vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta. Shooter's shoot, defender's defend, rebounder's rebound. Know your personnel, then play them accordingly. I'd say Thad's done a pretty good job with this, don't you?

vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta. Shooter's shoot, defender's defend, rebounder's rebound. Know your personnel, then play them accordingly. I'd say Thad's done a pretty good job with this, don't you?

vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta. Shooter's shoot, defender's defend, rebounder's rebound. Know your personnel, then play them accordingly. I'd say Thad's done a pretty good job with this, don't you?

vball10set;1408478 wrote:Lol at the "coaches" on here pretending they know more about OSU's team than Coach Matta.

Heretic;1408480 wrote:Yeah, but Matta only graduated from Butler

fan_from_texas;1408499 wrote:I'm not pretending to know more than Matta does. I'm simply pointing out that 17pts on 19 shots is terrible, no matter how you slice it. And since Thomas is shooting a pretty miserable 44% on the season, it's not exactly an aberration.

He's a volume scorer who puts up a lot of shots. That boosts his scoring average but doesn't help the team.

fan_from_texas;1408499 wrote:I'm not pretending to know more than Matta does. I'm simply pointing out that 17pts on 19 shots is terrible, no matter how you slice it. And since Thomas is shooting a pretty miserable 44% on the season, it's not exactly an aberration.

He's a volume scorer who puts up a lot of shots. That boosts his scoring average but doesn't help the team.

fan_from_texas;1408414 wrote:I'm skeptical. He's shooting under 44% (!) on the year. His three-point shooting is also down from last year. He's scoring more because he's putting up more shots.

17pts on 6-19 shooting isn't something to celebrate. It's a reason to have anyone else shoot.

Devils Advocate;1408516 wrote:

wildcats20;1408524 wrote:While funny, it's not true.

Laley23;1408526 wrote:What part? 4th #2?

wildcats20;1408527 wrote:They were the 6th overall seed.

Laley23;1408529 wrote:Thats what I thought you meant.

Here's the entire seed list for the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

1. Louisville
2. Kansas
3. Indiana
4. Gonzaga
5. Miami (FL)
6. Duke
7. Georgetown
8. Ohio St.
9. New Mexico
10. Florida
11. Michigan St.
12. Marquette
13. Michigan
14. Kansas St.
15. Saint Louis
16. Syracuse
17. Oklahoma St.
18. UNLV
19. Wisconsin
20. VCU
21. Arizona
22. Butler
23. Memphis
24. UCLA
25. Creighton
26. San Diego St.
27. Notre Dame
28. Illinois
29. North Carolina
30. Colorado St.
31. Pittsburgh
32. North Carolina St.
33. Missouri
34. Temple
35. Wichita St.
36. Colorado
37. Cincinnati
38. Villanova
39. Iowa St.
40. Oklahoma
41. Minnesota
42. California
43. Oregon
44. Belmont
45. Boise St.
46. St. Mary's (CA)
47. Ole Miss
48. Bucknell
49. La Salle
50. Middle Tenn.
51. Akron
52. New Mexico St.
53. South Dakota St.
54. Montana
55. Davidson
56. Valparaiso
57. Northwestern St.
58. Harvard
59. FGCU
60. Pacific
61. Iona
62. Albany (NY)
63. Western Ky.
64. Southern U.
65. LIU Brooklyn
66. James Madison
67. N.C. A&T
68. Liberty

sleeper;1408481 wrote:More media generated garbage. Aaron Craft does all 3; as well as provides leadership. I'll give Thomas credit in that he plays on the defensive end of the floor, but when it comes to his offensive game, I'd rather have Lenzelle Smith Jr. take every shot than chucker DeChuck Thomas.

Heretic;1408480 wrote:Yeah, but Matta only graduated from Butler, so with his B1G degree, Sleeper's totally tons more accomplished and knowledgeable about how to do his job.

se-alum;1408539 wrote:Now I know you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. Smith is only better than Amir Williams.

FatHobbit;1408511 wrote:If Matta's so great, tell me how many B1G coach of the year awards has he won? ANYONE can win the B1G tournament but it takes something special to win the coach of the year and look like the grinch. lol

se-alum;1408539 wrote:Now I know you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. Smith is only better than Amir Williams.

sleeper;1408555 wrote:It's a joke. Smith sucks. Should be benched along with Williams.

reclegend22;1408426 wrote:That's probably about right. I have a prior engagement on Sunday afternoon so I am really worried about Duke's tip. Being that you are in TV, where do you think the Duke-Cincy/Creighton game or Albany-Cincy/Creighton () will tip Sunday? I can't fathom it would be the noon game. I was thinking evening, around 5:30? Not sure if you would have an idea or not. I can't find anything anywhere.

Mulva;1408653 wrote:It looks like 6 of the 8 games Sunday tip at 5 pm or later:

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013-march-madness-tv-schedule/

reclegend22;1408668 wrote:Thanks for the link. I thought that there were more late games than usual last year.

I bet that Indiana plays one of the two earlier slots, which might help Laley. If Duke wins against Albany (sad that I cannot confidently say that), not sure Duke-Creighton/Cincy would warrant a stand-alone spot, but I wouldn't be surprised if they want to make sure the entire nation is able to see Duke lose.