Ohio State vs. Syracuse (Saturday 7:05)

• mallymal614

  hoops23;1126913 wrote:If you double Sully, Thomas will be open and then whoever comes to help out on him (if they do) will leave Smith/Buford/Craft open.
  
  Good luck with that.

  agree
• SportsAndLady

  

  wghfan;1126920 wrote:It won't matter. North Carolina, and Kansas are over rated. Ohio St. should win easily.

  Haha..moron
• chicago510

  

  HOLY SHIT I'M SO HAPPY AND ABOUT TO GET SO WASTED. Lenzelle was awesome awesome awesome.
• mhs95_06

  killer_ewok;1126921 wrote:When guys are big and they are lowering their shoulder into the defender's midsection while powering forward...they're gonna call a foul.

  Sullinger's first was simply reclaiming the space straight up from his feet that the defender had taken by leaning in, so if his chest gets hit by the shoulder reclaiming rightful space, it should not be a foul!
• hoops23

  

  No sense in talking about the officiating now, game is over. Buckeyes won, that's all that matters.
• Terry_Tate

  

  karen lotz;1126912 wrote:Did you read this thread? You'd think syracuse would've shot 20 more free throws than OSU.

  
  You mean Ohio State fans were biased towards Ohio State on the foul situation? No way!
• mallymal614

  I'm sold on Kentucky and it's players. But there is a part of me that kinda wants to root for them to continue winning. How sweet would payback be. Especially for all the marbles.
• killer_ewok

  

  hoops23;1126932 wrote:No sense in talking about the officiating now, game is over. Buckeyes won, that's all that matters.

  
  Agreed. That being said, I didn't bring it up.
• hoops23

  

  killer_ewok;1126937 wrote:Agreed. That being said, I didn't bring it up.

  I didn't say you did.
• Midstate01

  

  No way I'd have believed we won with Buford going 3-12
• Terry_Tate

  

  Sullinger to the NBA pretty much done? Just said when asked about Amir that he has talent just has been stuck behind him and Rav but watch out for him next year.
• killer_ewok

  

  hoops23;1126940 wrote:I didn't say you did.

  
  I know. Just sayin'.
• hoops23

  

  Terry_Tate;1126948 wrote:Sullinger to the NBA pretty much done? Just said when asked about Amir that he has talent just has been stuck behind him and Rav but watch out for him next year.

  Amir was great in the 1st half..
• End of Line

  

  
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  hoops23;1126951 wrote:Amir was great in the 1st half..

  On the defensive end yeah. Kid still has a ways to go on the offensive end. He needs some help on the basic fundamentals on posting up, and rebounding. He really needs help on free throws and passing too. Still, an awesome raw talent.
• hoops23

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1126954 wrote:On the defensive end yeah. Kid still has a ways to go on the offensive end. He needs some help on the basic fundamentals on posting up, and rebounding. He really needs help on free throws and passing too. Still, an awesome raw talent.

  He stepped in and controlled the paint. 2 blocks, 4 boards, and 3 points in 9 minutes. He boxed out and positioned himself well on boards. That woulda been 8 blocks, 16 boards, and 12 points in 36 minutes
  
  Seriously though, he also made a nice pass for an assist to Thomas in the middle of the zone defense.
  
  Offensively, he's raw. Uses his athleticism mostly, but he'll improve. FT's have good form, just needs to hit them.
• mallymal614

  Sully going pro might be his best bet. Can't afford to have his draft stock to drop.
• hoops23

  

  Sully finally played like a man in a big game. I was happy to see that, especially at this stage of the season.
• Midstate01

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1126954 wrote:On the defensive end yeah. Kid still has a ways to go on the offensive end. He needs some help on the basic fundamentals on posting up, and rebounding. He really needs help on free throws and passing too. Still, an awesome raw talent.

  
  He will have a full offseason to get better. Try thinking back to garbage time last year when smith jr got in. TERRIBLE, he turned it over almost automatically. Now look at him!! He will improve!
• Footwedge

  Just a slight edge to the Buckeyes in receiving bad calls. Too many ticky tacks. The second foul on Sully was as bogus as it gets....and sent him to the pine for 13 minutes. IMO....that equalized the bad officiating...slightly in OSU favor.
  
  The real deal in why the Bucks won.....total domination on the glass. The refs don't rebound the basketball.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  hoops23;1126955 wrote:He stepped in and controlled the paint. 2 blocks, 4 boards, and 3 points in 9 minutes. He boxed out and positioned himself well on boards. That woulda been 8 blocks, 16 boards, and 12 points in 36 minutes
  
  Seriously though, he also made a nice pass for an assist to Thomas in the middle of the zone defense.
  
  Offensively, he's raw. Uses his athleticism mostly, but he'll improve. FT's have good form, just needs to hit them.

  Yeah true. He played really well for the most part. Other spots, he looked a little young, didn't post up right, took the wrong angle going up, didn;t get good position, etc. Still, not killing the kid at all. He shown a lot to me tonight. Just saying, he needs some work during the offseason.
• hoops23

  

  Footwedge;1126960 wrote:Just a slight edge to the Buckeyes in receiving bad calls. Too many ticky tacks. The second foul on Sully was as bogus as it gets....and sent him to the pine for 13 minutes. IMO....that equalized the bad officiating...slightly in OSU favor.
  
  The real deal in why the Bucks won.....total domination on the glass. The refs don't rebound the basketball.

  As I said back on page 1 or 2 when S&L asked how Buckeye fans could like this match up, I responded with rebounding.
  
  Buckeyes were +15 on the glass.
• Ironman92

  

  killer_ewok;1126888 wrote:Was that aimed at me? LOL

  
  No....unless you are THE Len Elmore
• Big Gain

  Jim Boeheim's great zone defense allowed 48 points in the 2nd half. ALLOWED Ohio State to control the pace of the game.
• Big Gain

  mallymal614;1126956 wrote:Sully going pro might be his best bet. Can't afford to have his draft stock to drop.

  At the post game presser Sully for the first time this year let something slip, that this well be his last year at Ohio State, even though it's been a given. When asked about how well Williams played in the 1st half, Sullinger pointed out that after Christmas how hard Williams has practiced and improved. He then said everyone betterr look out for Amir next year. No one would have to look out for Williams if he played behind Sullinger and Ravenal again next year.