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11-14-2007, 06:06 PM
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Good question. In the first game he was in a little bit of foul trouble. In the second game he got a foul early. After last year with Mr. Oden's propensity to get in foul trouble early and often perhaps Thad was working KK a bit to get him to keep the fouls down.
The other reason is that we still need to develop the other big men (and keep them happy) and there's no experience like game experience.
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11-14-2007, 06:13 PM
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He looked pretty good last night. I'm still waiting to see what he can do against big, athletic centers and power forwards. From what I saw, he needs to work on his explosiveness around the rim and keeping the ball at a high release around the hoop.
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11-15-2007, 06:19 AM
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Koufos committed to development
Thursday, November 15, 2007Bill Livingston
Plain Dealer Columnist
Columbus
- Kosta Koufos could have been the $5 Million Kid. Instead he played his first Ohio State basketball game Monday night in the NIT Season Tip-off. He did not shoot the one free throw he tried with the wrong hand.
Then again, Koufos did not dunk like thunder pealing or disrupt everything Wisconsin-Green Bay tried to do with his mere presence. "I am not Greg Oden. Greg Oden was a very valuable player for us," said Koufos.
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11-21-2007, 12:27 PM
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The Next Big Buckeye
With Oden gone, OSU turns to Koufos
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 By Donna Ditota
Staff writer
When Kosta Koufos considered the colleges that courted him out of Glen Oak High School in Canton, Ohio, he was drawn to in-state Ohio State partly because the Buckeyes had already attracted Greg Oden.
Koufos longed to be paired with Oden in the Buckeyes' frontcourt. He believed that working each day against the pure post player would both steel him and sharpen him for his own NBA career. And when Thad Matta recruited Koufos, he salivated at the scenario.
"We looked at him," Matta said, "and said it would be great if they could play together."
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11-21-2007, 02:08 PM
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Koufos may be another OSU one-and-done
 JEFFREY MARTIN
FOXSports.com, Updated 41 minutes ago
The plan, according to Ohio State coach Thad Matta, was for Greg Oden and Kosta Koufos to play together for one season.
But everyone involved knew that was wishful thinking.
"I had a good idea he'd be in the NBA," said Koufos, a freshman.
Instead, here Matta and the Buckeyes are, in New York City, unblemished at 2-0 and preparing to meet Syracuse in the semifinals of the Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden. Seems Koufos, at 7-foot-1 and 265 pounds, has a varied offensive repertoire, one complete with soft jump hooks, mid-range jump shots and the ability to step out and shoot the three. He's a center, perhaps in name only, because he can face the basket and score ? which explains only a few of the disparities between he and his one-season predecessor.
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11-22-2007, 12:54 AM
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Major props to Koufos, he looked great tonight. It looks so effortless for him when he plays. He's really a smooth big man, and his offensive skill set is the best I've seen from a big man in college for awhile.
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11-22-2007, 12:58 AM
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I don't even want to guess on the Odds but ...
Kosta passed up the opportunity to sign a $5 million dollar contract already. Maybe, just maybe he is looking ahead to make a mark on college basketball (Hey, I can dream). Can you imagine him playing with B.J. Mullens and all the great recruits coming in next year, let alone the great guys he already has this year? One can only dream and hope he sees the legendary teams that Thad is cultivating now and thereafter. So hopefully he isn't "One and Done" like some of the sports writers would like to believe.
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11-22-2007, 01:29 AM
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We have to do a better job keeping Kosta under wraps...
if we don't watch it... those damn NBA'ers are gonna find him...
just like those damn NFL'ers found Vernon...
We gotta get better at hiding these guys...
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