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Monday Musings

Ken — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:03:46 +0000

Some weekend, eh? Grab your coffee and let’s get right to it.

Men’s Basketball

A week that started out fairly well, then crashed and burned. In the NCAA’s, they’ve managed to dust Iowa State 78-75, Arizona 73-70 and then fell flat against Wichita State 66-70. I don’t have much to add to the fine recaps, above, however you can bet that after some musing on my part, I’ll have something to say next week. It seemed that Thad was pushing the right buttons and the team responded in the first two games. On Saturday, things were pretty disjointed. I’d hoped the 2nd half effort against Arizona would carry into the WSU game, but alas, no. Although the offense gott significant points from ~~senior~~ junior DeShaun Thomas and LQR, that was it, unfortunately.

General Thoughts

I hate to do this, but let’s start with a definition: to dislike intensely or passionately; … [Read More]

Lineup Change Could Spark OSU in B1G Play

Tim Shoemaker — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:45:37 +0000

After Ohio State lost to Kansas, head coach Thad Matta made a change to his starting lineup.

Out of the starting lineup–at the center position–went fifth-year senior Evan Ravenel and in came sophomore Amir Williams.

In Williams’ first start, an 87-44 victory against Chicago State, he scored just four points and grabbed four rebounds, but only played 15 minutes.

It is very hard to judge the decision off of such a small sample size. One game against a poor opponent makes that difficult. Last night, in Ohio State’s Big Ten opener against Nebraska, Williams started his second game of the season.

The Buckeyes won, 70-44. Williams played just 18 minutes. But, he had eight points, seven rebounds and four blocks. Nebraska isn’t exactly the Big Ten’s strongest basketball team, but a big test for Williams will be Saturday when the Buckeyes take on Illinois in Champaign.

The move seems to … [Read More]

Pregame Glance – Kansas Jayhawks

WVaBuckeye — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:00:38 +0000

There is simply no amount of Listerine that can wash out the bad taste left in those returning players mouths having endured two losses to Kansas last season; one on December 10, 2011 (78-67) and one at the Final Four in New Orleans on March 31, 2012 (64-62). They will just have to take care of their home court where they have the 5th longest streak for wins against non-conference opponents sitting at 39. WVU was their last home loss in this regard in December of 2008 almost exactly four years ago. Tim Shoemaker did a great Tale of the Tape. Let’s take a look at this top ten battle.

Saturday, December 22 4:00pm on CBS

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School:	University of Kansas (KU)
Location:	Lawrence, Kansas
Founded:Motto	1865; I shall see this great sight, why the bush does not burn (Exodus 3:3)
Student Population:	29,462
School Type:	Public, Flagship, Space Grant
Division:	NCAA

Pregame Glance – Winthrop

WVaBuckeye — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:00:11 +0000

The Buckeyes take on 4-4 Winthrop University from the Big South conference in their next match-up and are on a roll since losing to Duke. The Eagles are on a little roll themselves having dispatched the other “Ohio” team as our least favorite buffoon from up north likes to say. The Eagles beat the Bobcats 50-49 with a late push and two final second free throws from their star player. Let’s take a look at the school from Rock Hill, SC.

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School:	Winthrop University
Location:	Rock Hill, South Carolina
Founded:	1886 – Veritas cum liberate “Truth with Liberty”
Student Population:	6,170
School Type:	Public
Division:	NCAA
Conference:	Big South
Stadium:	Winthrop Coliseum
Seating:	6,100
Built:	October 1982
Head Coach:	Pat Kelsey(Xavier 98) First Season as a head coach
Experience & Accomplishments	Before stepping away from basketball following the 2010-11 season, Kelsey was the associate head coach at his alma mater

That’s just the way it is Bulldogs, Buckeyes Win 90-72

Eric — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:01:23 +0000

Keith Hornsby led the UNC Asheville Bulldogs into Columbus but wasn’t able to do enough to keep the Buckeyes from running away with this one by a score of 90-72. Hornsby was an unstoppable shooting machine today, hitting a ridiculous 9-12 from the floor, 6-8 from three, for 26 points to go with 4 rebounds. That’s an incredible game from the young guard. He was joined in double digits by Jeremy Atkinson (11), and Will Weeks (10). The Buckeyes saw four players break double digits including: Sam Thompson (18), DeShaun Thomas (17), Lenzelle Smith (16), and Evan Ravenel (12).

Not surprisingly, the Buckeyes also ran away with the Bruce Hornsby puns – Keith Hornsby is the son of the famous grammy winning artist. That leads us to the musical selection for this recap.

No, seriously. Do yourself a favor and read through the LiveBlog transcript. The puns are gloriously horrible.… [Read More]

Next Four Games Crucial for Buckeyes’ Success

Tim Shoemaker — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:31:49 +0000

Many Buckeye basketball fans may just want to fast forward two weeks from Saturday.

Ohio State will host Kansas, the team that beat OSU not once, but twice last season and knocked the Buckeyes out of the NCAA tournament in the Final Four.

But, in fact, OSU can’t afford to fast forward, because between now and then it has four games it must use as a way to improve before the date with the Jayhawks.

Over the next two weeks, Ohio State has games against Long Beach State, Savannah State, UNC Ashville and Winthrop. Four games OSU should win easily, but it needs to get better before Dec. 22.

The Buckeyes were somewhat exposed in their 73-68 loss to Duke. That game made me think of three questions I would like to see answered in the next two weeks before the Kansas game.

1. Who will step up on this … [Read More]

Pregame Glance – Walsh University

WVaBuckeye — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:34:22 +0000

The pre-season #4 team in the country gets things started off with a scrimmage of sorts against the Cavaliers of Walsh University from North Canton, Ohio. Still competing in the NAIA in basketball, they will be making the switch to NCAA D2 for the 2013-14 season. Led by former player Jeff Young in his 10th season at head coach, they will provide us with an opportunity to see what bench players will give us this season. The Cavs and the Buckeyes have met six times with the first exhibition taking place in 2006-07.

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School:	Walsh University
Location:	North Canton, Ohio
Founded:	Walsh University was first founded as LaMennais College in Alfred, Maine in 1951
Student Population:	2,500
School Type:	Private – Roman Catholic Church
Division:	NAIA D1 – Moving to NCAA D2 by 2013-14
Conference:	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Stadium:	Alumni Arena
Seating:	1,800
Built:	2009
Head Coach:	Jeff Young – Walsh University
Experience

tBBC Basketball Roundtable – Preseason Wrap-up

WVaBuckeye — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:24:09 +0000

It’s been a great season of football so far and not too surprisingly basketball has snuck up on us. We have done our best to try and get everybody’s input on the upcoming season from around the blogosphere including a nice two-parter with people from around the B1G that can be read here and here. We also spoke with fellow Buckeye Bloggers about the Buckeyes and that can be read here.

We finish up our pre-season of roundtable with an in-house brand. Look forward to starting the season off soon but let’s first get everyone’s opinions.

Who is the Key returner other than Craft or Thomas?

WVa. The bottom line for this team will be defense this season and the key returner to make that happen will be Shannon Scott. As much as he may contribute offensively is up to him, the defensive side of the ball comes easy for … [Read More]