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Men's basketball: Buckeyes hope to fix holes in zone
Teams have tested energy level, flow of defense
Friday, February 8, 2008 3:05 AM
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
David Lighty did not act surprised by the fact Michigan scored only eight points in the last 12 minutes, 52 seconds. "We put in kind of a new defense today," Lighty said Tuesday night after the Ohio State men's basketball team beat the Wolverines 65-55 in Value City Arena.
"When you see Coach put his fist up, that means you've got to get a stop."
Coach Thad Matta smiled when asked if it was that simple.
"I wish," he said.
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02-08-2008, 10:29 AM
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February 4, 2008
Why stay in the zone?
Several readers wondered in e-mails the past couple of days why coach Thad Matta didn?t get out of the zone defense at Iowa on Saturday night and man up at least on Justin Johnson, whose eight three-point field goals accounted for nearly half of Iowa?s points in the 53-48 win.
A caller to Matta?s weekly radio show on WBNS-AM tonight asked Matta why he didn?t switch to a box-and-one and put David Lighty on Johnson. Matta said he considered it. Here?s what else he said:
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February 7, 2008
Now, for a word about the offense
There?s been a lot said about the wisdom of coach Thad Matta continuing to stick with the matchup zone defense. It intensified after Iowa?s Justin Johnson burned the Buckeyes with eight three-pointers in the Hawkeyes? win last Saturday. I blogged about it briefly a couple of days ago and addressed it more extensively in a story to be published Friday in The Dispatch.
My take for most of the season, however, is that defense isn?t this team?s problem. Offense is.
Most of the time, Jamar Butler has been the only scorer Matta can count on, and to a lesser extent Kosta Koufos, who has been good for 10 or 12 points a game most nights in the Big Ten. It appeared for a while that Evan Turner was going to be the third scorer, but he regressed the past two games and wasn?t even on the floor the last 16 1/2 minutes against Michigan on Tuesday night.
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02-08-2008, 01:47 PM
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Roller Coaster Ride.............article discusses the season at this point for this young squad.
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Several readers wondered in e-mails the past couple of days why coach Thad Matta didn?t get out of the zone defense at Iowa on Saturday night and man up at least on Justin Johnson, whose eight three-point field goals accounted for nearly half of Iowa?s points in the 53-48 win.
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Interesting to know that they had just started practicing a box and one but he was too uncomfortable to go with it during a game. That is some comfort to me that he gave some thought about getting out of the zone. Answers some of my questions. |
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Ohio State men
Buckeyes look to take dance steps
OSU still has NCAA Tournament hopes
Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:13 AM
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Coach Thad Matta would prefer his players be as nearsighted as he is. One of his favorite bromides is, "I just want to be better today than we were yesterday."
Players aren't like coaches, though. They see the floor better.
Five weeks before the NCAA Tournament selection committee chooses whom to invite to its 65-team dance, at least one and probably more members of the Ohio State men's basketball team are, like everyone else, gauging their chances of crashing the party and pondering what they must do to get in.
"I look at our schedule and our record. I really can't find a key win on there," guard Jamar Butler said. "The only one I see is Syracuse. I think we need more than that."
The Buckeyes will have their chances.
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