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2018-2019 Ohio State Men's Basketball (Official Thread)

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Folks were writing this team off because of all we lost, but I don't see it that way.

Bates-Diop is a huge loss. The only way to replace him is if everyone on the floor is better than they were. I am already seeing that.

I loved what Kam Williams did for us - but he was a defensive liability. With Luther this D is absolutely smothering at times.

I loved Jermaine Tate but so much of what excited everyone was his playing taller than he was. In that regard one key to this season could be Musa Jallow. He has a long way to go, but he is taller and every bit as athletic as Tate.

Last year there were countless games where we kept looking to Bates-Diop to bail us out. This is much more of a team.

Of course, we are only two games in. But I like what I have seen so far.
 
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There are a lot of guys who can play different positions and I think this is going to help us during the season. Holtmann just wants to get his best players on the floor.
Luther Muhammad and Woods can play three guard positions. Duane Washington Jr. can play both spots in the backcourt. Musa Jallow plays shooting guard, small forward and even power forward. Andre Wesson fits in at small forward and power forward, but could even play center in a pinch. Young can play small forward, power forward or center, but he will exclusively play the two post positions this year. Jaedon LeDee can play both power forward and center, but he might be more suited for center early in his career.

When Kaleb Wesson heads to the bench, the biggest transition when going with a smaller lineups entails moving Andre Wesson or Jallow to power forward, while sliding Young to center.

“We've got a bunch of versatile pieces that can play a lot of different positions,” Andre Wesson said. “Me and Musa going into the season, we know that with some of the losses that we had, that we were going to have to place some more of the four and some different roles. It's something we've just got to adjust to and take up.”
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https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-must-rely-on-guard-heavy-lineups-this-season
 
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Oh8ch said:
Folks were writing this team off because of all we lost, but I don't see it that way.

Bates-Diop is a huge loss. The only way to replace him is if everyone on the floor is better than they were. I am already seeing that.

I loved what Kam Williams did for us - but he was a defensive liability. With Luther this D is absolutely smothering at times.

I loved Jermaine Tate but so much of what excited everyone was his playing taller than he was. In that regard one key to this season could be Musa Jallow. He has a long way to go, but he is taller and every bit as athletic as Tate.

Last year there were countless games where we kept looking to Bates-Diop to bail us out. This is much more of a team.

Of course, we are only two games in. But I like what I have seen so far.
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Muhammed reminded me of Lighty out there going out as a freshman to lock up their best player.
 
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I didn't think we'd get the win at UC and I didn't think there would be any point this season where we'd score over 100 points, so in some ways this team is already exceeding my expectations, but I don't feel like I really have a grip on them yet. Which, I mean... they've played two games.

Other B1G teams have been playing pretty well, blowing their cupcakes out and so on, so yeah.
 
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nomatta said:
I didn't think we'd get the win at UC and I didn't think there would be any point this season where we'd score over 100 points, so in some ways this team is already exceeding my expectations, but I don't feel like I really have a grip on them yet. Which, I mean... they've played two games.
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I agree with you, but there are enough positive signs at this point that being more optimistic than at the start of the season makes sense. Also it nice to see this base of talent play well before we inject the high tier talent coming in next season. The potential after this year seems very high.
 
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LitlBuck said:
Muhammed guarding Langford will be very interesting to say the least. Might be a little bit of chatter when those two get together.
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As a basketball fan, I've already been salivating about that matchup too. Not sure I've ever seen Langford change expressions on the court though, he is stoic :lol:

But he's never had Muhammed in his jersey for 35 minutes. :biggrin2:
 
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OHIO STATE MUST RELY ON GUARD-HEAVY LINEUPS THIS SEASON

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Just two minutes and four seconds into the 2018-19 season, Chris Holtmann subbed out Kaleb Wesson. The 6-foot-9 center had just picked up a foul, and Holtmann had to ensure he didn’t quickly pick up a second foul in the opener against Cincinnati on Wednesday, so he went to the bench.

Holtmann did not opt to replace Wesson with another post player, though. Nor did he even decide to go with a forward. Instead, he tabbed 6-foot-3, 205-pound guard Keyshawn Woods to take out the 270-pound man in the middle.

The substitution immediately shrunk Ohio State’s to three guards. Woods joined Luther Muhammad in the backcourt. Andre Wesson, the fourth-tallest player on the team at 6-foot-6, shifted from small forward to power forward, while 6-foot-8, 205-pound Kyle Young moved from power forward to center. All three guards on the court were 6-foot-3 or shorter.

The Buckeyes played just 28 seconds with that lineup before Kaleb Wesson subbed back into the game, but that quick peek offered a glimpse at the guard-heavy lineups Holtmann will rely on this season.

“I've always been a believer that you're trying to put your best players on the floor as much as possible,” Holtmann said last week. “So, you've got to figure out a way to make that work. We'll try to do that within the team, whatever that looks like with our team. If that looked like five post guys, we would try to figure out a way to do that.”
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Micah Potter’s decision to transfer increased Ohio State’s propensity to play smaller lineups, though Holtmann downplayed the effect, saying, “That might have impacted it a little bit, but not dramatically."

Without Potter, Young’s role becomes more important, since he will play two positions more often, which will lead to more minutes. LeDee didn’t play in the season opener but had 16 points in 13 minutes against Purdue Fort Wayne. He will likely spell Kaleb Wesson when the big man needs a rest and Ohio State can’t afford to move Young to center while playing Andre Wesson or Jallow as undersized power forwards.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-must-rely-on-guard-heavy-lineups-this-season
 
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