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Kevin Warren is an ass
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hometown: Deerfield Illinois
High School: Deerfield
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watched on replay and he and dakich do a running chest bump at halfcourt that i believe knocked lane on his ass hahahahaha
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JOEY LANE, OHIO STATE WALK-ONS EARN LATE MINUTES WITH HARD WORK IN PRACTICE
James Grega on February 13, 2018 at 8:35 am @jgrega11
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If you're a fan of sports or Will Ferrell movies, you know the title given to those who are often forgotten. You know, the 'Other Guys.'
While you might not know their names (okay, you probably know at least one of their names), they put in just as much work as the players that get all the attention, like Keita Bates-Diop or Jae'Sean Tate.
With Ohio State up comfortably on Iowa late in an 82-64 victory on Saturday night, Chris Holtmann was able to empty his bench and bring in walk-ons Matt Lehmann, Connor Fulton and former walk-on and fan favorite Joey Lane. While he said his starters and other contributors probably could have given him more minutes due to an extended break between games, Holtmann said he was more than happy to give minutes to the guys who rarely see game action.
"I think they certainly could have went longer, but its nice to be able to get them a little bit of rest. It probably would have been more important if we were playing on Tuesday," Holtmann said after the Iowa win. "I was OK if they were going to play longer, but it was nice to be able to get some other guys in there. Your walk-ons work really hard to help you prepare your team in scouting and you love to be able to give them some game action. That was cool to see. Typically, those guys aren't too shy getting up shots when they get in there. That was the case again (Saturday)."
Holtmann was of course referencing Lane's first field goal attempt against Iowa, which came from close to 30 feet but did not fall.
Lane's fame with Ohio State fans, particularly the student body, has grown with his energy on the bench and his Twitter account, which is never short of entertainment.
Prior to Lane checking in against Iowa, the Ohio State student section made sure to make their voices heard in calling for Holtmann to insert the Deerfield, Ill., native into the game, something Holtmann acknowledged he hears loud and clear on his radio show Monday.
"Everybody loves when Joey Lane can get in there. With six minutes to go, if we have a three-possession lead, I get chants to put Joey in there from the student section," Holtmann said. "I am like, 'Settle down there, we have a game to win.' Not that Joey wouldn't help us. He is a fan favorite. They absolutely love him and we love him. We love to coach him."
While Lane didn't score against the Hawkeyes on Saturday, he drew perhaps one of the largest cheers of the season when he sank a three-pointer in a blowout win over Maryland on Jan. 11. His reaction (as captured by Eleven Warriors' photographer Andrew Lind), was as you can imagine, priceless.
Joey Lane following his lone three-point make of the season.
Nearly every team, no matter the sport, has a group of 'Other Guys' that work hard in practice, but almost never get to see game action. Holtmann, however, doesn't want anyone to forget about his group of walk-ons and other bench players, as they have contributed to the almost surreal run Ohio State has been on in 2017-18.
"It is great to have those guys. As you know, they are on your scout team, they work as hard as the other guys and they get beat up a lot being on the scout team," Holtmann said. "To have those guys out there playing a little bit, it's great."
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James Grega on February 13, 2018 at 8:35 am @jgrega11
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If you're a fan of sports or Will Ferrell movies, you know the title given to those who are often forgotten. You know, the 'Other Guys.'
While you might not know their names (okay, you probably know at least one of their names), they put in just as much work as the players that get all the attention, like Keita Bates-Diop or Jae'Sean Tate.
With Ohio State up comfortably on Iowa late in an 82-64 victory on Saturday night, Chris Holtmann was able to empty his bench and bring in walk-ons Matt Lehmann, Connor Fulton and former walk-on and fan favorite Joey Lane. While he said his starters and other contributors probably could have given him more minutes due to an extended break between games, Holtmann said he was more than happy to give minutes to the guys who rarely see game action.
"I think they certainly could have went longer, but its nice to be able to get them a little bit of rest. It probably would have been more important if we were playing on Tuesday," Holtmann said after the Iowa win. "I was OK if they were going to play longer, but it was nice to be able to get some other guys in there. Your walk-ons work really hard to help you prepare your team in scouting and you love to be able to give them some game action. That was cool to see. Typically, those guys aren't too shy getting up shots when they get in there. That was the case again (Saturday)."
Holtmann was of course referencing Lane's first field goal attempt against Iowa, which came from close to 30 feet but did not fall.
Lane's fame with Ohio State fans, particularly the student body, has grown with his energy on the bench and his Twitter account, which is never short of entertainment.
Prior to Lane checking in against Iowa, the Ohio State student section made sure to make their voices heard in calling for Holtmann to insert the Deerfield, Ill., native into the game, something Holtmann acknowledged he hears loud and clear on his radio show Monday.
"Everybody loves when Joey Lane can get in there. With six minutes to go, if we have a three-possession lead, I get chants to put Joey in there from the student section," Holtmann said. "I am like, 'Settle down there, we have a game to win.' Not that Joey wouldn't help us. He is a fan favorite. They absolutely love him and we love him. We love to coach him."
While Lane didn't score against the Hawkeyes on Saturday, he drew perhaps one of the largest cheers of the season when he sank a three-pointer in a blowout win over Maryland on Jan. 11. His reaction (as captured by Eleven Warriors' photographer Andrew Lind), was as you can imagine, priceless.
Joey Lane following his lone three-point make of the season.
Nearly every team, no matter the sport, has a group of 'Other Guys' that work hard in practice, but almost never get to see game action. Holtmann, however, doesn't want anyone to forget about his group of walk-ons and other bench players, as they have contributed to the almost surreal run Ohio State has been on in 2017-18.
"It is great to have those guys. As you know, they are on your scout team, they work as hard as the other guys and they get beat up a lot being on the scout team," Holtmann said. "To have those guys out there playing a little bit, it's great."
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Ohio State men’s basketball notebook | Joey Lane, seniors say goodbye after emotional loss
By Adam Jardy
The Columbus Dispatch
Posted at 3:44 AM
TULSA, Okla. – The emotion of Ohio State’s 2018-19 men’s basketball season was sitting on a foldout chair in the corner of a cramped locker room inside the BOK Center.
Not even an hour earlier, the Buckeyes had bowed out of the NCAA Tournament with a 74-59 loss to Houston in the second round of the Midwest regional. Against a quicker, faster and ultimately better team, No. 11 seed Ohio State trailed for all but 5:25 of the game and spent the entire second half trailing by at least two possessions against No. 3 seed Houston.
It was a somber scene inside the locker room. And if there was anyone who could speak to what the program had been through, what the game meant and what the future looked like, it was the longest-tenured player on the roster: walk-on Joey Lane, the only four-year member of the roster.
Red-eyed with a face largely obscured by a towel he’s waved from the end of the bench for so long, Lane had just shared a final message to his fellow members of a group that billed itself as “Team 120.”
What did he tell them?
“I told these guys, these first two years that I was here I put my heart and soul into the team and the program and really didn’t get anything in return,” he told The Dispatch, his voice wavering. “When this new coaching staff came here and these guys came here, the past two years, I didn’t change anything from my end. The fact that they listened to me and respected me and encouraged me and let me be a leader and then seeing the success this team had, I’m without words for how awesome that made me feel and how special this group of guys is.
“The truth of the matter is no one expected us to be here, and the fact that we not only got to the NCAA Tournament and got a win, got an upset, it’s a pretty cool thing for this group.”
The Buckeyes were widely projected to miss the NCAA Tournament in Chris Holtmann’s second season. Billed as a rebuilding year, there wasn’t a lot of external belief that this team would have the pieces necessary to get back into March Madness, much less to win a game.
Yet, there they were Sunday night, battling against a Houston team with three losses on the season for a chance to return to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in six years. It ended on a night where the Buckeyes couldn’t penetrate against a suffocating Cougars defense and couldn’t come up with enough stops to give themselves a chance.
It ended with Lane on the floor for the final 21 seconds. With 15 seconds left on the clock, the senior fired up the final shot of the season, a three-pointer from the right wing with a defender in his face.
It rimmed out.
“I thought it was good, too,” he said of the shot. “I thought it was short, but when it was there I thought it was going to go in. Well, whatever: I made my first three and missed my last three. That’s kind of brutal, but it happens.”
That marked one final memory on the court for a senior who had played occasional meaningful regular-season minutes for the only season in his career. The chance to close out the season was meaningful for Lane for a number of reasons, but for one in particular.
“It kept me from crying a little longer, that’s for sure,” he said with a wry smile. “To play in the NCAA tournament is every kid’s dream. While it didn’t feel like I was playing in there because it was virtually over, it was really special. Special is the word I’d use for this group of guys, for my time here.”
https://www.buckeyextra.com/sports/...xefknOvfDMVRkxbrgkJFLTIXi0OcKaizZgyfTVCqCN0LA
By Adam Jardy
The Columbus Dispatch
Posted at 3:44 AM
TULSA, Okla. – The emotion of Ohio State’s 2018-19 men’s basketball season was sitting on a foldout chair in the corner of a cramped locker room inside the BOK Center.
Not even an hour earlier, the Buckeyes had bowed out of the NCAA Tournament with a 74-59 loss to Houston in the second round of the Midwest regional. Against a quicker, faster and ultimately better team, No. 11 seed Ohio State trailed for all but 5:25 of the game and spent the entire second half trailing by at least two possessions against No. 3 seed Houston.
It was a somber scene inside the locker room. And if there was anyone who could speak to what the program had been through, what the game meant and what the future looked like, it was the longest-tenured player on the roster: walk-on Joey Lane, the only four-year member of the roster.
Red-eyed with a face largely obscured by a towel he’s waved from the end of the bench for so long, Lane had just shared a final message to his fellow members of a group that billed itself as “Team 120.”
What did he tell them?
“I told these guys, these first two years that I was here I put my heart and soul into the team and the program and really didn’t get anything in return,” he told The Dispatch, his voice wavering. “When this new coaching staff came here and these guys came here, the past two years, I didn’t change anything from my end. The fact that they listened to me and respected me and encouraged me and let me be a leader and then seeing the success this team had, I’m without words for how awesome that made me feel and how special this group of guys is.
“The truth of the matter is no one expected us to be here, and the fact that we not only got to the NCAA Tournament and got a win, got an upset, it’s a pretty cool thing for this group.”
The Buckeyes were widely projected to miss the NCAA Tournament in Chris Holtmann’s second season. Billed as a rebuilding year, there wasn’t a lot of external belief that this team would have the pieces necessary to get back into March Madness, much less to win a game.
Yet, there they were Sunday night, battling against a Houston team with three losses on the season for a chance to return to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in six years. It ended on a night where the Buckeyes couldn’t penetrate against a suffocating Cougars defense and couldn’t come up with enough stops to give themselves a chance.
It ended with Lane on the floor for the final 21 seconds. With 15 seconds left on the clock, the senior fired up the final shot of the season, a three-pointer from the right wing with a defender in his face.
It rimmed out.
“I thought it was good, too,” he said of the shot. “I thought it was short, but when it was there I thought it was going to go in. Well, whatever: I made my first three and missed my last three. That’s kind of brutal, but it happens.”
That marked one final memory on the court for a senior who had played occasional meaningful regular-season minutes for the only season in his career. The chance to close out the season was meaningful for Lane for a number of reasons, but for one in particular.
“It kept me from crying a little longer, that’s for sure,” he said with a wry smile. “To play in the NCAA tournament is every kid’s dream. While it didn’t feel like I was playing in there because it was virtually over, it was really special. Special is the word I’d use for this group of guys, for my time here.”
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