Ohio State vs. #12 North Carolina (in Atlanta), Saturday Dec. 20, 3pm EST, CBS

[Bestbuck36]

Team is competing in spite of a coach who's in way over his head. Completely awful coaching not calling a timeout and letting them turn the ball over when they were fumbling to get up the court. Then no real inbounds play to even try to get a good last shot.

And having Bruce take the ball out at the end guaranteed he didn't get that last shot. Dislike

 

[DZ83CK]

Really disappointing to not come away with a win up 3 with under a minute left, but when your defense struggles like they were in the second half, it's really hard.

 

[buckeyemania11]

This is the problem. We are becoming complacent with "at least they didn't lose badly" moral victories in games likes this. Speaks loudly to the completely stale state of the program

 

[Mike80]

I want the NCAA tournament so badly, not as a selfish fan, but for Bruce. The young man plays his guts out every game, and has done it four years without ever thinking of transferring. Diebler needs to do better in the last minute. No way we should’ve turned the ball over with 33 seconds on the clock and the inbound.

what's Diebler gonna do? He can't make the open passes for them and there were open passes....

 

[Mike80]

This is the problem. We are becoming complacent with "at least they didn't lose badly" moral victories in games likes this. Speaks loudly to the completely stale state of the program

So you'd rather just lose by 40 if they can't win. Cool.

This was a winnable game. It didn't go their way. Ignoring how they battled even in a loss is a surefire way to just stay miserable.

 

[GreenwoodBuck]

Note to the NCAA committee….this team deserves the tournament! Take the overall record and shove it where the sun don’t shine! This team can play with anybody.

 

[buckeyemania11]

And having Bruce take the ball out at the end guaranteed he didn't get that last shot. Dislike

Just a comedy of errors.

The players being ill prepared and not calling a timeout id pin on the coaching too. SOMEONE has to call a timeout on that Benny hill scramble up the court

 

[buckeyemania11]

So you'd rather just lose by 40 if they can't win. Cool.

This was a winnable game. It didn't go their way. Ignoring how they battled even in a loss is a surefire way to just stay miserable.

Until some of these start turning into Ws it's just another loss

 

[DZ83CK]

I do dislike that OSU settled for a 3 while down 1 with 4 seconds left and the ball in the frontcourt, with the double-bonus in effect. Launching a deep 3 without really trying to get anything inside helped Carolina.

 

[Zem]

Mobley had plenty of room in the middle after the ball was inbounded. Looked like he could run to that open space, then got the pass and could run free.

 

[Mike80]

Just a comedy of errors.

The players being ill prepared and not calling a timeout id pin on the coaching too. SOMEONE has to call a timeout on that Benny hill scramble up the court

You didn't watch the game I guess. People WERE calling timeout. The refs missed them doing so.

 

[buckeyes_rock]

Really good effort. TO at the end was the difference.

 

[Bestbuck36]

100% not on Diebs tonight. He subbed well, they had guys open and in decent positions tonight. Actually played pretty well for the most part. That is possibly a Final 4 team when all said and done in Carolina and Bucks had a winning shot. Just don't have good fortune right now. Have to keep preparing better so the opportunities start falling our way.

 

[Mike80]

Note to the NCAA committee….this team deserves the tournament! Take the overall record and shove it where the sun don’t shine! This team can play with anybody.

They'll need to go at least .500 in Big Ten play. That said their kenpom is solid and the Big Ten is probably going to be a 9 bid league. Its certainly possible.

 

[buckeyemania11]

I do dislike that OSU settled for a 3 while down 1 with 4 seconds left and the ball in the frontcourt, with the double-bonus in effect. Launching a deep 3 without really trying to get anything inside helped Carolina.

Your best player inbounding the ball and they clearly had no real plan. What do you expect the outcome to be?