Sweet 16: (4) Kentucky vs. (1) Ohio State

• bigkahuna

  I think we blocked 10-12 shots, forget the final number.
• mallymal614

  Now that I think about it, I see why Ohio State had a very successful run in 2007. Not only hey had a NBA point guard in Conley but some of us forget how difficult we made it for defenses to score of us having Oden in the middle. I said throughout this game that Matta should try going big. Because taking Lauderdale out is subtraction by addiction. Yes it gives a good point guard in craft great minutes and Sullinger will do his thing on offense, but that opened up for Kentucky to drive the line, get rebounds, and points in the paint. Say what you want about Dallas but he is a heck of a defender. Not quite Greg Oden impact, but close to it.
• OQB

  

  Kentucky was the better team tonight and goodluck to the Wildcats going forward. I knew once the Media started elaborating on the fact the Kentucky has never beat OSU in the tournament that this would be the year.....everytime something like that is mentioned the opposite occurs lol.
  
  Key Stats:
  
  Kentucky 11 blocks to OSU 1
  OSU had over 40 assists in the first two tourney games..tonight just 7
  OSU 32% shooting to Kentucky 46%
  Harrellson was able to play Sullinger 1 on 1 successfully and had 17 points 10 rebounds
  
  You have to be able to play at the highest level every single game in the tournament and if you don't bring your A game you WILL get beat.....the Buckeyes were shooting bricks instead of basketballs and weren't able to overcome all the poor shooting from everyone on the team not just Buford.
• jhay78

  

  Fidmeister;725160 wrote:Looked like Kentucky played Sully the same way Florida played Jimmer last night. Here's a defender. If you get 50, feel free. But the rest of these guys won't benefit from it.
  
  Should have thrown it to him every time Terrence Jones had him. Dude couldn't check him physically.

  
  I remember Barkley saying during the George Mason game that if he were defending OSU, he would let Sully get his and try to keep everyone else in check. That worked tonight. And I'm not sure too many other teams could get away with it either like Kentucky could.
• OQB

  

  mallymal614;725172 wrote:Now that I think about it, I see why Ohio State had a very successful run in 2007. Not only hey had a NBA point guard in Conley but some of us forget how difficult we made it for defenses to score of us having Oden in the middle. I said throughout this game that Matta should try going big. Because taking Lauderdale out is subtraction by addiction. Yes it gives a good point guard in craft great minutes and Sullinger will do his thing on offense, but that opened up for Kentucky to drive the line, get rebounds, and points in the paint. Say what you want about Dallas but he is a heck of a defender. Not quite Greg Oden impact, but close to it.

  
  
  He only played 5 minutes tonight and didn't even get a shot off. You could tell he was pretty pissed when the camera showed him late in the game.
• sleeper

  

  Great win by Kentucky.
• karen lotz

  

  What are the odds Gibby is masturbating furiously right now? 1:1000?
• mallymal614

  ts1227;725162 wrote:Regardless of the draws (it is what it is), the East region went pretty much chalk to this point whereas the others had upsets. Just the way it works sometimes.

  
  I agree. I think being a #1 seed is very overrated. It's all about match ups not where you are ranked. In 1999 we were a #4 seed but caught the breaks that Kansas and other teams got this year. It's all about the luck of the draw I guess.
• elbuckeye28

  ts1227;725162 wrote:Regardless of the draws (it is what it is), the East region went pretty much chalk to this point whereas the others had upsets. Just the way it works sometimes.

  
  I agree 100% and all teams have to to do is take care of business and move on. It just sucks for OSU or Kentucky to have to play a game like this then comeback on Sunday against UNC. Whereas Kansas pretty much has smooth sailing to the Final Four.
• ts1227

  

  karen lotz;725178 wrote:What are the odds Gibby is masturbating furiously right now? 1:1000?

  
  Start a vBookie
• bigkahuna

  OQB;725173 wrote:Kentucky was the better team tonight and goodluck to the Wildcats going forward. I knew once the Media started elaborating on the fact the Kentucky has never beat OSU in the tournament that this would be the year.....everytime something like that is mentioned the opposite occurs lol. Key Stats:
  
  Kentucky 11 blocks to OSU 1
  OSU had over 40 assists in the first two tourney games..tonight just 7
  OSU 32% shooting to Kentucky 46%
  Harrellson was able to play Sullinger 1 on 1 successfully and had 17 points 10 rebounds
  
  You have to be able to play at the highest level every single game in the tournament and if you don't bring your A game you WILL get beat.....the Buckeyes were shooting bricks instead of basketballs and weren't able to overcome all the poor shooting from everyone on the team not just Buford.

  
  This seems to happen to Michigan in football every year at some point lol, theyve never lost# straight to OSU, it's been XXX years since this happened.....Kills me.
• elbuckeye28

  mallymal614;725172 wrote:Now that I think about it, I see why Ohio State had a very successful run in 2007. Not only hey had a NBA point guard in Conley but some of us forget how difficult we made it for defenses to score of us having Oden in the middle. I said throughout this game that Matta should try going big. Because taking Lauderdale out is subtraction by addiction. Yes it gives a good point guard in craft great minutes and Sullinger will do his thing on offense, but that opened up for Kentucky to drive the line, get rebounds, and points in the paint. Say what you want about Dallas but he is a heck of a defender. Not quite Greg Oden impact, but close to it.

  
  Ehhh Ohio State played horrible against Xavier and not much better against Tennessee but got a couple lucky breaks. This team had a similar game against Kentucky but Buford's shot didn't fall like Lewis' did in 07.
• charliehustle14

  I just hate the fact that I can count on OSU going cold every year in the tournament.
  
  Loss to Florida in the title game....I've never seen a team miss so many open shots
  OSU v Siena....(even though OSU wasn't overly good that year IMO)
  OSU v Tennessee....no one besides Turner could put the ball in the bucket
  And this year....worst shooting performance of the year. Picked a hell of a time to have it, that's for sure
  
  I'm sick to my stomach for the seniors. Diebler, Lighty, and Dallas have been monumental to this program. I've never been so attached to a class of players, in basketball or football. And Eddie Days is an epic story.
• Speedofsand

  

  sleeper;725177 wrote:Great win by Kentucky.

  
  SEC
• Prescott

  Kentucky's length bothered OSU all night long. OSU could have won the game at the free throw line , but they had to be better than 73% and they weren't. Kentucky has some very good athletes and they used those athletes to perfection. Cal had a great game plan and his team executed.
• mallymal614

  charliehustle14;725187 wrote:I just hate the fact that I can count on OSU going cold every year in the tournament.
  
  Loss to Florida in the title game....I've never seen a team miss so many open shots
  OSU v Siena....(even though OSU wasn't overly good that year IMO)
  OSU v Tennessee....no one besides Turner could put the ball in the bucket
  And this year....worst shooting performance of the year. Picked a hell of a time to have it, that's for sure
  
  I'm sick to my stomach for the seniors. Diebler, Lighty, and Dallas have been monumental to this program. I've never been so attached to a class of players, in basketball or football. And Eddie Days is an epic story.

  
  Live by the jumper, die by the jumper.
• mallymal614

  elbuckeye28;725186 wrote:Ehhh Ohio State played horrible against Xavier and not much better against Tennessee but got a couple lucky breaks. This team had a similar game against Kentucky but Buford's shot didn't fall like Lewis' did in 07.

  
  I give you that.
• elbuckeye28

  One thing I really wish Matta would do in games like this is go to Thomas off the bench when we couldn't hit a shot. I know it's risky but at the way Buford was shooting, we needed somebody who could hit a shot.
• Jughead

  

  OQB;725173 wrote: Key Stats:
  
  Kentucky 11 blocks to OSU 1

  
  Does the rim blocking half those shots count as blocked shots for the team?
• mallymal614

  elbuckeye28;725195 wrote:One thing I really wish Matta would do in games like this is go to Thomas off the bench when we couldn't hit a shot. I know it's risky but at the way Buford was shooting, we needed somebody who could hit a shot.

  
  I agree with you. I kfelt that way in 2007 when Daequan Cook didn't play the entire second half against Florida in the championship game. I know he was streaky and struggling in the tournament, but he was a natural scorer (like Thomas). Plus no one else was making anything in that game.
• jhay78

  

  charliehustle14;725187 wrote:I just hate the fact that I can count on OSU going cold every year in the tournament.
  
  Loss to Florida in the title game....I've never seen a team miss so many open shots
  OSU v Siena....(even though OSU wasn't overly good that year IMO)
  OSU v Tennessee....no one besides Turner could put the ball in the bucket
  And this year....worst shooting performance of the year. Picked a hell of a time to have it, that's for sure
  
  I'm sick to my stomach for the seniors. Diebler, Lighty, and Dallas have been monumental to this program. I've never been so attached to a class of players, in basketball or football. And Eddie Days is an epic story.

  
  That post nails it on the head for me. Those seniors will be hard to replace. And it will be hard to forget Buford's 2-17.
• Mulva

  

  Not that it means anything, but from ESPN's recap...
  

  Sullinger said in the aftermath he expects to return for his sophomore year, if only to wash out the taste of a bitter end to an otherwise spectacular season.

• elbuckeye28

  jhay78;725201 wrote:That post nails it on the head for me. Those seniors will be hard to replace. And it will be hard to forget Buford's 2-17.

  
  Personally, it does not bother me so much that Buford shot poorly and missed the last shot, but rather, the fact that he was forcing bad shots without running the offense in the last few minutes of the game. Missing good shots is one thing, but missing shots that are forced and don't allow the other players an opportunity are a lot harder to handle.
• elbuckeye28

  Mulva;725204 wrote:Not that it means anything, but from ESPN's recap...

  
  If that were to come true, it would obviously be a silver lining to an otherwise terrible loss but it's impossible to take anything seriously in a highly emotional situation. That said, a pending lockout could make it more of a possibility.
• Jughead

  

  There's a pending lockout in the NBA?