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2020-2021 Ohio State Men's Basketball (Official Thread)

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HenryMuto said:
I didn't know that Ohio State had to play both Iowa and Illinois again. I was hoping that they would play each of them just once since already won on the road against them. Now they get a shot to split the series and those are the last 2 games of the year which mean if Ohio State loses that will take a hit for a chance at a 1 or 2 seed because of recency bias.

I wanted to get Minnesota at home instead of 1 of those 2 games. Frustrating to only play them once since they are all home and no road win team.

Man what a rough end to the year to have to play Iowa and Illinois again.
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A wise man once said, "To be the man, you've got to beat the man! WOOOOO!"
Ok, maybe he isn't so wise. But the Bucks won't solidify their ranking playing Nebraska 6 more times.
 
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This would be great if we were sitting on a 3 seed before the final 2 games and needed to get quality wins to move up but if your sitting on a 1 seed you have no where to go but down. Add in a likely loss in the Big Ten tournament and you might be looking at losing 3 out of your last 4 games or if you lose to Michigan as well then things go off the rail and your now are losing 4 out of your last 6 and you plummet to a 4 or 5 seed.

Just timing is everything and the fact they already beat those teams you just rather not play them again since winning doesn't do much and losing kills you.

The Big Ten is just brutal almost no way out of losing 6 conf games minimum.
 
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HenryMuto said:
This would be great if we were sitting on a 3 seed before the final 2 games and needed to get quality wins to move up but if your sitting on a 1 seed you have no where to go but down. Add in a likely loss in the Big Ten tournament and you might be looking at losing 3 out of your last 4 games or if you lose to Michigan as well then things go off the rail and your now are losing 4 out of your last 6 and you plummet to a 4 or 5 seed.

Just timing is everything and the fact they already beat those teams you just rather not play them again since winning doesn't do much and losing kills you.

The Big Ten is just brutal almost no way out of losing 6 conf games minimum.
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And some of us don't spend our entire lives (including the off season) worrying about seeding for tOSU (or Kentucky or Xavier or Cleveland State or Wright State or Longview State or whoever you happened to be rooting for at the moment).
Chill. Enjoy watching the game. GO BUCKS!
 
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HenryMuto said:
This would be great if we were sitting on a 3 seed before the final 2 games and needed to get quality wins to move up but if your sitting on a 1 seed you have no where to go but down. Add in a likely loss in the Big Ten tournament and you might be looking at losing 3 out of your last 4 games or if you lose to Michigan as well then things go off the rail and your now are losing 4 out of your last 6 and you plummet to a 4 or 5 seed.

Just timing is everything and the fact they already beat those teams you just rather not play them again since winning doesn't do much and losing kills you.

The Big Ten is just brutal almost no way out of losing 6 conf games minimum.
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I dont think I've ever seen anyone manufacture so many bad things in their mind that could happen during a season. Xanax is your friend. You've got to learn to enjoy some of this, life's way too short
 
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“What helps is a core of returning guys who have an understanding of how we do things and have embraced that – they’ve gotta embrace it – and then on top of that, the addition of just some really good kids, good players, good people,” Holtmann said after Ohio State’s most recent win over Maryland on Monday. “So in a year where you’re being challenged in a lot of ways, the quality of your team and their ability to focus, the maturity of your team, it’s essential. And we’ve got a mature team.

“Age and maturity don’t always equate. I’m a great example of that. But in this group here, we’ve got a mature group, and that maturity has allowed us, I think, to be able to play in different environments and have the necessary understanding of how to prepare to play your best.”
 
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“I don't think you ever anticipate in this league winning whatever it's been, six out of seven, seven out of eight, eight out of nine, whatever it's been,” Holtmann said. “I don't think you ever anticipate that. And on top of that, I thought we had a bit of a bumpy non-conference season, for those of you that saw us early, but a clean one nonetheless. But it was bumpy. I don't mind admitting and saying I felt optimistic about this group, but I'm also not going to ignore the fact that there is some surprise in terms of I think we've gelled in a quicker way. We've also seen really good players emerge into really good players. But you don't always know if that's going to happen.”

“Our guys are really bought in,” Washington said on Monday. “I said it last week, I'm going to say it again this week: We're just really locked in and just really trying to get better every single day, man. We're doing a really good job working hard and staying with each other, staying connected and trusting what we've got going on here. It's paying off. We're going to keep grinding. We've got a great team coming to our house on Saturday, so we're going to get back to work as soon as we get back, watch the film, analyze it, learn about it, forget about it and move on.”

Even with Washington as confident as ever, the Buckeyes’ upcoming slate won’t go overlooked. Games against the Hoosiers, Nittany Lions, Wolverines, Spartans, Hawkeyes, Illini and whoever they face in the conference tournament await.

Ohio State might be a No. 1 seed on projections right now. It deserves the spot and simultaneously has to know the placement doesn’t matter at all in mid-February.

If the Buckeyes are still a top seed come March 14, based on what's coming up, you can know they damn sure will have earned it.
 
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I been saying this all week now how hard that schedule is. How I hate that we have to play both Iowa and Illinois again after already beating them at their place. There is much more to lose than gain from having to play both those teams again especially since they are home games. In a normal year you would welcome home games vs just about anyone but not in a pandemic year with no fans. Texas Tech had 4500 fans last night why can't Ohio State have fans is this Big Ten mandate no fans ? Of course a big reason why Ohio State has racked up all those road wins is no fans at Illinois, Iowa or Wisconsin ect.

That schedule is sick Ohio State could finish with 8 or 9 losses this year still. Those games at Penn State and Michigan State are going to be brutally hard to win. Plus you have to figure odds are high you will lose in the conf tournament.

So after having such a great year being possibly a #1 seed with 4 weeks before Selection Sunday (we will know for sure Saturday if we are at that time) and then rack up 4-5 more losses after having just 4 in your first 20 games will be brutal.

Really wish instead of Iowa and Illinois those were games against Minnesota (I want revenge for that loss) and against say Maryland.
 
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