#5 Ohio State 93, #10 Florida 75 (Final)

[BlufftonBuckeye]

Great finish, but an awful shot by Buford. Completely covered and threw it up, would have like to have seen something going to the basket there.

 

[dav713]

Feel like we played pretty terribly and we're only down 3...Just clean up the sloppyness and we have this.

 

[Best Buckeye]

This game is going about as I expected, other than the rebounding which I expected to be more even. Also we gave up way too many layups.

 

[Bill Lucas]

Great finish, but an awful shot by Buford. Completely covered and threw it up, would have like to have seen something going to the basket there.

The clock was running down. I'd rather see a shot there than no shot.

 

[Bill Lucas]

Man to man defense if a new thing for this team. If that's going to be the defensive identity there wil be some growing pains.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Good first half, weathered the storm, fought the crowd noise, and beat the press...need to take care of the defensive boards, and dribble penetration.

 

[brutus2002]

Defense will win or lose this game.

 

[Bill Lucas]

Sullinger with 5 rebounds at the half. The rest of the team has 3. Rebounds 17-8 in favor of Florida.

 

[BlufftonBuckeye]

I feel like Sullinger needs to be a bit more "nasty" going after those boards, he's had a few that he just plain got abused on.

He's had position, just needs to get an edge and he'll be fine.

2/7 for Buford, ouch. 1/4 for Thomas, a combined 3/11 and we're only down 3. Gotta imagine those two will pick it up in the 2nd.

Diebs and Craft both 2/3, would like to see Diebs get a few more shots then that in the second.

 

[Buckeneye]

Wouldn't mind seeing a couple hard fouls on those boy's trying to attack the basket, just give them a little something to think about before they just try driving in the lane.

 

[BlufftonBuckeye]

The clock was running down. I'd rather see a shot there than no shot.

Agreed, except he released it at a little over 5.5 seconds...could have easily gotten another dribble or two, no need to release the shot before the clock hits 2 or so.

But I totally agree in principle, just seems like Buford gets too focused on getting his shot going and stops being smart with the ball.

 

[dragurd]

Craft looking great especially press breaking.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Man to man defense if a new thing for this team. If that's going to be the defensive identity there wil be some growing pains.

we have four returning starters whose primary and overwhelming defense last year was man-to-man. it's an excuse insofar as man defense is always an issue for freshmen and the experienced players who must compensate for their deficiencies.

what we desperately miss is a jumping jack power forward.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

I feel like Sullinger needs to be a bit more "nasty" going after those boards, he's had a few that he just plain got abused on.

absolutely. sully has zero fouls (thought he had one, but two sites yield zero). there is no excuse for that.

 

[Bill Lucas]

Can't disagree with that.