buckeyemania11 said:

Would be nice if Howard could have the effort of a lifetime tonight but scUM will probably win by 30

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I'm going to rewatch the tourney game against Loyola Marymount
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DZ83CK said:

A lot of what happens next year depends on how they finish out the roster. I realize the results in the portal have been poor (for the most part) so far ... which begs the question, will Diebler get good players in the portal this season? I hate to say it, but with NIL being problematic, I am doubting them at this point. Most of the guys he's brought in through the portal have not been what the program needed, their best add this past season is Tilly who started and helped but not quite what they needed.

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When you can't afford the highest end of players it's all about finding the right fits.

Tilly in the grand scheme alone is not a bad player, but in the situation he's put in, being the main big man on a Big 10 team, this is not a great fit for Ohio State.

Diebler is almost certainly going to have to sacrifice offensive ability down low in the portal if he wants to succeed, we aren't affording a beast who can do it all. we really need a couple of guys who can physically at least hope to hold up against the better teams in the B1G (and other conferences)

Jesse has 100% dog in him. I don't even know what he's doing to that other guy's legs, but it hurts me to even watch it.

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I love that Day adjusts, but occasionally I think he overadjusts by, for example, slowing the offense to a crawl and putting multiple tight ends on the field because they had problems with scUM when they did it. I agree with this adjustment in theory, but let's not overreact to "experience" being too big of a deal in the current environment based on IU, which also had a ton of experienced guys, and a staff, that were not only experienced generally but were experienced at playing and coaching with each other.

zwem said:

Great effort by Siena. Justa couple of more plays and they would have shocked the world.

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Would be nice if Howard could have the effort of a lifetime tonight but scUM will probably win by 30

Great effort by Siena. Justa couple of more plays and they would have shocked the world.

Duke misses the front end of the 1 and 1 and they get the rebound. Good grief Siena going full Ohio State on the glass

Siena of course clanks a 3 at the other end.

Man.....if Doty hit that 3 it would have closed it 1. That should do it unless Duke goes into retard mode.

Wow crucial turnover by Duke

That'll do it. Siena completely ran out of gas down the stretch of this game. Duke is lucky they weren't playing a capable team, they play like this against TCU and they'll lose

That was a hell of a block by the Duke player

damn, Sienna is getting chances but not capitalizing.

Siena almost got a big offensive rebound but 2 of their guys ran into each other and the ball goes right to Duke.

Then Duke gets 3 2nd chances at the other end and manages not to convert to keep Siena alive lol

henry_muto said:

Off rebounds killing Siena just like Ohio State got killed

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I'd hope that Duke could outrebound Siena with the mammoth talent advantage

Off rebounds killing Siena just like Ohio State got killed

All 5 starters for Siena have played every second for first 34 mins not sure I ever seen that before

Herb Kirkstreit said:

Siena running out of legs.

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Doty or Coyle need to get open for some 3 point looks. They need a few more to keep this close.

Siena running out of legs.

We took a step forward this year instead of backward, so I at least have more optimism for Diebler than I did this time last year. Very interested to see how next year looks after the portal, but with some pieces like Bynum, Mobley, Thompson, you have a foundation if you can hold it together.


The one thing I'll still be concerned with...if Diebler isn't a great recruiter, whether based on skill or lack of NIL assets, don't you need your coach to be very strong on the x and o side? Otherwise, what is he giving you....if he's not a recruiter, a strategist, loaded with experience, elite staff builder, etc., what is he excelling at?

Siena just won't go away. Come on young men. Pull off the greatest upset of all time!

Duke back within 4 with 12 1/2 left. Feels like this is slipping from Siena

Herb Kirkstreit said:

But every team practices that situation a bunch, right? It's like a basic tenet of being a basketball coach.

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Diebler I think is a coach who needs assistants who are really high level when it comes to those sorts of things. I think the aspect of managing everything has been a bit much for him and he's proven to be a bit in over his head so far.

buckeyemania11 said:

Diebler.....struggles with the x's and o's aspect of the game.

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But every team practices that situation a bunch, right? It's like a basic tenet of being a basketball coach.