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PF Jared Sullinger (2x 1st Team ALL B1G & All American, Anyang KGC, S.Korea)

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At one point against Minnesota, coach Thad Matta couldn't bear to watch Jared Sullinger shoot another free throw and told his assistants to let him know if the freshman made it or missed it.

The free throw issue is officially in Sullinger's head after another sub-.500 game. After missing six of nine free throws in the second half against Michigan on Thursday night, he missed six of eight against the Gophers. The Buckeyes were 10 of 20, the kind of performance that you keep saying is going to catch up with them, but hasn't yet.

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"Honestly, I don?t know what?s going on with my free throws," Sullinger said, "but eventually they?re going to start falling like they did."

Sullinger shot 77.4 percent from the line in his first seven Big Ten games and was at 74.1 for the season through 20 games. The past four games, he has made 16 of 34 (47.1 percent).

He acknowledged after the Minnesota game that teams may be trying to wear him out with physical play in hopes it will affect his free throw shooting down the stretch.

"It?s a mindset thing," Sullinger said. "Right now, I?m shooting them short. They?re on line. I?ve just got to put a little more oomph into them. I think I?ve got to bend my knees a little bit more."
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http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2011/02/postgame_minnesota_2.shtml#more
 
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OSU_Buckguy;1870691; said:
i noticed that in the scum game.
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I just hope that he doesn't think about it too much or his problems will continue. As good as a shooter that he is, I think that if he practices too much or thinks about it too much his problems will continue. Which the team cannot afford especially down the road.
 
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BuckeyeSoldier;1870402; said:
I wonder if part of diebler leading this stat possibly has more to do with defenses being afraid of leaving diebler alone to double up Jared than it does with his ability to feed the big man
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There's no way that Diebler and Sully are on the same side of the court as much as they are on accident... you have to bring the help from somewhere else than the same-side wing on the post feed which leads to back side looks from the post, or interior passes, both of which we saw a couplefew times yesterday against Minny...
 
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Bill Lucas;1870715; said:
Well, couldn't you have twitted him that or something. :biggrin:
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Since Jared won't get his tweets until after the game, it'd be a better idea to send the message to J.J. and have him yell something down at Jared.

Sad thing is, that'd also probably work, since J.J. tweets like it's his job.
 
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Ohio State's Jared Sullinger to get Party in the USA sign from Minnesota fan
Published: Tuesday, February 08, 2011
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer

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Andrew Wagner

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State freshman Jared Sullinger took some heat from the Minnesota crowd on Sunday during the No. 1 Buckeyes' 82-69 win in Minneapolis, yet it turns out that even opposing fans end up liking the Buckeyes' freshman.

As he walked off the court at Williams Arena, Sullinger noticed a sign held by Minnesota senior Andrew Wagner that featured a black and white headshot of Sullinger decorated with lipstick and earrings and the words "Party in the USA," a nod to Sullinger's karaoke performance of the Miley Cyrus song that turned into a web sensation.

Sullinger asked for the sign. Wagner said no. After the game, Sullinger told The Plain Dealer, "I thought my mom would love it, to have it to hang up."

Now, Sullinger will get the sign after all.

After reading the story on Cleveland.com, Wagner wrote to Sullinger on Twitter, saying, "I would have given you the poster had you said it was for your mom."

Sullinger responded with, "It's all good. I like the poster, btw."

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http://www.cleveland.com/buckeyeblog/index.ssf/2011/02/ohio_states_jared_sullinger_to.html
 
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DJ Gallo on the season so far:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/110210&sportCat=ncb

Jared Sullinger is your non-Jimmer Player of the Year so far. (5-of-10 Jimmers)

Ohio State is the only undefeated team left in the country and Sullinger is averaging 18 and 10. The freshman is the best Ohio State big man since ... since ... since ... I can't do it. I can't put him in the same sentence as ... you know. It wouldn't be right. He doesn't deserve to be linked to that guy in any way. So I'm going to just say Sullinger is the best Ohio State big man since Greg Oden to spare him of any cruel Kosta Koufos comparisons.
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:lol:
 
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Sully probably will need a car

Yahoo.com was in town to do the obligatory Sullinger story recently and revealed that Jared last month asked his father, Satch, to buy him a car for next season.

The kid would be good for a loan approval, it would seem, considering his NBA draft status. But this is what Satch told Yahoo that Jared said to him:

"Dad, I'm going to be living off-campus next season. I don't want to have to depend on people for rides to class. I'm going to need my own car."

Living off campus next season? Rides to class? Sounds like someone planning to be a college sophomore instead of an NBA rookie.

Of course, Satch added, if Ohio State wins the national championship, "the conversation might change."

"After that," he said, "what else would there be?"
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...2/08/osu-mens-basketball-insider.html?sid=101
 
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Luke Winn of SI.com (I really enjoy his breakdowns in the Power Rankings) had a follow-up on last week's "Who's Feeding Jared?" statistic (which apparently but not surprisingly, ESPN republished without attribution on-air).

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/teams/ohio-state-buckeyes/

Ohio State Buckeyes (24-0)
Last week's "Who's Feeding Jared?" graphic was so well-received (it even made it on the TV!) that the topic is worth revisiting. Our film study showed that senior Jon Diebler was the Buckeyes' best post-feeder, serving up 44.2 percent of the successful entry passes to freshman star Jared Sullinger. What I didn't mention in the graphic is that more than half of Diebler's feeds (about 55 percent) come from the left wing, and that the Buckeyes' clear, bread-and-butter play for 2010-11 simply involves isolating Diebler and Sullinger in a two-man game on the left side of the floor.

One version of this play comes from the ESPN film of Ohio State's first possession at Northwestern on Jan. 29, which can be seen in the frames below. It's initiated by a "fist" sign (frame 1) from David Lighty at the top of the key, calling for down-screens by big men Dallas Lauderdale (for William Buford, right side) and Sullinger (for Diebler, left side). Lighty then looks to hit a freed-up Diebler on the left wing (2), and Diebler looks to immediately fire the ball into Sullinger (3), who has transitioned from screener to poster. He's able to spin on his left shoulder in one-on-one coverage (4) and easily score.

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Consider an opposing team's options once the ball is fed inside:

1) Double-down off of Diebler, who (according to Synergy scouting data) scores at a 1.53 points-per-possession clip in unguarded catch-and-shoot situations.
2) Double-down off of Lighty, who scores 1.26 PPP in unguarded catch-and-shoot situations.
3) Run Lauderdale's man across the lane to seal off Sullinger's left shoulder ... leaving Lauderdale, a 1.70 PPP scorer at point-blank range, wide open.
4) Cover Sullinger one-on-one in the post, where he scores 1.12 PPP.

Unless your defense can recover in time not to leave Sullinger's teammates open after a double-team, the most efficient choice might just be to single-cover him in the post. When that's your best available option, you're not in great shape ... and now you can understand why the Buckeyes have the nation's No. 4-ranked offense.

Next Three: 2/12 at Wisconsin, 2/15 vs. Michigan State, 2/20 at Purdue
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The part in bold is my emphasis. Kind of exciting to think that statistically, the Buckeyes' least efficient option on their bread-and-butter play is Sullinger in single coverage. :yow2:
 
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