Penn St +9.5 vs tOSU (ov/un 127.5) Sun 3:30 EDT, CBS

[OSU_Buckguy]

it's a good thing that we will play on friday. sully needs all the rest that he can get. i hope our bear can hibernate for four days.

 

[Magua]

and i'll raise you...

 

[Mike80]

Dook is damn near unbeatable when

1) The 3s are falling

2) They aren't relying solely on the 3s

However, they do get 3-happy when they get into the NCAAs someitmes.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Barkley, love him, just said he's not taking OSU citing the "Big Ten" style of play- OSU can get out and score, so I have to disagree with him if that's his reasoning.

 

[Bucknut24]

barkley just said he's not picking osu to win cause they're slow...guess he missed when we put up 93 against wiscy

 

[Mike80]

barkley just said he's not picking osu to win cause they're slow...guess he missed when we put up 93 against wiscy

to be fair, he also said Ohio State has issues imposing its will on clearly inferior teams.

I happen to agree to a certain extent with that observation.

 

[buckeyebri]

barkley just said he's not picking osu to win cause they're slow...guess he missed when we put up 93 against wiscy

Says we can't impose our will on another team....that it is like watching a B10 football game....love being the best team in the suckiest football and basketball conference in the land....

 

[sepia5]

I actually really like Charles Barkley as a commentator. He's fun to listen to and often quite witty. But he just said he's not picking tOSU to win the NCAA tourny even though they may have the best team in the country, and his rationale was that OSU can't "impose their will" on other teams. Now, I'm not even sure what that means, but I think he means to say OSU can't impose their style of play on other teams, because just before making the comment he was talking about how slow and methodical the game had been. Apparently Chuck didn't see this team absolutely dismantle and run up and down the court on a Wisconsin team that I think is probably better than any other in the country at dictating a slow pace. To say that OSU can't "impose their will" against other teams is to admit you just haven't watched them this season.

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

Sully looks tired

Fort Lauderdale is doing well today (3 blocks?). I think the Bucks could afford to give Sullinger some bench time in the second half.

I know from playing hoops against big guys that bodying them up and pushing on them tires them out, and it's not that Sully is tired, or that I ever played against a beast like him, but... As soon as we get a double digit lead, get him some rest. It's too easy to make dumb foul when you'r tired.

Plus we don't want him to get into a fight before we start out against our number 16 seed.

 

[OHSportsFan]

barkley just said he's not picking osu to win cause they're slow...guess he missed when we put up 93 against wiscy

Or the 14 other times the Buckeyes scored 80+ points this season.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

barkley just said he's not picking osu to win cause they're slow...guess he missed when we put up 93 against wiscy

or the 82 we scored against, well... penn state at penn state.

 

[BuckTwenty]

And Barkley won't pick us to win it all because of the fact that we don't "impose our will" on the other team.

Fact is, we don't have to. We can play fast, we can play slow, we can play up high, we can play down low. We are as talented and balanced a team as you will find in the country. And that's why we will win the whole damn thing.

 

[Mike80]

Charles Barkley > > > > > Dook Vitale

 

[Bucknut24]

last time I checked, it's not about looking good in the ncaa tourny, it's survive and move on, and I think it's safe to say we're pretty damn good at that

 

[Gatorubet]

Did you battle to recruit Diebler, or was he always a lock for the buckeyes out of h.s.?