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So, after having some turnover trouble in the first half, am I right in that we didn't commit any in the 2nd half? I don't recall any while I was watching and haven't seen any 2nd half turnover stats in the press. If that is the case, that is HUGE for such a young team especially in the situation & environment they were playing in. That stat plays as much a part in the "W" as the 3's we were hitting IMO.

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So, after having some turnover trouble in the first half, am I right in that we didn't commit any in the 2nd half? I don't recall any while I was watching and haven't seen any 2nd half turnover stats in the press. If that is the case, that is HUGE for such a young team especially in the situation & environment they were playing in. That stat plays as much a part in the "W" as the 3's we were hitting IMO.

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1st and 2nd half were night and day, on many levels. Even after McClinton was ejected, The Buckeyes didn't play well in the 1st. This was the first Bball game I've seen this season, and I wasn't happy for the first 20. Seems like over the past 2-3 years, there have been several games where OSU couldn't buy a bucket in the first half (while the opponent was scoring at will), and then went on to play lights out and pull out a win. I specifically remember being down at the half of a few games, and saying to a friend, "It's cool, we get the good basket in the 2nd.". All the shots that rimmed out in the 1st started going down in the 2nd. The biggest improvement in the 2nd, IMO, was the increased pressure from the D turning into points in transition. One thing I would like to see immediately is more movement in the half court sets. At times, this game was reminiscient of 07, when Butler would run along the perimiter, and the other four would just stand still and watch. I think we need to get the ball in deep to Lauderdale/Mullens/Madsen more. Dallas, in particular, can be an imposing scorer, if he can get the ball down low. Diebler, in the 2nd, showed a consistency that has been missing. It has been obvious that he has a sweet stroke, but before tonight I haven't seen him deliver on back to back (to back) shots. Turner is going to be impressive as a distributor. I especially like the way he drives on the baseline. Liked the use of the full court press once we started taking control, wouldn't mind seeing it more often. For a game where we didn't manage to tie it up until less than 8 min left in the game, it was a very impressive win. I really liked the team's effort in the comeback. This was a game where they definitely could have packed it in early, but they showed a ton of character. If they can show the same resolve throughout the season, it should be a good year.
 
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Ohio State rallies to beat No. 21 Miami 73-68


By the Associated Press

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

CORAL GABLES, Fla. ? CORAL GABLES, Fla. ? A slap to the face was just what struggling Ohio State needed.
The contact during a scrum Tuesday night prompted the ejection of Miami Hurricanes scoring leader Jack McClinton, and the Buckeyes went on to erase a 14-point second-half deficit and beat the 21st-ranked Hurricanes 73-68.
"Jack is a big leader for us," teammate Lance Hurdle said. "It's tough losing Jack."
Sophomore Jon Diebler scored a career-high 20 points and Evan Turner had 19 for the Buckeyes (4-0), who won for only the second time in seven games in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
"We were fortunate to come back, and it felt great," Turner said. "It will be a better plane ride home."
The Hurricanes (4-2) fell to 0-3 in the ACC-Big Ten series. They led 36-21 late in the first half and 38-24 early in the second but sorely missed McClinton.
The senior guard was ejected for a flagrant foul midway through the first half after he took a swipe with the palm of his hand at Anthony Crater, brushing his face. The contact came almost immediately after Crater hit McClinton in the face while guarding him.
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Ohio State basketball: Thoughts on the Buckeyes' win at Miami

by Doug Lesmerises Tuesday December 02, 2008, 10:45 PM



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APJon Diebler drives against Miami. The sophomore scored a career-high 20 points in Ohio State's win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday.

Thoughts from my basement on Ohio State's 73-68 win at Miami on Tuesday night.
* New strategy - get the other team's best player to hit Anthony Crater in the face. Miami was up 19-7 when leading scorer Jack McClinton was ejected for taking a swipe at Crater 10 minutes into the game. When the NCAA Tournament selection committee is considering Ohio State's road win over a ranked team three months from now, McClinton's ejection won't be a huge deal. This was a giant win for Ohio State. But you must realize the game would have been very different with McClinton in there the entire way. He had 12 points in just eight minutes.
* Ohio State was last in the Big Ten in offense going into the game. So what is their offense? Evan Turner (19 points) driving to the basket and Jon Diebler (20 points) hitting 3-pointers, with everyone else providing full-court defense and Dallas Lauderdale patrolling the lane, hoping to create some easy points in transition. Seemed to work pretty well.
Turner showed this ability to penetrate at the end of last season, and he has improved, so that should be a steady place to turn throughout the year. But Diebler making 3-pointers on some sort of consistent basis? If he does that most of the year, the Buckeyes are a tournament team for sure.
* Here's a little secret. Not very professional, but I can't help it. When Diebler goes up for a shot, I sometimes growl to myself "Jonny D." Jon Diebler is one person, but Jonny D. is his alter ego when he's in the zone. Turner calls him Jonny D. in interviews. Sometimes it turns out Jonny D. was fake in the zone. But when he's really on, like during a big stretch tonight when he scored 11 points in five minutes early in the second half, Ohio State is a different team.
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Diebler, Turner, ejection help Buckeyes battle back

Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch

Coral Gables, Fla.- Where did that come from?
"From the heart," Evan Turner said.
An Ohio State men's basketball team that struggled to average 63 points in three games against lesser competition scored 51 in the second half against the No. 21-ranked team in the nation Tuesday night. The Buckeyes grabbed a game the University of Miami (Fla.) left them for the taking and stunned the Hurricanes, 73-68.
Jon Diebler scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, and Turner had all of his 19 points in the second half to lead the unranked Buckeyes (4-0) back from a deficit that was as large as 15 points late in the first half and 14 at halftime.
"I'm extremely proud of our guys coming back and playing the second 20 minutes the way they did," OSU coach Thad Matta said.
"You don't know what to expect a lot of times as you take your first road trip."
Ohio State defeated a ranked team on the road for the first time in three seasons.
The Buckeyes were 3-9 against ranked teams last season, including eight consecutive losses from November to March.
Lance Hurdle scored 14 points to lead Miami (4-2), which played the last 30 minutes of the game without leading scorer Jack McClinton, who made four 3s but was ejected with 10:12 left in the first half for hitting OSU point guard Anthony Crater in the right eye.
"It was tough" losing McClinton, Hurdle said. But the Hurricanes led by 12 points when he left the game and extended their lead without him before falling apart in the second half.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 3:02 AM




Ohio State 73, Miami 68

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Men's basketball: Buckeyes rise to the challenge
Rally from 14 down to knock off No. 21 Hurricanes
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:00 PM
By Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The Ohio State men's basketball team came back from a 14-point second-half deficit by relentlessly assaulting the basket in the second half tonight and shocked No. 21 University of Miami 73-68 in the BankUnited Center. Jon Diebler scored 20 points, including six three-point field goals, and Evan Turner had all of his 19 points in the second half to lead the comeback for the Buckeyes (4-0), who won for just the third time in eight games in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Lance Hurdle scored 14 points to lead Miami (4-2), which played the last 30 minutes of the game without leading scorer Jack McClinton, who was ejected for swiping at OSU point guard Anthony Crater, who was guarding McClinton closely.
Ohio State never led until Jeremie Simmons made a three-point basket from the right wing with 6:54 left, putting the Buckeyes ahead 57-54. They held the lead the rest of the way despite Miami closing to within a point twice. The Hurricanes hit Ohio State with a flurry to start the game, making four of their first seven shots, three from behind the three-point arc, to go up 11-2 in the first four minutes.
The Buckeyes missed seven of their first eight shots, six of them three-point attempts as they failed to drive the basketball despite the fact Miami was defending them man-to-man. Ohio State finished the first half attempting more than half its field-goal attempts outside the arc.
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December 3, 2008

Leftovers from a big win

A lot happened last night, particularly in the second half -- a lot more than I could fit into the 18-inch news hole I had in the paper. So here?s the rest:
- I just had a chance to watch for the first time on ESPN.com -- my view at the game was blocked by the basket support -- the exchange between Anthony Crater and Jack McClinton that resulted in McClinton?s ejection. What it looks like to me is that Crater might have gotten a piece of McClinton unintentionally, while contesting the pass, and McClinton definitely got a piece of Crater?s right eye in retaliation.
Miami coach Frank Haith hadn?t had a chance to see the replay, either, by the time he met the media after the game.
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Shorthanded Miami falls to Ohio State
By Manny Navarro / McClatchy Newspapers
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - Added 2h ago
MIAMI ? The University of Miami took the court short-handed, then saw its best player ? Jack McClinton ? get ejected less than 10 minutes in against Ohio State on Tuesday night.
For a half, it looked like the adversity wasn?t going to be enough to steer the 21st-ranked Canes off course. But with a national audience for the prime-time ACC/Big Ten Showdown on ESPN, Ohio State turned the tables, rallying from a 14-point halftime deficit past short-handed Miami, 73-68, in front of 5,870 at BankUnited Center.
"Tough game; disappointing," UM coach Frank Haith said. "When you lose Jack, it?s tough. But I thought our guys showed some grit. We need some other guys to step up. Give Ohio State credit ? they made plays down the stretch."

UM (4-2) jumped out early on the Buckeyes (4-0) behind the long-distance shooting of McClinton. But after Miami?s leading scorer hit his fourth three-pointer with 10:15 left in the first half to put UM up 19-7, bringing the home crowd to its feet, Ohio State coach Thad Matta pleaded with officials to review the play.
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UM blows 14-point lead with McClinton ejected

UM, lost without tossed McClinton, blows 14-point, 2nd-half lead

Michael Cunningham | Sports Columnist December 3, 2008 Coral Gables
A bizarre set of circumstances made it so the Miami Hurricanes got a chance to prove they've come so far they can win tough games without Jack McClinton.

McClinton is the star for No. 21 Miami. He's the guy who makes the big shots when nothing else is working. He buried his first four 3-point attempts Tuesday night as the Hurricanes blitzed Ohio State from the start.

Then McClinton was headed to the showers after just 10 minutes. Officials called McClinton for a flagrant foul and ejected him for striking Ohio State's Anthony Crater in the face.

At first UM took out its anger on Ohio State, extending the lead from 12 points when McClinton left to 14 at the half. Then they fell apart by surrendering easy baskets and committing silly turnovers in the second half.
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I agree with all of you who said that we settled down in the second half and that is what got us this win. It was obvious in the first half that we were too excited and trying too hard.
All in all this was a good win for us and now we have more confidence, we just have to build on that.
 
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