Men's Basketball Open Thread: UNC Asheville

By 11W Staff -15 December 2012
42 Comments
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I KEEP SHOOTING. I KEEP SMILING. WE KEEP WINNING.

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12:00PM	BTN / BTN2GO	Affiliates	OSU (-23½)	UNC Asheville at #7 Ohio State

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:15pm #

best start in awhile

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Matthew on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:27pm #

Yeah no sleep walking here. Good to see.

Class of 2010

bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:22pm #

Very quick start! Doesn't seem like Asheville plays much defense so could be a big scoring day for the Buckeyes.

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:21pm #

I would love to see them hang a hundy on Asheville

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:24pm #

hopefully Craft gets back on track

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:27pm #

Craft harassing Scott on d in practice has turned Scott into a heck of on ball defender

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bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:27pm #

Scott has been great on defensive!

bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:27pm #

Q needs to settle down at times...called for travelling twice last game and already once today.

Craft getting his offensive game going would be nice to see!

bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:34pm #

Shannon Scott dropping dimes!

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:35pm #

good balanced scoring so far

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BuckeyeBoyer85 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:41pm #

Good ball movement on offense and executing our fast breaks Defense looks pretty good too forcing turnovers.

Wayne Woodrow Hayes

bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:42pm #

Rav with a strong 1st half and the Buckeyes are still on pace for that hundy!

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:42pm #

The Hornsby kid is keeping Asheville breathing

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bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:46pm #

Cover the damn kid already

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:45pm #

Tank only has 6 and we have 40 with 3 mins left in 1st half is amazing

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:45pm #

Smiths game is vastly improved

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bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:48pm #

Seems like Matta told Lenzelle he has the green light on offense and Smith is taking advantage and showing some nice skills on the offensive end

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:47pm #

zone its time for shaggy soprano

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:48pm #

might want to give the open three to tank not Scott

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:50pm #

Scott 7 and Craft with 5 assists

Is there a better 1 2 PG duo in the country

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bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:52pm #

Nope! Once Scott's jumper gets better he will be lethal.

bhartman13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:53pm #

Nice 1st half and once they stop Hornsby this game will open up and the Buckeyes will cruise to a 30+ point win.

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 1:54pm #

shooting 59%

but only 2-10 from three

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highwire on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:00pm #

Really impressed with the team the last few games. In what looked to be a Tank or bust kind of year, guys have stepped up, and it now appears that EVERYONE on the floor is a scoring threat.

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:01pm #

Smith and Ross sure appear to be

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:07pm #

everyone complained about attendance last game

but where are the usual suspects on here?

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highwire on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:09pm #

Wait a second...IU has a player named Peter Jurkin? Really?!

http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jurkin_peter00.html

TNbuckeye91 on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:16pm #

Damn thefirstrow link quit working!

falconlax13 on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:18pm #

Love the unselfish play today. Ravenals been great, and Thompsons made some tough baskets. Transition play is a beautiful thing to see

Danify on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:19pm #

I have a feeling OSU players are taking out their best games on lesser opponents, especially after knowing they left Duke's court with an L, knowing they should have won that game. Ha.

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:23pm #

a little easier against UNC ASHEVILLE kids

than the 10 MCdonalds All Ammericans on DUKE

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:19pm #

Ladies and Gentlemen

SAM THOMPSON

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captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:28pm #

hornsby unconcious

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okiebuck on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:39pm #

Thanks for the updates guy; can't wait for the KU game; especailly since I will be able to see it.

"Fate has cards that it don't want to show"

captain obvious on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:41pm #

great d today leading to alot of easy buckets

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okiebuck on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:41pm #

It sucks with no BTN on our cable system in Tulsa.

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OurHonorDefend09 on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:43pm #

Trey McDonald is out Amir Williams'ing Amir Williams. Trey needs to see some of Amir's minutes next game. He's playing and doing exactly what everyone expected Amir to do and Amir just looks lost. He clearly is still trying to mentally catch up and you can see that by him drop stepping to the wrong side when he had an easy layup if done correctly.

Either way, one of these guys needs to step up to help Ravenel off the bench.

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okiebuck on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:49pm #

Don't like hearing that; I had high hopes for Amir this year; thought he would be a force in the paint; especially on D.

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OurHonorDefend09 on 15 Dec 2012 - 2:58pm #

Shannon Scott looking like Aaron Craft on speed; however, makes it extremely exciting to see this team run in transition. If he starts hitting his jump shot, this team is going to be filthy come March.

Don't give up... Don't ever give up.