Walsh vs. Ohio State 7 PM Tonight

[LitlBuck]

If it were football, it would have its own thread:)

On BTN.com tonight with a replay on the Big Ten network tomorrow afternoon at 3 PM.

 

[fanaticbuckeye]

I'm stoked for basketball season, but won't get a chance to watch this until tomorrow's BTN broadcast. Excited to see the development if Scott/Thompson and intrigued by Della Valle

 

[Jake]

If it were football, it would have its own thread:)

Football scrimmages aren't usually on TV.

 

[Best Buckeye]

I sure hope Matta plays a lot of guys tonite. I want to get an idea of what they all can contribute and if they stand a chance of being in the playing rotaion.

 

[DZ83CK]

I sure hope Matta plays a lot of guys tonite. I want to get an idea of what they all can contribute and if they stand a chance of being in the playing rotaion.

If they don't play tonight, they're not going to play
You know this is an exhibition, the one opportunity that Matta has to experiment with no risk whatsoever. In an exhibition Jim Boeheim even experimented with his team playing man-to-man defense a couple years ago (and lost to LeMoyne) and that team went on to earn a #1 seed and make the S16.

There are a few things - but only a few - to be learned from an exhibition game like this - you can finally know for sure who's going to start and who the first subs are. It could be a 7-man group, it could be more. It probably all depends on how many guys are taken out at the first substitution.

In the 2007 season, he subbed in four players at the first point where he substituted guys in. In recent years, it has been only one or two players. I think that is the key point to hypothesize the number of players in the regular rotation.

 

[Best Buckeye]

so why hasnt the game started or am I misunderstanding.

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

It's started. Only way to see it is to pay $15 to watch on btn.com.

97.1 has it on as well. Their online feed is free.

 

[holybuckeye33]

so why hasnt the game started or am I misunderstanding.

It has. I'm following on Twitter. Walsh is up 15-9.

 

[holybuckeye33]

...

Dan Wallenberg ‏@OSUADAthComm
12 min media timeout: Thompson takes a charge. Ohio State is 4-11 shooting, 2-7 from 3.

Bob Baptist ‏@BBaptistHoops
Walsh 15-11 at 11:59 timeout. Walsh 6-10 fg, 3/4 from 3. #Buckeyes 4/11 fg, 2/7 from 3. #buckbk

Ari Wasserman ‏@AriWassermanBSB
Amadeo Della Valle making his debut after the timeout. OSU down 20-16 with 7:52 remaining in the first half.

 

[OhioState001]

Ross has 11 points right now

 

[holybuckeye33]

Ross has 11 points right now

Dan Wallenberg ‏@OSUADAthComm
Under 4 timeout, Walsh leads 27-26. Ross with 11 points, Thomas 6 pts, 4 rebs., Craft 4 assts., Williams 4 blks in 8 mins.

...

 

[TDunk]

Ari Wasserman ‏@AriWassermanBSB
Thompson's foot on the line, but he buries the long field goal. OSU now up 54-39.

update

 

[VBSJ]

One welcomed thing I've noticed while listening to Paul Keels on WBNS radio in my office...no political commercials (which I appreciate).

But I may have spoken too soon.

 

[bkochmc]

25 for Thomas. Sounds like he's ready to lead this team on offense. And a solid game from Thomspon too.

 

[DZ83CK]

Sounds like DT will by far lead the team in scoring, and there will be a host of players who provide points behind him (ST, Q, Rav, AC, Scott, Zelle and Amir). Two things of interest that I pointed out before to watch were the starters. Matta had Q and Amir start the first half and Sam and Rav start the second. I guess he hasn't really decided who to start. But he did bring Sam, Rav and Shannon in during the first substitution, so I do expect him to go 8-deep this year regularly, and Trey will probably get some important minutes on an irregular basis due (whenever foul trouble strikes in the post).