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2009-2010 Lady Buckeyes Basketball (6 straight Big Ten Titles)

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"the crowds do get a little better once the B10 season starts, and a few students may even show up."

I just posted the following as a comment on the dispatch story about the game. If you have tried to buy single game tickets this year.....you know that what I write is true. Does anyone know the AD's e-mail address?


"The OSU Athletic Ticket office may well be the villain, and their policies the cause of the pathetic attendance this beautiful team suffers.The only tickets they will sell the public are in the Schottenstein "end zone". They had better wise up or the situation will get worse.

With Bigten.net streaming virtually every game that Big Ten is not carrying on High Definition....there may be much lower attendance in our future..... no matter how highly this team is ranked.

As for the Schottenstein "end zone" seats.....they stink- on-ice. No one should have to pay money to sit there and, I believe, fewer and fewer will. Most of those seats are 30 to 50 yards behind the closest basket and the sight lines are terrible. That is, of course, because it is a dedicated hockey arena and not a proper basketball venue.

Good luck with trying to force your "end zone" seats on people then having your ticket sellers tell them that once they are in, they can sit "anywhere they want" because "nobody comes to women's basketball anyway". Cheap, underhanded, and stupid is such a policy when there are literally thousands of seats between the baskets that go unsold."
 
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I am going to start a new thread on Schott ticket policy so we no longer clutter up the Ladies thread (I fully realize that I started the trend.)

I certainly don't want this to discourage folks going to games - particularly after pointing them this way in the Michigan Observations thread.

Let's move ticket policy posts here:

http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...enstein-center-ticket-policy.html#post1603917
 
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OSU women's basketball: Healthy Stokes learns nuances speed brings
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
By Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The tumble that Amber Stokes took on her right shoulder during the opening game of the season for the Ohio State women's basketball team wasn't scripted. In retrospect, the fall may have done the redshirt freshman guard a favor.

"I was going for a rebound, and the girl dragged me down with her and I hit my shoulder," said Stokes, who missed last season because of a dislocated right shoulder. "I bounced back up. It was a little numb. I put some ice on it and I was good to go. I guess it was good it happened once. If it happens again, I'll just bounce up again."

Stokes smiled because she is healthy and playing a key reserve role for the third-ranked Buckeyes (5-0) as they head into a game tonight against North Carolina Greensboro (1-2) in Value City Arena.

Senior guard Shavelle Little, the two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, is the first player off the bench for coach Jim Foster. By adding Stokes to the rotation, Foster thinks the Buckeyes have the potential to become a double nightmare for opposition backcourts.

"It's good that Shavelle is around," Foster said. "It's an ideal situation when you have a senior and a freshman who have similar skill sets. It's good for someone to watch what makes the other effective. And I think Amber can have the same disruptive influence on a game that Shavelle has. She just has to not get into early foul trouble."

Stokes, who was a high school track star at Gahanna, probably is the fastest player to suit up for Foster in his eight seasons with Ohio State. The coaching staff is teaching her the subtleties that must accompany speed.
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OSU women's basketball: Healthy Stokes learns nuances speed brings | BuckeyeXtra
 
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Middletown Madison's Ally Malott, a 6-2 junior forward, leads the area's 2011 class. She is rated the nation's No. 22 player overall in the 2011 class by the ESPNU HoopGurlz Super 60 rankings.

"At 6-2, it is hard to find someone to match up with her," Jenkins said. "She is an opponent's nightmare."

Malott, who has offers from Ohio State, Purdue, Notre Dame, South Florida and Rutgers, is the top-rated Ohio player in her class.

Jenkins said Malott always has had the tools to play well and is showing an "unsurpassed level of confidence" on the court, with the ability to take over a game.
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No.3 Ohio State 89 | UNC Greensboro 56
Rout provides chances
Big second-half surge affords Foster chance to tinker with lineups
Thursday, November 26, 2009 3:07 AM
By Jim Massie


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
ERIC ALBRECHT | Dispatch
Ohio State's Amber Stokes turns the corner on UNC Greensboro's Agneta Morkunaite.

ERIC ALBRECHT | Dispatch
Ohio State's Tayler Hill tries to get the ball away from UNC Greensboro's Lakiah Hyson. Hill scored six points in 20 minutes.


The fateful moment arrives for every poor mouse when the cat decides to end the game with a final swat.
Feline fanciers could pick any one of a dozen plays in the second half last night in Value City Arena for the time that the Ohio State women's basketball team stopped toying with North Carolina Greensboro.
The third-ranked Buckeyes did let the Spartans hang around for much of the first half. After the break, Ohio State didn't allow the visitors room to breathe on the way to an 89-56 victory.
Sarah Schulze hit two quick three-pointers coming out of the locker room to signal a sea change for the Buckeyes. The assault continued with a withering offensive show led by Jantel Lavender and Samantha Prahalis. But it also included coast-to-coast steals and layups from Amber Stokes and Shavelle Little as the lead exploded from 18 at the half to 74-33 on a basket by Prahalis with 9:02 to play.
The All-America Lavender went to the bench with 27 points and seven rebounds with 9:04 to play. Prahalis followed less than a minute later with 13 points and 11 assists. By that time, the mouse had long since expired.
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Women's Basketball | Ohio State 89 | UNC Greensboro 56: Rout provides chances | The Columbus Dispatch
 
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OSU women's basketball: Foes can't relax against Walker
Senior center providing strong play off bench
Saturday, November 28, 2009
By Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Three years later, Andrea Walker no longer thinks about her surgically repaired right foot before taking off on a fast break for the Ohio State women's basketball team.

She proved as much at a slightly less strenuous pace on Black Friday by joining teammate Maria Moeller on a midnight-to-6 a.m. shopping marathon. Walker looked bright-eyed and limp-free after an early practice yesterday in St. John Arena.

The first round of the Buckeye Classic is scheduled for noon and 2 p.m. today in St. John.

Third-ranked Ohio State (6-0) plays Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis (0-4) in the second game, with No. 15 California (2-1) taking on Southern (3-0) in the opener.

Walker, 6 feet 5, figures to play a lot today. She has become an integral part of the rotation for coach Jim Foster in relief of and in tandem with All-America center Jantel Lavender.

"I still had a little bit of a problem with my foot (last season)," Walker said. "But this past summer I was completely fine. Nothing was bothering me and I knew it was my (senior) year, so I wanted to make sure I was getting after it and working hard."

Lavender, more than once the past two seasons, has credited Walker with helping her improve by pushing her in practice. Foster has seen a light go on for Walker away from the practice gym this season.

"It's very easy for Jantel to improve because she has a good work ethic," he said. "She's played against (Walker) every day in practice. 'Dre has now learned to play in games the same way that she plays against Jantel. And I think she finally is healthy enough to do that. She's a good target, a big target and more confident in her moves."
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OSU women's basketball: Foes can't relax against Walker | BuckeyeXtra
 
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Nice to finally be able to watch this team. Up 22-14 on Cal halfway through the first half. Schulze has had a nice first half so far.

24-14 now.:io:
 
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After falling behind 47-45 early in the 2nd half, the ladies have picked it up big time, especially Lavender. Now up 62-51 with less than 12 to go.
 
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