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#2 Ohio State 70, #15 Davidson 62 - NCAA Tournament (Final)

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Sober said:
Davidson 60
Ohio State 54

The fairy tale ends. The team has been playing with smoke and mirrors the early part of the year and has been exposed as a team that barely plays with a shred of intelligence on offense. The ride's over.
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its always interesting how scouting catches up to coaching as the regular season progresses, the kicker is the 48 or less hours you have between the 1st and 2nd round games.
 
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Davidson 60
Ohio State 54

The fairy tale ends. The team has been playing with smoke and mirrors the early part of the year and has been exposed as a team that barely plays with a shred of intelligence on offense. The ride's over.
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I respect your opinion, but I am going to have to disagree with your prediction. Please elaborate on your "smoke and mirrors" comment and expand on your "shred of intelligence on offense" comment.

tOSU is a quality team that depends on Dials in the low post and their ability to shoot the three ball. In my opinion that is not "smoke and mirrors". Thier worst loss all year is by 7 points, that is pretty remarkable.

As far as, your second comment, I will agree that at times we have struggled late in games on offense and their are multiple factors for this, but to say they have "a shred of intelligence on offense" is a little overboard in my opinion.

Lets remember we are a #2 seed and ranked in the top 10........smoke and mirrors do not get you that far.
 
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Dispatch

3/13/06

Davidson a familiar foe for Dials

Monday, March 13, 2006

Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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PAULA ILLINGWORTH | ASSOCIATED PRESS Boris Meno of Davidson, Ohio State’s first-round opponent in the NCAA Tournament, celebrates the Southern Conference title.
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INDIANAPOLIS — If there was any sense of deja vu when Davidson popped up opposite Ohio State on the NCAA Tournament bracket, Terence Dials didn’t want to think about four years ago.

"I hope not," Dials said, "because we lost in the second round."

Fortunately for the Buckeyes, their opponent in the first round of the NCAA Tournament is the only thing in common the tournament draw last night had with the draw in 2002, when they watched in Conseco Fieldhouse after beating Iowa in the Big Ten tournament championship game.

Yesterday, they lost to Iowa in the title game. After the game, they received a No. 2 seed in the Minneapolis Regional and were placed in Dayton, where they will play Davidson, a 15 th seed from the Southern Conference, in the first round on Friday in University of Dayton Arena.

Four years ago, despite sharing the Big Ten championship and winning the tournament title, the Buckeyes received a No. 4 seed and were sent two time zones west, to Albuquerque, N.M., to play Thursday afternoon. They had to leave for the game less than 48 hours after returning home from the Big Ten tournament and were nearly upset in the first round by Davidson before being soundly drummed out of the tournament two days later by Missouri.

"We’re a higher seed this year, a different team, and we’re just excited about it," said Dials, the only member of this team who played on the 2002 team. "Everything is just going as planned right now. I think we put ourselves in a good situation by how we played all year (long). Hopefully, we’ll continue the run."

Ohio State won the Big Ten regularseason championship outright by one game over Iowa, which received a No. 3 seed, and Illinois, which got a No. 4.

Playing Friday "is a big advantage," coach Thad Matta said, because of the energy the Buckeyes expended playing three games in three days in Indianapolis and running out of steam in the last eight minutes against Iowa yesterday.

"This was hard for our guys," Matta said. "We obviously need time to rest, and we’re going into finals (exams). Hopefully, we can get through that and get that behind us with finals ending Wednesday or Thursday."

Playing an hour away in Dayton also is an advantage for reasons other than the short bus trip, Matta said.

"I think it’ll be great for our fans," he said. "In 1995, I was there (as an assistant) at Miami of Ohio and it was literally like two home games for us.

We knocked off (fifth-seeded) Arizona and got beat in overtime by (fourth-seeded) Virginia and it was all red (in the stands). Hopefully, we’ll see the same thing Friday."

J.J. Sullinger said a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament and compete for a national championship is the reason he transferred home from Arkansas after the 2001-02 season.

"I’m finally getting that chance," he said, "and the feeling has never been better."

Matt Sylvester also is getting the chance for the first time. Like Dials, he was a freshman on the 2002 Ohio State team but was forced to redshirt because of a herniated disk in his back.

Sylvester’s father, Mike, was a star player at Dayton in the early ’70s, but Matt said he has his own fond memories of UD Arena.

"I played there my sophomore year (at Cincinnati Moeller) and had a game-winning tip-in to go to the (state Division I) final four," he said.

"I’m excited and ready to go. It feels incredible because this team really deserved it. It feels great that your hard work is now paying off and you get to go to the tournament and mix it up."

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NCAA Tournament

OSU announces ticket policy for games in Dayton

The Columbus Dispatch

Monday, March 13, 2006


Ohio State University announced today the policy for obtaining tickets for the men's basketball team's NCAA Tournament games in Dayton. The Buckeyes will open the tournament vs. Davidson on Friday.

Ohio State students, faculty and staff who ordered 2005-06 men's basketball season tickets may place an application for a lottery ticket at the Schottenstein Center Ticket Office, from 8 a.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. Applicants should specify whether they are students or faculty/staff. The names of all individuals and winning lottery numbers who receive tickets will be posted Tuesday evening in the Schottenstein Center and on www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Payment for the tickets must be received by 4 p.m. Wednesday. All tickets will be held for pick up at the tournament site and must be picked up by the original applicant.

Tickets will not be available for season ticket holders and the general public through the Ohio State athletic ticket office. Ohio State's initial allotment of 550 tickets will be used for the players' families, the official university travel party, the coaching staff and Ohio State students and faculty/staff.

Individuals who are not eligible to purchase tickets via the lottery should contact the tournament site to check availability.
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Golferdow01 said:
Care to elaborate on that?

You know that we were the #1 offense in the Big Ten all year right?
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their method on offense seems to be "Let's chuck another three" There is barely any penetration and Dials is used haphazardly on offense, instead of being the focus. They'll use him for awhile, and then forget about him for several possessions on end.
There is a serious problem with living by the 3 and dying by it. The problem is that over a 6 game tournament, you will die by it at least once. Guarenteed.
 
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Sober said:
their method on offense seems to be "Let's chuck another three" There is barely any penetration and Dials is used haphazardly on offense, instead of being the focus. They'll use him for awhile, and then forget about him for several possessions on end.
There is a serious problem with living by the 3 and dying by it. The problem is that over a 6 game tournament, you will die by it at least once. Guarenteed.
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I can't disagree with anything you said.
 
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The problem with the offensive end of the game for the Buckeyes is the judicious and intelligent use of the three. Prior to the Iowa game, I posted that Je'Kel's problem (and Sylvester's) is the consistent launching of threes from 22+ feet. Simply stated, that is not a smart shot when there is no pressure to launch it. Je'Kel would still be a 40% shooter from three if he simply waited until he got the ball in position to launch close to the stripe. Just about all of his misses are off the front rim. Gee, do ya think that's just a coincidence? Compare Butler's shot selection with Foster's. Butler launches them often, as well, but he's always in position within a foot of the line. That is intelligent basketball. Foster, Sylvester, and even Sullinger are just chuckers.

Again, there is nothing inherently wrong with shooting 30 threes a game. These guys just aren't doing it right.

Oh, and this team is much better than smoke and mirrors. Give me a break. Bucks will not get upset in the first game in Dayton.:bonk:
 
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We've won a lot of games against inferior opponents when we aren't shooting well. We should win this game, even if we are shooting poorly from behind the 3-point line.
 
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Sober said:
their method on offense seems to be "Let's chuck another three" There is barely any penetration and Dials is used haphazardly on offense, instead of being the focus. They'll use him for awhile, and then forget about him for several possessions on end.
There is a serious problem with living by the 3 and dying by it. The problem is that over a 6 game tournament, you will die by it at least once. Guarenteed.
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While I don't disagree with what you said, your pick of Davidson is still assinine. Ohio State hasn't lost one game to a far inferior opponent. When they're not shooting well, they're playing great defense. They could shoot under 20% from the three-point line in this game and still win by 10-15 points easily.

But keep repeating all the assumptions about this team that they can't win without the three. Because outside of the game against Iowa, they did just that over and over again down the stretch.

EDIT: It's amazing to me how much people expect of this team when they've been written off since day one. And now everyone wants to write them off again. Pick Davidson. Pick Georgetown. Pick Florida. And you'll be disappointed. I guarantee you that.
 
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I can see the whole win by the 3 die by the 3 analysis. But, is it that? I mean, I don't see OSU chucking up threes.. I see them working the O to get good looks from 3.. not that every 3 is a great shot, but that they DO have a plan. I think Dials can be a focus in the same way Sober alluded, and have noticed very little lane penatration from this O over the season. But, that's not the only way to get a good look. This team makes the "extra pass" to get the look. And, it's worked 25 of 30 times. And the 5 times it didnt work, OSU lost by a COMBINED total of 22 points, I think it is. That's not smoke and mirrors.

If OSU IS hitting from behind the arc - like they did in a two week stretch where J'Kel was 18 of 22 or whatever it was.. Look out! If they're not hot, then they'll struggle.... but hey, it's still OSU basketball "arriving" a year early, and I'm amped!
 
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