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03-25-2007, 08:58 AM
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Miles of smiles on way to Atlanta
Sunday, March 25, 2007 Bill Livingston
Plain Dealer Columnist
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- This is where the promise was kept. This is where potential stopped being a fancy word for underachieving. This is where Greg Oden's grin remained, like the Cheshire Cat's, when all the trouble had vanished.
The big freshman center watched as his roommate at Ohio State and teammate since boyhood, Mike Conley Jr., the Most Outstanding Player of the South Regional, hurled the ball high in the Alamodome as time ran out in the Buckeyes' 92-76 rout of Memphis
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03-25-2007, 09:04 AM
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The Bucks really looked up for the game yesterday, and the shots really weren't falling in the first half. I hope they can continue to get up without the David vs. Goliath comments - it seems like it took someone to make them angry to get them going. BP should start some "Hansbrough / Hibbert calling out Oden" rumors to ensure success. 
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REPORTER: As great as everybody loves the tradition of the game being the last game of the year, do you foresee the possibility, with all the changes in college football right now, that eventually the Big Ten might have to go to two divisions and have a championship game?
TRESSEL: Not by Saturday. So, I don't know, I don't give it any thought.
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03-25-2007, 09:15 AM
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Final Four a reality for Buckeyes
With contributions from freshmen and veterans, Ohio State pulls away from Memphis late for a 92-76 victory.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 25, 2007
SAN ANTONIO ? From the podium Saturday after his Ohio State Buckeyes won the NCAA tournament's South Regional basketball championship, Thad Matta's view was just peachy.
Atlanta peachy. Final Four peachy.
"Three years ago, we talked about a vision for this program," the coach told the OSU part of the 26,260 fans at the Alamodome. "It just became a reality."
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03-25-2007, 09:16 AM
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OSU NOTES
Intentional foul sparks Buckeyes
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Sunday, March 25, 2007
SAN ANTONIO ? Forget trash-talker Joey Dorsey.
Memphis' Chris Douglas-Roberts is the one who treated Greg Oden harshly during Ohio State's 92-76 South Regional win in the NCAA tournament ? at least according to the referees.
A key part of OSU's game-changing 20-8 run Saturday at the Alamodome came when Memphis was up 60-57. After a scramble, Oden got the ball near the block, jumped and scored.
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03-25-2007, 09:23 AM
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ON TO FINAL FOUR
Buckeyes head to Atlanta after defeating Memphis
By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER
SAN ANTONIO - Well, scratch another defensive approach as faulty and ineffective at stopping Ohio State's Greg Oden.
After seeing the 7-foot freshman dominate three earlier games in the NCAA tournament, Memphis tried psychological warfare, and that, too, failed.
Ohio State fed off some trash-talking from the Tigers and put Memphis away 92-76 at the Alamodome yesterday to win the South Regional and a trip to the Final Four in Atlanta.
In previous games, opponents tried to swarm Oden, pound him, push him away from the basket, undercut him, and run him over. Memphis gave the war of words a try, and it failed miserably.
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03-25-2007, 09:24 AM
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Congrats to the players and coaching staff. What a great time to be a Buckeye.
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Originally Posted by cwise
You played against us the entire game the way you played against UT the second half.
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Actually, we didn't. Against you, we shot 24% from three point land the entire game, and against UT, we shot 42% from three point land in the second half. Against you, we shot 51% from the field in the entire game, and against UT we shot 58% from the field in the second half.
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Originally Posted by cwise
A few shots the other way and we win.
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cwise, most of your posts here have been pretty classy, but I think this statement is just sour grapes. First of all, the way I saw things, you guys could hang with us when Oden was on the bench, but you really couldn't do much at all when Oden was out there (see the first five minutes of the game, the first few minutes of the second half, and the final ten minutes of the game). I think you guys were pretty lucky, therefore, to only have had to deal with Oden for 24 minutes. Second, just how many shots did you need to go your way? You already held a ridiculous advantage in three point shooting (46% for you, 24% for us). Of course, if you made all your shots and we missed all of ours, you'd win; but you're not really saying much by posting that.
In short, I think you guys played a very good game and a lot of things fell in your favor (Oden's foul situation, the three point shooting, etc.). Yet you still lost by 16. I simply don't share your sentiment that a few shots the other way and you guys win. In his post-game press conference, Calipari said that OSU was clearly the better team, and he was right. You guys played very, very well (and you should be commended for that), but the game, if anything, could have been a lot more of a blowout from my perspective.
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03-25-2007, 09:26 AM
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Men's basketball: South Regional notebook: Next up for Buckeyes' Matta: rest
Web Posted: 03/24/2007 11:43 PM CDT
San Antonio Express-News
Ohio State coach Thad Matta, who came to the school three years ago, has guided the Buckeyes to their first Final Four since the late 1960s, and he says he's going to let it sink in ? eventually.
"I'm exhausted. We haven't got much sleep," he said. "I take great pride in the kids and the work ethic they put in. But we don't want to be a team that checks off 'We made it to the Final Four' and get our rear ends kicked next Saturday.
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