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tOSU -3.5 at Indiana (ov/un 138.5) Sat 6 ET, ESPN2

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Indiana at home is gonna be a very different animal than Indiana on the road. They are reliant on the three. It comes down to OSU's 3 point defense/defense in general. I would also like to see us attack the rim a little more from the point.

This should be a very good game.
 
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brutus2002;2073640; said:
Indiana at home is gonna be a very different animal than Indiana on the road. They are reliant on the three. It comes down to OSU's 3 point defense/defense in general. I would also like see us attack the rim a little more from the point.

This should be a very good game.
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if WB shoots the ball well from outside like he did last night, this will be no contest no matter how many miles Crean walks:)
 
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I think this is a game where we should get out and run as much as possible. I don't see foul trouble being as much of an issue with Sully if we can get the transition game going more. I know Zeller can run but in the halfcourt sets there is more opportunity to get to Sully underneath and give Indiana more of an opportunity.


Nonetheless, if we shoot the way we did vs NU, its over.
 
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BuckeyeTillIDie;2073297; said:
The home crowd will make it tougher than it needs to be, however, OSU has much better depth and premier players than IU. Take out Zeller, like Sparty did*, and they don't have much.


*MSU beat them by 15 tonight
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Yeah i am with you here, Ohio State has much more depth than Indiana and i think we will continue to get stronger in that area. The past 3 games we are
seeing more of the 7 8 and 9 deep players getting into the mix with the starters. The transition game that Sparty thru at Indiana was very impressive
and that may have wore down the Hoosiers in that one. I hope we can do the same.
 
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Las Vegas must think a great deal about Assembly Hall by only establishing us as 3.5 favorites:shake: I think all we have to do this play good perimeter defense because they rely upon their three point shooting so much. In my opinion, I don't think they are a very athletic team except for maybe one or two guys.
 
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Atlbuck3;2073626; said:
Zeller is a great offenseive post player, and might be the best Zeller (not my opinion but for arguements sake) but he has never faced anyone like sullinger, or his butt. 2010 had post players like sully, fab Melo, Josh Smith, etc. 2011 are more lean longer post players Zeller, Davis, Birch, hell Amir was the number 4 center. Sullinger will score at will in the paint, none of the zellers are shot blockers, and Cody has yet to put on the strength his brothers have had after years of college basketball.

Zeller's speed may be an issue but i think he will have a tougher time getting into a position he is comfortable with in the paint bc sully will defeinetly hold his ground.

With an Injured PG i think Craft will have a field day, and if he gets in foul trouble Scott could be effective like he was today.

We match-up pretty well with all other positions and i see a 15+ pt win for the bucks.
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Rambling thoughts;

Zeller and Sully are familiar with each other from AAU days according to Zeller. Its worth noting Zeller expects to get worked by Sullinger based on past performance.

I think Zeller is finding new confidence and coming into his own so it will be important for Sully to establish the hierarchy early on.

Line is up to -5.5. I dunno about that one. OSU coming off blow out win, IU coming off bad road loss = inflated line imo.

B1G road games, especially in Bloomington when IU is good (and desperate to not start the season 0-2), are dicey even when you have the better team.

Then again, so far the B1G favorites have been covering so lets hope..... but I'm not putting any real cash on it.

Forgot one big thing...IU turns it over A LOT and OSU turns other teams over A LOT. Big Edge Buckeyes.
 
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