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  • vball10set
    Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta. Shooter's shoot, defender's defend, rebounder's rebound. Know your personnel, then play them accordingly. I'd say Thad's done a pretty good job with this, don't you?
  • Heretic
    vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta. Shooter's shoot, defender's defend, rebounder's rebound. Know your personnel, then play them accordingly. I'd say Thad's done a pretty good job with this, don't you?
    Yeah, but Matta only graduated from Butler, so with his B1G degree, Sleeper's totally tons more accomplished and knowledgeable about how to do his job.
  • sleeper
    vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta. Shooter's shoot, defender's defend, rebounder's rebound. Know your personnel, then play them accordingly. I'd say Thad's done a pretty good job with this, don't you?
    More media generated garbage. Aaron Craft does all 3; as well as provides leadership. I'll give Thomas credit in that he plays on the defensive end of the floor, but when it comes to his offensive game, I'd rather have Lenzelle Smith Jr. take every shot than chucker DeChuck Thomas.
  • fan_from_texas
    vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta. Shooter's shoot, defender's defend, rebounder's rebound. Know your personnel, then play them accordingly. I'd say Thad's done a pretty good job with this, don't you?

    I'm not pretending to know more than Matta does. I'm simply pointing out that 17pts on 19 shots is terrible, no matter how you slice it. And since Thomas is shooting a pretty miserable 44% on the season, it's not exactly an aberration.

    He's a volume scorer who puts up a lot of shots. That boosts his scoring average but doesn't help the team.
  • FatHobbit
    vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta.
    Heretic;1408480 wrote:Yeah, but Matta only graduated from Butler
    If Matta's so great, tell me how many B1G coach of the year awards has he won? ANYONE can win the B1G tournament but it takes something special to win the coach of the year and look like the grinch. lol
  • Devils Advocate
  • Crimson streak
    fan_from_texas;1408499 wrote:I'm not pretending to know more than Matta does. I'm simply pointing out that 17pts on 19 shots is terrible, no matter how you slice it. And since Thomas is shooting a pretty miserable 44% on the season, it's not exactly an aberration.

    He's a volume scorer who puts up a lot of shots. That boosts his scoring average but doesn't help the team.

    I'm not an osu fan just an outsider but Thomas' ability to score opens up a lot for other players. He might jack up shots but he almost has to bc no one else can create there own shot really. Honestly Thomas is at his best when he's in the post shooting that 5-10 foot jumper with occasionally stepping out to the 3 pt line
  • FatHobbit
    fan_from_texas;1408499 wrote:I'm not pretending to know more than Matta does. I'm simply pointing out that 17pts on 19 shots is terrible, no matter how you slice it. And since Thomas is shooting a pretty miserable 44% on the season, it's not exactly an aberration.

    He's a volume scorer who puts up a lot of shots. That boosts his scoring average but doesn't help the team.
    I can agree that 44% isn't spectacular, if you look at the lineup there's not really anyone who would seem more obvious to get those shots. (unless you want Ravenel and Thompson taking the shots. Most of their shots are from inside and I agree those are better shots, but I don't think those two should really be the focus of our offense.)

    Thomas - 44%
    Craft - 43%
    Smith - 44%
    Ross - 47%
    Thompson - 50%
    Ravenel - 50%
    Scott - 40%
  • ytownfootball
    fan_from_texas;1408414 wrote:I'm skeptical. He's shooting under 44% (!) on the year. His three-point shooting is also down from last year. He's scoring more because he's putting up more shots.

    17pts on 6-19 shooting isn't something to celebrate. It's a reason to have anyone else shoot.
    He shoots a lot, granted, but it seems many have forgotten how his actual selection has improved over a year ago which imo has been the difference. Not to mention, when he's on he's pretty unstoppable and no one complains then. Dude averages @ 20pts., regardless of number of shots, not going to get those points from a bench player.
  • wildcats20
    Devils Advocate;1408516 wrote:
    While funny, it's not true.
  • Laley23
    wildcats20;1408524 wrote:While funny, it's not true.
    What part? 4th #2?
  • wildcats20
    Laley23;1408526 wrote:What part? 4th #2?
    They were the 6th overall seed.
  • Laley23
    wildcats20;1408527 wrote:They were the 6th overall seed.
    Thats what I thought you meant.
  • wildcats20
    Laley23;1408529 wrote:Thats what I thought you meant.
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure the selection chair said that Dook got in the Louisville bracket because of the pod system. They wanted to keep teams closer to home and they favored OSU in that case.
  • wildcats20
    Posted this earlier, but this is the overall seeding list.
    Here's the entire seed list for the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
    1. Louisville
    2. Kansas
    3. Indiana
    4. Gonzaga
    5. Miami (FL)
    6. Duke
    7. Georgetown
    8. Ohio St.
    9. New Mexico
    10. Florida
    11. Michigan St.
    12. Marquette
    13. Michigan
    14. Kansas St.
    15. Saint Louis
    16. Syracuse
    17. Oklahoma St.
    18. UNLV
    19. Wisconsin
    20. VCU
    21. Arizona
    22. Butler
    23. Memphis
    24. UCLA
    25. Creighton
    26. San Diego St.
    27. Notre Dame
    28. Illinois
    29. North Carolina
    30. Colorado St.
    31. Pittsburgh
    32. North Carolina St.
    33. Missouri
    34. Temple
    35. Wichita St.
    36. Colorado
    37. Cincinnati
    38. Villanova
    39. Iowa St.
    40. Oklahoma
    41. Minnesota
    42. California
    43. Oregon
    44. Belmont
    45. Boise St.
    46. St. Mary's (CA)
    47. Ole Miss
    48. Bucknell
    49. La Salle
    50. Middle Tenn.
    51. Akron
    52. New Mexico St.
    53. South Dakota St.
    54. Montana
    55. Davidson
    56. Valparaiso
    57. Northwestern St.
    58. Harvard
    59. FGCU
    60. Pacific
    61. Iona
    62. Albany (NY)
    63. Western Ky.
    64. Southern U.
    65. LIU Brooklyn
    66. James Madison
    67. N.C. A&T
    68. Liberty
  • se-alum
    sleeper;1408481 wrote:More media generated garbage. Aaron Craft does all 3; as well as provides leadership. I'll give Thomas credit in that he plays on the defensive end of the floor, but when it comes to his offensive game, I'd rather have Lenzelle Smith Jr. take every shot than chucker DeChuck Thomas.
    Now I know you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. Smith is only better than Amir Williams.
  • vball10set
    Heretic;1408480 wrote:Yeah, but Matta only graduated from Butler, so with his B1G degree, Sleeper's totally tons more accomplished and knowledgeable about how to do his job.
    reps
    se-alum;1408539 wrote:Now I know you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. Smith is only better than Amir Williams.
    more reps
  • vball10set
    FatHobbit;1408511 wrote:If Matta's so great, tell me how many B1G coach of the year awards has he won? ANYONE can win the B1G tournament but it takes something special to win the coach of the year and look like the grinch. lol
    lol, and reps yet again
  • sleeper
    se-alum;1408539 wrote:Now I know you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. Smith is only better than Amir Williams.
    It's a joke. Smith sucks. Should be benched along with Thomas.
  • vball10set
    sleeper;1408555 wrote:It's a joke. Smith sucks. Should be benched along with Williams.
    YES!!!
  • sleeper
    Unfortunately, Ravenal can't play the whole game. I don't think Williams is all that great, but he's good for his role. He needs to add some muscle/weight if he's ever going to be an NBA player.
  • Mulva
    reclegend22;1408426 wrote:That's probably about right. I have a prior engagement on Sunday afternoon so I am really worried about Duke's tip. Being that you are in TV, where do you think the Duke-Cincy/Creighton game or Albany-Cincy/Creighton (:D) will tip Sunday? I can't fathom it would be the noon game. I was thinking evening, around 5:30? Not sure if you would have an idea or not. I can't find anything anywhere.
    It looks like 6 of the 8 games Sunday tip at 5 pm or later:

    http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013-march-madness-tv-schedule/
  • reclegend22
    Mulva;1408653 wrote:It looks like 6 of the 8 games Sunday tip at 5 pm or later:

    http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013-march-madness-tv-schedule/
    Thanks for the link. I thought that there were more late games than usual last year.

    I bet that Indiana plays one of the two earlier slots, which might help Laley. If Duke wins against Albany (sad that I cannot confidently say that), not sure Duke-Creighton/Cincy would warrant a stand-alone spot, but I wouldn't be surprised if they want to make sure the entire nation is able to see Duke lose.
  • Crimson streak
    reclegend22;1408668 wrote:Thanks for the link. I thought that there were more late games than usual last year.

    I bet that Indiana plays one of the two earlier slots, which might help Laley. If Duke wins against Albany (sad that I cannot confidently say that), not sure Duke-Creighton/Cincy would warrant a stand-alone spot, but I wouldn't be surprised if they want to make sure the entire nation is able to see Duke lose.

    I'd watch lol
  • Laley23
    Id rather a late game. I arrive in Orlando at 5pm. I could get to the place Im staying by 6. That, or the noon game so I can watch in Detroit Airport before it takes off lol