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2010-2011 Men's Basketball (Outright Big Ten & BTT Champs)

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Miami (Ohio) on the schedule

Coach Thad Matta met with the media for about half an hour today to update us on all things Ohio State basketball (or at least all the things we asked about, anyway).

Among the tidbits he shared was that a contract has been signed for a game against Miami University in Value City Arena on Nov.26, the night before the biennial home football game against Michigan, which is being played after Thanksgiving this year.

Matta coached at Miami twice as an assistant, in 1995-96 under Herb Sendek and in 1997-98 under Charlie Coles, who remains the RedHawks' head coach.

Matta said that, although not all contracts have been signed, the schedule is complete except for one game. It is expected to be released in August.

The regular season is expected to tip off Nov. 12 with an exempt tournament in which Ohio State will play four games, three of them at home. The road game is Nov. 16 at Florida.

Other items:

-- A contract has been signed for a home-and-home series against Kansas beginning with the 2011-12 season, an athletics department spokesman said. He was not certain where the 2011 game would be played.

-- Asked whether all six incoming freshmen have been certified as eligible for this season by the NCAA Clearinghouse, Matta said, "I think we're squared away."

Academic eligibility is only half the process, however. Freshmen also have their amateur status reviewed by the Clearinghouse, and Matta said two players are still awaiting a decision on that, Matta said.
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Miami (Ohio) on the schedule (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)
 
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Academic eligibility is only half the process, however. Freshmen also have their amateur status reviewed by the Clearinghouse, and Matta said two players are still awaiting a decision on that, Matta said.
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Now this really bothers me. I would think that the only way their amateur status could be brought into consideration is if they were given some "gifts". I really cant think of anything else that would be illegal.
 
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-- A contract has been signed for a home-and-home series against Kansas beginning with the 2011-12 season, an athletics department spokesman said. He was not certain where the 2011 game would be played.

Music to my ears. Now I get to see my Buckeyes in Lawrence. That will be an experience those kids will never forget. Allen Field House is truly one of the best college sports venues there is.

GO BUCKS!!!!
 
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Summer Buzz: Ohio State Buckeyes
July, 27, 2010
By Eamonn Brennan

For the next month or so, our friends at The Mag are previewing one high-profile school per day for their Summer Buzz series. For the sake of all that is synergistic, yours truly will be attempting the same, complementing each comprehensive Insider preview with some adjusted efficiency fun. Today's subject: Ohio State . Up next? Illinois.

It's still too early to make 2010-11 season predictions. Instead, allow me to make a prediction about the 2010-11 preview season: In every single season preview written about the Ohio State Buckeyes, you are going to hear one name over and over: Evan Turner.

How will Ohio State replace Evan Turner?Why wouldn't you? Turner was the Buckeyes in 2010-11. Watching Ohio State play was to watch Turner dominate in the way most talented sixth-graders dominate: consistently and comprehensively. Turner was on the ball at all times. He played point guard, even though he's a 6-foot-7 wing player, mostly because it seemed like the easiest way to get him the ball. Ohio State head coach Thad Matta coached Turner and the Buckeyes the exact way you or I would coach the aforementioned talented sixth-grader: "OK, guys, let's keep it simple. Evan, go score. On three, win!"
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Summer Buzz: Ohio State Buckeyes - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
 
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Kevin Coble Opts to Forgo Senior Season at Northwestern

"I would like to thank Northwestern University and the administration for all that they have done for me," Coble said. "In addition, the fans have my sincere gratitude for their support of Wildcat Basketball. I will miss seeing them at the games. Most importantly, I want to thank my teammates for the opportunity to play with them and I wish them nothing but the best in the upcoming season. There is not a better group of guys than those found on this team and I will miss being on the court with them.

"With that said, the recovery of my foot is most important and extends far beyond my basketball career. I will continue to follow my surgeon's rehabilitation schedule and have been told by my surgeon that I will have a full recovery. I will not be transferring to another school and with that, will be finishing the last of my classes at Northwestern this fall."
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i hate to read that coble won't return. he was a true pleasure to watch. any team would love to have him. northwestern had a real shot to do something great next year. though the wildcats will still be good, their chances of reaching the ncaa tournament have greatly diminished, whereas i previously placed the likelihood at over 50%. moreover, the loss of coble harms the conference's chances of beating the acc again in the challenge. their game against georgia tech will be at home. i'm not sure whom to favor now.
 
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I also hate to see him end his basketball career at Northwestern. I wonder if his surgeon advised him that his foot might not be able to take the beating of another basketball season even though he doesn't come out and say that. I will never forget the game he had at Michigan State when Northwestern one a couple years ago... he was Larry Bird like. Have to feel sorry for the rest of the guys on the team also because with Evan this would have been an NCAA tournament team. The best to him out of the basketball arena.
 
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CBB Summer Buzz: Ohio State
The Buckeyes will have to learn to live without Evan Turner
By Matt Meyers
ESPN The Magazine
Archive

Insider knows you're hot for hoops during the summer, so we're bringing you a closer look at a few of the big-profile schools before most freshmen have even moved into their dorms. We continue today with Ohio State.

Ohio State Buckeyes

29-8 (NCAA tournament -- Sweet 16)

This Buckeyes team is in an odd position. On the one hand, it returns four starters, and who wouldn't want that? On the other hand, the one guy it lost, Evan Turner, will be the hardest to replace. Turner was the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft, and he did practically everything for the Buckeyes last season. And when he went down for a month with a spine fracture in January, it was obvious that he was the team's linchpin. "If you watched us play without Evan, we were a different team," assistant coach Brandon Miller says. "And not that successful." With Turner out, Ohio State was a mere .500 team (3-3).

Experts' Take

Jay Bilas
Ohio State has recruited as well as anyone in the country under Thad Matta, and this year's class is no exception. The Buckeyes have every position stocked except the point. There is no way to replace Evan Turner, but Ohio State doesn't need to do that. All the Buckeyes need to do is find someone who will get the ball up the court safely, initiate the offense and get the ball to Ohio State's best scorers.

But there is no easy answer at the point. David Lighty could fill that role, but that is not his strongest suit and could take him away from doing other things. The best option may wind up being 6-foot-1 freshman PG Aaron Craft, a very smart and savvy winner who seldom makes mistakes. Craft is not a creator, but he can run a team and hit open shots.

Newcomers Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas are difference-makers up front. Sullinger can be an All-American in his first season because of his productivity on the glass and his penchant for winning. As he improves his low-post game, he has the chance to be special right away and yet another first-year player who leaves Ohio State for the NBA. Thomas is the one who could surprise at the highest level. He is an outstanding scorer on the block and can step away and score. With a tandem of Thomas and Sullinger inside, Lighty and William Buford on the wings and Jon Diebler to stretch the floor, Ohio State will have a top-10 team if the point is played competently.

Joe Lunardi
Something about Ohio State makes me think of Utah in the post-Keith Van Horn era. The Utes were supposed to take a big-time dip after Van Horn was drafted No. 2 overall in 1997 by the Philadelphia 76ers. Instead, they rallied around a veteran core and marched all the way to the 1998 national championship game. You probably can see where this is going.

The present-day Buckeyes lose Evan Turner, another No. 2 overall pick of the 76ers, but return a veteran presence in wings David Lighty and William Buford. For good measure, OSU has several impact frosh led by hometown star Jared Sullinger. If the 6-8 power forward can provide even half of Turner's production, the Buckeyes should be just as dangerous as they were a year ago.

If OSU can get adequate play at the point, a Utah-like run through the 2011 NCAA tournament is not a reach.

Doug Gottlieb
The most difficult part of replacing Evan Turner is the intangible quality of being able to make others better. Frankly, no one remaining from last season's OSU roster does that. But the Buckeyes will be able to return a big-time scorer in David Lighty, a lights-out shooter in Jon Diebler and several other solid, ancillary parts from last year's Sweet 16 team.

Aaron Craft, who originally was headed to play for Tennessee last summer, should start right away, despite some athletic limitations. Craft's reputation is that of a solid shooter, passer and ball handler who might not be able to get into the defense as well as some of the more highly rated point guards in the country, but with the Buckeyes' surrounding cast, that may not be an issue.

Jared Sullinger is a terrific low-post scorer and rebounder who frankly plays like a 10-year NBA vet with his poise at the block and volume of scoring moves. The big question is whether Sullinger, who plays below the rim, will be as effective against bigger, stronger competition in the Big Ten. (He should.)

The depth of the returning starters and the signing class makes Ohio State, on paper, capable of competing for Big Ten and national crowns. But the young players and veterans have to mesh, and much like last season without Turner, Ohio State may not be good enough at the point to win big, despite all its weaponry.
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NCAA basketball: 2010-11 preview: Ohio State buzz with analysis from Jay Bilas and Joe Lunardi - ESPN
 
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The best option may wind up being 6-foot-1 freshman PG Aaron Craft, a very smart and savvy winner who seldom makes mistakes. Craft is not a creator, but he can run a team and hit open shots.
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Bilas is right on and this is what I have been trying to say about Craft. You just need to have someone who can bring the ball up court and start the offense. Not every team in the country as a PG like John Wall or Mike Conley who can penetrate and dish. As long as the guy can bring the ball up the court and distribute it to the scorers (Buford, Lighty, and JD) we will be fine with Craft or Smith.
 
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Three more '10-11 opponents uncovered

An email directing me to a link in one blog, then a link to another, revealed three more opponents on Ohio State's non-conference schedule next season -- the remaining teams in the four-game exempt tournament (the Global Sports Invitational) that will count as only one game on the Buckeyes' 2010-11 schedule.

Tip of the cap to the Wilmington (N.C.) Star News.

The teams are North Carolina A&T, Morehead State and North Carolina-Wilmington, which, with Florida, will be the first four teams the Buckeyes' face.

So here's the schedule as we believe it to be so far, with each team's record and RPI ranking from last season in parentheses:

Nov. 12 - North Carolina A&T (11-22, 299)
Nov. 16 - at Florida (21-13, 59)
Nov. 20 - UNC-Wilmington (9-22, 236)
Nov. 23 - Morehead State (24-11, 90)
Nov. 26 - Miami (Ohio) (14-18, 144)
Nov. 30 - at Florida State (22-10, 44)
Dec. 18 - South Carolina (15-16, 98)

Five opponents remain be identified. Bucknuts.com has reported that one of them will be Tennessee-Martin (4-25, 338) on Dec. 27 in Value City Arena. So that leaves four.
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Three more '10-11 opponents uncovered (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)
 
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