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You’re Nuts: Which Marvel character would you add to the Ohio State men’s basketball team?
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It’s only week six of the college basketball offseason and we’re already going stir-crazy.
There’s one available scholarship remaining for the 2024-25 Ohio State men’s basketball team, and it’s been that way for several weeks now. The Buckeyes are trying to add another post player to the roster, but it seems like it’s been difficult to find someone who is willing to commit to a lesser role.
With Aaron Bradshaw as the presumptive starter at center and Austin Parks entering his sophomore season, whoever takes that final scholarship knows that they’re stepping in to a reserve role. So far, Ohio State has not found a match.
Last week Connor and Justin debated if the current roster has enough outside shooting. The Buckeyes will need to replace over 80% of its three-point makes from last season, and each of the four transfer additions they’ve added this off-season shot below 35% from three last year. Despite that, 54% of readers sided with Justin and said that yes, the team will have enough shooting. The other 46% sided with Connor, who said no.
Connor- 75
What if we hypothetically gave that final spot to a Marvel character or villain? The co-hosts of Bucketheads and weekly basketball debate participants are short on basketball content at the moment, but not on creativity and certainly not on affection for the MCU.
The Mad Titan nearly wiped out half the population in the entire universe, so I think that qualifies him to play center against Fran McCaffery’s Hawkeyes in February. On top of that, Thanos stands nearly eight feet tall. That makes Zach Edey look like a little fella, and puts Thanos at the very top of the “tallest Marvel characters” list next to Hulk and jumbo-sized ant man.
Other than his being freakishly tall, intimidating, and beefy, I’m going with Thanos because 2019 ACC Player of the Year and two-time NBA All Star Zion Williamson has an unhealthy obsession with the MCU’s biggest heel. Williamson rocks an infinity gauntlet chain on the court that was made to look like his favorite Marvel villain’s gauntlet.
In 2019, Williamson spoke to SLAM magazine about Avengers: Endgame and was asked who his favorite hero from the film was. His response?
“Avenger?! You know I’m already rocking with Thanos over here (snaps finger). I’m going to be honest. Thanos was supposed to win and I’m going to tell you why. When you think of Captain America, you think red, white, and blue and that Shield. Tell me why Captain America did Thor’s technique and pulled the hammer. What is that? Thanos was about to kill Thor, and Captain America is able to hold Thor’s hammer that nobody else can hold? Are we really doing that? Thanos took on 6 people…Maybe 6, 7, 5… without the Infinity Stones. And he still almost won. Thanos was supposed to win. They just had to give y’all a happy ending.”
Aside from the fact that Zion is just openly dumping on the ending of the movie, he’s not totally wrong. Armed with all six infinity stones, Thanos could have snapped away half the universe and also made any necessary changes to the timeline to stop the Avengers from being able to go back and retrieve them again to undo his work. But that would’ve stopped the plot and basically ended the whole MCU, when there’s so much more money to be made.
But to get back to the main prompt here — eight-foot tall purple monster, weighing over 700 pounds. The basketball game is over, there’s not even a point of showing up against the Mad Titan.
This is me being slightly hypocritical because I have argued that the shooting on the 2024-25 team is underrated, and I still believe that. But when you can add someone who literally never misses, that feels impossible to pass up.
There are a lot of different characters you could pick for this, but at the end of the day, basketball is about putting the ball in the hoop, and Hawkeye is perfect when it comes to accuracy. The only question I would have is whether his accuracy translates to things that aren’t arrows. I would assume yes, since he is a master marksman.
I don’t think this one needs too much explaining, honestly. Do you want the greatest shooter in college basketball history? This is the guy. Talk about opening up the floor.
And no, I am not worried about his size, since he can shoot from anywhere.
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Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Disney XD via Getty Images
It’s only week six of the college basketball offseason and we’re already going stir-crazy.
There’s one available scholarship remaining for the 2024-25 Ohio State men’s basketball team, and it’s been that way for several weeks now. The Buckeyes are trying to add another post player to the roster, but it seems like it’s been difficult to find someone who is willing to commit to a lesser role.
With Aaron Bradshaw as the presumptive starter at center and Austin Parks entering his sophomore season, whoever takes that final scholarship knows that they’re stepping in to a reserve role. So far, Ohio State has not found a match.
Last week Connor and Justin debated if the current roster has enough outside shooting. The Buckeyes will need to replace over 80% of its three-point makes from last season, and each of the four transfer additions they’ve added this off-season shot below 35% from three last year. Despite that, 54% of readers sided with Justin and said that yes, the team will have enough shooting. The other 46% sided with Connor, who said no.
After 153 weeks:
Connor- 75
Justin- 58
Other- 16
(There have been four ties)
What if we hypothetically gave that final spot to a Marvel character or villain? The co-hosts of Bucketheads and weekly basketball debate participants are short on basketball content at the moment, but not on creativity and certainly not on affection for the MCU.
This week’s question: Which Marvel character would you add to the Ohio State men’s basketball team?
Connor: Thanos
The Mad Titan nearly wiped out half the population in the entire universe, so I think that qualifies him to play center against Fran McCaffery’s Hawkeyes in February. On top of that, Thanos stands nearly eight feet tall. That makes Zach Edey look like a little fella, and puts Thanos at the very top of the “tallest Marvel characters” list next to Hulk and jumbo-sized ant man.
Other than his being freakishly tall, intimidating, and beefy, I’m going with Thanos because 2019 ACC Player of the Year and two-time NBA All Star Zion Williamson has an unhealthy obsession with the MCU’s biggest heel. Williamson rocks an infinity gauntlet chain on the court that was made to look like his favorite Marvel villain’s gauntlet.
In 2019, Williamson spoke to SLAM magazine about Avengers: Endgame and was asked who his favorite hero from the film was. His response?
“Avenger?! You know I’m already rocking with Thanos over here (snaps finger). I’m going to be honest. Thanos was supposed to win and I’m going to tell you why. When you think of Captain America, you think red, white, and blue and that Shield. Tell me why Captain America did Thor’s technique and pulled the hammer. What is that? Thanos was about to kill Thor, and Captain America is able to hold Thor’s hammer that nobody else can hold? Are we really doing that? Thanos took on 6 people…Maybe 6, 7, 5… without the Infinity Stones. And he still almost won. Thanos was supposed to win. They just had to give y’all a happy ending.”
Aside from the fact that Zion is just openly dumping on the ending of the movie, he’s not totally wrong. Armed with all six infinity stones, Thanos could have snapped away half the universe and also made any necessary changes to the timeline to stop the Avengers from being able to go back and retrieve them again to undo his work. But that would’ve stopped the plot and basically ended the whole MCU, when there’s so much more money to be made.
But to get back to the main prompt here — eight-foot tall purple monster, weighing over 700 pounds. The basketball game is over, there’s not even a point of showing up against the Mad Titan.
Justin: Hawkeye
This is me being slightly hypocritical because I have argued that the shooting on the 2024-25 team is underrated, and I still believe that. But when you can add someone who literally never misses, that feels impossible to pass up.
There are a lot of different characters you could pick for this, but at the end of the day, basketball is about putting the ball in the hoop, and Hawkeye is perfect when it comes to accuracy. The only question I would have is whether his accuracy translates to things that aren’t arrows. I would assume yes, since he is a master marksman.
I don’t think this one needs too much explaining, honestly. Do you want the greatest shooter in college basketball history? This is the guy. Talk about opening up the floor.
And no, I am not worried about his size, since he can shoot from anywhere.
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