Ohio State 68, Findlay 70 (Final)

[Fungo Squiggly]

WHO IS HE?

Who is the dude that wanted to be part of the Scarlet Harlots (aka Buckeye Dance Team)?

And after that - why? If you are gay this is the wrong group to join. If you are straight - this is the wrong group to join (despite how it might at first seem).

Until I know otherwise I guess we can just call him "Ross Parks" for opening the door for men everywhere. Let's just pray nobody else walks through.

Hilarious. It's not like they even built the routine around him. He was doing the exact same lame-ass dance as the chicks. God they suck. They should have the jump-ropers from Cincy up for every halftime instead of those sucky sucks.

I don't remember Matta running a single play for KK until late in the game. When they did start going to him he just had his way most of the time. Butler showed he has his 3 ball ready. Diebler hit a couple and I'm sure he will have it going lights out when the bell rings next Monday.

That's one of the main things I noticed. If Matta was solely insterested in the final score, they would have spent the entire evening feeding the ball to Kosta. Rather, they ran an offense (I'm not sure that's the right word ) that was not at all focused on getting the ball to him.

God help me if I see the following lineup in a game that counts: Hill, Turner, Wallace, Twigs, and Lauderdale. No offense to those fellas, but there is not a single offensive threat in that bunch. :p

Defense, rebounding, and hustle. Got to have them. Having watched Thad's teams, we'll have those things, it's just a matter of when.

 

[coastalbuck]

Deadspin's take on the game and poking fun at the BTN all in one post.

The Big Ten Network was showing the game, which means nobody saw it, but they do have highlights on their site. They're right here:

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

What happened in the game? I noticed Ohio State lost 70-68? I didn't get to watch it though. Thoughts?

Watched it in 42" of gorious HD on the BTN.:) I'm not so worried. Quite frankly, this is the kind of occurrence that brings a team together. Koufas, while nowhere near the defensive beast that Oden was, seems far more polished offensively. There were some freshman/first year starter mistakes, and there was clearly evidence of a young team needing to come together and play as a unit.

If the last two years are any indication, Matta will solve both those problems by New Year's Day. This is not the end of the world or evidence of a fundamentally weak team.

Again, congrats to Findlay. Their kids deserved the win.

 

[LitlBuck]

I will say one thing and that is I would not want to be at practice because I think Matta was extremely disappointed with the effort put out by the team especially on defense. I don't care if it was an exhibition game or not. Ohio State should not get beat by Findlay on their home court.:!

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

There is no I-AA in basketball. Findlay is a Division II school. Chaminade (D-II team in Hawaii) has made a habit of upsetting big teams in the pre-season tournaments in Hawaii (they've beaten a couple of Big Ten teams before, and even a top 10 team, IIRC). This loss is not all that embarrassing...

EDIT: Just did a little Google check, and Division II Chaminade upset then #1 Virginia (with Ralph Sampson) in 1982.

Ya'll need to re-read The above post I posted earlier. This sort of shit happens. A solid D-II team plays the game of their lives and our inexperienced team plays poorly and yet we still lose by only two. By the end of the year, a rematch would result in a 30+ point shellacking. This could be the kick in the ass the team needs...

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Well, it's nice to know that last night's game brought joy into the lives of more than just the Findlay U. family.

The boys over at MiamiCircleJerk.com are in full voice today with two threads no less--not to mention the other various Ohio State bashing threads that they have going.

MiamiHawkTalk.com :: View topic - tOAMU basketball's fall from grace
MiamiHawkTalk.com :: View topic - New on ESPN... Big Ten / GLIAC Challenge !!

It just goes to show the old adage. If you can't beat your betters, live vicariously through those who can.

 

[osugrad21]

Well, it's nice to know that last night's game brought joy into the lives of more than just the Findlay U. family.

The boys over at MiamiCircleJerk.com are in full voice today with two threads no less--not to mention the other various Ohio State bashing threads that they have going.

MiamiHawkTalk.com :: View topic - tOAMU basketball's fall from grace
MiamiHawkTalk.com :: View topic - New on ESPN... Big Ten / GLIAC Challenge !!

It just goes to show the old adage. If you can't beat your betters, live vicariously through those who can.

Mike Hart said something similar to what I think about this...but then I wouldn't even call Miami (clarified by location so as not to be confused with the actual competitive athletic program) tOSU's little brother. Instead, they are more of the jealous guy in the neighborhood who is so aggravated by his own pathetic existence that every time he ganders at his ugly wife, chip-off-the-old-block loser kids, and his pile of unrealized dreams and ambitions, he tastes the rising bile numerous times throughout the day as he concedes to the notion that he will never keep up with the Jones or not be the butt of the jokes.

Sometimes life sucks...when you are fighting for table scraps every minute of your existence, it really blows.

 

[graveyard.roses]

I don't think the loss is as embarassing as Michigan's loss to App State because Michigan returned some of their best offensive players and were considered title contenders while Ohio State lost it's best players and weren't even ranked in preseason.

 

[Mike80]

Well, it's nice to know that last night's game brought joy into the lives of more than just the Findlay U. family.

The boys over at MiamiCircleJerk.com are in full voice today with two threads no less--not to mention the other various Ohio State bashing threads that they have going.

MiamiHawkTalk.com :: View topic - tOAMU basketball's fall from grace
MiamiHawkTalk.com :: View topic - New on ESPN... Big Ten / GLIAC Challenge !!

It just goes to show the old adage. If you can't beat your betters, live vicariously through those who can.

The bitterness of that thread is sad.....for them.....

Meanwhile, won't it be interesting when Ohio State is again in the NCAA tournament and Miami (OH) doesn't come anywhere near it?

 

[Tlangs]

I didn't read the entire thread so this might have been mentioned already.

Findlay was 28-2 last year and won 24 games in a row. Last week they were ahead of Dayton by 6 points with two minutes go and UD came out with a win after Findley's coach was called for a technical foul on a questionable call with 1 minute to go.

Dayton will probably win 20 games this year so Findlay is no joke.

 

[Oh8ch]

I don't think the loss is as embarassing as Michigan's loss to App State

I still don't think most folks are getting it.

This wasn't a game. Matta didn't coach it like a game. He didn't prepare his team for a game. He didn't care if we won and may have preferred we lost.

It was a non-event. OSU didn't have a bad game, they had a bad practice.

Getting excited about this makes as much sense as the folks who are concerned about the O-Line after watching the spring game.

It certainly wasn't a positive experience, but to suggest it proves a Div II team is capable of beating this team under real game conditions is completely and utterly absurd.

 

[LitlBuck]

IIt was a non-event. OSU didn't have a bad game, they had a bad practice.
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I think that's a stretch. You really don't think Matta cared if his team lost to Findlay on Ohio State's home court. I know I did. I will grant you the fact that it was an exhibition game.

 

[OH10]

When I heard about Ohio State losing in an exhibition game, I thought "Who Cares?"

When I heard that Ohio State lost to a Division II school from Ohio, I thought "Good."

These kids need a little kick-in-the-ass apparently, and the loss to Findlay is about as good of a reality check as there can be. What would have sucked is if they would have beaten Findlay by one or two points. Then they would have just walked out of there in relief instead of embarrassment, but still with the same fundamental problems. Hopefully, now they are motivated to avoid putting forth another lackluster effort - if not, then I'd really have to question this team.

This will be a fun season. It won't be last year. But parts of last year were boring during the Big Ten season. This team may even struggle to make the tournament, which again, will be exciting to watch if they are on the bubble. Relax, and have fun watching a young team grow up as the season goes on.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Sometimes life sucks...when you are fighting for table scraps every minute of your existence, it really blows.

 

[Best Buckeye]

Why would anyone be embarrased? Did you expect them to get back to the NC game again? they have 7 brand new players who have never played ball at the collegiate level before. They still don't know what speed is really.
Just give them time and they will be fine. No one should ever be embarrased over this team.