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04-01-2007, 03:43 AM
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Dickrod you know, the first cut is the deepest....
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To me, the turning point in this game began just 2 1/2 minutes into it.
Georgetown's strategy was to take Oden out of the mix and dominate us inside to Hibbert, and it didn't work for two reasons.
Much maligned on this board during the season, Twigs came in and continued his stellar performance in the NCAA. He did a great job and Green especially seemed surprised. Twigs doesn't do that, we don't win.
More importantly, our tenacious defense completely unsettled them. Twelve points off turnovers in the first half was huge. Those guys don't do that and Georgetown starts cutting us to shreds, instead Georgetown can't hold on to the ball and Buckeyes are flying everywhere. Losing Oden forced us to take Georgetown out of the half court game. We ran with the ball and they couldn't. We penetrated repeatedly for relatively easy buckets and drew the fouls on Hibbert.
And when Georgetown adjusted and came back at the start of the second half, we did it again. Losing Hibbert at the very moment that Oden came back in was an incredible challenge to which Georgetown did not rise. Having adjusted to try to stop our guard play, they had no answer inside.
But the real key to our win in my mind is that we played the best defense I have seen this team play.
One more time, guys, one more time.
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04-01-2007, 03:52 AM
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Good game today! Lets get some revenge now!
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04-01-2007, 06:10 AM
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I'd rather be napping!!
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04-01-2007, 06:18 AM
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ahhhh... ain't this a sweet moment? 
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04-01-2007, 06:37 AM
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Damn.......
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I'm really proud of these guys. I hope they are enjoying the hell out of it.. 
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04-01-2007, 07:21 AM
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My reality check bounced.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dryden
Awesome photo by Bob Rosato at SI! I love the expressions from the bench!
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Caption for photo: AIR ODEN
Edit: For some good pictures from SI see link - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.1.html
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04-01-2007, 08:40 AM
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Great day to be a Buckeye
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I thought the guys played an amazing "team" game! Everyone seemed to play their role and contribute. Very balanced scoring...every Buckeye to step on the floor scored and the team played great defense. I still say that superstars like Conley and Oden are a must to get us here, but without the role players like Harris, Lighty, Butler...we have no glue to fill in the gaps. Hats off to everyone for stepping up and playing their roles. The guys played aggressive yet under control the whole game. Amazing victory!
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04-01-2007, 08:45 AM
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