Ohio State vs. Wisconsin, Sunday, March 10th, 4:30PM, CBS

[NFBuck]

An improbably awful first half, an equally improbable comeback, and an all too predictable failure to get crunch-time points.

Got me feeling some type of way.

Anyways, see y'all next season.

Not sure there's anything "improbably" awful about this team right now.

Anyway, hope we can get a win or two with Kaleb in the B1G tourney and maybe a nice showing in the NIT to get Washington, Ahrens and the other young bucks some experience. Bonus if Luther can un-fuck himself.

 

[brodybuck21]

Whatever. Fuck bucky

 

[Systems_id]

Watched the first half, which was awful, then had to meet some friends to catch a showing of Captain Marvel. Checked my phone again, saw they were down 16 or so, then turned my phone off before the movie. Went to the bathroom, checked my phone again for the hell of it, saw it went to OT and suddenly wished I was near a tv. Sucked it didn't go this way but I was worried we'd get smoked on our home court. Great to see them fight.

 

[nomatta]

Not sure there's anything "improbably" awful about this team right now.

"Improbable" in the sense that I thought law of averages would dictate we couldn't possibly see a worst first half in this game immediately after that first half at Northwestern. Silly me.

Anyways, I don't want to add extra rain on the parade for the effort they showed in clawing back into the game. I think at this point I've just been fundamentally broken in my ability to talk about this team any more.

 

[dragurd]

You mean the guy (CJ) who airballed the three-pointer at the end of regulation?

He got hot and brought the team back. Whether he airballed a game winner or not. Meanwhile Woods took nearly every shot in OT and yeah.. We saw how that went

 

[buckeyesin07]

He got hot and brought the team back. Whether he airballed a game winner or not. Meanwhile Woods took nearly every shot in OT and yeah.. We saw how that went

Eh, Woods was 1-3 from the field in OT when the game hadn't already been decided. Jackson didn't take any shots from the floor, but was 2-4 from the FT line (which is atrocious). From my vantage point, it wasn't a no-brainer for Jackson to be "the guy" in OT.

 

[brodybuck21]

Eh, Woods was 1-3 from the field in OT when the game hadn't already been decided. Jackson didn't take any shots from the floor, but was 2-4 from the FT line (which is atrocious). From my vantage point, it wasn't a no-brainer for Jackson to be "the guy" in OT.

wisky also turned up the defensive juice in OT. our shot to win was that last possession in regulation

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

our shot to win was that last possession in regulation

jackson has hit some great late-game shots but no three-point buzzer-beaters when we were tied. few things bother me more than the epidemic of hero-balls behind the arc when the game is tied. at least give yourself a freakin' chance to get fouled. throw in cj's lingering shoulder injury, which was just tweaked by happ's hard screen, and it was just about the worst option available. the airball only made it more obvious.

 

[brodybuck21]

jackson has hit some great late-game shots but no three-point buzzer-beaters when we were tied. few things bother me more than the epidemic of hero-balls behind the arc when the game is tied. at least give yourself a freakin' chance to get fouled. throw in cj's lingering shoulder injury, which was just tweaked by happ's hard screen, and it was just about the worst option available. the airball only made it more obvious.

we are the absolute worst on holding the ball for the last shot either before the half or at the end of the game it seems like. even his game winners seemed rushed

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

we are the absolute worst on holding the ball for the last shot either before the half or at the end of the game it seems like. even his game winners seemed rushed

our offense is just mediocre when the shot clock is over 8 seconds. but under 8 seconds?

 

[LitlBuck]

This was my post from the Holtmann thread regarding my take on the last play in regulation.

I am still on the fence regarding Holtmann. I will wait until he gets next year's recruiting class in and then I will judge him. However, the last play in regulation yesterday against Wisconsin really bothers me. I know that CJ was are leading scorer in that game but I question whether or not he was the person to be handling the ball in that possession. It has been shown over this season that CJ does not as of the ball very well when trying to penetrate and he shoots much better when he is already set. I almost would have rather seen the ball in the hands of Woods or Washington. I realize that CJ is a senior and that might have played into Holtmann's decision. Nonetheless, I thought the "play" was very poorly conceived not to mention executed.