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Men's Basketball Buckeye Tidbits 2006-2007 Season

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Thad Matta was on 1460 the fan this afternoon talking about the team...

-Everyone is doing well in the classroom.

-Oden's rehab is described as going well, Greg is moving his wrist but they are being cautious.

-Coach Matta talks about the upcoming season and says he wants to keep his incoming freshmen away from newspapers, tv and the radio. :biggrin:
 
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Buckeyes will open season vs. VMI

Thursday, September 14, 2006




The Ohio State men?s basketball team will open the regular season against Virginia Military Institute on Nov. 10 in the first round of the Black Coaches Association Classic in Value City Arena.

The bracket for the three-day, eight-team tournament was released last night. It was delayed nearly a month while a replacement was found for Providence, which was announced as part of the original field.
The replacement, Alabama A&M, will play IUPUI in the first of the four games Nov. 10. The other two will be South Dakota State vs. Kent State and Loyola (Ill.) vs. Princeton.

Ohio State will face Loyola or Princeton in the second round Nov. 11 and one of the other four teams Nov. 12.

Four games will be played each day in Value City Arena. SportsTime Ohio will televise some of them. Game times will be announced later.

Ticket information is available by calling the OSU ticket office at 614-292-2624 or 1-800-GO-BUCKS.

Bob Baptist

[email protected]
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12:34 p.m.

COLUMBUS - The first weekend of the college basketball season could include a matchup between Ohio State and Kent State in the title game of the SportsTime Ohio BCA Classic.

The brackets for the tournament, to be played Nov. 10-12 at Ohio State?s Value City Arena, were released today. Some of the games will be televised on SportsTime Ohio, while tickets are available by calling 1-800-GO-BUCKS.

Ohio State will open against Virginia Military Institute, while on the other side of the bracket, Kent State will start against South Dakota State.

The bracket:
Friday, Nov. 10
Game 1: IUPUI vs. Alabama A&M
Game 2: Kent State vs. South Dakota State
Game 3: Loyola Chicago vs. Princeton
Game 4: Ohio State vs. Virginia Military Institute

Saturday, Nov. 11
Game 5: IUPUI/Alabama A&M loser vs. Kent State/South Dakota State loser
Game 6: Loyola/Princeton loser vs. Ohio State/VMI loser
Game 7: IUPUI/Alabama A&M winner vs. Kent State/South Dakota State winner
Game 8: Loyola/Princeton winner vs. Ohio State/VMI winner

Sunday, Nov. 12
Game 9: Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser
Game 10: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
Game 11: Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 loser
Game 12: Championship

- Doug Lesmerises, [email protected]

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It's Never Too Early, Baby!

Vitale's best bets to make 2007 Final Four


ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale gives his five best bets to make it to the 2007 Final Four at the Georgia Dome:
1. NORTH CAROLINA. Roy Williams will get his second championship in three seasons. He has great returning talent, led by Tyler Hansbrough, and great diaper dandies coming in, including Ty Lawson.
2. FLORIDA. Billy Donovan returns his entire starting five from last season's champions, but it is so tough to repeat in college basketball.
3. KANSAS. The Jayhawks are loaded with Brandon Rush and Julian Wright. Newcomers Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins will help.
4. OHIO STATE. The big question is, how long will Greg Oden be out of the lineup following wrist surgery? When he is in the lineup, Thad Matta's Buckeyes will be tough.
5. UCLA. Jordan Farmar is gone, but Darren Collison should step up. Ben Howland's team could return to the Final Four. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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damn. how awesome is that? i know it's vitale and all, but look at the other teams in that top-5. i get goosebumps thinking that matta's teams will be annually considered as premier teams alongside unc, duke, ucla, kansas, kentucky, and so on.
 
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Street & Smith?s College Basketball 2006-07 Yearbook, due to hit newsstands Oct. 10, will have Ohio State ranked ninth in the nation and second in the Big Ten. It also will have freshman Greg Oden as a first-team All-American and an all-conference pick.

The magazine has defending national champion Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Duke as its preseason top five. The Buckeyes? game Nov. 29 with the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, N.C., already looms large.
Why not Ohio State over Wisconsin, which writer Jack Ebling calls a "darkhorse Final Four favorite"?

"The league?s most gifted team could be its best by the end of March," Ebling wrote. "But Big Ten titles are won in January and February, too. For that to happen, a man-child (Greg Oden) might have to perform far beyond his years."
The cover that should be available in Ohio has Oden palming a ball while wearing his McDonald?s All-American jersey.
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Why should football preclude the basketball season? Like, at all? This is precisely why we can't fill the Schott until late January--it's bullshit. The team rattles off eleven or so wins in a row to start the year in '05, and it was a treat if we could get 14,000 in an arena built to hold just under 20. Makes it that much more remarkable that Matta continues to convince kids to play here...
 
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vrbryant;626178; said:
Why should football preclude the basketball season? Like, at all? This is precisely why we can't fill the Schott until late January--it's bullshit. The team rattles off eleven or so wins in a row to start the year in '05, and it was a treat if we could get 14,000 in an arena built to hold just under 20. Makes it that much more remarkable that Matta continues to convince kids to play here...
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I agree, I was just merely messing with Junkie.:tongue2:
 
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vrbryant;626178; said:
Why should football preclude the basketball season? Like, at all? This is precisely why we can't fill the Schott until late January--it's bullshit. The team rattles off eleven or so wins in a row to start the year in '05, and it was a treat if we could get 14,000 in an arena built to hold just under 20. Makes it that much more remarkable that Matta continues to convince kids to play here...
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That just makes it easier for me to get tickets!:biggrin:

Seriously, you bette get tickets while you can. Once B10 season starts they'll be hard to come by.
 
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Enquirer

When football ends, OSU title hopes won't
BY DUSTIN DOW | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Questions? Yeah, there are a few questions up in Columbus about the prospects for this season's Ohio State basketball team. Fortunately for the Buckeyes, most of them have to do with how good this team can be under third-year coach Thad Matta.
When will Greg Oden be ready to play, and how big will his impact be?
At 7-feet, Oden should be a dynamic force inside during his first season of college basketball. Street & Smith just named him a first-team preseason All-American. Of course, we're talking about a player whose talent and body could place him atop the list of potential NBA draftees by season's end. The only drawback, then, is that injured right wrist, which will cause Oden to miss the early part of the season. Oden should be ready by the time the Big Ten season begins in January.
What about everyone else? Beyond Oden, the freshman class is loaded with a Who's Who list, including Mike Conley at point guard, and Daequan Cook and David Lighty at the other guards. They're going to be significant factors, but this team wasn't exactly struggling without them. Recall that a few players are back from last season's Big Ten championship team, including Ron Lewis, Jamar Butler and Matt Terwilliger. Ohio State's most difficult task might be having to form one identity in November and December and then adjusting it when Oden joins the lineup.
Is the Final Four realistic? A national title? Matta has won four regular-season conference championships at three different schools, including Xavier, and has been to an Elite Eight with the Musketeers. He knows how to win and beat expectations. It wouldn't be surprising to see this team in Atlanta.
 
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