DZ83CK said:

Santa Clara coach Sendek failed to get timeout called before Kentucky's buzzer beater 3 tied the game & is angry about it.

Santa Clara coach rips refs after Kentucky stunner in NCAA tournament: 'I unequivocally called timeout'

Moments before Kentucky's miracle 3-pointer tied the game at the buzzer, Broncos head coach Herb Sendek tried to call a timeout, but it was not granted.

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I had Santa Clara winning that game in my bracket

St Johns with some smothering defense Northern Iowa has barely been able to get a shot off in the first 5 minutes

buckeyemania11 said:

Edmunds had FOUR FOULS with 10 minutes left and not once did they attack him to get him out of the game. Then of course he hits the easy game winner. Another thing 100% on the coaching

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There has been a lot of times, in the last decade probably, where we just didn't demonstrate a high basketball IQ and it hurt us. It happens. In the heat of the moment you always hope your training and practice will take over and you handle the challenges. For whatever reasons we haven't. Got to definitely get that fixed.

Regardless of that, there's a lot to be positive about in my opinion if we keep the team together. Glimpses of what Devin, Amare and Juni can be were quite tantalizing. Diebs can actually coach in my opinion and it seems like he's finally finding his style and approach and guys were responding. Now we have to take next steps.

Underrated? Hmmm, so long as we don't keep using him as a fullback maybe. Didn't think much of his blocking when lined up that way.

20 first place to Wisconsin. So a little bit of a snub but not dramatic. Let's get it done

Bestbuck36 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, @ORD_Buckeye, but we weren't picked to win this year were we?

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We were #2 behind Cheese.

Here are the

USCHO Division I Women's Poll - September 15, 2025​

rankings:

https://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-womens-poll/2025-09-15

buckeyemania11 said:

Thank you for setting me straight with your divine guidance guru Mike

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Go forth and bitch no more….

Mike80 said:

If countering your constant negativity makes me a guru that’s fine with me

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Thank you for setting me straight with your divine guidance guru Mike

All is not lost! Still have Cannon, Gallagher, Kharchla, and Geog in the blood rounds! Would be great to see Gallagher AA! Geog loses the first round just to battle back. He beat th kid from Oregon State to avenge a loss from earlier this season. Kharchla has a great shot to AA, and I think Cannon gets it done too.

Davino and Mendez both have shots at titles and the rubber match between Davino and Blaze is set to be a monster match!

I really think Feldman is hurt, and I think he got hurt at the Big Ten meet. He looked concerned during the Keuter match but muscled through it. I feel bad for Nic. Kid made a massive sacrifice for the good of the team. He got caught. It happens. No way was he 100% either. Stiles had trouble with weight, but got a little lazy at times too imo. Not sure about Fishback. I mentioned a case of hew might be happening. Who knows.

Regardless, our guys can still ball out tonight

buckeyemania11 said:

You clearly are a self-proclaimed guru who knows more than anyone, I'll leave the emailing to you, pal.

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If countering your constant negativity makes me a guru that’s fine with me

Well, definitely not the day I was hoping for but I'm feeling good about Mendez and Davino advancing. Would love for Davino to come up big on Blaze in back to back big moments.

Mike80 said:

I thought you were going to email him to tell him how much more about basketball you know compared to Diebler…what are you waiting for…

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You clearly are a self-proclaimed guru who knows more than anyone, I'll leave the emailing to you, pal.

buckeyemania11 said:

Whatever you say all mighty all-knowing one. Have you emailed Ross laying out that lifetime contract yet? I hear he's obsessively sitting at his computer clicking refresh waiting for it

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I thought you were going to email him to tell him how much more about basketball you know compared to Diebler…what are you waiting for…

Btw I’m at a boring high school baseball game…I work on computers but rarely use them otherwise lol

I'll even agree that the meltdown some are having over the last play with 4 seconds left to go the whole court is stupid. Was it ideal? Probably not, but in those situations it's very hard to actually pull it off, it usually takes a combo of a play falling into place perfectly and some luck.

Mike80 said:

He’s 100% correct

Expect him to be vilified by the nutcases though…

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Mark Titus has clearly never met Philadelphia and New York sports fans.

Right here is an example of a very good play to take advantage of TCU's aggressive ball screen blitz, really good play design to attack TCU's defense. TCU forces the PG to pass the ball but obviously it's hard to hit the roll man when 2 guys are in your face, so here they get Tilly involved to make the assist:
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Mike80 said:

You’re still assuming a lot for being on the west coast….

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Whatever you say all mighty all-knowing one. Have you emailed Ross laying out that lifetime contract yet? I hear he's obsessively sitting at his computer clicking refresh waiting for it

Thump said:

Former Buckeye Mark Titus rips Ohio State fanbase: 'We have the worst fans in the world'

Ohio State alum Mark Titus torched his alma mater's own fans for not caring about basketball like they do football.

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He’s 100% correct

Expect him to be vilified by the nutcases though…

buckeyemania11 said:

Congrats on your one data point. You still can't explain no adjustments till halftime in the TCU game.

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You’re still assuming a lot for being on the west coast….

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How did his head get bigger though?

Mike80 said:

@buckeyemania11 if you want to laugh you could at least try to explain why the data point I posted blows away your incorrect assumption that Diebler can’t adjust and doesn’t know xs and os….derrrpppp

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Congrats on your one data point. You still can't explain no adjustments till halftime in the TCU game.

buckeyemania11 said:

@Mike80 if you want to laugh please explain how a coach possibly being hard set on sticking with position promises to players is helpful to the team when that player always being at the promised position isn't helping the team.

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@buckeyemania11 if you want to laugh you could at least try to explain why the data point I posted blows away your incorrect assumption that Diebler can’t adjust and doesn’t know xs and os….derrrpppp

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Immediately! It will be the largest crowd they'll ever get at the induction ceremony.

That LA lifestyle is tough huh? Nobody wants to hear the word "shrinkage"

Correct me if I'm wrong, @ORD_Buckeye, but we weren't picked to win this year were we?