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tOSU @ Purdue, Wed 2/4 @ 6:30p ET, BTN

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One of the most extreme cases I've seen. Why is Hammons allowed to body-slam the opponent when he "blocks" a shot? And why is Purdue allowed to clutch and grab every fucking time on defense?

Pissed off right now.
 
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Marc Loving could've made a difference. Unfortunately, he did something to make Thad leave him in Columbus.
 
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Well first off, Purdue had a great crowd there tonight. Second off, that is no excuse to losing:

1) Tate is my boy. He makes me gradually get over my Craft hangover. Incredible effort and basketball IQ...different skill set but he is going to be a treat (not news if you have watched us all year, just felt like it has been consistent enough to be reinforced now).

2) Damnit, Russell is so good. Just saying this objectively...he is the best basketball player I have seen at Ohio State in my lifetime. I am 26, so that would include Scoonie Penn, Michael Redd, Jarred Sullinger, Mike Conley, Turney, Oden, Thomas, Diebs, etc. I wish he had more surrounding him but this kid is just so pure...can hit any shot on the court, incredible vision, amazing feel passing, quick, fast, and makes everything feel seamless. Enjoy him all you can this year, I seriously think he is the next Kyrie in the NBA after this year.

3) Loving HAS to be here for this team to make any type of run. We played great defense and scored to our strengths tonight...we just need Loving in to hit some shots. Yeah...Thompson and Scott can hit some shots here and there. But without Loving to score, they are just placeholders.

4) We have no bigs. Just accept it at this point. Amir occupies a general area and despite his talent, he watches plays happen to him routinely. Trey efforts as much as possible but cannot close on the talent gap, and Lee has a flash or two, then disappears. If anyone has bigs like Purwho, they will exploit that area. There is nothing we can "improve on" here...we just suck in the paint.

5) We just have to try to out-shoot our issues with bigs. If we cannot, we are a very early out in the tourney. I actually think we played alright tonight, I just have watched us enough to know our limitations. But what this means...a group of Loving, Kam, Bates-Diop, and Scott/Thompson have to get hot in that span.
 
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