Ohio State is your outright regular season Big 10 Champion

• stroups

  

  Big Gain;701663 wrote:There are only 12 players on the Ohio State roster on their website, there are 13 in the picture. Who is #15? There is no #15 on their roster. #30 Is Ravenel, although he's #54 on the official roster.

  
  J.D. weatherspoon.... they should of gave him #0 because that is his IQ
• lhslep134

  

  Big Gain;701681 wrote:Poor Walter Offutt, he could have been in that picture. The last I heard he was going to walk on at Indiana. Talk about going from the penthouse to the outhouse.

  
  He's on the team at Ohio University.
• CinciX12

  

  You know how sometimes back in the day they took pictures of people when they died for some odd reason? David Lighty looks exactly like that and I am really disturbed by it.
  
  And smile guys, good god, you're allowed to be happy during your picture. If half the team smiles and the other half doesn't, the not smiling segment looks worse.
• CinciX12

  

  lhslep134;701684 wrote:He's on the team at Ohio University.

  
  While we now have a more factual statement, I think his point still stands.
• Classyposter58

  

  dave;700916 wrote:lol you are clueless.
  
  USF and Depaul are similar to Indiana, but you seriously think Seton Hall and Providence are? Pope and Hazell will be in the NBA next season, SH could be a .500 team in the big 10. Providence with Brooks would also be right there near .500
  
  What teams played the likes of DePaul, USF, and Providence 6 times?

  South Florida and Depaul are just wasting time in the Big East. Ha I mean South Florida and Depaul were nothin special in the mid majors and they really havent improved nowadays
• Red_Skin_Pride

  

  Big Gain;701067 wrote:This will favor Ohio State in general and Sullinger in particular in a HUGE way. After the first couple of games Big Ten officials began calling fouls in the post as if it was an NBA game when Ohio State had the ball, but not when the opponent had the ball. I have never seen such a disparity, and I rarely if ever complain about officials.

  Well, you have to look at the situation. When you never pound the ball inside, you don't get many fouls called on you, as most fouls in any level of basketball come within 12 feet of the rim. Even the AP and ESPN noted that Wisconsin never looked inside hardly at all today, relying primarily on their outside shooting to try and keep them in the game. OSU is a veteran team and is not going to risk silly fouls on the outside when Wisconsin is shooting a 3. OSU made a lot of shots from the outside, because they were hitting them...but they also looked inside to Sullinger a LOT as well, and drew a decent amount of fouls as a result of that. Wisconsin never looked inside, and thus, drew far fewer fouls. This game is a microcosm of the entire Big10 season this year. Other teams can complain if they want, but Sullinger is already the best big man in the B10, and frankly, nobody in the league this year has a post player that can contain him, so they have to commit fouls fairly often or it's just too easy. OSU gets a lot of fouls inside against EVERYBODY because Sully is better than just about every big man he's faced all year. It's not that hard to figure out.
  
  A very similar example of a guy that has a game a lot like Sullinger is Sean May when he played for UNC when they won their last title a few years back...about 6'9 or 6'10 and a widebody with good hands and feet...EVERYBODY used to complain about how many fouls he drew every game. Well, people got their wish in the final four and NC game, as the officials "let them play" a little more and didn't call very many fouls on the other team, and remember what happened?? NC cut down the nets, with May scoring a ton of points and being a monster on the boards in both games. That's the point of having a dominant big man...it's damned if you do, damned if you don't. If the refs don't call many fouls, Sullinger is big enough to dominate with his size...if they are calling fouls, his feet/hands and skill set is already good enough to allow him to get to the line a lot. You'll see. At some point in the B10 tournament or the NCAA tourney, they'll get a crew that won't call very many fouls and Sullinger will dominate the post because he has the size and strength to do that. If they don't, he has the finess to draw fouls, as well.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Big Gain;701681 wrote:Poor Walter Offutt, he could have been in that picture. The last I heard he was going to walk on at Indiana. Talk about going from the penthouse to the outhouse.

  
  Yeah hes sitting out a year here at OU...he'll be playing next year on a very good team (for the MAC lol)
• dokken

  ts1227;701025 wrote:Often times the Big Ten gets themselves in foul trouble though in the NCAA's, because they aren't allowed to beat the shit out of each other like they are in conference. Hopefully the Big Ten schools adjust (some years they do, some years they don't).

  
  
  I hear about that with other conferences.