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No. 1 Ohio State--78, #16 Central Connecticut--57 (Game Thread)

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Matta nearly part of NCAA's sweetest 16
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
By RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer

COLUMBUS Eleven years have passed and the details are still vivid for Thad Matta.

An assistant coach under Phil Hopkins at Western Carolina, Matta has never forgotten what it was like to be a lightly regarded underdog, to have the crowd turn on top-seeded Purdue, or to barely miss out on a historic upset.

You'll hear the refrain again and again this week - no 16th seed has ever beaten a 1. Matta's memories of that 1996 first-round game in Albuquerque, N.M., may help his current team, top-ranked and No. 1-seeded Ohio State, keep that streak alive when it meets Central Connecticut State on Thursday in Lexington, Ky.

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"Safety school" takes on No. 1 Buckeyes

Auburn?s Mojica leads CCSU as Huskies watch
By Pat Eaton-Robb THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn.? Central Connecticut State?s players are used to the chants on the road.

"Safety school!! Safety school!!"

This is not UConn, the state?s flagship university with its national championships, picturesque campus and Hall of Fame head coach. This is CCSU, one of four campuses in the Connecticut state university system, located near the Stanley tool factory in blue-collar New Britain.
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Only one of its players was recruited by another Division 1 program.


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It's A Tall Order

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Ohio State's Oden Is Sobers' Assignment
March 14, 2007
By TOM YANTZ, Courant Staff Writer
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- When Jemino Sobers readies for the jump ball to start Central Connecticut's first-round South Regional game Thursday night at Rupp Arena, the most imposing opponent of his career will stare down at him - 7-foot Ohio State freshman Greg Oden.

"Have you seen anyone better in the post this year?" Central coach Howie Dickenman said. "Greg Oden is going to be the No.1 pick in the NBA draft. I'd imagine he'll have a great career in the NBA."

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Buckeyes might not lose to Blue Devils, but could end up playing for one of ?em
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
MICHAEL ARACE


Someday, when the hurt goes away, the Ohio State men?s basketball players will look back and acknowledge that 2007 was a pretty good year. Greg Oden, who will have a second home in Springfield, Mass., will rub his beard, smooth out the wrinkles in his big, Dick Gregorylooking head, look back through the prism of time and say, "Yeah, you know, it wasn?t all that bad."
The Buckeyes won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles. They won 30 games for the first time in school history. They had a heckuva run ? but it?s all over now.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Blue Devils.
No, no, not those Blue Devils.

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By John Porentas
One vs. Sixteen: It's never happened, and the Buckeyes sure don't want to be the first ones. A 16-seed has never beat a one-seed in the NCAA tournament. When the Buckeyes open play as a one-seed in Lexington on Thursday, they will, of course, have that possibility in front of them. OSU Head Coach Thad Matta knows all about that situation, because Matta was on a coaching staff that nearly engineered a 16 over one upset while he as an assistant coach at Western Carolina in the 1995-96 season.
"There were nine seconds left and they (Purdue, the Catamounts' opponent) missed a free throw," said Matta.

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Was just looking at SI.COM and only one of their "experts" picked the Buckeyes in the Final 4. 6 out of 7 picked Texas A&M. When I was watching ESPIN this week, I believe only 1 or 2 of their "experts" picked the Buckeyes in the Final 4 as well. Go ahead, everyone tell me again that there is no bias against the Buckeyes by the National media. Just my homer paranoia again. :paranoid:

People are knocking on them for their loss to FL and the close game against Tennessee. Which to me, you can not put that much weight in the FL loss since Oden was still nursing is right hand and this was still a team working to learn to play together. Same could be said for Tennessee. This is not the same team now that played in those games. Much more confident and Oden is closer to being 100%.

Link To SI.COM Final 4 Picks
 
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Big Papa;782297; said:
Was just looking at SI.COM and only one of their "experts" picked the Buckeyes in the Final 4. 6 out of 7 picked Texas A&M. When I was watching ESPIN this week, I believe only 1 or 2 of their "experts" picked the Buckeyes in the Final 4 as well. Go ahead, everyone tell me again that there is no bias against the Buckeyes by the National media. Just my homer paranoia again. :paranoid:

People are knocking on them for their loss to FL and the close game against Tennessee. Which to me, you can not put that much weight in the FL loss since Oden was still nursing is right hand and this was still a team working to learn to play together. Same could be said for Tennessee. This is not the same team now that played in those games. Much more confident and Oden is closer to being 100%.

<A href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/specials/ncaa_tourney/2007/writer.brackets/index.html"" target=_blank>Link To SI.COM Final 4 Picks
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I honestly think it stems from the need to not pick all the #1's to make it. They are just trying to rationalize an upset in any bracket. A&M is good and would have a pretty significant home field in SA. Its as good a reason as any to pick an upset and you have to pick some.
 
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Big Papa;782297; said:
Was just looking at SI.COM and only one of their "experts" picked the Buckeyes in the Final 4. 6 out of 7 picked Texas A&M. When I was watching ESPIN this week, I believe only 1 or 2 of their "experts" picked the Buckeyes in the Final 4 as well. Go ahead, everyone tell me again that there is no bias against the Buckeyes by the National media. Just my homer paranoia again. :paranoid:

People are knocking on them for their loss to FL and the close game against Tennessee. Which to me, you can not put that much weight in the FL loss since Oden was still nursing is right hand and this was still a team working to learn to play together. Same could be said for Tennessee. This is not the same team now that played in those games. Much more confident and Oden is closer to being 100%.

<A href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/specials/ncaa_tourney/2007/writer.brackets/index.html"" target=_blank>Link To SI.COM Final 4 Picks
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good.. give these guys something to play for.. the more haters the better no? Oden is starting to take over games now, this team is going to keep playing better and better.. it'll be a fun tourney :)
 
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Jaxbuck;782321; said:
I honestly think it stems from the need to not pick all the #1's to make it. They are just trying to rationalize an upset in any bracket. A&M is good and would have a pretty significant home field in SA. Its as good a reason as any to pick an upset and you have to pick some.
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It was pretty hilarious watching the "America chooses" thing on ESPN the other night when America chose all top seeds to make it to the final four. It doesn't give you very much to talk about.
 
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This didn't get any traction during the Big Ten Ch'ip. If no one appreciates it here, I won't bring it up again, but I'll be playing this weekend.


New Drinking Game for the Tournament proposal

Simple Rules:
1. 1 shot if commentator mentions:

a. How losing his right wrist may have helped Oden develop
b. Oden and Conley were high school teammates, etc.
c. Mike Conley, Sr. was a gold-medal triple jumper

2. 2 shots if commentator mentions:

a. Ron Lewis' transfer
b. Hunter's "wingspan"
c. Oden versus Durant first pick of the draft, etc.
d. Conley being underrated and/or playing in Oden's shadow

3. Drink whole bottle if commentator mentions:

a. Florida
b. Football national championship
c. Jim O'Brien

Last man standing wins.
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[quote='BusNative;78238;6]This didn't get any traction during the Big Ten Ch'ip. If no one appreciates it here, I won't bring it up again, but I'll be playing this weekend.[/quote]Native, be sure to check in at BP on Friday morning to see how the final 38 minutes of the game went.
 
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Jaxbuck;782321; said:
I honestly think it stems from the need to not pick all the #1's to make it. They are just trying to rationalize an upset in any bracket. A&M is good and would have a pretty significant home field in SA. Its as good a reason as any to pick an upset and you have to pick some.
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I agree with the 3rd and 4th games being played in San Antonio this is the only reason the talking heads are taking Texas A&M. That plus the fact the Aggies have Law who is a pretty good point guard. They probably don't think Conley can contain him:)
 
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