#15 Michigan State 62, #16 Ohio State 59 (final, 2OT)

[jwinslow]

The schott was rockin for the last portion of the game. There is hope yet! :)

Syl continues to make incredible and poor plays. There is no middle ground for syl it seems.

Honestly, I think we took good looks tonight. There were a lot of dumb plays both ways, and some questionable reffing both ways... but it just came down to shots not falling. Oh so many shots were almost down before somehow popping out again.

Dials did an outstanding job on Davis. He rarely got a good look from inside. Great job shutting down brown's penetration, and ager's jumpers were almost always contested.

Most days, we win that game by 15. The shots just didn't fall. Perhaps we could have gone inside more (tho they were letting them bang a lot underneath; advantage defense), but it was a tough game.

p.s. Sat in the absolute top row from the corner, and could see just fine... so unless you are behind the basket you can see from anywhere. My spartan parents took karrin and I to the game, for $13 a pop thanks to hangonsloopy. The best part: the girl was cheering her head off down the stretch. That's a big step up :)

 

[JiMuzik]

You're right on the mark, Dow. I didn't want to ID the player.

Great game atmosphere. The Schott was loud, the towels were waving. I dream of the day when we can have this all the time. Even with a loss, the recruits and commits (and there were many) must have been impressed.

 

[buckeyeboy]

That game was painful to watch. The whole second half it seemed like we just couldn't get over the hump. I don't know how many times we had the ball down two or when the game was tied and we just couldn't hit that big shot to take the lead. I kept telling myself that as badly as we were performing offensively, down the stretch we'd eventually hit a couple of threes in a row and win the game by 6 or 7. Unfortunately it didn't happen. We've got to step up and win one of these close games against a top 25 team. :(

 

[jenkinswoody]

I just got back from the game..........The most exciting ugly game that I've ever been too. I'm still trying to decide whether our half court sets are crap or we just run them like crap. Either way, well its ...........crap.

That being said- our defense was incredible. Best by far this year IMO.

We still have a little ways to go before anyone talks about hanging a Big Ten banner. By the time we hit Chicago- who knows.

I think the crowd did well. It was jam packed and loud most of the time. Although we have room for improvement too

 

[crazybuckfan40]

I am sure it has been said, and not really feeling like reading through all the threads so all I will say is

"You live by the 3 you die by the 3". Unfortunately for us in a close game against a very good team who we held down all game we couldnt get our shots to fall. Can you imagine if we shot at our regular percentage. Say give us 5-6 more 3's and we win by 15-18 pts.

Also we need to hit free throws.

 

[WoodyWorshiper]

I only got to see bits and pieces in the breakroom at work.

My assumption would be that we got beat by a better team today. NOT to say that this won't change in the next 2 months. This program is rolling. I wouldn't let a loss to a pretty solid scuMSU put a damper on the season at this point.

 

[jwinslow]

dubs, I'd disagree as someone at the game. OSU shut their team down, and we just missed tons of open threes that we typically make (25% 3pt, 33% fg). They didn't look like the better team at all, until maybe the second OT.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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1/16/06

Game wrap-up of the loss to Michigan State, by Steve Helwagen.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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1/16/06

Game wrap-up of the loss to MSU, by Adam Jardy.

 

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1/16/06

Final play turns into a missed bomb and panic

By Doug Harris
Dayton Daily News
COLUMBUS | Ohio State coach Thad Matta sketched a play for the final 11.2 seconds of a 62-59 double-overtime loss to Michigan State on Sunday, but his team turned those X's and O's into a jumbled mess on the floor.

Jamar Butler was told to drive and kick the ball to an open teammate, although Matta gave the point guard an option to shoot if he were open.
Butler uncorked a bomb from behind the arc that missed. He retrieved the errant shot and whistled a pass to Matt Sylvester in the lane.

In a panic, the senior forward put up a hurried 10-footer that bounced off the rim and fell into the hands of MSU's Paul Davis. The buzzer honked two seconds later, and a capacity crowd of 18,500 fell silent.

The Buckeyes had been shooting 50.6 percent from the field this season but shot a 32.9 percent against the Spartans.

"That's the best shooting team I've seen — ever — on film," said MSU coach Tom Izzo, whose team dropped a triple-OT thriller to Gonzaga earlier this season. "I've never seen four guys shoot that well. And with (Terence) Dials in the middle, that's a very tough-cover team."

Player gets stitches


The rugged defensive effort left players bruised and battered. Even Matt Trannon, a 6-6, 227-pound receiver on the Spartans' football team, didn't come away unscathed.

"I thought football players were supposed to be tough," Izzo joked afterward. "Actually, I thought he just had a bloody nose, but he split his whole lip. He's getting stitched up right now."

Recruits in tow


The Buckeyes made sure they got all the mileage they could out of their first sellout of the season by hosting about 10 ballyhooed recruits, some of whom have already signed or committed.

OSU-bound Greg Oden, the reigning national player of the year, and sidekick Mike Conley were among those in choice seats behind the bench, as was another future Buckeye in junior Jon Diebler, a 6-7 guard who scored 77 points Friday in Upper Sandusky's win over Tiffin Columbian.

Canton GlenOak junior 7-footer Kosta Koufos was among the uncommitted prospects taking in the raucous atmosphere.

"This is the first chance I've had to come over for a game," Oden said before the tip. "I'm looking forward to relaxing and enjoying myself."

Oden has led Lawrence North to a pair of Indiana state championships and a 13-0 start this season. Lawrence North will face rival North Central at 7:30 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2.

Tressel weathers losses


Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel and a trio of players were showered with applause as they stood next to their Fiesta Bowl trophy during a halftime ceremony.

Quarterback Troy Smith, who took bows with teammates Ted Ginn Jr. and David Patterson, thanked the fans for their support and then led them in a cheer.

Tressel acknowledged afterward that his team took a blow when junior defensive backs Donte Whitner and Ashton Youboty joined classmate Santonio Holmes in turning pro. The Buckeyes will have to replace a staggering nine starters on defense.

Tressel said Youboty and Whitner, both of whom were early enrollees at OSU, were told by the NFL that they'd be second- or third-round picks.

"I was certain Santonio would (leave) because we had talked about it beforehand," Tressel said. "Ashton and Donte talked like they would wait until the last game and get all the data together, and I thought it'd be a flip of the coin.

Smith also was supportive of the duo. "Those guys did what was best for them," he said, "and now we just need the younger guys to step up."
Contact Doug Harris at 225-2125.

 

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1/16/06

NO. 14 MICHIGAN STATE 62 | NO. 19 OHIO STATE 59 (2 OT)

Double OT trouble

Buckeyes meet their match in Spartans, lose tough one

Monday, January 16, 2006

Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

</IMG> NEAL C . LAURON | DISPATCH Maurice Ager of Michigan State is poked in the eye when pressed by Matt Sylvester, right, and Je’Kel Foster. No foul was called.

</IMG> NEAL C . LAURON | DISPATCH Coach Thad Matta congratulates Terence Dials after the Buckeyes stopped Michigan State to force overtime.



Ohio State has been rightly praised this season as a hard-try, leave-it-all-on-the-floor men’s basketball team that has passed its most demanding tests by being tougher than its opponent at the end of games.
The Buckeyes met their match yesterday. No surprise it was Michigan State.
Making the plays in the final 45 seconds that Ohio State could not, the No. 14-ranked Spartans willed a taut 62-59 victory in double overtime as each team refused to die before a loud, towel-waving, sold-out crowd in Value City Arena.
"They’ve been in a lot of games like that," OSU forward Matt Sylvester said. "Not to say we haven’t. But they’re a very mentally tough and physically tough team.
"We’ve had a few games like that where we come back late. But they’re a tough team, and they made a few extra plays we didn’t at the end and that’s what pulled them through."
The five starters for each team played 40 or more minutes as coaches Thad Matta of Ohio State and Tom Izzo of Michigan State went with six-man rotations with the outcome hanging in the balance. Not more than three points separated the teams in the final 16 minutes of regulation and overtime.
"Both teams played their hearts out," Izzo said.
It was the first loss at home this season for the No. 19 Buckeyes (12-2, 2-2) but their fourth straight loss at home to Michigan State (14-4, 2-2).
Shannon Brown led the Spartans with 20 points. Paul Davis added 18 points and 12 rebounds and Matt Trannon 14 points and 11 rebounds for Michigan State, which won despite going scoreless for the final 7:19 of regulation because Ohio State scored only four points in the last 8:38.
The Buckeyes shot 32.9 percent from the field, their worst in two seasons under Matta. They were shooting 50.6 percent coming into the game.
"If I could pick one thing we could have done better, just knock down more shots," Matta said.
Terence Dials had 19 points and 10 rebounds, his first double-double of the season, to lead Ohio State. Sylvester added 17 points, including a putback that tied the score at the end of the first overtime and two threepoint baskets in the final 1:17 of the second.
But on the Buckeyes’ final possession, after Jamar Butler missed a tying three with eight seconds left, grabbed the rebound and flipped the ball to Sylvester in the lane, Sylvester inexplicably attempted a twopoint shot despite having time to find a teammate behind the arc.
"In the midst of the whole thing, I honestly forgot we were down three," Sylvester said. "I got the ball and didn’t know really how much time was left. I didn’t think I had enough time to look at the clock. It was just a reaction."
Sylvester won home games against Illinois last season and LSU in December with threepointers in the final five seconds. He never got a chance to tie this one.
After Sylvester’s three brought Ohio State to 60-59 with 12 seconds left, the Buckeyes called timeout to plan their final possession.
Davis was fouled with 11.2 seconds left and made two free throws to extend the Spartans’ advantage to three points.
Butler then rushed the ball upcourt but, rather than pass, pulled up on the left wing and shot a three.
Matta said he wanted a "drive-and-kick-type situation" to Sylvester "or whoever was open." But he said he did not have a problem with Butler’s decision.
"I told him, ‘If you’re open, shoot it,’ " Matta said.
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[Steve19]

Sometimes, shots don't drop. You get cold and you can't shake it. You don't know what it is but you can't shake it. A bucket that was two yards wide the day before in practice is suddenly less than six inches.

That's basketball folks.

 

[buckeyeman06]

dubs, I'd disagree as someone at the game. OSU shut their team down, and we just missed tons of open threes that we typically make (25% 3pt, 33% fg). They didn't look like the better team at all, until maybe the second OT.

You hit the nail on the head jwinslow...I was at the game, well both games, go Lady Bucks!, but as you stated, OSU was the better team out there yesterday, and so many of our 3-point shots were "in and out".

I was really surprised that TD had only one foul, and he shut down Davis. The Schott was pumped the whole game as I was impressed with the effort of both the players and fans.

Great things are on the horizon for the basketball bucks, and cant wait till the showdown with the Illni.

 

[Bucklion]

That was about as bad as a team can play offensively, and we still almost won that game. Any game we shoot better and play the rest of the game like that, we beat anyone in the Big Ten anywhere.

 

[buckeyeman06]

Sometimes, shots don't drop. You get cold and you can't shake it. You don't know what it is but you can't shake it. A bucket that was two yards wide the day before in practice is suddenly less than six inches.

That's basketball folks.

During warm-ups...J. Foster and JJ where nailing the 3's all over the court, so i thought that we were gonna light up the scoreboard, but like you said.."sometimes, shots don't drop"