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BuckTwenty
Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
It's a shame, too. He had a real presence in those 6 minutes he played. Wiscy would have had to worry more about how they were guarding Sully if Dallas were in.akronbuck;1874016; said:
See two games ago at Minnesota (10pts, 5rbs, 2bks in 17 min)... all played with him and Sully in the game at same time. 8 of Dallas's 10 points were uncontested thanks to how the Gophers were guarding Sully and Sully's rediculous passing ability. Should have subbed Dallas for Diebs or Thomas at some point against Wiscy. Our tempo would have slowed, but I think it could have sparked our offense when we got cold in the 2nd half.
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BuckTwenty
Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
Its in large part to the freshmen we just had come in. They're rediculously good. Dallas isn't a scorer, and with how well the guards shoot on this team, how long they are, and how well they play on defense, Lauderdale became less of a need. Thad also has a tendency to sub very infrequently, especially if the guys on the court are playing really well.Bucky32;1874030; said:
A weird thing about this team is that we don't really have a true PF on this team. And if it wasn't for Craft and the way he's developed so quickly, we wouldn't have a PG either.
Without Craft:
SG Buford
SG Diebler
SF Lighty
C Lauderdale
C Sullinger
With Craft:
PG Craft
SG Buford
SG Diebler
SF Lighty
C Sullinger
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akronbuck
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The only thing I don't like about Mattas fantastic recruiting and coaching. He'll recruit 7-9 out of 13 as wing players SF/SG . He will play 3 wings, PG and a PF. Granted, it works great with most teams but, when a team like Wisconsin and Minny have a strong force down low we have to be able to adjust to it. I know we only have 2 bigs but, if they need to play together then, so be it. Just think about NC, Duke and some other top teams that have a few biggies and all we use is Sullinger. I saw how Sullinger was hooking up Lauderdale with some easy points when he was getting double teamed and that was great.
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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
I do not think it was Wisconsin's big man who beat us. It was Taylor and we certainly couldn't put Lauderdale on Taylor so it really wasn't their big man that hurt us and the big men from Minnesota certainly aren't doing much up there. I will take the wing players that can play multiple positions rather than having too many big guys. The Minnesota guys just get in each other's way.akronbuck;1874070; said:
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JohnnyCockfight
Beer is God's proof that he loves us.
LitlBuck;1874444; said:
Agreed. I think Craft played as much as he did, and Lauderdale played as little, so Craft could defend Jordan Taylor.
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BrutusBobcat
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JohnnyCockfight;1874451; said:
This. Dallas just isn't going to get a lot of minutes when the other team has a scoring threat at point. Especially in the second half, there was no way to take Craft off of the floor.
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akronbuck
Legend
all good points but, one of the big cheese heads went 3/3 with the 3's and can't be guarded by a shorter wing player
No way Craft but, Diebler,Lighty or Buford would have to sit when needed.
Osu won the rebounding war but, that doesn't count because, Wisconsin was on fire and they did get a lot of second chances
No way Craft but, Diebler,Lighty or Buford would have to sit when needed.
Osu won the rebounding war but, that doesn't count because, Wisconsin was on fire and they did get a lot of second chances
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BuckTwenty
Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
To add to the bolded, the ones that he does recruit as PF's or C's end up being one and done (Oden, Koufos, Mullens, Sully?, Williams next year?), so that has really killed us big-man wise. Again, going back to Matta's fantastic recruiting. What makes the results of Matta coached teams is the rediculous turnover in terms of players. If they're not leaving early, it's transfers in, transfers out, or JUCO's.akronbuck;1874070; said:
Dallas has been a real blessing to Ohio State to stay for four years, teach Sully the ropes, and be the defensive prescence this team needs down low. With us still being in the meat of our Big Ten schedule, I hope Matta choses to get Dallas some more time. We're really gonna need him.
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generaladm
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akronbuck;1874482; said:
Gasser, who hit 3/3, is a 6'3" guard. I think you mean Brusewitz, 2/2 from 3pt, but he's only 6'6". Most of those shots came when Wisky was exploiting the screen at the top of the arc. Perhaps they should have rotated Lighty to help Craft, he's quicker than Sully and can defend tall players.
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kippy1040
Hall of Fame
Dallas has been a real blessing to Ohio State to stay for four years, teach Sully the ropes, and be the defensive prescence this team needs down low. With us still being in the meat of our Big Ten schedule, I hope Matta choses to get Dallas some more time. We're really gonna need him.[/QUOTE]
Maybe Thad has something on those lines of getting Dallas more time and it could be something the opposing teams never saw before. There were a few times when sully was doubled up and he got the ball to Dallas for some easy baskets. And i wish we could see more of that somewhere down the road real soon. There is combination with the two of them out there on the floor, that is just waiting to happen. Let it be in "March Madness" time. That would be sweet.
Maybe Thad has something on those lines of getting Dallas more time and it could be something the opposing teams never saw before. There were a few times when sully was doubled up and he got the ball to Dallas for some easy baskets. And i wish we could see more of that somewhere down the road real soon. There is combination with the two of them out there on the floor, that is just waiting to happen. Let it be in "March Madness" time. That would be sweet.
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