kelly at Friendly House would've broke that double team in an instant. Passing to a corner man so he could be trapped wow
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 17:24:36 GMT -5
Are you to the point you’re just responding to yourself Baldref?
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 11, 2021 18:40:22 GMT -5
I’m sticking with my prediction that this team will win their first game in the NCAA then lose the second. They just aren’t playing well enough and frankly I’m thinking they’re just a bit overrated. Maybe that’s a hot take on my part but looking back to when they were on their huge win streak, it’s starting to feel like they were just really hot and a little lucky.
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Post by buckeyekid on Mar 12, 2021 8:03:56 GMT -5
They need better performance from a guy like Zed Key. He did nothing well yesterday. Missed his FT’s,,,, Missed his shots near the basket. Defense was meh. He needs to be better.
I like D Washington much better when he creates rather than setting for long 3’s. I think when he does make that extra pass, we get a higher % shot. I feel we played better yesterday, but still those final 3 minutes once again were a let down—- which would be 5 games in a row .
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 12, 2021 10:46:30 GMT -5
I forgot to mention Key in my previous post, I agree on him. That was probably his worst game this year. Does anyone else think he tries to shoot it literally every time he gets it on the block? Unless he gets double teamed, he never kicks the ball back out. He’s going to do a few moves and shoot it every time.
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Post by mcm1019 on Mar 12, 2021 15:13:23 GMT -5
Can't ask for much more in that 1st half.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 17:05:54 GMT -5
I'm willing to bet $1000 Ohio State will not be a #2 seed, unless they win the Big Ten Tournament. There are more teams with big men that aren't 1 or 2 seeds. I would have preferred at least one win in the last 5 and a coach that can get a big man like the top 4 Big Ten teams are able to recruit.
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 12, 2021 19:19:06 GMT -5
I’ve been hard on the team lately but that was a heck of a grind out win. Young goes out.. Liddell fouls out.. then Sueing fouls out. Towns hit a couple big shots and Jallow continues to play well. Not sure how much gas we have left in the tank for Michigan tomorrow though, especially if Young can’t play.
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 12, 2021 19:33:17 GMT -5
Also, Ahrens can’t make a shot to save his life right now. And whenever he dribbles it almost always turns into a turnover or bad shot.
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Post by buckeyekid on Mar 12, 2021 19:52:41 GMT -5
Aherns is in a slump. Like a hitters slump almost. We need him to break out of it quickly, otherwise he can’t be on the floor as we’d be better off giving Jallow more minutes for his defense and rebounding.
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Post by baldref on Mar 13, 2021 9:35:02 GMT -5
Aherns is in a slump. Like a hitters slump almost. We need him to break out of it quickly, otherwise he can’t be on the floor as we’d be better off giving Jallow more minutes for his defense and rebounding. Agree with this. On to the scUM game. Personally, I'd rather lose this scUM game (it pains me to say that) and get a little more rest and healing before the real show starts. IMO the conference tournaments are a $$$$ machine for the leagues with no real value to the players. So you win the four-day conference tournament and finish 5th in the meat grinder of the regular league season, big deal. Does anyone here have a conference tournament championship sweatshirt they proudly wear? Doubt it. The real measure was the long haul, again strictly IMO. Also, selfishly, I'd love to see the Illini hang a beating on scUM and bring scUM down a little, but that's just me.
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Post by tori2 on Mar 13, 2021 9:41:38 GMT -5
They already did that.
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 13, 2021 9:52:35 GMT -5
I’m with baldref, I’d rather be healthy and rested for the NCAA. But at the same time it would be great to beat that team up north too. In the end though I still prefer Ncaa > Big Ten tourney. I’m curious if Young will play today, he seemed a little out of it after that hit yesterday.
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Post by baldref on Mar 13, 2021 11:02:28 GMT -5
Scuttlebutt is that Young will be held out. That's only from a friend last night with ties to team.
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 13, 2021 11:04:39 GMT -5
Wouldn’t surprise me at all, he just had a concussion recently and then that blow to his head yesterday. He was definitely in pain the way he went down.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2021 11:24:03 GMT -5
Young is official out with another concussion. Also puts the ncaa’s on jeopardy for him
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 13, 2021 15:17:45 GMT -5
Wow what a game... almost blew it. Crazy last few minutes.
I’ve changed my mind now about the tourney... let’s go win this damn thing now.
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 13, 2021 15:18:17 GMT -5
Wow! Despite a comedy or errors in these final moments, some how, some way, these Buckeyes got themselves in the Big Ten Championship game! BTW, the out of bounds call was a bad call, replays showed his foot was clear of the endline. Shame on the officials for not taking a look at replay.
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 13, 2021 15:20:36 GMT -5
This team is so crazy.. end the season on a 4 game losing streak, and now on a 3 game winning streak in 3 days, and possibly 4. Jekyl and Hyde.
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Post by baldref on Mar 13, 2021 15:24:41 GMT -5
We are the best 35 minute team in college basketball and possibly the worst in the last 5 minutes. I'm with ron, now go win the thing.
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 13, 2021 16:59:12 GMT -5
Who would have thought, with Young out and Liddel's wounded shooting hand, this team would find a way to win.
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 13, 2021 21:41:06 GMT -5
With Kyle Young’s injury history and now these concussions the last couple weeks, I’d be really surprised if he decides to use his extra year of eligibility next year. Does he want to put his body through another year of this? Definitely not an easy decision.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 13, 2021 22:47:11 GMT -5
Wow what a game... almost blew it. Crazy last few minutes. I’ve changed my mind now about the tourney... let’s go win this damn thing now. If I had to put money on a team to win The Big Dance right now, it would be Illinois.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 13, 2021 22:49:23 GMT -5
Who would have thought, with Young out and Liddel's wounded shooting hand, this team would find a way to win. Not Liddell's shooting hand, he hit the crazy bone in the elbow on the arm that his shooting hand is attacked to , it went numb. I think Liddell's brain went numb in the last couple minutes of the game. Three terrible plays on three possessions in row or the Buckeyes might have won by double digits.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 13, 2021 22:55:39 GMT -5
Wow! Despite a comedy or errors in these final moments, some how, some way, these Buckeyes got themselves in the Big Ten Championship game! BTW, the out of bounds call was a bad call, replays showed his foot was clear of the endline. Shame on the officials for not taking a look at replay. Shame on CJ for not asking for them to look at a replay. In the Purdue game the officials twice allowed players to request and were granted a look at the replay on out of bounds calls in the last 2 minutes,
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Post by utsherman on Mar 14, 2021 10:43:34 GMT -5
I'm willing to bet $1000 Ohio State will not be a #2 seed, unless they win the Big Ten Tournament. There are more teams with big men that aren't 1 or 2 seeds. I would have preferred at least one win in the last 5 and a coach that can get a big man like the top 4 Big Ten teams are able to recruit. If OSU loses today, which I hope they don’t, they’ll still be solid on the 2 line. Hit me up so we can confirm details surrounding my collection of that 1G. 😉
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 14, 2021 10:55:55 GMT -5
Is it too late to get in on that $1000?
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Post by baldref on Mar 14, 2021 11:27:16 GMT -5
I think Illinois is the best team in the country playing right now. Anything can happen but I look for them to make it to the final four in the big show. How is this for all you conspiracy theorists -- my buddy claims scUM wanted no part of Illinois in the league tourney. He's not saying they (scUM) didnt want to win the B1G tournament, but he feels the Illini got hosed out of the regular season B!G title because scUM had a better winning % in the league, albeit playing fewer league games. Sound familiar? He said Illinois desperately wanted to play scUM again and bash them again so they could lend some so-called legitimacy to their claim they are the real B1G league champs. Of course my buddy lives in Joliet so he's a ;little biased, just like the rest of us.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 14, 2021 12:57:16 GMT -5
Is it too late to get in on that $1000? I see neither of you guys had any more confidence in Ohio State than I did at the time or you would have taken me on the bet then. They're a funny team. Not great on defense, but when their offense is clicking they can beat anyone. But as I've said before, very fragile, when they're on a roll they play with a lot of confidence. In the last 5 minutes, if a shot is missed or a bad turnover happens, their confidence wanes, often sending them in a downward spiral they can't stop. The U of M game for example, if there was another minute on the game clock, who wins that game? IMO, U of M just ran out of time. On the other hand against Purdue after their downward spiral Ohio State made the first basket in OT, that was all it took for their confidence to return and win the game.
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Post by ronburgandy on Mar 14, 2021 13:23:26 GMT -5
I never said anything about the 2 seed, I’ve always felt they’re a lock for that even with the losing streak, and with a win today a *small* outside chance of a 1 seed. Even with this 3 game winning streak they’re on and with Young not doing well physically, I’m still not sure how far they will go in the tourney. All these blown leads are going to catch up with them eventually and cost them a game in the NCAA.
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