se-alum;1579558 wrote:If Tate isn't healthy in 6 months, he's got more than a torn labrum. Hopefully Kam Williams can come in a contribute to. Unfortunately, there isn't much interior help on the way.

Terry_Tate;1579554 wrote:At least Russell and Bates-Diop should be damn good freshmen. Sucks that Tate has a torn labrum or he would have been a solid backup.

Terry_Tate;1579571 wrote:I think D Russell will be the main one that can have an impact because of his scoring and he can handle the ball so I think he gets 25 minutes a game and is one of the top 3 players on the team. Bates-Diop can really score as well but I think he will be an 18 MPG guy that boosts scoring. That could also depend on if Ross leaves which would open up some minutes. They need scoring bad though and those 2 are scorers. I don't expect either to be stars but do think Russell will have a good year.

Terry_Tate;1579565 wrote:Thought I read that Matta said he would still be in rehab come fall but hopefully he's back and ready to go.

Laley23;1579575 wrote:Seems logical.

I guess the question becomes, how many wins can they add?

se-alum;1579579 wrote:Asked a PT friend the other day, and she said 99% of torn labrum cases are a 3 month recovery. Sling for a month, and a couple months of therapy. Let's hope there wasn't more damage in there.

Terry_Tate;1579580 wrote:Without Russell and KBD and assuming Ross returns around 20th. Around 10th with them if they can have the type of impact I think they will. Probably a little ambitious but scoring should be vastly improved(not hard to do that from this team) and defense will suffer some but Scott and Thompson are both very good defenders. Ross leaves and don't think they have any shot at being a top 15 team. Will have to revisit this one at a later date.



Hopefully not. Trying to find where I saw that but best I can find is Thad said he's unsure when he'll return, and that was from a reporter on twitter. They could use him next year, that's for sure.

Classyposter58;1579539 wrote:They deserve a loud and thorough booing off the court

vball10set;1579616 wrote:Why? It's not like they weren't trying, they're just not very good. It's tough to win when you're 3 of 20 from 3pt range (when your opponent is 8 of 17) and get outrebounded 39-27 (14-8 offensively). Also, I read where Urban Meyer was hosting a 5* recruit last night at the game--a booing crowd sure would've impressed him, don't ya' think? :rolleyes:

The No. 15 Wolverines outrebounded Ohio State 39-27 overall and 14-8 on the offensive glass. They scored 11 second-chance points and had 18 bench points.

centralbucksfan;1579627 wrote:Point on. OSU didn't play that poorly last nite.

vball10set;1579647 wrote:To further my point... http://www.elevenwarriors.com//ohio-state-basketball/2014/02/33445/scoring-drought-costs-buckeyes-loss-michigan Our bench scored 4 points, all by Scott in 27 minutes of PT...Loving (2), McDonald (10) and Della Valle (3) played a total of 15 minutes.

Heretic;1579722 wrote:Ohio State played well for 25 minutes. They weren't hitting from outside, but they were penetrating the lane and playing aggressively offensively.

During the final 15...pure crap. They stopped going inside and settled for jumper after jumper after jumper and got outscored by about 17 in that stretch after rebuilding their lead to 7 or 8.

Tale of two games, essentially. The one where they looked like a team that could make the Sweet 16 or so and the one where they looked like a NIT first-round exit.

Prescott;1579704 wrote:What the hell has happened to Loving and Della Valle? Both have disappeared when tOSU needs them them most................. Scott does not stop dribble penetration and tOSU got burned by dribble penetration last night.Walton made play after play down the stretch. The 3 point differential was a killer as well.To beat a good team tOSU needs to play well and hope the other team has an off night from deep.

WebFire;1579724 wrote:Hey, since I've been well behaved about OSU lately, even during the terrible football season, I have to at least post this. :RpS_razz:

se-alum;1579785 wrote:Well, Loving and Della Valle can't just run onto the court and start playing. That's my one dig on Matta's coaching, he seems to forget about guys on the bench, especially when the game is close.

Prescott;1580005 wrote:At this point in the season they should be contributing more than they are.

Prescott;1580005 wrote:I wasn't questioning Matta's decision not to play them. I was questioning their lack of production in recent games.At this point in the season they should be contributing more than they are.