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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Expected Role
Noel is coming to Ohio State after being one of the top scorers and overall players in the Horizon League last season. He won’t be expected to score 20 points per game for Jake Diebler and company this season, but he will be asked to step in and be a key rotational player of this team.With Devin Royal moving to the starting three on the team and Santa Clara transfer Christoph Tilly coming in to play the center position, Noel will slide in as the starting stretch four.
Noel will be asked to play 20-25 minutes a game, and sometimes maybe even more, depending on the frontcourt depth. True freshman A’mare Bynum will be the backup to Noel, and when the Buckeyes go small ball with a three guard lineup, Royal will play the four at times. For the most part, there is not a whole lot of bench depth behind Noel.
For the Buckeyes to get where they want to go this season, they will need Noel to come in and immediately be ready to be a starter in the Big Ten. I know Buckeye fans are skeptical after the Tanner Holden debacle, but Noel is a different player than Holden with a different role coming into the season.
If Noel struggles to adapt to the Big Ten, it will slow down the Buckeyes until he gets comfortable. If he adjusts immediately, Ohio State will look the part of a top six team in the conference early in the season.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Well, looks like he's got the meat on him to bang in the B10. Always hopeful that these xfers actually produce results for the Buckeyes. Hopefully Diebs has made a good decision this time, given last year's flops. But that's why he's getting the big bucks.
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DZ83CK
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Based on his stats from last season and his performance in the exhibition, Brandon Noel is the new addition that I'm most looking forward to watching this season. I think this young man could be the real deal. Everyone is sleeping on him in the preseason hype lists, but I have high hopes that he will average well over 10 ppg & be a leader on this team.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Do so like that there's a strong #4 to go with the newly hired #5's. Gives a presence on the glass, not seen previously. Also, haven't seen Devin (at the #3), crashing the boards, or getting a rebound in the crumb area yet this year. So far the rebounds are piling up, and that's a good thing to see. Go Bucks!
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Thought he'd be a solid #4 spot, but at the NW game, he slid to the #5, and did well there. tOSU appears to be more of a 'get back' kind of team, than crashing the boards to corral a second chance rebound. OK, that's systemic coaching by Diebs. Still haven't seen Tilly and Noel pair up efficiently in the forecourt. Hopefully that's coming. Any recent news on the health of the Baylor xfer? PS, for the record, believe that what we're fielding this year, looks significantly better than last year. Should keep us competitive in all but a few games...
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Ohio State Forward Brandon Noel Sustains Foot Injury Vs. Nebraska, Out Indefinitely
Ohio State forward Brandon Noel is out indefinitely with a foot injury he sustained against Nebraska on Monday.
Ohio State Forward Brandon Noel Sustains Foot Injury Vs. Nebraska, Out Indefinitely
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Noel started the first 10 games of the year for Ohio State, but after freshman Amare Bynum emerged as a star at power forward, he's come off the bench the last three contests. Noel averages 8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. No other player on the Buckeyes' current bench averages more than 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds.
Consistency has been an issue at times for Noel – 60 of his 103 points come from just three combined outings – but he carried Ohio State to a win with 29 points at Northwestern and kept the Buckeyes alive with 14 first-half points at Rutgers, preempting a 15-point comeback win.
With Noel out, Ohio State's next option to relieve Bynum and center Christoph Tilly in the frontcourt will be sophomore center Ivan Njegovan, who averages those above-mentioned 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. The Buckeyes need more scoring at-large from their bench, however, after it finished with 0 points for the second time this season in a big game. Diebler noted that Ohio State could experiment with more small-ball lineups, likely featuring Bynum at center and small forward Devin Royal at his former power forward position.
"It's something that we're searching for there," Diebler said. "And, listen, I think we have some guys who have had some better moments. Brandon was really good last game. He's been more aggressive. ... Gabe (Cupps) has done better. He's done a better job of not fouling there, but he's gotta be aggressive offensively. And we've got to find a way, certainly, to get some more production out of our bench."
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