SG Jon Diebler (2nd-Most Big Ten career 3-Pointers, Butler Recruiting Director)

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Diebler to Simmons: 'Be ready'

Jeremie Simmons said before the Buckeyes' shootaround in the Bradley Center tonight that Jon Diebler told him to "be ready" to play Friday against UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Diebler has been suffering from flu since Tuesday morning and said he vomited 15 minutes into the team's morning practice today.

He was drinking from a cup during the shootaround, which was open to the public.

?After I threw up today, I do feel better,? Diebler said. ?I practiced for about 15 minutes, sat out, got a shot, feel better and I?m really hungry, so hopefully I?ll be able to eat a little bit tonight and get some energy back.?

He also said he expected to take fluids intravenously tonight.

?I keep telling myself it?s just a little flu bug because everyone else seems to be getting over it,? Diebler said. ?I?ll be all right. They?re going to have to chop my legs off to keep me out of this.?

Kyle Madsen vomited on the bus ride home from Indianapolis on Sunday, and coach Thad Matta said six players -- Simmons, Diebler, Madsen, P.J. Hill, Nikola Kecman and Danny Peters -- and a manager were afflicted at some point in the past few days.

"I think the guys that had it Sunday appear to be better. They're putting more weight back on," Matta said.

"Jon's the one that had it last. We're trying to monitor everything that he's doing and getting (him) the right foods and hydration and all those things.

"But he had a lot more color when he walked into the locker room here than he had yesterday, and (Tuesday) when he missed practice."

Diebler to Simmons: 'Be ready' (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)

 

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Jon Diebler's can-do attitude a sure shot for the Ohio State Buckeyes
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
March 19, 2010

Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer
Ohio State is hoping Jon Diebler will be over his flu by tonight and that he'll have his 3-point shot down.

MILWAUKEE -- Jon Diebler practiced for 15 minutes Thursday morning, then stopped and threw up. Drained by the flu after missing practice Tuesday, and unable to keep anything down, he'd eaten a ham sandwich for breakfast at 6 a.m. one day. An IV was planned Thursday night to get him fluids.

The Ohio State junior said he was feeling better, though, before a Thursday evening shootaround. The Buckeyes (27-7), the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Regional, need the junior to get his strength up tonight for their NCAA Tournament opener against No. 15 UC-Santa Barbara, because the man with the second-most 3-pointers in the tournament can be the difference over the next several weekends between a very good team and a great one.

"Jon has earned his own confidence," said OSU assistant Brandon Miller, who regularly shoots against Diebler after practice. "Jon has worked his way to where he can really shoot the ball, and I also think he plays with players who have the ability to create shots not only for themselves but for him. So it works out good for both."

Jon Diebler's can-do attitude a sure shot for the Ohio State Buckeyes | cleveland.com

 

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Diebler Stars on NCAA Opening Weekend
By Brandon Castel

MILWAUKEE?Evan Turner is a star.

Despite his humble demeanor, the National Player of the Year finalist casts a shadow that often eclipses the rest of his Ohio State teammates.

That was certainly the case in the Big Ten Tournament, when the 6-7 Turner averaged nearly 27 points a game over a three-day stretch that concluded with the Buckeyes winning the tournament title last Sunday.

He was expected to take center stage at the NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee this weekend, but a 2-for-13 shooting night on Friday opened the door for one of the other Buckeyes to play the role of hero.

All Jon Diebler needed was a crack.

With the force of a Dallas Lauderdale block, Diebler kicked in that door with a 23-point performance in Ohio State?s 68-51 win over UC Santa Barbara in the first round. Sunday he knocked the door off its hinges with a 20-point game against Georgia Tech as the Buckeyes advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 75-66 win over the Yellow Jackets.

?He hit a lot of shots. He hit a lot of daggers and he?s been playing extremely well this tournament,? said Turner, who lives with Diebler at Ohio State.

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fhQi4HrS3c]YouTube - OSU NCAA 1st Round[/ame]

 

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When quiet Jon Diebler is hot, the Buckeyes can make some noise, Bill Livingston writes
By Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer
March 25, 2010

Asked to name the most humble player on Ohio State's Sweet 16 team, Evan Turner, the Buckeyes' best player, said to a general chorus of assent by his teammates, "Jon Diebler."

"Jonny D," the other Buckeyes call him. Should be Jonny Three. Should be Jon Threebler.

Jeffrey Phelps / Associated Press
When Jon Diebler is raining down threes, the Ohio State Buckeyes are very hard to beat. After making 11 triples last weekend, Diebler needs to keep his hot streak going for the Buckeyes to keep advancing in the NCAA Tournament.

Diebler once scored 77 points in a high school game for Upper Sandusky. When both were OSU freshmen, Turner, a walking compen- dium of facts, figures, legends and lore, eagerly asked for all the details.

"It was a quiet 77," said Diebler.

There are no quiet 77s, and there are no church mouse Jonny Ds these days, not after he made seven 3-point shots in Ohio State's opening victory over UC-Santa Barbara and then had the air raid sirens wailing with four more, all in the second half, in a second-round triumph over Georgia Tech.

The 6-5 junior is arguably Ohio State's second-most important player, behind Turner, in tonight's game between Ohio State and Tennessee. A streaky shooter, Diebler is averaging 21.5 points, best on the team in tournament play. There are worries about how quickly Diebler will adjust to the vast space of the Edward Jones Dome, where the NFL's St. Louis Rams play. But shooters are looking down the barrel of the gun too intently to be concerned with backdrop or to get lost in space.

"Ask any shooter. He's just focused on the rim," said Diebler, shrugging.

When quiet Jon Diebler is hot, the Buckeyes can make some noise, Bill Livingston writes | cleveland.com

 

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Bob Hunter commentary: If Diebler's hot, OSU's tough to stop
Friday, March 26, 2010
By Bob Hunter
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

ST. LOUIS - In a peculiar NCAA Tournament daydream, a deranged sports columnist climbs a mountain and asks a wise old man at the top for the secret to Ohio State's five-game run through the postseason.

"Jon Diebler," the guru says, without flinching.

Excuse me? It has to be Evan Turner, doesn't it?

Of course it does, he says, but no wise man is needed to come up with that answer. That revelation could be gleaned from anyone wearing an Ohio State T-shirt in a grocery store checkout line.

The writer nods. It makes sense. A sage doesn't get his paycheck for dispensing obvious answers, and when he digs through the obvious, he eventually comes to this:

Diebler doesn't have to hit his shots for Ohio State to win, but when Diebler is hitting, the Buckeyes rarely lose. In six of Ohio State's seven losses, Diebler had below-average games offensively. Two of those came when Turner was out with his broken back and opponents simply glued a defender to Diebler; the others would seem to constitute a trend.

"When he's making his threes, it definitely opens everything up," Turner said. "It gives our drivers a lot of opportunity to penetrate, because now they have to worry about Jon a little more. It gets the offense going.

"I think the more he scores, the greater the chance we all have to have balanced scoring. And with this group, there could be two or three guys with 20 points or high teens."

Bob Hunter commentary: If Diebler's hot, OSU's tough to stop | BuckeyeXtra

When Evan Turner Is Covered, Ohio State’s Jon Diebler Shines
By KEVIN ARMSTRONG
Published: March 25, 2010

ST. LOUIS — When Northern Iowa’s senior guard Ali Farokhmanesh chose to pull up for a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left in the Panthers’ second-round game against top-ranked Kansas on Saturday, he had a fan in Ohio State guard Jon Diebler.

“Unbelievable shot,” Diebler said, critiquing the basket that solidified the ninth-seeded Panthers’ run to the Round of 16 here against No. 5 Michigan State. “I would have done the same thing. In fact, I’ve done the same thing.”

Diebler’s most recent attempt at delivering the crippling blow was against Michigan State earlier this season. He was coming off two consecutive baskets, but he missed one from the corner. The Buckeyes still won.

“I’d do it again,” said Diebler, who is shooting 42.8 percent from behind the 3-point arc and averaging 13.3 points per game.

As quick to smile as he is to shoot, Diebler, a 6-foot-7 junior shooting guard, has all the confidence that comes with dating a cheerleader and holding the Ohio record for high school scoring. He has rebounded from a dismal freshman season (28.9 percent from 3-point range) to become a focal point in the Buckeyes’ offense.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/sports/ncaabasketball/26diebler.html

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-ExX7WxJ0]YouTube - Jon Diebler Reacts To Evan Turner Going Pro[/ame]

 

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OSU's Diebler Shooting For The Stars
By Steve Helwagen
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Posted Nov 02, 2010

Jon Diebler will miss Evan Turner on and off the court this upcoming basketball season.

They were teammates for OSU?s Big Ten championship team a year ago as well as roommates. But Turner opted to leave school early last spring to enter the NBA draft.

The 6-6 Diebler is back for his senior year with the Buckeyes. And, despite Turner?s absence, he is enthused about what OSU may be able to do this winter.

?We?re extremely excited about who we have coming back and the talent we have coming in,? Diebler said. ?It will be a different dimension without Evan. We have a long way to go. We?re trying to help them out.

?I know as a freshman coming in and if you see a ranking like that, you can get pretty excited. But we have a long way to go. For the guys coming back, we know what we have to do to become good.?

http://bucknuts.com/index.php/Baske...bler-shooting-for-the-stars/menu-id-1346.html

 

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Diebler aims for impact
With Big Ten's career three-point mark in sight, senior responds to Matta's push for passing, steals
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Eric Albrecht | Dispatch
Buckeyes senior guard Jon Diebler has made seven steals in the past three games.

It came to light last week that Jon Diebler is within range of the Big Ten record for career three-point field goals.

The Ohio State senior is 55 shy of the official mark of 332 set by Pete Lisicky of Penn State (Louis Bullock of Michigan made 339, but the record was vacated because of NCAA sanctions).

It would seem to be a slam dunk for Diebler. He would have to make about two threes per game the rest of the season, depending how long it lasts, and he has averaged three the past two seasons.

"It's a cool little stat, I guess," he said. "But I'm not worried about it. If it's meant to happen, it'll happen."

Diebler had one of those games he sometimes does last week against Florida State: he attempted 10 threes and made only two. But his game was remarkable not for that, nor that he led the No.2-ranked Buckeyes in scoring with 12 points in a defensive struggle.

What stood out more were the steals he made on three consecutive possessions early in the second half as the Buckeyes built their lead to 17 points.

There has been more to Diebler's game this season than the 25-foot rainbows that will be his legacy at Ohio State. His seven steals in the past three games are one indication. His 14 assists and nearly 3-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, twice as good as last season, are another.

"I've been just really letting the game come to me," Diebler said.

"There may be games like Florida State, where I got a lot of good looks. Then there may be other games where I'm not going to get many looks at all, and that's fine with me. What you have to do as a player is always (have an) impact when you're on the court.

"As far as the assists go, Coach really challenged me in the offseason to get those up a little bit. Not trying to make the home-run play on all the passes, but just make the simple pass, has been really key."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/12/07/diebler-aims-for-impact.html?sid=101

'I really feel like an old guy now'

That was Jon Diebler's comment last week when I was at the Schottenstein Center to interview him for an article that will run in The Dispatch on Tuesday.

The article will be about basketball. Diebler's comment referenced him getting engaged recently to his girlfriend of two years, Caitlin Deardorff, a former Ohio State cheerleader.

Diebler said he popped the question at his apartment Nov. 27, after Ohio State's football game against Michigan.

"I think a lot of people knew (I was going to) because I?ve had the ring for a while," Diebler said. "I was a little nervous. Not that she would say no, but . . . "

What's ironic, Diebler said, is that the two went to high school about 25 miles apart -- he at Upper Sandusky, she at Kenton -- but did not meet until they were at Ohio State.

"Funny how things work out," he said.

http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2010/12/i_really_feel_like_an_old_guy_1.shtml

 

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Diebs went 9 of 13 from behind the arc tying Jay Burson's Big Ten record and finished with 29 against Flordia Gulf Coast!

 

[TDunk]

Congrats to Jon Thriebler. I believe he only has to make 41 3's to break the B1G record of PSU's Pete Lisicky. Nice job Jonny.

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edit: congarts on the hottie fiancee. I guess when you're on fire...

 

[Tlangs]

Congrats to Jon Thriebler. I believe he only has to make 41 3's to break the B1G record of PSU's Pete Lisicky. Nice job Jonny.

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edit: congarts on the hottie fiancee. I guess when you're on fire...

My favorite part about the Big 10 3 point record is that a Michigan player had it but it was vacated....ahahhahahahahahahahahahhaha

Louis Bullock had 339 treys. Hopefully Diebs can pass that number (hit 49 more instead of 41 more) so there is no doubt.

 

[BB73]

I was wondering if the 9 straight 3s last night was another record. It has to at least tie the Big Ten record for most consecutive 3-pointers in a single game.

Nationally, it's not, since in 2008 Andre Smith of George Mason went 10 for 10. Others who made more threes than that could also have made 10 in a row, the 'single game, consecutive 3s' record doesn't show in the record book I looked at.

 

[JohnnyCockfight]

Did Diebler get in the game yesterday? Didn't see him.

 

[LitlBuck]

Postgame nuggets regarding JD. Some pretty nice quotes from his coach regarding his work ethic.

Some Jon Diebler-centric notes from a game that wasn't close after Ohio State began it with an 18-3 run despite missing 14 of its first 18 field-goal attempts:

- Diebler's nine three-point field goals tied the Ohio State record set by Jay Burson, who did it in a win over Florida in 1988 in the ECAC Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden in New York.
Tony White, who was the analyst on tonight's Big Ten Network broadcast, was on the team that season.

"He was on fire," White recalled of Burson's game.​

As was Diebler.

He made his nine consecutively after missing his first two. But after tying the record, he missed his last three attempts before coach Thad Matta removed him from the game with 1:52 remaining.

"When he hit his ninth one, I tried to give him a couple more cracks," Matta said.

The Big Ten record is 10 by Chris Hill of Michigan State against Syracuse in 2003.

"As I told him afterward, you?re just fortunate I didn?t get a chance to play in this building," Matta said.

That was a joke. Matta was a career 44 percent three-point shooter at Butler, but he didn't have the green light Diebler has.

Diebler's 9-for-14 night raised his season three-point percentage to .492. He has made 31 of 63.

"When he let it go (tonight), you felt good it was going to go in. Even the last (few) he missed I felt were pretty good looks and had a chance to go in," Matta said.

"The thing with Jon is, and I?ve said this from the day he got here, for every nine he made tonight, he?s probably shot 90,000 in the offseason to make those nine. So to see him shoot the ball like this is, in my opinion, rewarding for him because the work?s paying off."

http://blog.dispatch.com/hoopsscoops/2010/12/postgame_florida_gulf_coast_1.shtml#more

 

[Bill Lucas]

Diebler's 9-for-14 night raised his season three-point percentage to .492. He has made 31 of 63.

He was 2-10 from 3 against Florida State. In the other 8 games he is shooting 54.7% from 3 point land. Phenomenal!!