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F DeShaun "The Diesel" Thomas (Panathinaikos - Greece)

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Thomas might have been at his all-around best on offense against the best defense he has faced since the Kansas game. He not only made threes but also put the ball on the floor and took it to the basket hard. He increased his Big Ten-best scoring average to 20.8, and his six three-pointers gave him 47, tying Michigan freshman Nik Stauskas for most in the conference. Only two Ohio State players in the past 20 years have averaged more than 20 points: Evan Turner (20.4) in 2009-10 and Michael Redd (21.9) in 1997-98. The school record is 32.9 by Robin Freeman in 1955-56.
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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/01/21/osu-mbk-insider-1-21-gn7la426-1.html
 
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Thomas missed a few minutes against Iowa after taking an elbow above his right eye that required a bandage so he could return. After the game, he needed six stitches to close the wound permanently.

Thomas said someone told him Shannon Scott — “My own teammate” — hit him, but also said Big Ten Network analyst Jim Jackson told him Scott and an Iowa player both caught him.

“There was blood everywhere.” Thomas said. “I put my hand up and … it was full of red. It was on my shoes. I was kind of shocked.”

He said it was the first time in his life he needed stitches.

“I was kind of nervous, but they numbed it and it didn’t even hurt,” he said.
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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/01/28/buckeyes-hang-tough-in-big-ten.html
 
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Matta was also very pleased with Thomas's defense on Ryan (1-9) and Craft said that he knows what to do when Thomas is in a zone like it was last night. It's just to keep getting him the ball:)
There are a lot of ways to identify an All-America basketball player, and last night we discovered another one.

Seven minutes into the second half of a typical Ohio State-Wisconsin game — a hard slog through a sea of defensive mud and a generous helping of maddening Badgers offensive patience — Deshaun Thomas broke free of the grind.

A game in which baskets were rare treasures turned into a fast-paced Deshaun-a-thon. In 6? minutes, a 41-37 Wisconsin lead turned into a 52-41 Ohio State edge, a 15-0 run that included 10 points from Thomas.

Breaking out of a Wisconsin game is like escaping Alcatraz. It says that the guy who did it has talents far and above the average player’s.

“It was his efficiency offensively,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said. “ ... He was more patient tonight. Sometimes when he knows it’s coming to him, he speeds up real fast, but tonight he slowed down and let it kind of happen.”

And happen it did. Thomas scored 14 points and added three assists in the second half to carry Ohio State to a critical 58-49 victory that kept the Buckeyes one loss behind Big Ten co-leaders Michigan and Indiana.

At one point early in the game, the Buckeyes were 1 for 10 from the field and the Badgers were 1 for 6. Even after the teams picked up the pace near the end of the first half, Wisconsin had a 26-24 edge.

Thomas said he knew then that he would have to step up his game to change things.

“When you look back and see this type of game, you’ve got to ask what can I do to help my team speed this game up, knowing that we need a run,” he said. “It’s 24 to 26 at halftime, and I’m thinking I’ve got to come down and make a shot and get a defensive stop early to get the team ready to attack. I was in attack mode.”
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Bestbuck36;2298361; said:
Surprising that DT isnt getting any player of the year talk. None really.
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That's OK. Another thing he can look forward to next year, in addition to potentially breaking the school scoring record :biggrin:

Honestly, if DT is not going to be a first round pick this year as Ford keeps saying, then there is probably a decent chance he comes back. He could always leave, but more often than not if a guy is a projected second-round pick he will come back. Obviously, the success of OSU's 2013-14 season hangs in the balance.
 
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Nebraska is going to try and slow down Thomas. Good luck with that.
Deshaun Thomas led the Buckeyes with 22 in the first matchup, and Miles said he was asked by some in the program if the Huskers should let Thomas get his and just focus on stopping everyone else.

“No, we have to go after him,” Miles said. “I just feel like at the end of the day, they want to run their offense through Thomas, so why should you be trying to let them play the way they practice every day? Why would you do that?

“You make other guys do other things and rise to occasion. I'm quite certain (Thomas) will rise to occasion. He's pretty good.”
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this bookhttp://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2013/02/buckeyes_not_planning_on_overl.html#incart_river
 
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Deshaun was featured on the Journey this week. A big part of the story on him was about his son, born March 22, 2012. There are a couple things in the video that show when and where the boy was born. OSU was playing Cincinnati in Boston late that night (the boy was apparently born in Columbus at about 11:30 AM - Mt Carmel East the pillow says), so unfortunately he probably wasn't able to be there for that. That's one sacrifice that he made that most people would overlook.
 
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Named to midseason Oscar Robertson watch list
Deshaun Thomas, the Big Ten scoring leader all season, was among 12 named last week to the midseason watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, to be awarded on April 15 by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association to its player of the year.

Also on the list: Anthony Bennett (UNLV), Trey Burke (Michigan), Michael Carter-Williams (Syracuse), Doug McDermott (Creighton), Ben McLemore and Jeff Withey (Kansas), Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller (Indiana), Kelly Olynyk (Gonzaga), Mason Plumlee (Duke) and Russ Smith (Louisville).
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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/02/04/wolverines-hoosiers-await-in-wings.html
 
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Remainder of the article talks about Craft's last-second drive and Hardaway admits that he thought Burke was going to be called for a foul and then also admits that he thought he was going to be called for a foul.

The box score shows that Deshaun Thomas took more shots than anyone in the game.

It does not reveal that only two of the 15 came in the final 14 minutes of Ohio State?s 76-74 overtime loss at Michigan.Thomas, the Big Ten?s leading scorer, exhaled audibly late Tuesday night when he was apprised of that fact outside the Buckeyes? locker room in the Crisler Center, but not from frustration.

Thomas led Ohio State with 17 points, but in the last nine minutes of regulation and all five of overtime, his only shots were a missed three-pointer from the left wing with 2:23 left in regulation and, seconds later ? after Nik Stauskas? outlet pass was tipped to Thomas by teammate Lenzelle Smith Jr. ? a made three from the same spot.

?I was just trying to do anything to try to win the ballgame,? Thomas said. ?You don?t need a guy that?s going to jack up or force shots. We?ve got to make that defense work. I was just (laying) back and waiting till my time came. I was focused on the other end and getting stops and trying to do what I could do to help the team win.?

Thomas? time never came. But in his stead, two sophomores whose arrival on a stage like Tuesday?s had long been anticipated finally emerged. LaQuinton Ross and Amir Williams combined to score 13 of Ohio State?s last 18 points of regulation.

?They grew up,? Thomas said.

Thomas? inability to find shots down the stretch was partly by design. Michigan guard Trey Burke said the Wolverines ?did a good job of limiting (his) touches,? and coach John Beilein complimented his defense for stiffening when it mattered most.

Ohio State shot 59.3 percent from the field in the second half but, in overtime, missed four of five shots and turned the ball over twice. Point guard Aaron Craft, in whose hands the ball stayed for the most part, attempted four of the shots and had one of the turnovers.

When asked why Thomas did not get a shot, coach Thad Matta said it was a matter of ?where we were trying to attack? in overtime.
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