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#1 Ohio State 67, #2 Georgetown 60 (Final)

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Canton

BUCKEYES MATCHUP
Saturday, March 31, 2007

OHIO STATE (34-3)

STARS Freshman center Greg Oden, a first-team All-American, leads the team in scoring (15.4) and rebounding (9.5) but the clutch play in the tournament has come from freshman point guard Mike Conley Jr. (15.3 points and 4.2 assists in the NCAAs) and senior guard Ron Lewis (21.8 points in the NCAAs).

COACH Thad Matta is in his third season with the Buckeyes. He is the first coach to lead them to a No. 1 ranking since 1962. He led his previous two schools (Butler and Xavier) to the NCAA tournaments in each of his four years with them.

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Granted, there weren't too many highlights for OSU fans in last years OSU/Georgetown matchup, but does anyone remember when 6'6" J.J. Sullinger came with the weakside help and swatted 7'2" Hibbert on a putback layup? A hell of a play by Sullinger.
 
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What you gonna do Hibbert????
 
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Somethings I have really noticed from looking at GTowns box scores is the opponents shooting %.

If teams would should around 44% they would beat GTown, but these teams are shooting mid 30's and soemtimes even worse...

I think that we could speed the tempo up and little bit and use our athleticism with Lewis, Butler and Conley and try and beat their big guys up and down the court...Remember GTown only play 7 guys and really don't get much production at all from their bench.

I wouldnt mind to see the 2-2-1 press come back out...This would make Green and Summers have to handle the ball some in the back court and maybe with Conley and Butler force some TO's...After that we could drop back into a 2-3 back it in a lil and stay out on their shooters and we need to shoot the ball well on offense and if we can get Hibbert into foul trouble we should be able to get Oden plenty of good looks...
 
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This is way too early for me to get overly excited about this game but here goes.
G'town has won with defense, they have been keeping their opponents under 40% and any time that happens you have a better than average chance to win. Get it in into Greg a lot and let him score. A helpful strategy for G'town might be to foul Him a lot late in the game because he is a 65% ft shooter.
The press and zone will be used I am sure for turnovers and foul prevention.
I think that how green handles the zone will be a key in this game, or rather how we handle green .
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CPD

Four things I think about ...

THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

Saturday, March 31, 2007


1. Guess how many times in his past 18 games Greg Oden has scored 20 points. Once. Today, he'll make it twice in 19. Heads-up on Roy Hibbert, Oden's quickness will win out, and dealing with a big body on the defensive end will keep him locked into the game. The big-man hype will force the referees to let them play and not get either Oden or Hibbert into foul trouble. Oden's wrist gets a little better every day, so why shouldn't Oden have his best game of the year in a Buckeyes win?

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CPD

MEN'S FINAL FOUR INSIDER
Teammates since sixth grade until . . . when?

Saturday, March 31, 2007 Doug Lesmerises

Plain Dealer Reporter
Atlanta- Mike Conley Jr. has considered the possibility. He could be playing his last game with Greg Oden.
"I've thought about it, and it's kind of weird to think about because I've played with him for so long," Conley, Ohio State's freshman point guard, said Friday. "I'm trying to make a lasting impression. I want this game to be a good outcome."
Conley said he hasn't discussed NBA plans with the friend who has been his teammate since sixth grade.
But while preparing for tonight's Final Four matchup with Georgetown, Conley reiterated that it won't be him breaking up the partnership.
Stating what he first announced in the middle of the season, Conley said, "Yeah, definitely," when asked if he'd be returning for his sophomore season as a Buckeye.

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CPD

OSU takes center stage

Tall tasks today for Oden and Georgetown's Hibbert
Saturday, March 31, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Atlanta - For the first time in a long time, Greg Oden will look an opposing center in the eye today. Actually, the 7-foot Ohio State freshman should be looking 7-2 Georgetown junior Roy Hibbert in the lip.
Other than the McDonald's All-American high school all-star game, Oden said he hasn't matched up with someone taller than him since sixth grade. The footprints from Oden's size 19s and Hibbert's size 18s should be preserved as fossils, because they may as well be dinosaurs when it comes to college basketball.
The Final Four hasn't seen anything like this sizable showdown since Georgetown's Patrick Ewing and Houston's Akeem (now Hakeem) Olajuwon met in the 1984 title game, an era so long ago, Ewing's son is now Hibbert's teammate.

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DDN

FINAL FOUR: Ohio State vs. Georgetown
Oden, Hibbert will face off in old-school battle of big men

The duel between the two 7-footers might be one of the more entertaining subplots in tonight's national semifinal.


By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer

Saturday, March 31, 2007

ATLANTA ? They had post moves. Their back was to the basket. Hook shots, baseline spins, bank shots and monster dunks.
Yes, there was a time when big men roamed the paint in college basketball.
Tonight's Greg Oden-Roy Hibbert matchup may not decide the Ohio State-Georgetown national semifinal, but it's sure a tasty subplot.

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DDN

Hoyas' center has come a long way

Even though Hibbert was tall early in life, he struggled to run and catch in college.


By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer

Saturday, March 31, 2007

ATLANTA ? Once called "a big stiff" by his own coach, Roy Hibbert didn't come to Georgetown University labeled as NBA-ready.
"When he walked in the door as a freshman, (he was) someone we literally had to show how to run, how to catch," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. "He is light years from where he was then."
Hibbert has developed a strong low-post game and solid defense. In his third season, he's comfortable with being 7-foot-2 and dealing with those tall-people questions.

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its funny how all the espn announcers say that Georgetown will win, except dick vitale. The funny thing is everytime we are underdogs, we usually win, but when we arent we sometimes lose. Examples: expected to win against florida, we lost. Espn piked us to beat Texas when they had vince Young, we lost: Some ESPN announcers had us losing to michigan in 2006, we won: A most announcers had us losing to Texas this year because of our defence, we won. most announcers have us losing against Georgetown, we.................: hopefully it continues.:oh: :io:
 
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