OSU_Buckguy
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sure, they won a squeaker and can take something from that, but that was a bad, bad, victory.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
They are not overrated, they just need to play at a consistent level for a complete game, they played one great half and then a horrible second half. I personally do not feel they are overrated at this point. The one key element that is missing is the leadership and I have been saying it for a few weeks now......it is clearly evident late in the game we lack that leadership, no direction on offense, we seem tentative. Harris, Butler and Lewis need to step up.
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WyoBuck
Hall of Fame
NFBuck;731059; said:
No, you're right, unless we are all living the same bad dream. There are flashes of brilliance, but Butler, Harris and Lewis all but disappeared in the second half, and apparently the game plan was to keep the ball as far away from Oden as was fucking possible. I dunno. There is such a lack of consistency, I don't see us faring well against a top ten team right now. I don't understand why we would go away from what was working to get us a big lead.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Maybe I am old school but a win is never bad. We just watched them play a terrible half so some of us have forgotten they played almost a perfect first half. Give them credit for the good and the bad fellas.
The sky is not falling.....we will learn from this and move on......a young team just grew up a little bit more.....
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
I'm praying someone, anyone, steps up as a leader by tourney time otherwise we will get knocked out very early. It's also about time we figure out what the hell we're doing on offense. It seems like we either jack up a 3 early in the shot clock or throw it down to Oden and hope he makes something happen. Basically, we're searching for an identity.
I don't think we'll know that until we face adversity again. We almost choked away the UT game too. I'm happy with the win but I'm disappointed by where we're at at this point in the season because the team hasn't "clicked" yet. I'm still waiting for that game where we put it all together and reach our potential.
Brightside: Big-10 win over solid opponent
Downside: Inconsistent
I don't think we'll know that until we face adversity again. We almost choked away the UT game too. I'm happy with the win but I'm disappointed by where we're at at this point in the season because the team hasn't "clicked" yet. I'm still waiting for that game where we put it all together and reach our potential.
Brightside: Big-10 win over solid opponent
Downside: Inconsistent
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True. I'm definately just a little flustered after watching the second half. Learn from this and bring on Purdue.OSUBasketballJunkie;731069; said:
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
In the first half we played from the inside out and were having success. Second half, MSU made some adjustments, pushed Oden out a few feet further.....we started to get inpatient on the offensive end and started to shoot early in the clock from the outside.....shots didn't fall...MSU hit everything......basically that was the second half.
I will give our defense credit for the last 2 minutes, MSU had several chances to tie or take the lead and failed to do so.......they dug in and pulled it out.
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Which counts more than a good loss. But, I agree that it was tough to watch. On the other hand, anytime that you beat Izzo and Sparty, it's a good day.
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WyoBuck
Hall of Fame
At the half I made a post stating that they should apply the boot to the throat. I was joking then, but now I think that may be what this team lacks. The ability to finish. That is experience though, and that is what the upper classmen need to bring. They didn't tonight, and haven't at other times. It needs to happen by the tourney. If not, this season is already over.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
I want to give some credit to the crowd tonight, they finally showed up, the atmosphere is not where everyone would like it, but it is definetly an improvement.
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
OSUBasketballJunkie;731072; said:
You pretty much summed it up. :)
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OSU_Buckguy
Head Coach
i never stated that the sky is falling. i'm not extracting anything from this poor second half showing beyond a poor second half showing. what some would call *ahem* an ugly victory, i would call a bad victory. sure, a win is never bad in the fact that it is another notch, but i'm not sure that there was anything positive from the second twenty-minute game... as long as the team doesn't learn anything from it. i'm sure that won't be the case.OSUBasketballJunkie;731069; said:
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
That comment wasn't directed at you....more of an observation on my part and to tell everyone to look at some of the positives and not dwell on the negatives of the second half. I would agree this was an ugly victory, that is putting it lightly. I believe they can take some very positive things from the second half...the most important one was we never gave up the lead and made some defensive stops late in the game to preserve the victory. They will watch the film and correct their mistakes, but in my opinion, the only mistake they made in the second half was not having the same intensity they had in the first half in order to match MSU's effort. This team is 18-3. Not 3-18. Boy, in just three years, the expectations sure have changed.
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buckeyeboy
Still fortitudinous
Izzo's ridiculous. I can think of three distinct out-of-bounds calls that the refs blew in favor of MSU, yet every time the camera was on Izzo, he had this look on his face like he couldn't believe how much he was getting screwed. Pathetic.
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