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Ohio State spotlight: LaQuinton Ross
By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch Friday December 7, 2012
Eric Albrecht | Dispatch
LaQuinton Ross is contributing with scoring and rebounding, but coach Thad Matta wants to see improvement on defense.
A year ago this weekend, LaQuinton Ross returned to the Ohio State men?s basketball team. Only now is he beginning to catch up to the reputation that preceded him.
But he said he thinks he is better for the journey.
?I?ve definitely grown as a person,? Ross said, ?because it has been humbling. Coming out of high school as one of the top recruits in your class, you get here and it really humbles you sitting on that bench, looking out there and thinking ?I could help my team? but the coaches knowing I wasn?t ready.?
The Buckeyes played 7,800 minutes last season on the way to the Final Four. Ross, ballyhooed a few years before as the best high-school freshman in the country, was on the bench for 7,765 of them. After missing all of preseason practice and the first month of the season while gaining academic eligibility, he never caught up with his teammates, and the coaches had no time to wait for him.
One year later, he still is catching up.
?In essence, Q?s a freshman,? coach Thad Matta said.
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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2012/12/07/gameday/spotlight-ohio-state.html
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MaxBuck
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I've been impressed with Q's rebounding. He's not a block-out kind of guy; he's more the type who looks at where the ball will bounce to and glides through the junk to go up and get it. He's terrific at insinuating himself between other players, whether to get a rebound or to get a shot.
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Buckskin86
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Ohio State's LaQuinton Ross stretching as a player
By Rob McCurdy
CentralOhio.com
COLUMBUS ? Typecast as a scorer, LaQuinton Ross is showing his range ? and that?s not just on his jump shots.
The lanky 6-foot-8 sophomore is a sneaky-good rebounder on the backside, leading the Buckeyes in three consecutive games before Saturday?s 90-72 win against UNC-Asheville.
?Coming out of high school, I averaged 12 rebounds as a senior so I think I was pretty good,? he said. ?I?ve got to do it here because sometimes I?m playing the 4-man and I have to go get rebounds.?
Ross is third on the team in rebounding at 4.8 boards per game. He also has 14 offensive rebounds, something he showed no interest in doing a year ago in mop-up duty when he didn?t snare one all season.
?Rebounding is something I like to do, especially on the offensive end,? he said ?Offensive rebounds lead to points.?
So maybe his desire to rebound isn?t altruistic, but another way to steal scenes and score more. Then someone needs to explain his better-than-advertised defense through nine games.
?His defensive awareness, we?re seeing him do things he hasn?t done in the past,? Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. ?He?s talking more and seeing things and seeing help and reacting better.
?Q can definitely put the ball in the basket which is very advantageous to us.?
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http://www.newarkadvocate.com/artic...Ohio-State-s-LaQuinton-Ross-stretching-player
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He really needs to have his best game as a Buckeye tomorrow. All of those extra rebounds will be key and he has to make his shots early to build on the teams game.
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Were Ross the player we were all hoping to see when OSU signed him we win yesterday.
When he becomes that player, we become a much better team.
That said, it is interesting to reread the Scout profile from when he was a HS Senior.
When he becomes that player, we become a much better team.
That said, it is interesting to reread the Scout profile from when he was a HS Senior.
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buckeyes_rock
Great day to be a Buckeye
LitlBuck;2281240; said:
I think yesterday he just looked tentative...perhaps afraid of making a mistake and having to take a seat. Still think he brings a great skill set to this team but he just needs some DT like confidence out there.
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dragurd;2281244; said:
Which is why I have a serious problem with this seasons schedule. Outside of Duke and Kansas the only team we have played in the RPI 100 is Washington - at 97. These are glorified scrimmages and I just don't get it.
The B1G will get us ready for the tourney. Just don't think we are ready for the B1G.
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Buckskin86
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Ohio State men?s basketball: Attitude change earning Ross more minutes
By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch Saturday February 2, 2013
Jonathan Quilter | DISPATCH LaQuinton Ross helped in the win over Wisconsin.
The ?breaking point,? as LaQuinton Ross called it, came three weeks ago, after Ohio State?s biggest win of the season. Michigan, the school Buckeyes love to hate, arrived at Value City Arena undefeated and left with its first loss.
?Everybody out there was celebrating. We just beat the No. 2 team in the country,? Ross said. ?But inside, I think I was being kind of selfish because I was thinking, ?I didn?t get my chance.? ?
Ross, a tall and talented but enigmatic sophomore wing player, had played three minutes. For the fourth game in a row, his playing time had decreased. He had not always handled that well in the past. This time, he handled it like a man.
?I just started talking to myself,? he said, ?like, ?What do I have to do to get on the court? What do I have to do to impress the coaches? What can I do to be a better teammate?? From then on, I?ve come to practice every day and tried to listen. Listen to my teammates. Listen to my coaches.?
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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...ttitude-change-earning-ross-more-minutes.html
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greyscarlet
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Buckskin86;2299125; said:
How can you not love this. First and foremost college is about maturing as an individual and that door seems to be opening for Mr. Ross.
If he continues to mature he and the team will be all the better for it, and a legit final 4 quality team
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