2010-2011 Lady Buckeyes Basketball (Big Ten Tournament Champions)

[LitlBuck]

This thread will be used to discuss the prognosis for the upcoming season, recruiting, and individual games (unless there might be a vbet) when the season begins. Please remember there is a separate thread for Jim Foster, Jantel Lavender and Samantha Prahalis.

 

[LitlBuck]

ACC/Big Ten challenge

May 24, 2010
Ohio State to host Virginia in challenge

The Ohio State women's basketball team will face Virginia on Dec. 2 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in Value City Arena.

The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, December 1
Wake Forest at Michigan; Michigan State at Florida State; Northwestern at Georgia Tech;

NC State at Illinois; Virginia Tech at Minnesota
Thursday, December 2

Duke at Wisconsin; Iowa at North Carolina; Penn State at Boston College; Virginia at Ohio State; Maryland at Purdue; Indiana at Clemson
Virginia finished 21-10 last season and advanced to NCAA tournament before losing in the first round to UW-Green Bay.The Cavaliers return four starters but lost All-America guard Monica Wright to graduation and the WNBA.

Two-time All-America center Jantel Lavender returns for the Buckeyes along with fellow starters Samantha Prahalis, Sarah Schulze, Tayler Hill and Brittany Johnson.

Ohio State lost to Duke in the challenge last season. ACC teams won seven of the 11 games.

Posted by Jim Massie on May 24, 2010 5:43 PM
Ohio State women's basketball

 

[LitlBuck]

July 16, 2010

Ohio State adds LSU to 2010-11 schedule

According to published reports, the Buckeyes are opening the 2010-11 home season for old nemesis Louisiana State on Friday, Nov. 17, in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge..

The Tigers posted a 21-10 record last season under coach Van Chancellor. The Buckeyes have five starters returning from a 31-5 team that won a sixth consecutive Big Ten championships.

Ohio State has yet to release its schedule, but already has a game scheduled against defending national champion Connecticut in Madison Square Garden on Dec. 19 in the Maggie Dixon Classic.

The Buckeyes also have drawn Oklahoma in the Big 12/Big Ten challenge and Virginia in the ACC/Big Ten challenge. Both of those games will be played in Value City Arena.

Posted by Jim Massie on July 16, 2010 2:59 PM
Ohio State women's basketball

 

[leroyjenkins]

Nice job by the "powers that be" to get this team Tournament ready. The schedule is really shaping up nicely.

 

[Akron Rick]

Bucks Recruiting?

Anyone know how the Lady Bucks recruiting is going? I know they have a commitment from a Toledo area point guard who will hopefully be Sammy's replacement someday, but do they have the next dominant center in the Davenport/Lavender tradition coming down the pipeline?

 

[LitlBuck]

Anyone know how the Lady Bucks recruiting is going? I know they have a commitment from a Toledo area point guard who will hopefully be Sammy's replacement someday, but do they have the next dominant center in the Davenport/Lavender tradition coming down the pipeline?

There are already have a 6'4" player from Serbia on the roster who didn't play many minutes last year and they have 4 new players coming in this year and other than that I know absolutely nothing except that there is a very good guard who plays at a Columbus public school (Africentric) but I do not know if Foster is recruiting or not.

 

[Bucks21]

Here is a link to the incoming class. I personally know Amy, which will make going to some games fun this year.

Ohio State Buckeyes Basketball Recruiting 2010 - ESPN

 

[LitlBuck]

Here is a link to the incoming class. I personally know Amy, which will make going to some games fun this year.

Ohio State Buckeyes Basketball Recruiting 2010 - ESPN

That entire class is profiled in the 2009-2010 thread. I think Akron was talking about the recruiting class which will be signing this Fall. I will post a more profiled link with bios for last year's class which includes Amy:)

http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...-6-straight-big-ten-titles-3.html#post1590787

 

[BB73]

This game should give the team an idea of how good they are.

Official.site

Ohio State Will Face UConn in Maggie Dixon Classic Dec. 19

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's basketball team will face UConn in the Maggie Dixon Classic Dec. 19, MSG Sports and the Dixon Family announced Wednesday. Joining the Buckeyes and Huskies in the fifth-annual event at Madison Square Garden are Rutgers and Texas A&M.

The six-time defending Big Ten champion Buckeyes and head coach Jim Foster will face fellow hall of fame head coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies in the second game of a doubleheader. It will be Ohio State's second appearance in the Maggie Dixon Classic, while UConn, back-to-back defending NCAA champions, will make its second appearance in three years in the Classic.

Making their fourth appearance in the Maggie Dixon Classic, Rutgers, led by Hall of Fame head coach C. Vivian Stringer, will take to the court against Gary Blair's defending Big 12 Tournament champion Texas A&M. This will mark Texas A&M's first appearance in the Classic.

All four head coaches participating in the 2010 Maggie Dixon Classic are ranked in the Top 20 among active coaches in winning percentage. Between the four coaches there are a total of 2,857 victories.

Tickets for the Maggie Dixon Classic start at $15 and go on sale at noon Thursday. They can be purchased at the Madison Square Garden box office, all Ticketmaster locations and online at Madison Square Garden - Official Web Site. Madison Square Garden's full college basketball schedule will be announced at a later date. It will be the fourth-consecutive season Madison Square Garden will serve as hosts of the premier event.

The Maggie Dixon Classic is held annually in memory of the former Army Black Knights women's basketball coach. On April 6, 2006, the women's college basketball community lost a young Maggie Dixon, who died from an undiagnosed heart condition. Over the course of her six months as head coach at the United States Military Academy, she led the program to unprecedented heights; the Black Knights played in their first Patriot League Championship and Dixon led her team to their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

More than 325,000 Americans die every year from sudden cardiac arrest and Madison Square Garden will again team with the Dixon family to host a Heart Health Fair. All fans are encouraged to attend the Heart Health Fair to help raise awareness of heart related illness.


Cont'd ...

 

[Buckskin86]

OSU women's basketball: Summertime was no vacation
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
By Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Media day for the Ohio State women's basketball team broke yesterday in the practice gym of Value City Arena with its usual moments of mugging for the assorted cameras and weathering the usual series of machine-gun interviews.

The Buckeyes, six-time defending Big Ten champions, appeared to have fun with it all even though a serious storyline existed beneath the smiles and other pleasantries.

In the final game of 2009-10, Mississippi State handed Ohio State and its five returning starters an 87-67 beating in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The loss spurred a summer "vacation" that brought everyone, including the four-player freshman class, into the gym and weight room.

Sophomore guard Tayler Hill's experience seemed typical.

"We worked on our weaknesses," Hill said. "I put up a lot of shots this summer. I did that every day. I know we had workouts every day, but then on my own I went to the gym to work more."

Senior guard Brittany Johnson nodded.

"We were here every day," she said. "We want to get better. The season is going to be hard. Other teams are working hard, too. We have a chance to go really far this year if we stay focused."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...10/12/summertime-was-no-vacation.html?sid=101

http://photo.the-ozone.net/default....000&PhotographerID=0&RowCount=12&PageNumber=1

 

[NYTraveller]

Rayven Ferguson

Word is the Buckeyes picked up a verbal from a very good wing player, Rayven Ferguson from Columbus Afrocentric. From what I've heard, she's an athletic, creative wing player with decent size and a nose for the basket.

 

[LitlBuck]

Word is the Buckeyes picked up a verbal from a very good wing player, Rayven Ferguson from Columbus Afrocentric. From what I've heard, she's an athletic, creative wing player with decent size and a nose for the basket.

Top 100

Raven Ferguson
CLASS: 2011
94 SCOUTS GRADE
Columbus Africentric
High School
5'11"
?
Overall Rank 35
Position Rank 6

ESPN Player EvaluationsEvaluation On The Trail Conversation USA U17 Trials-June: This top-40 guard has been criticized for her consistency and her defense in recent tournaments. It is obvious that she is intent on proving these critiques wrong, as she put together one of the most complete performances to date. Historically she has exploded with big offensive games and accompanied with her physical strength and size her potential had earned her ranking. She showed poise, smarts and the internal motor to be among the best in her class throughout the trials and with the shortage of point guards in the U18 trials she moved over and showed the moxie to get her team into its offense while also keeping the smaller, quicker guards in front of her defensively. If she can continue this into the FIBA Americas tournament later this month and into July, her already impressive list of suitors will grow longer and her argument to be ranked higher will grow louder. (Hansen)

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Another player from Ohio that is being recruited by Ohio State is below.
She just made a verbal to Dayton

Allyson Malott
Forward
CLASS: 2011
94 SCOUTS GRADE
Middletown, OH
Madison
6'3"
?
Overall Rank 12
Position Rank Status
Undeclared Considering
Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Dayton Flyers, Purdue Boilermakers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Indiana Hoosiers

Go here for more info

 

[Bill Lucas]

Anyone know how the Lady Bucks recruiting is going? I know they have a commitment from a Toledo area point guard who will hopefully be Sammy's replacement someday, but do they have the next dominant center in the Davenport/Lavender tradition coming down the pipeline?

I've heard from her father that Caroline Coyer from Oakton, VA is being recruited by Ohio State. Some of you may recall that her older brother Chris received a late football offer from Ohio State a couple of years ago. Caroline is a point guard that is an excellent (and clutch) three point shooter and a tough as nails competitor. She was Northern Region MVP her freshman year which was quite an accomplishment as the competition in the region included a senior who was committed to play basketball for UNC and womens basketball in northern Virginia is played at a high level. Caroline is a junior this season and has led Oakton to a 54-3 record in her two previous seasons.

 

[LitlBuck]

I've heard from her father that Caroline Coyer from Oakton, VA is being recruited by Ohio State. Some of you may recall that her older brother Chris received a late football offer from Ohio State a couple of years ago. Caroline is a point guard that is an excellent (and clutch) three point shooter and a tough as nails competitor. She was Northern Region MVP her freshman year which was quite an accomplishment as the competition in the region included a senior who was committed to play basketball for UNC and womens basketball in northern Virginia is played at a high level. Caroline is a junior this season and has led Oakton to a 54-3 record in her two previous seasons.

Foster's seems to keep things pretty quiet. In the top 100 list posted above Ohio State is not involved with any seniors except for the ones mentioned. When it comes to juniors, I have no idea but your young lady seems promising:)

 

[LitlBuck]

http://blog.dispatch.com/osuwbb/

Dobranic spent the summer at home in Novi Sad, Serbia, and returned with some refinements to her game. She played sparingly in her freshman season for the Buckeyes. With reserve center Andrea Walker a graduation loss, Dobranic could get more time on the court in relief of Jantel Lavender.

Freshmen Darryce Moore and Ashley Adams are other possibilities, although Adams is out for a couple of weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery.

"To her credit, she's worked," Foster said. "There are a couple of technical things that she has to do on a regular basis that she fights a bit. It's different than what she has done (in Europe). The lane is not as wide here. Her game is tailored a little differently as a result. What she has to do, she has started to slowly understand."

Foster spoke highly of freshman Amy Scullion, who was lost for the season last week to a knee injury.

"Amy already has made the transition between the ears," Foster said. "You can tell just watching her on the sidelines doing what she has to do to get ready for her next task. Her next task is surgery. But she has to have a certain amount of strength and conditioning. When you hava to do that kind of work, sometimes you have a tendency to feel sorry for yourself. She shows none of that. You like to see the moxy of the kid at such an early age."

The Buckeyes also are dealing with an illness. Sophmore guard Amber Stokes is going to be out for an indefinite time with a viral infection. Stokes, Foster said, was having a great preseason before she got sick.

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Posted by Jim Massie on October 28, 2010 3:52 PM