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Thad Matta (OSU's All Time Winningest Coach & 3x B1G COY, Butler HC)

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Ohio State men's basketball coach Thad Matta escapes scrutiny of mediocre season, says The Plain Dealer's Bill Livingston



Thursday, February 21, 2008 Bill Livingston

Plain Dealer Columnist
The NBA-ready glitter is missing this basketball season at Ohio State. Perhaps no one could have expected another deep NCAA Tournament run, what with the early departure of three freshmen from last year's team that lost in the national championship game.
But a coach like Thad Matta ought to be good for a game or two just on his own tactics. That has been the coach's distinguishing characteristic ever since the 2004-05 sea son, when Matta coaxed a 20-victory season out of the ashes of NCAA probation, then gave national runner-up Illinois its only loss of the regular season in the final game.
When he drew up the play that led to Matt Sylvester's 3-point shot heard 'round college basketball, with Ohio State down by two points to the Illini in the last seconds, Matta said: "The hell with it. We're going for the win."
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This season, Ohio State has not won a single game it did not figure to win.




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I have always thought that Bill Livingston was sort of a ass but after reading this column he confirmed it in his last two paragraphs.

Matta, however, still has a fund of good will from saving the program from disgrace. He snaps off quips the way his teeth make his chewing gum crack during games. More substantively, he won two straight Big Ten championships and played for it all a year ago. But he needs 20 wins for an NCAA bid.

Basketball will never be like football at OSU, so Matta isn't judged by the same standards. But if sports are about what you have done lately, it is getting late early in Ohio State basketball.
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February 26, 2008

Matta and Indiana

Remember two years ago when Thad Matta played cat-and-mouse with the media for weeks regarding whether he had any interest in the soon-to-be-vacant coaching job at Indiana?
It could happen again starting tonight, when Ohio State plays the Hoosiers in Assembly Hall.
The Indiana job could be open again after the season if interim coach Dan Dakich, who replaced Kelvin Sampson last week, is not retained. Indiana reporters could put Matta on the spot after the game tonight.


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February 27, 2008

Matta avoids "The Question"

We don't want to leave you hanging, so here's a quick update to the previous entry before we bust out of Bloomington.
None of the media asked Thad Matta after the game last night whether he would have interest in the Indiana coaching job if it opens at the end of the season.
The way the season is going for Matta, he might have been flattered if they had.
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Bob Hunter commentary: Rumblings

Friday, February 29, 2008 3:12 AM
By Bob Hunter


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The last time the Indiana men's basketball coaching job opened, Ohio State's Thad Matta seemed to be the dream candidate for what was supposedly his dream job. No matter how Matta feels about it now -- he has only said he can't talk about it until after the Big Ten tournament -- he seems to have been reduced to just another name on Indiana's list.



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Remember two years ago when Thad Matta played cat-and-mouse with the media for weeks regarding whether he had any interest in the soon-to-be-vacant coaching job at Indiana?
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I guess I don't understand why Ohio State/Matta put that clause into his contract about not being able to talk about other jobs (pro or con) in only a specific timeframe. That just fuels speculation and could damage some things such as recruiting or even the mind frame of his current players.
 
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Keep your chin up coach...

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Overheard: Thad Matta

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 3:04 AM

"I think everybody thinks you have problems. I've had two friends in the last week, one had a stroke and one had a heart attack yesterday. So it kind of puts it in perspective." -- Ohio State coach Thad Matta, when asked how he was handling his team's four-game losing streak
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jwinslow;1107738; said:
Might make sense to mention what you're talking about...
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My bad...shot clocks are out...Thad said he's been practicing with the sideline clocks and expected Purdue had not been, to his advantage...19 minute delay...she believed him because she's stupid...guess you'd have to be there type of story
 
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