Ohio State Basketball Official Thread

• Azubuike24

  

  robj55;1714835 wrote:How many have stuck around or made any impact though? Some guys make it to the league on reputation from a program.

  None, Liggins, Lamb, Miller and Harrelson. Point was more that he has developed some guys, who probably would've never gotten a shot.
  
  Not to hijack the thread though, to want to can Matta is stupid. Sometimes it takes time to really learn your recruiting and development niche. Matta came out of the gates super strong in recruiting, but he's not doing that anymore. He needs time to find his niche.
  
  He's also been burned by some unexpected one-and-dones, which projecting that kind of thing is a skill on its own.
• Automatik

  

  Regardless he got developed. He was raw and out of control when he got to OSU.
• robj55

  

  Azubuike24;1714841 wrote:None, Liggins, Lamb, Miller and Harrelson. Point was more that he has developed some guys, who probably would've never gotten a shot.
  
  Not to hijack the thread though, to want to can Matta is stupid. Sometimes it takes time to really learn your recruiting and development niche. Matta came out of the gates super strong in recruiting, but he's not doing that anymore. He needs time to find his niche.
  
  He's also been burned by some unexpected one-and-dones, which projecting that kind of thing is a skill on its own.

  What I was trying to say is that they got that shot because of where they played most likely, not in all cases. I'm sure he does a better job of developing players than Matta though, which isn't difficult lol
• wildcats20

  

  Automatik;1714842 wrote:Regardless he got developed. He was raw and out of control when he got to OSU.

  No disagreement here.
• Azubuike24

  

  Pretty awful turnover there.
• wildcats20

  

  lol horrble shot by Brooks
• robj55

  

  Got lucky on that, missed it badly.
• centralbucksfan

  Azubuike24;1714841 wrote: but he's not doing that anymore. He needs time to find his niche.
  
  He's also been burned by some unexpected one-and-dones, which projecting that kind of thing is a skill on its own.

  Not doing that anymore? This current class is top 10, next years class is top 5/10. And yes, this senior class didn't turn out well, but they were top 5 class as well.
• Mulva

  

  I hate that they wasted 10 seconds there. Why not go 2 for 1?
• Azubuike24

  

  OSU should attack the rim fast. Go 2 for 1.
• gut

  yeah, OSU and VCU getting in on the act of some sloppy play today in crunch time
• centralbucksfan

  This has been a great game.
• Mulva

  

  That was terrible. Fuck you, Greg Paulus.
• wildcats20

  

  Thought Scott got fouled.
• centralbucksfan

  Great defense by Thompson..
• Classyposter58

  

  Had a heart attack there
• robj55

  

  Great d there by Thompson.
• mhs95_06

  Have you never heard of 2 for 1? Bucks should have taken a shot with 40-50 sec left so that if they missed, VCU couldn't run the clock down for the last shot!
• Azubuike24

  

  centralbucksfan;1714850 wrote:Not doing that anymore? This current class is top 10, next years class is top 5/10. And yes, this senior class didn't turn out well, but they were top 5 class as well.

  Using Rivals. First 5 years, eight 5-star players. Last 5 years (including 2015), two 5-star players. Sure, he's gotten some solid 3 and 4-star guys, but in major college basketball, 3 and 4-star generally means "you need to develop them."
• Classyposter58

  

  Sam Thompson once again playing great in March
• robj55

  

  Matta's recruiting has definitely fallen off, he also hasn't been locking down all the great talent in Ohio the way he should be.
• sportchampps

  Game shoulda been over if someone filled out a scorers sheet
• centralbucksfan

  I'm sorry, but this officiating is bullshit. VCU gets bumped, a foul. OSU to the basket, no call. No consistency at all. Tate just got tackled to the floor.
• wildcats20

  

  That's not a flagrant 1. Just call it a double foul, like they did, and move on.
• SportsAndLady

  

  centralbucksfan;1714868 wrote:I'm sorry, but this officiating is bullshit. VCU gets bumped, a foul. OSU to the basket, no call. No consistency at all. Tate just got tackled to the floor.

  Lol
  
  If anything be lucky it was incorrectly called a double foul