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Solon grad Dallas Lauderdale keeps order on the court for Ohio State Buckeyes: Bill Livingston
By Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer
March 24, 2010

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Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer
Other teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament should be aware that if they mess with Ohio State players on the court, they'll have to contend with Buckeyes center Dallas Lauderdale.Bill Livingston

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The bodyguard sat quietly in the Ohio State locker room last Sunday afternoon. His thoughts were his own, but, as usual, they were not about himself.

"I see myself as the protector," said Lauderdale, a junior center from Solon.

At 6-8, 260 pounds, with a condor's wingspan fitting for a man who stands 7-6-1/2, Lauderdale is the Buckeyes' only big man.

"I think it's my personality. I think the other players look up to me to be a protector," he said.
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Solon grad Dallas Lauderdale keeps order on the court for Ohio State Buckeyes: Bill Livingston | cleveland.com
 
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Ohio State Buckeyes center Dallas Lauderdale's NCAA Tournament diary
By Special to The Plain Dealer
March 26, 2010

Ohio State junior starting center Dallas Lauderdale, a Solon grad, will provide The Plain Dealer with diary updates during the NCAA Tournament. Here are some of Lauderdale's thoughts Thursday afternoon before the Buckeyes practiced at the Edward R. Jones Dome in St. Louis in preparation for tonight's Midwest Regional semifinal against Tennessee.

We just went home after Milwaukee, and Monday we had off, so I chilled with my sister. And then Tuesday we were back at it and Wednesday morning, we were back at it and flew to St. Louis. You can never get tired of preparing.

I don't know how people found out where we were staying, but when we got to the hotel, they were there before we were there. We were fresh off the plane and we pulled up and unloaded our bags and there was a line of people. I don't know how they figured it out, but I guess that's part of the process.

We went to the Hard Rock Cafe on Wednesday night. It was on a little lake and it was real peaceful. I wish we could have stayed in a hotel around there, because they had little boats where you could just glide.

We had a pretty late wakeup call this morning. Then breakfast was pretty good. We had some waffles and some nice scrambled eggs. We've watched Tennessee and broken down every player and looked at his likes and dislikes, and we'll watch the offense and the defense tonight.
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_state_buckeyes_center_dal.html

Should Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale play for the Browns? Finding motivation for Tennessee
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
March 26, 2010

Getting ready for No. 2 seed Ohio State vs. No. 6 seed Tennessee in a Midwest Regional semifinal at 7:07 p.m.

Bulletin board material was around before the printing press. Cave paintings? Just cavemen coaches explaining to their players what the other team said about them.

But this is new to me at least - using Tweets for motivation. Maybe 140 characters is enough to get somebody riled up.

Thursday on Twitter [that would be @OSUsportsfromPD] I posted a quote from my talk with Tennessee associate head coach Tony Jones. During our discussion, he said of Ohio State, "Obviously, they are a talented basketball team. When you've got a guy like Dallas Lauderdale who should be playing for the Cleveland Browns instead of Ohio State, they have some physical players."

On Twitter, I posted that Jones said of Lauderdale "He should be playing for the Cleveland Browns instead of Ohio State."

Lauderdale, whose Twitter account is @RaheemAkbar52 for no obvious reason, even upon explanation, responded by Tweeting "I wonder if that's a compliment or a insult..hehehe."

I responded with "All compliment. Thinks you're physical. And really, the Browns probably could use you, right?"

Lauderdale Tweeted back "well that was considerate of him. I [wouldn't] mind playin for the browns either"

Me: "Antonio Gates - you and Lighty should work on running routes"

Lauderdale: "No doubt"
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Should Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale play for the Browns? Finding motivation for Tennessee | cleveland.com
 
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Ohio State center Dallas Lauderdale's NCAA Tournament diary
By Special to The Plain Dealer
March 27, 2010

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Paul Sancya / Associated Press
Dallas Lauderdale contemplates Friday's loss in the locker room in St. Louis. Ohio State junior starting center Dallas Lauderdale, a Solon grad, provided The Plain Dealer with diary updates during the NCAA Tournament. In his final entry, Lauderdale spoke Friday night after Ohio State's season ended with a 76-73 loss to Tennessee in the Midwest Regional semifinal.

We were prepared, we were focused, we were ready to do what we needed to do. We had some offensive things ready, and we thought we were ready.

But for some reason, we didn't have it. Whether it came down to rebounding or offensive execution or not taking good shots or any of that. We just weren't Ohio State. I don't know why. We had a couple other games like this early that we lost. It's just tough. I'll remember this.

The crowd was fun, the crowd was great. It was a nice place to play, and the crowd was loud. I wish the outcome could have been different, though. But you've just got to thank God for the position you're in right now.

When Dave Lighty went out in the first half, I think we did great. We came in here at halftime with a three-point lead. I think Jeremie Simmons came in and did a great job of picking up Dave's slack.

Obviously, he's not the same player as Dave, but he made some humongous shots for us. I think he played well.

I knew it was either going to be me or Dave guarding Wayne Chism. If it was Dave, he was going to take Dave down to the post. If it was me, he was going to take me to the perimeter. It was a matchup problem.

But we've been doing this lately. Teams have us on the ropes and we stepped up and made big plays.

That's what the feeling was, here we go again. Somebody is going to step up, somebody is going to step up. That's just what I kept saying, and our shots rimmed out. Our shots rimmed out today.

At the end, I was thinking something's got to happen, the ref's got to call something or put more time on the clock or something. People talk about it not being real, like not realizing it's over, having that feeling like you can't believe that it's over. I experienced that.
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Ohio State center Dallas Lauderdale's NCAA Tournament diary | cleveland.com
 
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Some nice insight from Dallas. Overall he made some good strides over the year... hopefully he'll be more of an offensive presence next year. The Bucks will be better off in the paint with he and Sullinger in the rotation.
 
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Ohio State basketball: Nobody wants to fight Dallas Lauderdale
Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer

Tonight's game at Florida is a test for Ohio State senior center Dallas Lauderdale, who played one of the best games of his career in the opener against North Carolina A&T but needs to prove he can be as aggressive on the boards and as efficient offfensively against better competition.

Lauderdale shot 77 percent from the field last year and could have led the nation in shooting percentage if he'd taken enough shots to qualify, but his reputation nationally isn't tied to his scoring. It's more about his snarl.

In a preseason ESPN The Magazine survey of 170 players, the Solon High grad was the most popular answer to the question "Who's the last player you'd ever want to get into a fistfight with?" Lauderdale received 13.9 percent of the vote.

"I take it as an honor," Lauderdale said.
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http://www.cleveland.com/buckeyeblog/index.ssf/2010/11/ohio_state_basketball_nobody_w.html
 
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Fearsome force
Dallas Lauderdale has always had a penchant for blocking shots, and now he's establishing himself as a rebounder
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Fred Squillante | Dispatch
Screaming and yelling during a game is all part of how Ohio State senior Dallas Lauderdale tries to be an intimidating force when he's on the floor.
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NEAL C. LAURON | DISPATCH
Dallas Lauderdale, right, will go down as the No. 3 shot-blocker in Ohio State history.

ESPN The Magazine polled college basketball players before the season on the player they would least like to meet in a dark alley.

Dallas Lauderdale was their choice.

The 6-foot-8, 255-pound Ohio State shot-blocker confirmed that he indeed has scared someone in a dark alley before.

"Plenty of times," he said.

Jon Diebler laughed at that.

"Dallas has got the best personality ever," he said. "I mean, the guy is hilarious."

With each passing game, though, Lauderdale is showing signs of not being a player to be taken lightly his senior season.

Not solely a shot-blocker anymore, Lauderdale has picked up his pace as a rebounder in recent games, combining with freshman Jared Sullinger to improve the Buckeyes' proficiency at gaining second-chance scoring opportunities while limiting opponents' ability to do the same.

"We lost to Tennessee (in the NCAA Tournament last season) because of rebounding, so that was an emphasis all summer," Lauderdale said. "Just go and get the ball. No matter who's there, just go and get the ball.

"With Jared there and me there, there should be no offensive rebounds for any team. That's a stat that shouldn't be lacking for me because I'm too big and too long to not get rebounds."

Lauderdale averaged 5.2 rebounds in 25.1 minutes per game last season; this season, his average is 5.4 in 20.8 minutes. In the past three games, he has averaged seven rebounds, the number he had Saturday in the Buckeyes' 22-point victory over South Carolina, one of the longest and most athletic teams they have played this season.

"He's going with fire in his eyes," coach Thad Matta said after the game. "He's getting rebounds out of his area, he's clearing space. That does nothing but help our basketball team."

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/12/21/fearsome-force.html?sid=101
 
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Dallas has got to learn to stay perfectly still when setting a pick or a screen. It is the player's responsibility who he is setting the screen for to run his defender close enough to Dallas to get an advantage. Dallas has been around too long and every year he does the same thing and officials are starting to call it. That is probably the sole reason he fouled out the other night. There is no need for him to add that extra little twitch when the defendant runs past him and whatever happened to that free-throw shooting I saw from him against Florida:( Don't mean to pick on him but we are going to need him one of these games for sure.
 
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Matta also mentions Thomas's improvement in the blog below.
"And I think Dallas Lauderdale right now is playing at a level he hasn?t played at at Ohio State.

Nothing maybe that you see on the stat sheet, but I?ve been very, very impressed with the way he?s played the last couple games, and practiced as well.

"He?s talking, his positioning on defense. I think the other night the job he did on the big kid from Oakland, (Keith) Benson, he saw that as a challenge and was really tuned in.

"I think Dallas is really coming into his own. I?ve been very, very happy with his play."
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http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2010/12/postgame_tennesseemartin.shtml
 
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Why was Lauderdale in the game?

I had a few e-mails after the game Sunday asking me what Thad Matta was thinking having Dallas Lauderdale on the floor the final 2 1/2 minutes against Minnesota.

Matta had to make a move when David Lighty fouled out with 2:30 left and chose Lauderdale, a senior, over freshman Deshaun Thomas.

But by putting Lauderdale in, Matta gave Minnesota the opportunity to cost Ohio State a possession by intentionally fouling Lauderdale and putting him and his .333 free throw percentage on the line, in the bonus, in the closing seconds.

Which, of course, the Gophers did. After a three-point play by Al Nolen made it a one-possession game with 44.6 seconds left, Colton Iverson grabbed Lauderdale with 28.5 seconds remaining. Lauderdale missed both free throws, giving the Gophers the chance to send the game to overtime on their final possession.

So I asked Matta today: "What were you thinking?"

"It was (for) rebounding," he said.

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http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2011/01/why_was_lauderdale_in_the_game_1.shtml
 
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Dallas just looks so lost right now, at both ends of the court. His defense tonight was very suspect - picked all the wrong times to hedge. :(

He's in a funk, and we'll need production from him if we're to make a long run in the tourney.
 
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