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I like seeing all of the guys play. What I would LOVE to see out of any of them..ANY...is some FIRE. Like after a shot made (maybe thats why I'm not seeing it) a guy pump his fist to get the crowd going. After great defense, pump the team up, go after a rebound like an animal. These guys need to be pissed off like UFM said the football team needed to be. Seems like they have a really bunch of nice guys on the team, on and off the court. It's ok to be a gentleman off the court but you need to spit blood when you see an oposing jersey...Especially from guys like Ross, Scott, Amir, etc..
just my humble opinion

Thank u della valle was 3 of 4 on threes

We have a lot of players with good skills but almost all with major weaknesses in their games. The good news is almost all of them are showing good improvement, e.g. Deshaun's really good passing game. I think we need to use Deshaun as a decoy and a high post passer some of the time. He can't carry us on his outside shooting alone. He is too good around the basket not to take advantage of that facet of his game.
We have to find someone who can make outside shots when they are collapsing on Deshaun. In addition to Lenzelle, that person might just be Amadeo. He has a really good stroke (when he gets settled down) and he handles himself pretty well in all facets of the game. LeQuinton continues to be a work in progress with a great stroke but he is not the ball handler he thinks he is. It will be an interesting season. Go Bucks!

What a phenomenal waste of time. There is absolulely no value to games like this for either team. At least in football, the loser usually cashes in big for their athletic department. I couldn't care less how LeQ Ross looks against a team like this when I know what he looks like against Kansas. This is what totally befuddles me about BB scheduling - soft pre-conference football schedules are defended on the basis that the lack of a playoff system demands that any team that believes it can compete for the NC needs to go undefeated in the preseason. There is absolutely NO reason that OSU shouldn't be scheduling competitive teams in Nov/Dec. We play in a conference where a winning record will get you into the Tourney, and winning the conference will get you a 1-seed. The preconference record means nothing. Other than Duke and Kansas, both of which handled us easily, we haven't played anyone noteworthy. We would be far better off entering a tough Big Ten season a little battle tested even if it means carrying a few losses on the record. Games like todays have no meaning whatsoever.

Great game. Bring on the B1G!

The Buckeyes turned this game when they started to attack the Basket rather than settling for jump shots. And, the jump shots started falling after they attacked the middle. That included getting the ball into Williams, Thomas and Ravenal inside.

This is not a great outside shooting team. They need to attack the Basket and play great defense. They also need to play all of their top 10 guys significant minutes each game. We are going to need Scott, Ross, Della Valle and even McDonald if we want to make it deep into the NCAAs. Ross and Della Valle can score. And, that takes some pressure off Thomas. McDonald actually plays pretty good Defense and can rebound. Playing 10 guys means a fresher team in the last 10 minutes of the game, when most games are won or lost.

Do you think it was because his ankle was a little better? Craft's ankle was about 50% against Kansas.

I hear that his hip was better. His ankle will be an issue all year long. He tweaked it again yesterday, and that was one reason that he played little in the 2nd half. His lateral quickness will not be what it was last year.