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Heisman
Umm he recruited D'Angelo Russell here
Glad to see a loss still brings out the crazies. Dude couldn't get his godson to come to OSU, but yeah he's the ace recruiter OSU needs.
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Hstead
Legend
Our offense leaves a lot to be desired. Too much dribbling, not enough player or ball movement, and the end result is usually a poor shot. I think our players are pretty decent. We do not have NBA talent, but we have some talent. It seems some of the talent we do have though make stupid mistakes time and time again, turnovers that just shouldn't be made, unforced losing the ball, piss poor telegraphed passes at times. Mistakes that you would think guys that have played significant minutes for three years would not be making on a consistent basis. And then the lack of a three ball shooter, it seems every year. Aherns is much improved this year, but he doesn't get many minutes.
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You're sitting on this guaranteed route to transform OSU and you're just keeping it to yourself on a message board?
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Mixing it up
Whether it be by necessity or just wanting to shake things up, Chris Holtmann rolled with a different starting five on Wednesday night as Ohio State played in its first Big Ten contest of the year. The unit featured its usual duo of Duane Washington Jr. at shooting guard and Justice Sueing at one of the forward spots, but it also saw three new faces with Jimmy Sotos, Musa Jallow and Zed Key all getting their first starts of the season. Not only was it the first time we’ve seen this group to start a game, but it was the first time these five guys have shared the floor.
We found out earlier in the day that the Buckeyes would be without leading scorer E.J. Liddell for a second straight contest, as the forward remains out with mono. Ohio State is also still missing forward Seth Towns, who continues to work his way back from a knee injury that’s kept him out for the last two seasons. As a team that already lacks size, Holtmann had to get creative to put together a lineup without two of its bigger forwards against a team in Purdue that features two big trees in 7-foot-3 Zach Edey and 6-foot-9 Trevion Williams.
Holtmann made sure to emphasize pregame that we shouldn’t read too much into the new lineup. There aren’t any disciplinary issues or anything like that going on, he was just simply trying to get a new look at his team. The starting five performed well defensively through the first few minutes of the game before CJ Walker subbed in, forcing four early Purdue turnovers.
Vertically challenged
As previously stated, Ohio State was giving up a ton of size to Purdue with Liddell and Towns out. In addition to the two forwards, the Buckeyes were without the tallest player on their roster, as center Ibrahima Diallo missed Wednesday night’s contest after getting banged up against Cleveland State last time out. Unsurprisingly, Holtmann’s team really struggled on the glass and defending the paint.
In the first half alone, OSU was out-rebounded 18-11, with the Boilermakers pulling down six offensive boards leading to eight second chance points. Trevion Williams was doing it all for Purdue, leading the team with five rebounds through the first 20 minutes while also dishing out four assists. With the size mismatch underneath, the Buckeyes tried to double Williams on defense often, and the forward was able to make some really flashy passes leading to wide open baskets for his teammates.
After all was said and done, Ohio State was beaten on the glass 36-30 in total. The Bucks allowed far too many baskets inside, with 24 of Purdue’s 67 points coming on layups and dunks. The Boilermakers’ nine offensive rebounds led to 13 second-chance points, which was more or less the difference in the game.
B1G basketball is back
In the first Big Ten action we’ve gotten to see from Ohio State this season, we got a glimpse at more of the same from the best conference in college basketball. The B1G has 11 teams ranked in the KenPom Top 50 — more than any other conference in the country — and the level of play from top to bottom is simply unmatched. On any given night, you know you are in for a gritty, physical battle between two talented teams, and that is exactly what we saw in the Buckeyes’ very first Big Ten game.
After being able to simply body each of their first five opponents on the schedule, with the exception of a Notre Dame that played a bit more physical, every basket had to be earned both ways on Wednesday night. There was nothing easy coming inside, every shot and every rebound was contested, and all over the floor guys were diving for loose balls and making the hustle plays necessary to win games in this conference. All it takes is a few bad possessions and you could find yourself down big in a hurry.
A physical game also meant a bunch of fouls, which hurt Ohio State down the stretch as Walker picked up his fourth foul a little more than midway through the second period. A late Purdue run really seemed to suck the last of the energy out of the Buckeyes, and they were unable to come out on top in their first B1G matchup of the year.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
INCONSISTENT OUTSIDE SHOOTING A TREND
Ohio State has played six games, and it’s shot the ball worse than 30 percent from behind the 3-point arc in three of them, including the most recent two.
Against Purdue, the Buckeyes were just 6-of-24 from 3-point range. To make matters worse, they hit only one of their last six attempts and made one triple in the last eight minutes of the game where those late 3s really mattered.
“I feel like everybody shoots those same shots each and every game. I feel like our team knows each other very well and the shots they can make,” CJ Walker said. “And the shots that they take, we're very confident in those. It's just the flow of basketball, and it happens. Some days you're hot. Some days you're not. Every game is not going to be the same. It's just a matter of stepping up with confidence and just shooting it and believing that every shot's going in. Unfortunately, today they just didn't fall.”
Also unfortunately for the Buckeyes: It’s becoming a bit of a trend. Needless to say, that’s not optimal for a team with leading scorer E.J. Liddell (mononucleosis) and Seth Towns (knee) still on the bench.
Duane Washington Jr. (2-for-9) and Justin Ahrens (1-for-4) combined to go 3-of-13 from 3-point range which will always be an issue when the rest of the team doesn't include many knockdown shooters. Sueing, despite being in the low 30-percent range at Cal, made 2-of-5 3s on Wednesday and has shot 40 percent from outside through six games. But beyond those three players, the quartet of CJ Walker, Kyle Young, Musa Jallow and Gene Brown are a combined 7-for-40 from 3 this year.
Altogether, Ohio State ranks 155th nationally with a 3-point percentage of 33.1, which is a mark that has to get better.
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I was going to say yikers after having watched the game, but pretty understandable with the guys we were missing. Wish it would have been closer but definitely not writing off yet, need to see if we can get healthy. Really hope we see EJ, Towns and Meechie soon.
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