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Post by ronburgandy on Feb 4, 2021 21:12:07 GMT -5
Good chance Ohio State is ranked in the top 5 in the next rankings.
When Washington and Ahrens are shooting well outside, we are extremely tough with Liddell/Young/Key inside.
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Post by misterbreeze on Feb 4, 2021 21:19:31 GMT -5
Wow what a win. Got down 11 in the second half and eventually went up 7 late in the game. The turning point was Ahrens coming in and knocking down 3 threes late in the second half. That was big, and so was Washington hitting back to back 3's to cut lead to single digits before Ahren's shots.
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Post by ronburgandy on Feb 4, 2021 21:27:15 GMT -5
Wow what a win. Got down 11 in the second half and eventually went up 7 late in the game. The turning point was Ahrens coming in and knocking down 3 threes late in the second half. That was big, and so was Washington hitting back to back 3's to cut lead to single digits before Ahren's shots. No doubt, those were two huge buckets too. As well as Kyle Young’s 3 with around a minute to go, he actually made 2 tonight. Don’t normally expect that out of him. We did miss a few free throws from Walker and Washington which is very rare. This team just has so many pieces that all work together to make them tough. Justin Ahrens coming around this year and gaining confidence might be one of the biggest things to happen to this team.
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Post by buckeyekid on Feb 5, 2021 8:00:13 GMT -5
The thing that is enjoyable about this team is they can beat you in so many ways. Not having that traditional 6-10 C makes our F's have to work hard at boxing out and getting boards and just out athlete our opponents for rebounds.
To his credit Holtman teams tend to over achieve based on the hand he was dealt. This year is no different and that makes it even better because i wasn't expecting this good of a team.
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Post by dude on Feb 5, 2021 8:12:20 GMT -5
I'm glad we did not have the same officials from the MSU game.
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Post by baldref on Feb 5, 2021 8:33:27 GMT -5
On another note.... is it possible michigan will stay on covid lockdown so they can be Big Ten champs? How will the conference handle this if they don’t play all there games? scUM is 13-1 overall and 8-1 in B!G. They are 10-0 at home and 3-1 on road. Yep, all of 4 games away from Chrisler Arena. MAybe HAirball is running that program too LOL? Me thinks whomever has the best overall record in conference, regardless of number of games played, will be regular season champ. But, given what we saw from scUM in regular season, nothing would surprise me from that fine institution of whining. There lone loss was at Minnesota and have had games ppd twice on road at PSU, Northwestern and Illinois and home games vs North Carolina, Indiana and MSU. No way they will make up five B1G games rest of season.
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Post by DrTorch on Feb 5, 2021 9:47:00 GMT -5
this OSU team reminds me a bit of 1989 Illini with no players over 6'8", although without the NBA talent
that team had Kendall Gill, Marcus Liberty, Nick Anderson, Stephen Bardo, and Johnny Battle (i think all 5 at least had a cup of coffee in the league)
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Post by ronburgandy on Feb 9, 2021 7:26:29 GMT -5
Good win last night over Maryland. This game could have been even closer if Maryland had knocked down some shots early in the second half, they had some good looks. Kyle Young had a career night, he just plays so hard every game. Liddell with a rough night but others stepped up.
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Post by DrTorch on Feb 9, 2021 7:44:39 GMT -5
dunno how the Tourney is gonna play out but in a normal year D. Washington is the kind of guy who can catch a hot streak and ride it to a national title ala Donald Williams in 93
so many of the blue bloods struggling this year, OSU with a great shot to make the Sweet 16 and see what happens from there...assuming we have a tourney and even then who knows what it looks like
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Feb 9, 2021 9:19:22 GMT -5
assuming we have a tourney and even then who knows what it looks like The whole thing is being held in Indiana. Most of the venues are in Indianapolis (Butler, IUPUI, Pacers arena, and Lucas Oil Stadium), with Indiana and Purdue hosting the first four and some of the first round games. After the first round it'll be entirely within Indianapolis.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Feb 9, 2021 11:23:53 GMT -5
dunno how the Tourney is gonna play out but in a normal year D. Washington is the kind of guy who can catch a hot streak and ride it to a national title ala Donald Williams in 93 so many of the blue bloods struggling this year, OSU with a great shot to make the Sweet 16 and see what happens from there...assuming we have a tourney and even then who knows what it looks like I'd love to see it, but I don't think Washington has yet to have "hot streak" of 5 games in a row.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Feb 9, 2021 11:28:48 GMT -5
Good win last night over Maryland. This game could have been even closer if Maryland had knocked down some shots early in the second half, they had some good looks. Kyle Young had a career night, he just plays so hard every game. Liddell with a rough night but others stepped up. If you would have told me that Sueing doesn't score a point, Liddell only makes 2 baskets, Aherns of all people get's T'd up, Zed never showed up and Ohio State won, I'd say you were pulling my leg. But that's this team, during this streak someone always steps up.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Feb 10, 2021 11:42:24 GMT -5
Seen on 11W today. None of the 13 winningest programs in DI college basketball history appear in the Top 25 rankings.
Per usual Duke, North Carolina and Kentucky had the top 3 2020 recruiting classes. None will make THE tournament this year unless they win their conference tournament. Do you fell sorry for those Freshman, who just KNEW all they had to do was sign with a blue blood and be guaranteed to play in the NCAA tournament? Maybe best of times have passed for Coach K, Roy Williams and Calipari. They're all of social security age, Coach K and Williams are in their 70s! Do they see the realization that in today's game it takes more than signing the top class every year to win basketball games?
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Post by DrTorch on Feb 10, 2021 12:33:48 GMT -5
Seen on 11W today. None of the 13 winningest programs in DI college basketball history appear in the Top 25 rankings. Per usual Duke, North Carolina and Kentucky had the top 3 2020 recruiting classes. None will make THE tournament this year unless they win their conference tournament. Do you fell sorry for those Freshman, who just KNEW all they had to do was sign with a blue blood and be guaranteed to play in the NCAA tournament? Maybe best of times have passed for Coach K, Roy Williams and Calipari. They're all of social security age, Coach K and Williams are in their 70s! Do they see the realization that in today's game it takes more than signing the top class every year to win basketball games? i was surprised to see Cincy at 13...never would have guessed it
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Feb 10, 2021 16:25:59 GMT -5
They had a heck of a run in the late 50's to mid 60's winning 2 National Championships and a Runner-up finish. Ranked #7 or higher 7 times. And another good run under "Huggie Bear" from 1997 to 2005 ranked in the Top 25, 7 of those 9 years. The conferences they played in helped.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 16:48:19 GMT -5
Seen on 11W today. None of the 13 winningest programs in DI college basketball history appear in the Top 25 rankings. Per usual Duke, North Carolina and Kentucky had the top 3 2020 recruiting classes. None will make THE tournament this year unless they win their conference tournament. Do you fell sorry for those Freshman, who just KNEW all they had to do was sign with a blue blood and be guaranteed to play in the NCAA tournament? Maybe best of times have passed for Coach K, Roy Williams and Calipari. They're all of social security age, Coach K and Williams are in their 70s! Do they see the realization that in today's game it takes more than signing the top class every year to win basketball games? No pre-season really has hurt this years freshman and really hurt the teams that were going to rely on freshman. The teams that are really good are veteran teams that have been in the same system, give or take a new player or 2
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Feb 10, 2021 16:57:49 GMT -5
Didn't seem to deter Zed. Who was FAR less thought of than ALL the Freshmen at Duke, NC and Kentucky. Look at Meechie who didn't arrive until this January. Gotta coach em up in the time given, which was equal for ALL. Seems old man Roy Williams had the same problem last year, pre-virus.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2021 18:06:57 GMT -5
Didn't seem to deter Zed. Who was FAR less thought of than ALL the Freshmen at Duke, NC and Kentucky. Look at Meechie who didn't arrive until this January. Gotta coach em up in the time give. which was equal for ALL. Seems old man Roy Williams had the same problem last year, pre-virus. Those 2 aren’t main players and Ohio St doesn’t rely on them.
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Post by DrTorch on Feb 10, 2021 20:20:56 GMT -5
They had a heck of a run in the late 50's to mid 60's winning 2 National Championships and a Runner-up finish. Ranked #7 or higher 7 times. And another good run under "Huggie Bear" from 1997 to 2005 ranked in the Top 25, 7 of those 9 years. The conferences they played in helped. yeah but top-15 all time in wins? never would have guessed Cincy, good job outta them
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Post by dude on Feb 10, 2021 22:01:30 GMT -5
Seen on 11W today. None of the 13 winningest programs in DI college basketball history appear in the Top 25 rankings. Per usual Duke, North Carolina and Kentucky had the top 3 2020 recruiting classes. None will make THE tournament this year unless they win their conference tournament. Do you fell sorry for those Freshman, who just KNEW all they had to do was sign with a blue blood and be guaranteed to play in the NCAA tournament? Maybe best of times have passed for Coach K, Roy Williams and Calipari. They're all of social security age, Coach K and Williams are in their 70s! Do they see the realization that in today's game it takes more than signing the top class every year to win basketball games? No pre-season really has hurt this years freshman and really hurt the teams that were going to rely on freshman. The teams that are really good are veteran teams that have been in the same system, give or take a new player or 2 I don't know if any of the teams showing success this year are without a strong group of senior/experienced leaders. This season the ONE & DONE recruiters have been struggling.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Feb 10, 2021 23:07:13 GMT -5
Didn't seem to deter Zed. Who was FAR less thought of than ALL the Freshmen at Duke, NC and Kentucky. Look at Meechie who didn't arrive until this January. Gotta coach em up in the time give. which was equal for ALL. Seems old man Roy Williams had the same problem last year, pre-virus. Those 2 aren’t main players and Ohio St doesn’t rely on them. Key has been a "main player" in every game a team has had big body guys in the post. Meechie was a "main player" when the 1st 3 point guards were out. He hit huge 3 pointers against Wisconsin and Iowa. Don't win games without Zed and Meechie contributions.
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Post by baldref on Feb 13, 2021 14:00:18 GMT -5
Just another methodical win today vs the Hoosiers. Really liked the board work on both ends of the floor and the tough defense. Starting to make believers out po f a lot of people. 11 deep and no real let up.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Feb 16, 2021 19:27:28 GMT -5
2022 Five Star Center Enoch Boakye from Canada just decommitted from Michigan State. The reason he give Izzo was that MSU had too many big guys coming back for next season. He wants to be able to contribute right away. Maybe it's really about izzo getting too old or about how bad MSU is this year. Whatever! Swallow your recruiting pride and get on the phone Coach Holtmann. None of those issues are a problem at Ohio State.
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Post by ronburgandy on Feb 18, 2021 22:42:51 GMT -5
Tough win tonight against Penn State. They just always seem to play Ohio state tough. Seemed like every player had an impact on the game tonight in some way. 92 points is pretty damn good. We have so many different ways we can score.
Huge game on Sunday against Michigan. 3 vs 4... that’s what football should normally be for this game.
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Post by sportsjock on Feb 19, 2021 6:09:20 GMT -5
A good win for the Buckeyes, but of course, every win is a good win at this critical point of the season, with tournament seeding and so many other things on the line. I don't get the skepticism or suggestion that this is not a good defensive team. They really get after their opponent, with quick hands and feet. They have the best offensive flow, when they take the open shot when it is presented, instead of working the additional passes and havng the shot clock dictate a forced shot. Saw that too often last night and hoping to see less of it on Sunday. The Buckeye bench was on full display last evening and Holtman utilizes it to full advantage, so beautifully. Should be a great game on sunday!
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Post by dude on Feb 19, 2021 9:51:04 GMT -5
I keep watching this team and a see areas of weakness and think they are getting exposed, but somehow they find a way to win the game. IMO, Seth Towns is giving very little on a regular basis. Give his minutes to Brown.
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Post by ronburgandy on Feb 19, 2021 10:48:26 GMT -5
Agreed on Towns, I think his knee just isn’t strong enough yet which also leads to him not being confident on the floor all the time. He has two options on offense, either he catches and shoots or he does the shot fake one dribble pull up. You can see he doesn’t want to dribble much more than that or do more than that.
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Post by dude on Feb 19, 2021 11:10:42 GMT -5
Agreed on Towns, I think his knee just isn’t strong enough yet which also leads to him not being confident on the floor all the time. He has two options on offense, either he catches and shoots or he does the shot fake one dribble pull up. You can see he doesn’t want to dribble much more than that or do more than that. And his lack of toughness at his 6*8 size gives us nothing for defending.
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Post by ronburgandy on Feb 19, 2021 11:56:32 GMT -5
I’ll expect more from him next year after another year of rehabbing the knee.
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Post by dude on Feb 19, 2021 12:02:50 GMT -5
I’ll expect more from him next year after another year of rehabbing the knee. Have you heard if Young has interest in staying?
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