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Ohio State @ Iowa, Wednesday Feb. 25, 9pm EST, BTN

This team is just bad all around. I don’t understand how a university as big as ours can never get a big guy worth a damn like the Purdues of the world. Who have we had since Sully worth a damn underneath?
Kaleb Wesson was strong. Not sure if you count EJ Liddell as a big, but he at least provided good rim protection & rebounding. Haven't really had an interior presence since EJ.
 
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That’s because Diebler decided to substitute his hot shooting players for a bench that scores like 4 points a game. I knew as soon as he subbed, Iowa would come back and come back fast. Too much subbing

Yep. A coach who's in over his head. This game is really showing it. Let's not act like Iowa is some high end talent team.
 
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Not watching, but I'm guessing Iowa was in zone D when the Bucks went up 14-2, then switched to man-to-man and are now crushing on D. It looked like Sparty was in man-to-man for much of that game and Bucks never solved it, except for Bruce occasionally.

Edit: ...or Dieb subbed in guys who can't score so that the scorers can be fresh later on. And paid dearly.
 
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This team only looks for offense. I don’t see anyone worthy of a defensive award. Nobody! What Juni gives on offense is negated by piss poor defense. Same with Chatham. Guys blow by them all the time
You're not too far off the truth. I think this staff recruits with offensive skillset in the forefront of their mind. Defense is an afterthought, and it shows in the results. It shows up against a team like Iowa, who you have to beat with strength and physicality (a la Purdue).
 
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