OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

[Bestbuck36]

You know where apathy starts? Recruiting guys who don't play with maximum effort and guys that aren't physically big, strong, tough and athletic enough to compete. This is the #1 area where OSU basketball recruiting needs to change, and until it does, we're not going to see another team with the defensive chops to contend for a B1G championship. To really turn the program around, the primary focus should not be offensive skillset, the primary focus should be finding guys with the motor to go along with the size and athletic ability to compete in the B1G. 3/4 of the battle in winning a college basketball game is controlling the glass, making more foul shots than your opponent & winning the turnover battle, and if you do all those things you can win a lot of games even if your team isn't the greatest at shooting the ball. These are things that Izzo has made a Hall of Fame career based on, and yet somehow other college coaches all seem to think they need to try and audition for NBA jobs rather than build programs that compete at the highest levels in college. If OSU ever wants to turn the program around and gain a larger fan following, the first step is go back to getting guys like Aaron Craft, David Lighty, Jae'Sean Tate & Je'Kel Foster on the team.

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I've been lamenting Tilly since the conference games started. He's a talented kid but he's not built for the B1G. If you're soft at all this league will expose you and kick your ass all season long. It's unfortunate that we don't have a guy who just wants to dare other teams to come in the paint.

 

[calibuck]

Well, Bestbuck we actually do! But he's taking up space on the pine. Look at his bulk, and wishing he'd be in the paint taking up space, and enforcing his will on those unfortunate enough to drive on him......keep hearing he's probably going to miss this year. We're losing both Tilly and Noel at the end of the year, so he's gotta get better. He'd be a difference maker, if he returned before selection committee sits down....methinks.

 

[Steve19]

Ohio State showed how much importance they placed on basketball when they refused to act after the Buckeyes were attacked and beaten by players and fans at Minnesota all those years ago. Fred Taylor, a coach considered in the same light as Kentucky's Rupp and who had taken his team to a national championship and multiple NCAA runs, was shattered and resigned thereafter when the Big Ten also refused to take the matter seriously.

For those of us who love or loved Ohio State basketball, nothing has changed in the years since. The Schott was supposed to address the lack of former support and people should appreciate all that the Schottenstein family has done for Ohio State sports, but I suspect that there is no intention by anyone to support two major sports in this day and age.

What has happened to collegiate athletics, and OSU basketball in particular, is so disappointing.