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Men's Basketball Buckeye Tidbits 2007-08 Season

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LitlBuck;1118460; said:
Once you have been to a Ohio State basketball game at St. John you might not want to go back to the Schott:)
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Or conversely, you might rise painfully out of your cramped seat with an obstructed view and say you can't wait to get back to the palace that is VCA.

Just a matter of perspective. I personally prefer to exit the game with neither cramps nor knee bruises, but that's just me. I'm sure Ohio State is chock full of masochists who love hoop.
 
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Dispatch

OSU INSIDER

Friday, March 21, 2008 3:08 AM




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RENEE SAUER dispatch
Freed of the Big Ten's mauling style of play, the Buckeyes and Othello Hunter racked up their highest point total Monday in more than 2 1/2 months.


Coming up: California
Where: St. John Arena
When: 7 p.m. Monday
TV: ESPN
Radio: WBNS-AM/FM (1460/97.1)
The week that was

Eventful, wasn't it? The Buckeyes went into their Big Ten tournament quarterfinal against Michigan State confident they could beat the Spartans and perhaps win an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament. They didn't, and they didn't, and two nights later Ohio State played host to North Carolina Asheville in the first round of the NIT. It was a tall order in one respect -- Asheville had 7-foot-7, 360-pound Kenny George -- but the Buckeyes hurdled it thanks to 56 percent shooting, 10 three-point baskets and 26 points off turnovers.

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March 25, 2008

Did OSU want an encore in St. John Arena?

A Dayton Daily News reporter in town for interviews today asked OSU coach Thad Matta if Ohio State inquired about the possibility of playing in St. John Arena again when the Buckeyes play host to Dayton in the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday night. The game will be played in Value City Arena.
Matta appeared taken aback by the question before replying, ?Ummm, no.? He looked at Dan Wallenberg, assistant athletic director for communications, and said, ?Didn?t we sign a deal with the NIT? We had signed paperwork earlier in the year and it was contractually through the Schott. I don?t know.?


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St. John a better place for fans
By ROB MCCURDY
News Journal


During Monday night's telecast, ESPN announcers John Saunders and Bob Valvano couldn't stop raving about the atmosphere surrounding the Ohio State-Cal men's basketball game. Duh.
While driving into work Tuesday morning, the topic of choice for the Columbus talkers wasn't the Buckeyes' 73-56 NIT second-round win. It was about the raucous crowd and the noise they generated. No kidding.
When it comes to watching basketball, the Schottenstein Center is superior. When it comes to experiencing basketball, give me St. John Arena every time. They just don't build 'em like than anymore.

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If he wants a home-and-home series with Ohio State, Dayton basketball coach Brian Gregory seems much more likely to land one than Cincinnati.

After the Buckeyes buried the Bearcats last season in the Wooden Tradition in Indianapolis, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin accused OSU's Thad Matta of agreeing to the game only because he knew Cincinnati was down and concluded his postgame comments with, "If they don't want to play us, fine."
Gregory was more tactful after the Buckeyes' 74-63 win over the Flyers on Wednesday in Value City Arena.

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OSU men's basketball
Ups, downs came in waves
Yet, by tonight, Buckeyes will be one of eight teams left standing
Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:43 AM
By Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Not long after the Ohio State men's basketball team beat Columbia in the second round of the NIT Season Tip-Off in November, coach Thad Matta was asked about the reward: a trip to New York to play in Madison Square Garden.
"I don't know if these guys even know how to operate a key to get in a hotel room," he said of his team, which included five freshmen and two others in their first year of eligibility.
Everyone but Matta laughed.
"I'm serious," he said. "You guys don't understand."
The Buckeyes return to New York older and wiser to finish their season this week. Left out of the NCAA Tournament after finding their groove too late, they play Mississippi in a National Invitation Tournament semifinal in the Garden on Tuesday night.

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March 27, 2008

A preview of next season?

It was ironic that coach Thad Matta chose to play four guards, with David Lighty as the pseudo-power forward, in the second half of the game against Dayton last night.
Ever since I blogged a week or so ago about the possibility of Kosta Koufos being one-and-done at Ohio State, I?ve been thinking of what the Buckeyes? lineup would look like without Koufos next season. The second-half lineup last night looked an awful lot like what I?ve been thinking about, with the obvious exception of Koufos in the middle. B.J. Mullens would be there, with relief from Dallas Lauderdale.
If Koufos returns, he?s playing power forward. If he doesn?t, I think Lighty?s the power forward in a rotation that also could include Evan Turner and, if they prove capable, Eric Wallace and Kyle Madsen. We can only wait and see on the last two as we saw next to nothing of them when it mattered this season.


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Lots of good stuff in that scout article...

I really like the fact that we are still playing, when chances are we would of been done playing last weekend, and we are getting the young guy experience in a final four type atmosphere even though it isn't the same as the national championship, but we are getting an extra week and a half of practice, and we seem to really be growing together as a team, guys getting excited for each other and showing lots of emotion...
 
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We led the big ten in attendance and came in 6th in the country...

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Now I understand that not all these games have as much attendance as they say they do, but either way that is a large number for attendance numbers, and hopefully we can continue to put a great product on the floor and those numbers will only go up...
 
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Ohio State notebook OSU vs. Florida an improbable rematch
Monday, March 31, 2008
BY Mike Popovich
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

Wins by Ohio State and Florida in Tuesday's NIT semifinals will add a little spice to Thursday's championship game. After all, how often do you see two teams play for the NCAA championship one year and the NIT title the following season?

Actually, it has never happened.

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It's not the big show, but OSU happy to be playing
Monday, March 31, 2008
BY Mike Popovich
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

They are making the most of their NIT run.

Granted, this is not the tournament the Ohio State Buckeyes were hoping to be in. The reality of not seeing their name on the NCAA tournament bracket still stings a little.

The Buckeyes have hid it well in NIT wins over UNC Asheville, California and Dayton. They hope to continue the momentum Tuesday when they face Mississippi in the semifinals at Madison Square Garden.

"We were all disappointed for not making it to the tournament," guard David Lighty said. "That's what we all wanted to do.

"But we still have a chance to play the game we love. I think it was inside ourselves, just finish the season right and not end it on a bad note. Everybody has come together and has been playing real well."

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