colobuck79 said:

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DZ83CK said:

I watched the old game between TCU and Wisconsin from early in the season on BTN+. Obviously TCU is a team that's physical, strong, quick and athletic. The key (other than scoring the most points) for OSU is going to be not turning the ball over & passing to the open man. Wisconsin struggled in the first half and put themselves in a hole by turning it over, and then they did better at not turning it over but didn't show much poise in attacking TCU's defense. TCU pressures the perimeter, they take away easy 3s. They will hard hedge to try and force the PG to give up the ball, and when the ball gets to the bigs down low they will double. So clearly it's going to be important to share the ball, and many times the "one more" pass is going to find a wide open guy - it's just a matter of not turning the ball over and getting to that point.

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calibuck said:

Read in several places that Diebs and Bjork are 'negotiating' for a new salary for Diebs. Article goes on to say that Diebs won't be back unless they come to mutual resolution. That gives credence to Mike's 3 year contract, but never get all the information, do we? Anyway, personally believe that Diebs has done enough to stay around. But would think that maybe the 'negotiations' might hinge on how much NIL is allocated to men's basketball. Also heard that tOSU is 14th in B10 basketball NIL. It's a given that football is #1, but if Gene Smith were still around, he'd certainly want to spike up basketball, as it's a Sears Cup point producer, so the monster that is tOSU athletic department should flex a bit. Finally, it was noted that LeBron needs to be tapped for some on-going donations for basketball. If he's proud of his locker in tOSU basketball room, maybe he can/could spring for some NIL money? Thinking $5 million per year might get us some top flight personnel......

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calibuck said:

Read in several places that Diebs and Bjork are 'negotiating' for a new salary for Diebs. Article goes on to say that Diebs won't be back unless they come to mutual resolution. That gives credence to Mike's 3 year contract, but never get all the information, do we? Anyway, personally believe that Diebs has done enough to stay around. But would think that maybe the 'negotiations' might hinge on how much NIL is allocated to men's basketball. Also heard that tOSU is 14th in B10 basketball NIL. It's a given that football is #1, but if Gene Smith were still around, he'd certainly want to spike up basketball, as it's a Sears Cup point producer, so the monster that is tOSU athletic department should flex a bit. Finally, it was noted that LeBron needs to be tapped for some on-going donations for basketball. If he's proud of his locker in tOSU basketball room, maybe he can/could spring for some NIL money? Thinking $5 million per year might get us some top flight personnel......

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