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briegg
Heisman
The Bucks really looked up for the game yesterday, and the shots really weren't falling in the first half. I hope they can continue to get up without the David vs. Goliath comments - it seems like it took someone to make them angry to get them going. BP should start some "Hansbrough / Hibbert calling out Oden" rumors to ensure success.
FINAL 4 BABY!
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FINAL 4 BABY!
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buckeyeboy
Still fortitudinous
Congrats to the players and coaching staff. What a great time to be a Buckeye. :osu:
Actually, we didn't. Against you, we shot 24% from three point land the entire game, and against UT, we shot 42% from three point land in the second half. Against you, we shot 51% from the field in the entire game, and against UT we shot 58% from the field in the second half.
cwise, most of your posts here have been pretty classy, but I think this statement is just sour grapes. First of all, the way I saw things, you guys could hang with us when Oden was on the bench, but you really couldn't do much at all when Oden was out there (see the first five minutes of the game, the first few minutes of the second half, and the final ten minutes of the game). I think you guys were pretty lucky, therefore, to only have had to deal with Oden for 24 minutes. Second, just how many shots did you need to go your way? You already held a ridiculous advantage in three point shooting (46% for you, 24% for us). Of course, if you made all your shots and we missed all of ours, you'd win; but you're not really saying much by posting that.
In short, I think you guys played a very good game and a lot of things fell in your favor (Oden's foul situation, the three point shooting, etc.). Yet you still lost by 16. I simply don't share your sentiment that a few shots the other way and you guys win. In his post-game press conference, Calipari said that OSU was clearly the better team, and he was right. You guys played very, very well (and you should be commended for that), but the game, if anything, could have been a lot more of a blowout from my perspective.
cwise;794044; said:
Actually, we didn't. Against you, we shot 24% from three point land the entire game, and against UT, we shot 42% from three point land in the second half. Against you, we shot 51% from the field in the entire game, and against UT we shot 58% from the field in the second half.
cwise;794044; said:
cwise, most of your posts here have been pretty classy, but I think this statement is just sour grapes. First of all, the way I saw things, you guys could hang with us when Oden was on the bench, but you really couldn't do much at all when Oden was out there (see the first five minutes of the game, the first few minutes of the second half, and the final ten minutes of the game). I think you guys were pretty lucky, therefore, to only have had to deal with Oden for 24 minutes. Second, just how many shots did you need to go your way? You already held a ridiculous advantage in three point shooting (46% for you, 24% for us). Of course, if you made all your shots and we missed all of ours, you'd win; but you're not really saying much by posting that.
In short, I think you guys played a very good game and a lot of things fell in your favor (Oden's foul situation, the three point shooting, etc.). Yet you still lost by 16. I simply don't share your sentiment that a few shots the other way and you guys win. In his post-game press conference, Calipari said that OSU was clearly the better team, and he was right. You guys played very, very well (and you should be commended for that), but the game, if anything, could have been a lot more of a blowout from my perspective.
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Coach speak for "Why didn't you just STFU."
Every fan should back their team and every game within 20 points leaves an opening to talk about missed shots or bad calls. But the fact is Memphis hit more threes in the first half than they made in the entirety of any other tourney game and did so at double their normal accuracy. They were only able to run their offense when Oden was on the bench and shot threes because they had to. We have made our living pulling away late the last seven games and this one was not going to get any closer.
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
Apologies if this is buried in a thread somewhere already, but I think Calipari might have been a tad ticked at Dorsey for pulling on Superman's cape:
"Calipari referred to Dorsey's line in the box score as a "gazillion" because it had so many zeroes in it." (from today's NY Times). Ouch. Pretty bush of Calipari IMO, but I understand his irritation.
"Calipari referred to Dorsey's line in the box score as a "gazillion" because it had so many zeroes in it." (from today's NY Times). Ouch. Pretty bush of Calipari IMO, but I understand his irritation.
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It's almost a day later and I still get goose bumps thinking about this.
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sandgk
Watson, Crick & A Twist
Wow - that is a big brush back from coach to player.
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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
What amazes me the most about Matta is how he seems to know who to play at the right time in different games. Lighty hasn't really played much the entire year and he stepped up big time yesterday. The same with Cook. He played almost the entire second half and he really hasn't played that much during the tournament. In addition, Twig has played quite a bit as of late but hardly played at all yesterday. It just seems that Matta seems to know which players can match up best against the opposition. I know that is part of a coach's job but Thad seems to do a masterful job at it.
Now let's march through Atlanta like Sherman.
Go Buckeyyyyeeeeeesssss!
Now let's march through Atlanta like Sherman.
Go Buckeyyyyeeeeeesssss!
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cwise
Rookie
buckeyeboy;794260; said:
I'll address the three statements I put in bold.
My previous comments were not sour grapes. Fact is, when the game was close, that is, the first 37 minutes, a couple of baskets that we weren't able to hit would have COMPLETELY altered the way WE played the last three minutes. I'm certainly not saying we'd have won, but the game changes if Kemp's lay up is a goaltend by Oden (not sour grapes here, the announcer also thought it was a GT), or if JHunt hits that wide open three that he normally makes. If we answer back after the intentional foul, things are different. I have my own issues with that, mainly the fact the basket counted when oden had his back to the basket when the foul occured, but I don't blame the officials for the game's outcome the way some of my ilk might.
We shot a good percentage from the outside all season. Not great, but good. Kemp and Hunt have each had games where they don't miss open shots, they both hit 6 against Cincy. Your guys were collapsing the lane and forcing us to shoot outside shots. Recall that one of my earlier posts here pointed out that we're better shooters than many of you think, and that outside shooting could decide the game. Had you guys not played you most complete game of the tourny and likely of the season (huge props) then I likely would have.
Thirdly, the final score does not reflect the actual game. The game was close throughout, and once we started fouling nonstop and jacking up bad threes, only then did the score reach double digits.
Yes, we played a good game. A very good game. Probably our A game. OFFENSIVELY. But we couldn't beat OSU that way we played D. We got beat off the dribble way too often, didn't hedge screens, and couldn't guard Oden. That's NOT representative of our capabilities on D.
And it didn't help us that OSU played their A game (maybe A+ game), too. There's a reason you guys were a one seed. You were better. But we were in a position with 5-7 minutes to go to pull that one out, but the game didn't go our thereafter.
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