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Loving has been practicing with the team but not traveling which sort of confuses me. I think we will see him back this coming Wednesday. That being said KDB filled in very nicely yesterday and I do not know where he has been all season.
Ohio State is a strong 7-seed according to BracketMatrix.com. In fact, there are 3-4 Big Ten schools behind the Buckeyes.
But somehow Ohio State is on The Bubble, according to Jerry Palm (who seems to have some sort of vendetta against OSU in both CFB and MBB).
Great post. Agree on everything stated.Well, it appears he has been stuck behind Loving and Tate. I wish Matta would find some more minutes for him, but we've seen before where some talented freshmen just have not been able to get off the bench due to more experienced players being ahead of them on the pecking order. William Buford for instance didn't play regularly as a freshman (even though he went on to average double-digits in points that season) until after Lighty got injured, clearly WB was talented enough to contribute but was not getting off the bench due to the more experienced players being ahead of him. Bates-Diop to me is somewhat similar, clearly he has talent and can contribute but Matta is content to play his more experienced players. I don't like it, but what can you do as a fan. Personally I would not play Sam Thompson 40 minutes or anything close to that, the guy has gone 3-21 from 3 over the course of 11 B1G games this season, and it's not like opposing teams are making it real hard for him to get open shots. Thompson is also limited in production aside from not being a shooter, doesn't contribute a lot in any other statistical category other than a modest points per 40 total.
My thinking is your team's upside is higher living with mistakes that KBD makes and anticipating improvement, as opposed to going back to playing Thompson 40 minutes when you know what you'll get and it's not all that great. I would like to see KBD getting at least 15-20 minutes per game (20 without Loving, 15 with Loving). I feel that the more the seniors play, the lower the upside of this team, and the more the freshmen play, the higher the upside. It can still be a team that makes a run in the tournament, but not without a heavy dose of freshman.
Jerry Palm is a dweeb. He has built his entire career around the circle-jerk that is the RPI.Ohio State is a strong 7-seed according to BracketMatrix.com. In fact, there are 3-4 Big Ten schools behind the Buckeyes.
But somehow Ohio State is on The Bubble, according to Jerry Palm (who seems to have some sort of vendetta against OSU in both CFB and MBB).
To be honest, OSU has not had many resume wins this season. They do need to win almost all of the rest of their regular season games to lock up a tourney bid.
What? As soft as the bubble is these days with 68 teams, I think OSU do as badly as finish the regular season sub .500 (3-4) and still get in. That would put them at 21-9 (10-8 in conference). They're in with that.
That aside, no way do they have to win "almost all" of their regular season games.
Name me a team (outside of Kentucky, UVA, Duke and Kansas) about which the same could not be said.
We're 14 in kenpom. We're 14 in Sagarin. We're 12 in BPI. We're 18-6, and 7-4 in a strong league. Our case right now is a hell of a lot stronger than you apparently would like to think.Wisconsin. But that is tangential to my main point that OSU's resume is very thin in terms of wins against NCAA tourney teams. And I believe that seeding and selection decisions are based off of who has the most & best quality wins. Listen, I fully expect OSU to make it. I'm saying their case right now isn't as strong as we'd like to think.