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Ohio State has the stars, and the guts link
The Buckeyes certainly have plenty of star power with Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr. The two freshmen honed their skills at Lawrence North (Indianapolis) High School and play with a sixth sense of knowing where the other will be at all times. But more than the chummy story of the two best friends/buddies/future NBA stars playing together in college, the story of Ohio State?s success is the team basketball that Matta has been successful at bringing to Columbus
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03-28-2007, 09:20 PM
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What bettors need to know: Georgetown vs. Ohio State
Wed, Mar 28, 2007
By Josh Hansen
The matchup: No. 2 Georgetown Hoyas vs. No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes
The line: Georgetown -1
Foul Play
It?s too bad this heavyweight fight has the potential of lasting about as long as a Hollywood marriage.
Georgetown?s Roy Hibbert can?t seem to keep his hands off opposing players. Hibbert fouled out of Georgetown?s miraculous win over Vanderbilt and somehow escaped the overtime win against North Carolina without drawing a fifth personal.
The Hoyas can?t afford to lose their anchor on defense against Ohio State because Greg Oden will eat the Hoyas for lunch if Hibbert is booted. Ohio State?s freakish freshman is a force both defensively and offensively. But then again, this will be Oden?s first game playing someone taller than he is. Oden played 7-footers Brook and Robin Lopez of Stanford during a McDonald's summer camp and reportedly didn?t do so hot.
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03-28-2007, 09:23 PM
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Oden, Hibbert took different roads to get here
Jeff Goodman / FOXSports.com
Posted: 1 hour ago
Greg Oden was always considered the finished product. Strong, agile and dominant nearly every time he took the court. Roy Hibbert was always known as a project. Unorthodox in his movements, gangly and someone who somehow managed to blend in despite his massive size.
Now the two big men, who share a similar demeanor but come from opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of expectations, will battle one another when Oden's Ohio State Buckeyes face Hibbert's Georgetown Hoyas Saturday in the Final Four.
The 7-foot-2 Hibbert was brought along slowly by John Thompson III. He averaged 5.1 points and 3.5 rebounds as a freshman and shot just 47 percent from the field while playing less than 16 minutes per game. His confidence was sorely lacking.
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03-29-2007, 05:22 AM
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OSU will try a variety of ways to stop Green
Big East player of the year could prove tough to contain on Saturday.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Thursday, March 29, 2007
COLUMBUS ? Sure, Georgetown's Jeff Green may have traveled during his last-second game-winner against Vanderbilt in the East Regional semifinals.
But the 6-foot-9, 235-pound junior made it look good and hit the shot despite a double-team.
"He's almost like an extra point guard out there with how he plays," Ohio State associate head coach John Groce said of Green. "We've told our guys he will be the most complete basketball player we've played all year. He's a player that just doesn't have a weakness."
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03-29-2007, 05:23 AM
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Buckeyes prepare for Georgetown rematch
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Thursday, March 29, 2007
COLUMBUS ? It wasn't the finest exhibition of basketball in Ohio State history.
Last year's second-round loss to Georgetown at UD Arena was a 70-52 defeat, but may have felt worse than that.
"We've debated whether to show our guys any film from last year or not," Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. "Because it wasn't real pretty."
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03-29-2007, 07:02 AM
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