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2010-2011 Men's Basketball (Outright Big Ten & BTT Champs)

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re: Kentucky vs. Tennessee... It's a damn shame the Vols didn't rebound that poorly in the tournament last year vs. the Buckeyes. They disappeared on the boards down the stretch, Kentucky was able to kill almost the entire final 2.5 minutes without even getting a high quality look at the basket.
 
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jlb1705;1883523; said:
re: Kentucky vs. Tennessee... It's a damn shame the Vols didn't rebound that poorly in the tournament last year vs. the Buckeyes. They disappeared on the boards down the stretch, Kentucky was able to kill almost the entire final 2.5 minutes without even getting a high quality look at the basket.
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In fairness to the Bucks though, they beat Tennessee last year. Unfortunately, a referee shit the bed at the most crucial time of the game, as Diebler cleanly stole the ball on a cross-over dribble.

I'll never forget that call...so bad.
 
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"Did you like that video?" grinning OSU athletic director Gene Smith said while caught in the crush of fans celebrating the Buckeyes' 93-65 win on the floor afterwards. "Usually, we are a lot more conservative, but I said, 'Let it go.'"
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmElzy80M8"]YouTube - "Deal with it" Ohio State Buckeyes - Wisconsin Pregame Video GO BUCKS!![/ame]
 
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Brennan: Five observations from the week
March, 7, 2011
By Eamonn Brennan

Five observations from the week that was:

1. It?s time, once and for all, to shelve the no-great-teams line. You?ve heard this before. You?ve heard it a lot, in fact. The line has been ubiquitous: ?There are no great teams in college basketball this season.? If hearing the line is tedious, constantly arguing against it isn?t much better. I don?t want to be the guy who keeps bringing this up, trust me. But now that the regular season is over, the entire concept deserves one last thorough dismissal, because the Ohio State Buckeyes are definitively a great team.

If we needed further evidence to this effect, see Sunday?s insane offensive effort against Wisconsin in which Jon Diebler and the Buckeyes only put on the single greatest long-range shooting display in Division I hoops history. (Ohio State shot -- get this -- 14-of-15 from beyond the arc. They scored 1.63 points per possession. Their effective field goal percentage was 83.0, which is as historically insane as anything we?ve seen in the past five years, and probably longer.)

Thing is, we didn?t need further evidence. We certainly didn?t need one of the greatest offensive performances in college hoops history to convince us. Why? Because even if the Buckeyes had merely beaten Wisconsin by, say, 10 points -- even if Thad Matta?s team had simply added another win to their docket -- that was enough. Ohio State would still have finished the regular season 29-2 and ranked No. 1 in the nation. Those two losses would still have come at two of the toughest places to play in the country versus two top-10 teams. In other words, they were the kind of losses that even a ?great? team can suffer without losing much of the sheen of its greatness. Short of an undefeated regular season, the Bucks did just about everything right.

Of course, a national championship is often our best -- sometimes only -- retroactive barometer of greatness. Ohio State may have to win it all in early April to get the sort of historical credit it deserves. But if the Buckeyes fall short of a national title -- if they, like so many other teams, fall victim to the oh-so-crazy nature of the NCAA tournament -- don?t listen to the eventual no-great-teams naysayers. After 31 games, what better adjective do we have to describe this team than, well, great?
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http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask...001/brennan-five-observations-from-the-week-3
 
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I looked around a few of the "advanced" college basketball stat websites today trying to find out how this team rebounds with different players on the floor but I couldn't find anything. I was wondering how they rebound with, say, Lauderdale on the floor vs. Craft.

Can anyone either tell me a site that has all this kind of stuff or just tell me how they rebound with different player combinations?

It's going to be very interesting if they end up playing a bigger team that really attacks the glass in the tourney.
 
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Tanner;1884889; said:
I looked around a few of the "advanced" college basketball stat websites today trying to find out how this team rebounds with different players on the floor but I couldn't find anything. I was wondering how they rebound with, say, Lauderdale on the floor vs. Craft.

Can anyone either tell me a site that has all this kind of stuff or just tell me how they rebound with different player combinations?

It's going to be very interesting if they end up playing a bigger team that really attacks the glass in the tourney.
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You can go to the Ohio State University's official website
Ohiostatebuckeyes.com for statistical information but I doubt if you are going to get the type of information that you are looking for. I can't think of any website that would break down something like scoring, rebounding, and any other stat with different combinations of players on the floor.

I don't think that you can really call our guys small row we have 3 6'6" when players and a 6'9" center. I think we can hold our own against most teams in the country when it comes to rebounding especially since Sullinger grabs anything close to him.

Also, a team who sends 3-4 guys to rebound will pay the price if they don't get those rebounds at the other end of the court.
 
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LitlBuck;1885101; said:
You can go to the Ohio State University's official website
Ohiostatebuckeyes.com for statistical information but I doubt if you are going to get the type of information that you are looking for. I can't think of any website that would break down something like scoring, rebounding, and any other stat with different combinations of players on the floor.

I don't think that you can really call our guys small row we have 3 6'6" when players and a 6'9" center. I think we can hold our own against most teams in the country when it comes to rebounding especially since Sullinger grabs anything close to him.

Also, a team who sends 3-4 guys to rebound will pay the price if they don't get those rebounds at the other end of the court.
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One team I am worried about is UNC. There's a decent chance they could be the #2 in our bracket. That would be an awkward matchup---a team that can put up points and has a big, skilled frontcourt that can control the glass.
 
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I have watched alot of the games this year for Ohio State and i didn't see many teams throwing a full court press or a half court press against them. If they did i
must have not been paying attention. That is one of my concerns for the team. I still would like to see more of Lauderdale in the mix as we head into the NCAA brackets. If any of you saw any kind of pressure full court against
the Buckeyes - please inform me. Thanks.
 
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kippy1040;1891017; said:
I have watched alot of the games this year for Ohio State and i didn't see many teams throwing a full court press or a half court press against them. If they did i
must have not been paying attention. That is one of my concerns for the team. I still would like to see more of Lauderdale in the mix as we head into the NCAA brackets. If any of you saw any kind of pressure full court against
the Buckeyes - please inform me. Thanks.
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Opponents did not play a press against OSU very often this year, though it did happen on occasion (2nd half vs. UF comes to mind). I think most coaches abandoned it quickly when they realized it didn't work. One reason it's hard to press against OSU is they are very quick to the front court after a turnover or defensive rebound. In most situations there are 3-4 guys on the court for OSU that can be trusted to bring the ball across the line, which allows the others to go straight to fast break mode. Even early in the season, Craft looked comfortable breaking the press, dribbling and passing. I don't think there's much to worry about.
 
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kippy1040;1891017; said:
I have watched alot of the games this year for Ohio State and i didn't see many teams throwing a full court press or a half court press against them. If they did i
must have not been paying attention. That is one of my concerns for the team. I still would like to see more of Lauderdale in the mix as we head into the NCAA brackets. If any of you saw any kind of pressure full court against
the Buckeyes - please inform me. Thanks.
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Consider this: if you press 3 times, and steal once, the Buckeyes still get two easy buckets at the other end, for an offensive efficiency of 1.33 points per possession. You can't win many games if this is what you do on D.

If you're going to press, you better be able to back up the press adequately to avoid the dunk. Penn State proved that isn't a likely scenario against the Buckeyes.
 
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