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Ohio State 69 Tennessee 74 (FINAL)

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Turner and Hunter are rebounding great...

Turner is slashing and scoring...BUT... still with too many TOs.
Butler is a little off on his jumper. Tenn is playing him tough.
Diebler is gun shy.
KK is soft right now and the team is better when he's on the bench. harsh but that's my analysis.
Lighty with too many TOs, but he's playing tough.
Twigs with a couple TOs...didn't look good in the first half.
PJ Hill came in for about 6 seconds- inbounded the ball...Lighty got fouled and he came back out.

Buckeyes are hanging in this game, playing #6 at their place and not down by much. Tenn is shooting horribly though.
 
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i think if we play with this same energy in the second half our shots will start to fall..and come out with a victory in this one!
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The last 2 games when we have went to the small lineup I would say that we are +10...

Turner and Hunter are playing great...

If we can find a way to get Butler and Diebler some open looks in the second half that they can knock down I think we can stay in the game...

I think that our defense is playing great and that is what is keeping us in the game, that and foul shooting...

We are actually attacking the offensive boards which is giving us easy buckets, but we are not hitting jump shots at all...I can't remember us hitting one shot out of the paint off the top of my head...

We just need to take care of the ball and we will be in the game, but I just have a bad feeling that Pearl is going to wake his guys up and keep the pressure on full boar in the second half and that could cause problems for us...
 
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Completely different team when we get dribble penetration (and consistantly try and attack with it).

Someone put out an APB on KK's game. It's been missing for quite some time.

Turner being inserted into the starting role looks more and more like an AMAZING move by Matta and Co.
 
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OHSportsFan9 said:
Turner and Hunter are rebounding great...

Turner is slashing and scoring...BUT... still with too many TOs.
Butler is a little off on his jumper. Tenn is playing him tough.
Diebler is gun shy.
KK is soft right now and the team is better when he's on the bench. harsh but that's my analysis.
Lighty with too many TOs, but he's playing tough.
Twigs with a couple TOs...didn't look good in the first half.
PJ Hill came in for about 6 seconds- inbounded the ball...Lighty got fouled and he came back out.

Buckeyes are hanging in this game, playing #6 at their place and not down by much. Tenn is shooting horribly though.
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tOSU is 0 for 7 from 3 point line? I think that is what the announcer said. If those start to fall in the second half, should be a helluva finish. Can't really gauge the intensity ot the body language of the team by listening to it on the radio though. By what i've read, they are playing pretty tough except for KK. Maybe he needs an extended sit on the pine to wake up and get aggresive for a change.
 
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Matta might need to use some subs to keep guys fresh...Tenn will be rotating a ton of guys in the 2nd half. that and they'll shoot better, Bucks need to do the same.

I hope the Bucks don't have a 5+ minute FG drought...
 
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desert_buckeye said:
tOSU is 0 for 7 from 3 point line? I think that is what the announcer said. If those start to fall in the second half, should be a helluva finish. Can't really gauge the intensity ot the body language of the team by listening to it on the radio though. By what i've read, they are playing pretty tough except for KK. Maybe he needs an extended sit on the pine to wake up and get aggresive for a change.
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Correct the Bucks haven't hit a three. They are playing very intense especially in this environment, though they do just need to settle down. Some of the TOs were simply because of being too hyped up and not slowing down (expected for a young team on the road). Hunter is simply a MAN and Turner is playing big.

both teams will shoot better from the outside in the 2nd half...or at least the team that does will win.
 
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Tennessee is a VERY GOOD team. They come at you in waves, play tons of guys, and attack weaknesses based on personal on the court. This is a legit Final 4 threat that we're playing.

How many remember what it took to win the tournament game against them? We had to go small to match their speed and it paid off. Last year it was the line-up of:

Conley
Butler
Lewis
Lighty
Harris

This year in the second half it will take:

Butler
Diebler
Turner
Lighty
Hunter

It feels like we came out and tried to slow the game down, and make it an X's and O's type game.

once we went small and deceided to match their speed, our momentum changed. Our best offense is no offense really. We need to take our chances going up and down.

That and a healthy cosumption of 3 ball's going in wouldn't hurt
 
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