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Buckeyedynasty
I'd hit it!
Anyone prefer which team we play in the next round? If we get tennessee we already played them once and barely beat them so we know they will be tough. Come to think of it did Oden even play against tennessee earlier in the year? Even if he did it should be an interesting matchup if tennessee does win today. Virginia has 2 really good guards but I don't know if they are a big team or not. What does anyone else think?
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
Buckeyedynasty;786106; said:
Oden had 24 points and 15 rebounds against UT.
I would prefer Virginia.
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Buckeyedynasty
I'd hit it!
I guess I must have forgot that he played that well against UT. Just wondering why do you prefer Virginia?OregonBuckeye;786107; said:
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OregonBuckeye
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Buckeyedynasty;786108; said:
1. UT can use revenge as a factor and that works really well.
2. Chris Lofton
3. I don't want to see Bruce Pearl's naked chest anymore.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Dispatch
The great escape
Three-pointer forces overtime, saves OSU?s season
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
NEAL C . LAURON DISPATCH Mike Conley Jr. gets ready to block a shot by Drew Lavender. Conley scored the first seven points of the overtime period.
LEXINGTON, Ky. ? He threw the kids into the crucible of North Carolina?s Dean Dome before the season was three weeks old. He took them to Florida knowing the likelihood of the defending national champions chomping them into Gator bait.
Rather than taking it a game at a time, though, as coaches always tell you they do, the coach of the Ohio State men?s basketball team was thinking ahead. There
was a method to Thad Matta?s madness, and it concerned March.
"I could not be prouder of what these guys did of keeping their composure," Matta said yesterday. "As I told (them), ?We?ve been here before.? " Nine points behind Xavier with less than three minutes to play in an NCAA Tournament second-round game in Rupp Arena, the Buckeyes won 78-71 in overtime with a comeback maybe only they believed was possible.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Dispatch
OSU still has a shot
Buckeyes beat Xavier in overtime after Lewis rescues team?s championship dream
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Todd Jones
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
LEXINGTON, Ky. ? If cats indeed have nine lives, someone should check whether the Ohio State men?s basketball team drinks milk from a saucer.
The Buckeyes, ranked No. 1 in the nation, were feline-like on the edge of the NCAA Tournament abyss yesterday, somehow overcoming frantic moments when their season appeared to be dead against traditional giant-killer Xavier University. "We were close to going home," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said.
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NEAL C . LAURON DISPATCH Ohio State coach Thad Matta congratulates the two players who came up the biggest for Ohio State: Ron Lewis, 12, and Mike Conley Jr. Conley scored 11 of his 21 points in overtime.
NEAL C . LAURON DISPATCH With only seconds left, Ohio State?s Ron Lewis puts up the three-pointer that forced overtime against Xavier. The Buckeyes went on to win 78-71 in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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DDN
Muskies know how close they were to upset
Xavier's coach concedes the Buckeyes are a strong team, but it took an incredible finish for No. 1 Ohio State to win.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 18, 2007
LEXINGTON, Ky. ? The Xavier University basketball team, a No. 9 seed in the NCAA tournament, did nearly everything right Saturday for 36 minutes. In the one-and-done March Madness format, that's a recipe for an upset.
"If we played Ohio State in a seven-game series, I don't know if we could beat them four times," Xavier coach Sean Miller said. "But the beauty of this tournament is, whoever plays the best today can advance. We were right there to win."
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Muskies know how close they were to upset
Xavier's coach concedes the Buckeyes are a strong team, but it took an incredible finish for No. 1 Ohio State to win.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 18, 2007
LEXINGTON, Ky. ? The Xavier University basketball team, a No. 9 seed in the NCAA tournament, did nearly everything right Saturday for 36 minutes. In the one-and-done March Madness format, that's a recipe for an upset.
"If we played Ohio State in a seven-game series, I don't know if we could beat them four times," Xavier coach Sean Miller said. "But the beauty of this tournament is, whoever plays the best today can advance. We were right there to win."
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DDN
Was Oden's foul intentional? 'I was just going for the ball'
If officials had ruled differently on his fifth foul, Buckeyes' chances to win would have been even more desperate.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 18, 2007
LEXINGTON, Ky. ? It was Greg Oden's intent to foul, but not an intentional foul.
Had officials called an intentional foul on the 7-footer with 9.3 seconds left Saturday, the Ohio State men's basketball team might be turning in its equipment. Xavier could have been on its way to the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16.
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Was Oden's foul intentional? 'I was just going for the ball'
If officials had ruled differently on his fifth foul, Buckeyes' chances to win would have been even more desperate.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 18, 2007
LEXINGTON, Ky. ? It was Greg Oden's intent to foul, but not an intentional foul.
Had officials called an intentional foul on the 7-footer with 9.3 seconds left Saturday, the Ohio State men's basketball team might be turning in its equipment. Xavier could have been on its way to the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16.
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DDN
Side stories add spice to the games we watch
By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 18, 2007
It's no wonder Thad Matta didn't want to talk much about his time at Xavier University and friendship with Musketeers coach Sean Miller.
It's the same reason everyone else was waiting for Xavier and Matta's Ohio State basketball team to play their second-round NCAA tournament game Saturday ? because in sports, we keep score.
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Side stories add spice to the games we watch
By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 18, 2007
It's no wonder Thad Matta didn't want to talk much about his time at Xavier University and friendship with Musketeers coach Sean Miller.
It's the same reason everyone else was waiting for Xavier and Matta's Ohio State basketball team to play their second-round NCAA tournament game Saturday ? because in sports, we keep score.
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ABJ
Lewis, Conley rescue OSU
Senior ties it, freshman scores 11 in overtime
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter
LEXINGTON, KY. - With 9.3 seconds remaining, Ron Lewis made the mission his.
Ohio State, the top seed in the NCAA South Regional, had rallied from an 11-point, second-half deficit but still trailed by two and Xavier senior Justin Cage was about to shoot two free throws. OSU's 7-foot freshman center Greg Oden had just fouled out for the first time.
Lewis knew what had to be done and who had to do it.
Sitting next to freshman point guard Mike Conley Jr. during a timeout, the Buckeyes senior guard pulled Conley aside and said, ``Give me the ball.''
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Lewis, Conley rescue OSU
Senior ties it, freshman scores 11 in overtime
By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter
LEXINGTON, KY. - With 9.3 seconds remaining, Ron Lewis made the mission his.
Ohio State, the top seed in the NCAA South Regional, had rallied from an 11-point, second-half deficit but still trailed by two and Xavier senior Justin Cage was about to shoot two free throws. OSU's 7-foot freshman center Greg Oden had just fouled out for the first time.
Lewis knew what had to be done and who had to do it.
Sitting next to freshman point guard Mike Conley Jr. during a timeout, the Buckeyes senior guard pulled Conley aside and said, ``Give me the ball.''
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CPD
Order up a victory
Command performance by Lewis, Conley put Buckeyes in Sweet 16
Sunday, March 18, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Lexington, Ky.- Ron Lewis' de mand for the last shot had come on the bench during Ohio State's last timeout when he grabbed his freshman point guard by the jersey, but as Mike Conley Jr. dribbled up court in the final seconds Saturday with the season at stake, he thought about taking the shot himself.
"We both have that ego that we want the ball in our hands at the end of the game," Conley said, "but if I would have taken it and missed, he probably would have killed me."
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Order up a victory
Command performance by Lewis, Conley put Buckeyes in Sweet 16
Sunday, March 18, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Lexington, Ky.- Ron Lewis' de mand for the last shot had come on the bench during Ohio State's last timeout when he grabbed his freshman point guard by the jersey, but as Mike Conley Jr. dribbled up court in the final seconds Saturday with the season at stake, he thought about taking the shot himself.
"We both have that ego that we want the ball in our hands at the end of the game," Conley said, "but if I would have taken it and missed, he probably would have killed me."
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