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#10 Loyola Chicago vs #7 tOSU, Fri 3/18, 12:15 ET on CBS

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Jake said:


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Lol, dUMb is 17-14 and lucky to be in the tournament, but they're the 5th most likely to make a final 4 run

FUCK
THEM
 
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DZ83CK said:
How many Hail Marys do you need to say after rooting against Sister Jean?
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As an agnostic, absolutely none. I also believe that every single Catholic university not named Georgetown has a grossly inflated academic reputation. So, in summation, fuck 'em.

As for Holtmann, I'm rarely among the "fire the coach" mob unless it's off-field related, and I'm not there with him yet. That being said, it's past time to show that he can make a run (and over perform) in the tourney, and unfortunately, I really don't see them making it out of the first round again.
 
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JCOSU86 said:
Lol, dUMb is 17-14 and lucky to be in the tournament, but they're the 5th most likely to make a final 4 run

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They got a gift wrapped match up in the first game (when they really, really should have been one of the play-ins, at best). They have like a 70% chance of winning, way better odds than we have in our game despite being seeded 4 spots higher than them.

Extremely annoying!
 
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The health status of Kyle Young and Zed Key remains up in the air two days before Ohio State's NCAA Tournament opener.

Buckeye head coach Chris Holtmann said both big men, who missed last Thursday's Big Ten Tournament loss to Penn State, will be game-time decisions for Friday's matchup with No. 10 seed Loyola in Pittsburgh.

"As far as our health right now, I think we're getting healthier. I have no update on Kyle or Zed, those will be game-time decisions right now," Holtmann said Wednesday. "We'll know more here, honestly, in a couple days. I don't have an answer for you right now."
 
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G BRADEN NORRIS
  • 10.3 PPG, 43.5 3FG%, 3.9 APG
Hilliard, Ohio’s own Braden Norris was a third-team All-MVC selection for his efforts in the regular season, and the redshirt junior guard is the Ramblers’ second-leading scorer with an average of 10.3 points per game on 44.3 percent shooting. Norris, who transferred from Oakland to Loyola after his freshman season in 2018-19, is also the team’s most accurate 3-point shooter, hitting 43.5 percent of his long-range attempts.

At 6 feet tall, Norris is also Loyola’s top facilitator on offense, leading the Ramblers with an average of 3.9 assists per game in 31 appearances this season. Norris knocked down four 3-pointers in a 19-point effort to send Loyola to the MVC Tournament championship game, and he’ll be an asset for the Ramblers against his hometown school on Friday.



“Their point guard, Braden Norris, he’s tough,” Skinn said. “He’s one of those players that you hate to play against but you’d love to have on the side of your team.”

Had Ohio State offered Norris when he entered the transfer portal three years ago, it’s very possible Skinn and the rest of the Buckeyes’ staff would be coaching him now.

If Norris had gotten an offer from Ohio State, he would have had good reason to be interested. After all, Norris grew up just minutes away from Ohio State’s campus in Hilliard, Ohio, where he was an all-state player at Hilliard Bradley High School. But Norris only received a handful of offers out of high school, and although Ohio State expressed some interest when he decided to transfer, the Buckeyes ultimately decided not to offer him a scholarship.

On Friday, he’ll try to make the Buckeyes pay for that decision when Loyola faces Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

“I definitely have a chip on my shoulder,” Norris told Eleven Warriors on Tuesday. “I feel like any competitor would. My hometown school decided to go a different route, so yeah, I do have a chip on my shoulder. But at the end of the day, this game has absolutely nothing to do with me and my own personal agenda. It's about the team winning.”
 
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ScriptOhio said:


The health status of Kyle Young and Zed Key remains up in the air two days before Ohio State's NCAA Tournament opener.

Buckeye head coach Chris Holtmann said both big men, who missed last Thursday's Big Ten Tournament loss to Penn State, will be game-time decisions for Friday's matchup with No. 10 seed Loyola in Pittsburgh.

"As far as our health right now, I think we're getting healthier. I have no update on Kyle or Zed, those will be game-time decisions right now," Holtmann said Wednesday. "We'll know more here, honestly, in a couple days. I don't have an answer for you right now."
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Am I nutz? How can he say we’re getting healthier if he does not know about KY and Zed? Who else is there, the waterboy?
 
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ScriptOhio said:




G BRADEN NORRIS
  • 10.3 PPG, 43.5 3FG%, 3.9 APG
Hilliard, Ohio’s own Braden Norris was a third-team All-MVC selection for his efforts in the regular season, and the redshirt junior guard is the Ramblers’ second-leading scorer with an average of 10.3 points per game on 44.3 percent shooting. Norris, who transferred from Oakland to Loyola after his freshman season in 2018-19, is also the team’s most accurate 3-point shooter, hitting 43.5 percent of his long-range attempts.

At 6 feet tall, Norris is also Loyola’s top facilitator on offense, leading the Ramblers with an average of 3.9 assists per game in 31 appearances this season. Norris knocked down four 3-pointers in a 19-point effort to send Loyola to the MVC Tournament championship game, and he’ll be an asset for the Ramblers against his hometown school on Friday.



“Their point guard, Braden Norris, he’s tough,” Skinn said. “He’s one of those players that you hate to play against but you’d love to have on the side of your team.”

Had Ohio State offered Norris when he entered the transfer portal three years ago, it’s very possible Skinn and the rest of the Buckeyes’ staff would be coaching him now.

If Norris had gotten an offer from Ohio State, he would have had good reason to be interested. After all, Norris grew up just minutes away from Ohio State’s campus in Hilliard, Ohio, where he was an all-state player at Hilliard Bradley High School. But Norris only received a handful of offers out of high school, and although Ohio State expressed some interest when he decided to transfer, the Buckeyes ultimately decided not to offer him a scholarship.

On Friday, he’ll try to make the Buckeyes pay for that decision when Loyola faces Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

“I definitely have a chip on my shoulder,” Norris told Eleven Warriors on Tuesday. “I feel like any competitor would. My hometown school decided to go a different route, so yeah, I do have a chip on my shoulder. But at the end of the day, this game has absolutely nothing to do with me and my own personal agenda. It's about the team winning.”
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For fucks sake. Does this happen to any other team?
 
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ScriptOhio said:
The health status of Kyle Young and Zed Key remains up in the air two days before Ohio State's NCAA Tournament opener.
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It looks like Meechie is available, so there's that. But with KY and Zed playing the same position we really need at least one of them, preferably both.

If we have our guys I like our chances Friday. If Joey Brunk has to play 30+ minutes, despite his unexpected performance against Sparty, not so much.
 
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Loyola Chicago's Sister Jean still working on Ohio State scouting report

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Before he sends his Loyola Chicago team onto the PPG Paints Arena hardwood Friday to face Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, coach Drew Valentine will step aside for a moment.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, college basketball’s most celebrated team chaplain, will have a few choice words for her beloved Ramblers.

Not only will she pray for good fortune and safe, injury-free passage through the game’s 40 minutes (more, if necessary), she’ll also offer a scouting report on the opponent.

But don’t ask her to reveal what she’s learned. Not yet, anyway.

“I have to do a little more scouting. I’ve done some. I have to do more,” she said, confessing she is a voracious reader of box scores. “They’ll hear from me, don’t worry.”

She said her message to the players will be simple:

“I tell them they have to play with their mind and their hearts, their hands and their feet,” she said.

Feet, Sister Jean?

“You have to get those fast breaks,” she said.

Entire article: https://triblive.com/sports/loyola-chicagos-sister-jean-still-working-on-ohio-state-scouting-report/
 
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