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By: Our Honor Defend » Blog Archive » we’ve been naughty…

Our Honor Defend » Blog Archive » we’ve been naughty… — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:56:55 +0000

[...] it’s hard to fault us that badly1, since there’s really not been a lot going on. It was another day another loss for the Buckeye hoops team, but this was the first home conference [...]

By: Eleven Warriors » Gameday Preview: OSU at #12 Indiana

Eleven Warriors » Gameday Preview: OSU at #12 Indiana — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:55:43 +0000

[...] Things sure have changed at Indiana since they beat back Ohio State 59-53, a couple of weeks ago. A couple of Hoosier fans took offense to what I said about Kelvin Sampson in [...]

By: Eleven Warriors » Gameday Preview: OSU at Northwestern

Eleven Warriors » Gameday Preview: OSU at Northwestern — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:41:30 +0000

[...] BREAKDOWN: The home loss to Indiana has many fans counting the Buckeyes out of a NCAA tourney bid however the rest of the season starts [...]

By: Eleven Warriors » Last Team In or First Team Out?

Eleven Warriors » Last Team In or First Team Out? — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:03:14 +0000

[...] the loss to the Hoosiers technically hurts that cause as Indiana was the favorite coming in, but as Chris mentioned, the Buckeyes’ strength-of-schedule won’t do them a damn good if they all of those [...]

By: vico

vico — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:15:09 +0000

heh, given our past road wins, I think it would be if we could pull it off, or at least it would be the signature road win of the season since our only two road victories are against the 8 and 9 teams in-conference. Beating Indiana in Bloomington is the bigger prize, of course.

By: From the Barn

From the Barn — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:02:54 +0000

Don’t kid yourselves. Winning at Minnesota is not a signature road win.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:45:39 +0000

Very true…I thought Butler still had a shot at POY until today. He’s been incredible but the minutes are piling up which could be trouble down the road, especially if the help is still sporadic come conf tourney / postseason.

By: vico

vico — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:19:30 +0000

a testament to Butler as well for helping tie a team together that features in a starting lineup with him:
- 2 freshmen (either Koufos/Diebler or Koufos/Turner)
- sophomore David Lighty (who took a huge step back imo)
- JUCO transfer/senior with 5 total years of basketball experience

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:53:38 +0000

I torture myself thinking about how the master plan was for both Conley and Cook to be on this team and what kind of difference they would make. I know many programs can make arguments like that every year but losing 3 freshmen to the NBA, 1st round no less, was huge. The fact that they are a solid bubble team this season is a testament to Matta.

By: vico

vico — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:39:32 +0000

This is what I’ve been thinking to myself for a while after watching this team. All the killer nonconference matchups and road games don’t make us a tourney team until we win one of them, and our two quality wins this season are probably Florida at home and Syracuse in Madison Square Garden. To really quell all doubts, we really needed to pick up at least one of the 3 roadies in January (Purdue, MSU, Tennessee) and picked up none of them. Our two road victories this season (if I’m recollecting correctly) are against subpar Illinois and Penn State. We’re just not a tournament team now, and we would need a signature road win (Indiana or Minnesota) and another signature home win (Wisky, Purdue or Sparty) to settle it.