SF David Lighty (Most Career Buckeye Wins, ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket - France)

[TresselstillownsTSUN]

Saw him and the rest of the team yesterday tailgating over there by St. Johns. He saw munching on two big old cookies, and I told him he can't be doing that! He smile and say "Oh yeah I can". Side not...Jarod Sullinger looked a little out of shape.

Sully always looks outta shape. Nothing to worry about IYAM.

 

[Buckskin86]

Assistant coach Jeff Boals welcomed David Lighty back to skill workouts, saying it "looks like he hasn't missed a beat." I interviewed Lighty last week for a story I'm working on and he told me that while he's been cleared to get back on the court, he is being withheld from five-on-five competition for the time being. He broke the fifth metatarsal in his left for the second time in 17 months in May.

http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2010/09/tweet_beat_game_time_switched.shtml

 

[Buckskin86]

Lighty Back to Help Squad of Veterans and New Talent
By Brandon Castel

COLUMBUS ? The start of the 2010-11 college basketball season is still more than three weeks away, but there was a buzz around Value City Arena Thursday as the Buckeyes gathered on the eve of practice.

Despite losing the National Player of the Year Evan Turner from last year?s Sweet 16 squad, there were will be plenty of familiar faces Friday when Ohio State takes the practice court.

Photo by Jim Davidson David Lighty

It will be the seventh season in Columbus for Head Coach Thad Matta, and all but two of them have been spent with David Lighty by his side. The fifth-year senior is back for his final go-around in scarlet gray, but it has not been a pain-free career for the Cleveland native.

For the second year in a row, Lighty begins the season coming off a broken bone in his left foot.

?It?s coming a lot pretty well so far, I just have to get my explosion back and my bounce back,? Lighty said Thursday during Ohio State?s annual basketball Media Day.

?I?m pretty much doing everything, so it?s just a matter of time until I?m back to where I was before.?

http://www.the-ozone.net/hoops/10-11Men's/lighty_mediaday.html

 

[Buckskin86]

College basketball: Lighty's last dance in Columbus
Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
By Kevin Kleps
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David Lighty has scored more than 1,000 points in his Ohio State career.

With 120 games played, the senior from Villa Angela-St. Joseph is on pace to shatter Jamar Butler's school record of 139.

In 2006, he and Mike Conley were the first true freshmen to start their first game at OSU since Michael Redd in 1997.

He's played with Greg Oden and Evan Turner. He's played in a national championship game.

What he hasn't done is been a part of a national title.

He has a plan for that.

"I remember my first day here, moving in," Lighty said in a phone interview from Columbus. "Now it's my last season at Ohio State. Time does fly. I've enjoyed every day here and hope to go out with a bang. We want to win a national championship."

Cont...

http://news-herald.com/articles/2010/11/16/sports/nh3282088.txt?viewmode=fullstory

 

[Jagdaddy]

I'm going to go off the rails here and say some outlandish shit, and I expect monster rep. if I turn out to be right. Lighty's got the "Eye of the Tiger" and is going to be: (1) 1st team all Big Ten Defense; (2) 1st Team all Big Ten period; and (3) The heart and soul of tOSU's first national championship men's basketball team since 1960. Y'all (probably) heard it here first.

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State, Lighty motivated by 2007 banner
By Edward Aschoff
Correspondent
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Aaron Daye/Staff photographer
Ohio State's David Lighty reacts to foul called on him during the second half against Florida at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Tuesday, November 16, 2010.

David Lighty left on his flight to Gainesville with retribution on his mind.

That sick feeling of revenge only grew when he stepped inside the O'Connell Center for Monday's shoot-around. As Ohio State's senior guard/forward glanced up into the rafters, he saw the huge orange 2007 national championship banner staring back at him.

A part of the Buckeyes' famed "Thad Five" recruiting class in 2006, Lighty, along with Greg Oden, Mike Conley, Othello Hunter and Daequan Cook, were on the losing end of the Gators' second straight national championship.

Seeing that banner for the first time was all the extra motivation Lighty needed for Tuesday's game.

"That banner up there, it could have been back in Ohio, in Columbus," Lighty said.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/...le=Ohio-State-Lighty-motivated-by-2007-banner

 

[LitlBuck]

I know last year that I said quite a few times that I did not think David could play in the NBA because he was not that good of an all-around player especially with regard to his outside shooting. Well, let me swallow some pride and say that if David continues to play the rest of the season the way he has in the past three games he is definitely NBA talent and possibly first round NBA talent. He just seems a lot quicker this season or maybe my eyesight has improved but his outside shooting has definitely improved which makes him even more lethal in his ability to get to the rack.

 

[Buckskin86]

David Lighty, Junior, Ohio State University: If Lighty can play in the same manner as he did against Florida last night the Ohio State team becomes even more dangerous than I already believed them to be. After seeing a spike in playing time last year, I noticed a player that made winning plays when the team needed them to be made. To be short, he stepped up in times of need a timely pass, driving bucket, or a three. His percentages might not have been great, but I believe he turns it up a notch this year and helps the Buckeyes in a big-time fashion.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/uncategorized/2010/11/college-player-notes/2/

 

[generaladm]

DL was straight-up deadly last night. You can see it when he feels he can beat anyone on the dribble, and the team just needs to feed him the ball. There were times last season when he could absolutely take over the game at both ends for multiple possessions, and I think we're going to see more of that as he gets more touches in the half court. Lighty's going to be the one to make big plays in tight situations, his consistency on D and from the line will win more than one close game this season. Great to see how much he's developed over the years.

 

[gracelhink]

DL was straight-up deadly last night. You can see it when he feels he can beat anyone on the dribble, and the team just needs to feed him the ball. There were times last season when he could absolutely take over the game at both ends for multiple possessions, and I think we're going to see more of that as he gets more touches in the half court. Lighty's going to be the one to make big plays in tight situations, his consistency on D and from the line will win more than one close game this season. Great to see how much he's developed over the years.

solid observations! 6 of 7 from the line is a noteworthy development because he will get fouled and hacked plenty this year off the dribble drive.

Wouldn't it be amazing if Mr. Lighty (of the Thad 5) turns out to be the most valuable NBA player?

 

[Buckskin86]

Proof Positive
No matter what obstacles he faces, Ohio State forward David Lighty always looks on the bright side
Friday, December 17, 2010 08:00 AM
By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch

CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF: David Lighty drives to the basket against Western Carolina during a recent game at St. John Arena. He has been a key player at Ohio State since arriving as part of the "Thad Five" recruiting class of 2007. (Neal C. Lauron | Dispatch)

David Lighty was a toddler when his unshakable faith made its first impression on his mother.

"I have a brother, his uncle, who was killed at a young age," Emily Lighty said. "David was only 2. It was his birthday, and I said something to him about his uncle not being there. David said, 'But his spirit is.'

"It shocked me that he had that awareness."

A few years later, Emily and David were heading to a baseball field near their Cleveland home to play catch. Mom prepared her young son to be disappointed, saying their plans may not work out because a team could be using the field for practice. But when they got there, it was empty.

"Know why, mommy?" David told her. "Because I prayed about it."

"He has had some hurdles in his life," Emily Lighty said. "But though he gets slayed often, he bounces back with the same level of enthusiasm and work ethic and determination, because that's just who he is.

"And he does it with a smile. Things kind of roll off his shoulders. He doesn't let them get to him."

In May, Lighty broke the same bone - the fifth metatarsal - in the same foot - his right - that was fractured two years ago this weekend. The first injury kept him out for the rest of the season. The second cost him an offseason of preparation for his senior year.

Neither could keep him down.

Little wonder that Lighty's former teammate on the Ohio State men's basketball team, Evan Turner, calls him "Mr. Optimistic."

"I just try to find the good in everything," Lighty said.

Cont...

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/buckeyextra/stories/gameday/2010/week16/cover_story.html

 

[brodybuck21]

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/buckeyextra/stories/gameday/2010/week16/cover_story.html

What a fantastic article about a fantastic young man. Really proud someone like David Lighty is representing our fine university! Thanks for all you have done David and I hope you go out as a National Champion!

 

[Wells4Heisman]

Went off tonight.... It's been fun watching him for the past 5 years or whatever it is... I remember watching him in Atlanta.... :tongue2:

 

[Buckskin86]

UNC Asheville coach on Lighty....

"But honestly, I felt Lighty was their best player. We elected to try to point him in our zone, and what we did was turn him loose to show he?s one of the best players around.

"I knew that. I said it to our assistant coaches. But . . . you have to pick your poison. They?re that good. You can?t just go out there and play them straight up when you?re UNC Asheville and expect to win the game."

Why does Biedenbach consider Lighty the Buckeyes' best player?

"That?s probably unfair since he?s their third-leading scorer," he said.

"But I look at great teams around the country over the years and they have good guards, and Ohio State has good guards; they have good post people, and (Ohio State has) good post people.

"The difference is when you have a guy like Lighty at the '3-spot' who can help with your ball-handling if you need it, can help on the boards if you need it. He gives you the versatility of a great '3 man.' That?s in my opinion the guy that makes your team. It?s not that he makes them go, but he does.

"When you?re Ohio State -- and let?s say you?re playing six straight (NCAA Tournament) games trying to win a national championship -- you?re going to come up against somebody that has better post people than you. That 3-man better be able to take the pressure off of that.

"When you have four games and are trying to win the conference tournament, somebody?s going to have two guards better than you and go out and pressure you. If Lighty doesn?t come out and handle the ball, they?re going to get beat in that game.

"So that?s why I think he?s so valuable."

Thad on Lighty....

"I think Dave Lighty may be one of the most unheralded, underrated players ever to wear the Scarlet and Gray," Matta said. "That?s coming from a guy who?s been here seven years and what I?ve seen. I?ve loved him from day one. I don?t think he gets what he deserves."

Lighty had scored no more than 10 points in Ohio State's previous five games but had averaged four assists, nearly four rebounds and nearly two steals in those games.

"I?ve said this, I think he?s the best defender in college basketball," Matta said. "I don?t know if he?s ever made the All-Big Ten defensive team, but one-on-one, for the game, I?m taking Dave Lighty on defense."

Lighty on Lighty....

Lighty said he was "happy somebody noticed" when it was pointed out after the game that the arc on his jump shot this season is less than in the past.

"When I broke my foot (in the spring), I think I changed my shot a little bit," he said. "Sitting there just watching game film from last year, and watching where I could change my shot and get it off a second quicker maybe, that?s something that I have worked on.

"Hopefully, I continue to make shots and shoot 40 percent."

Lighty made 7 of 10 three-point attempts against Asheville and raised his percentage outside the arc to .425, second-best on the team to Jon Diebler's .466. Lighty's three-point percentage last season was .383.

http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2010/12/postgame_unc_asheville_1.shtml

 

[Bucknut24]

lighty just posted this picture of himself in the 4th grade, what big ears he had