OSU MARCH TO 2009-10 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP

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Jerry Lucas led OSU to 3 straight NCAA Finals - Big Ten player of year 3 times 1960-2
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Greg Oden led OSU to NCAA finals in 2007
GAME BY GAME OHIO STATE
HIGHLIGHTS - 2009-10


NOTE - Following is my recap of each game mostly from a stat standpoint in date order.  Following the regular season games are the Big Ten tournament games and NCAA games followed by pictures and than a large section on Jerry Lucas and the OSU NCAA 1960 championship game.
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Thad Matta at pre season Big Ten Media Day
GAME 1  November 9, 2009 - Alcorn State 60 at OSU 100
 Evan Turner gets second triple double in OSU history with 17 bounds, 14 points and 10 assists.  Dennis Hopson had the other OSU triple double in 1986.   Diebler scores 22 on 6 of 9 on 3 point attempts.  OSU shot 53.4% and had 8 players scoring 5 or more points.
GAME 2  November 12, 2009 - James Madison 44 at OSU 72
 Turner gets 24 points and 17 bounds while hitting 11 of 19 shots.  Turner now 4th in nation averaging 17 bounds a game and he is the point guard!  Lighty scored 14 on 6 of 13 from the floor.
GAME 3  November 19, 2009 - #6 North Carolina 77 vs OSU 73
 at Madison Square Garden		 Turner gets another triple double but this one included 10 turnovers!!  Turner scored 23 on 9 of 14 and grabbed 11 bounds.  Turner had 10 of OSU 16 turnovers.  Diebler scored 17 but was on 3 for 10 on 3-pointers.   Bucks played poorly for 30 minutes and fell behind by 19 but rallied to within 2 points with 11 seconds remaining.
GAME 4  November 20, 2009 - #12 California 70 vs OSU 76 at Madison Square Garden OSU played great for 32 minutes while building a 22 point lead then allowed California to get as close as 6 points.  Turner scored 24 on 9 of 14 from field.  Diebler had 14 points on 3 of 7 on three pointers.  Turner 18 and Diebler 4 scored the last 22 points for OSU.  Turner is first player to start season with 4 double-doubles since Clark Kellog in 1981.  Lauderdale had 7 of OSU 11 blocked shots.
GAME 5  November 24, 2009 - Lipscomb 64 at OSU 84
 Turner gets 2nd triple double (3rd if you count 10 turnover game vs NC) in 5 games to help down 30 point underdog.  No record of any Big Ten player having two triple doubles in their career!  34 players have had multiple triple doubles in the sames season in Division 1 basketball.  The record is 4 triple doubles in the same year accomplished by 4 players.  Lighty scored career high 22 points on 9 of 14 including all 3 three pointers, Diebler added 17 hitting 5 of 11 three pointers and Turner scored 16 on 8 of 14 shooting.  OSU hit season high 57.9% from the field.  However, OSU made only 7 of 17 free throws.
GAME 6  November 28, 2009 - St. Francis (Pa.) (1-4)   47 at OSU 110

LEADERS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES THROUGH 6 GAMES:

Points per game:                        Turner  19.8         Diebler 15.7
Minutes per game:                    Turner  27.5         Diebler  25.5
Field Goal %:                             Lauderdale  93.8%    Simmons  64.5%   Turner  62.5%
3 Point %                                    Simmons  50.0%  Diebler 48.3%
Foul Shooting %                         Diebler  93.8%    Hill  83.3%
Rebounds per game                    Turner  12.5         Lauderdale  4.8
Total Assists                                Turner  38            Lighty   17
Total Steals                                  Lighty  11            Turner  10
Blocked Shots                              Lauderdale 20     Turner  6
Turnovers                                     Turner  26            Lighty  10
 OSU scored more points (110) and won by more points (63) than any other game in Matta's six year coaching career at OSU.   OSU had 6 players in double figures and two other players that scored 8 of 9.  OSU shot 63% from the field and were 70% half way through the 2nd half.  Simmons came off the bench to lead OSU scorers with 18 points on 7 of 9 from the field.  Diebler hit 5 of 6 3's in the first half and finished with 17 in 21 minutes.  Turner hit all 7 shots and finished with 16 points, 8 bounds and 5 assists in 26 minutes. Buford was 5-9 with 15 points.  Lauderdale was 4-4 for 11 points, 6 bounds and 6 of teams 11 blocks.  OSU outshot St Francis 63 to 27%, out rebounded them 42-21, won assists 22-2, steals 12-2 and blocked shots 11-0.
      Turner is averaging 13.4 bounds a game, good for 3rd in the nation.  Lauderdale is averaging 3.5 blocks per game, good for 5th in nation.  Diebler leads Big Ten with 3.6 3's a game.
GAME 7  December 2, 2009 - # 21 Florida State 64 at #15 OSU 77 (5-1)

Big Ten almost won the ACC challenge last year, losing 6 games to 5.  Tonight Illinois overcame
a 23 point lead at Clemson to win to make it 4-5 in this years ACC challenge.  Then Wisconsin
beat #6 Duke 72-69 and OSU beat #21 Florida State to give the Big Ten a 6-5 victory over the ACC breaking a 10 year losing streak.
      Turner had a huge 2nd half after Diebler scored 15 in the first half to lead the Buckeyes to 31-20 halftime lead.  The Buckeyes led from 10 to 20 points most of the 2nd half.  Turner hit 10 of 17 shots on way to 25 points, 13 bounds and 6 assists.  He also had 5 turnovers and missed 4 of 8 foul shots.  Diebler finished 6 of 12 from downtown and was 4 of 4 from the line.  Simmons came of the bench to sink 3 of 5 from 3 point land on way to 14 points.  No one else scored more than 5 points.  Lighty & Buford combined for 2 for 17 including 0-9 from two point area!  Taking away Diebler OSU shot 11 of 22 from the line.  OSU forced Florida State into 20 turnovers while committing 12.  Florida State's big front line of 7', 6'9" and 6'9" out rebounded the much smaller OSU 39-32.
GAME 8  December 5, 2009 - Eastern Michigan (5-2) 60 at OSU 111

After game 8 today, the leaders in various stat categories are:

                                                                               1st                     2nd                3rd
Points per game                                            Turner  18.5      Diebler 17.1        Lighty 11.9   
Rebounds per game                                     Turner  11.1       Lighty    5.0         Lauderdale  4.3
Total Assists                                                 Turner  45          Buford  26           Lighty  24 
Total Steals                                                   Lighty   18          Turner  13          Buford   8
Total Blocked Shots                             Lauderdale   23          Turner   8            Lighty  5
Field Goal %                                        Lauderdale    90.0%   Simmons 64.4%  Turner 61.4% 
3 Point %                                                    Simmons  53.6%   Diebler    52.2%  Buford 35.3%
Foul shooting %                                           Diebler   90.9%   Hill          88.0%  Simmons 81.2%
   NOTES:   Only 3 players listed shoot foul shots at 69+%
                     Nine players average 5.0 points or better per game

      OSU shot 63% from the field that led to a 62-25 half time lead and a 111-60 victory over 22 point underdog Eastern Michigan.  The 111 points was the most on their Value City Arena home court and 4th highest in team history.
     Although OSU won the game, they likely lost the war when Evan Turner landed on his back after missing a dunk shot 6 minutes into the game.  He fractured two vertebra and is estimated to be out for 8 weeks.
     This will give more  playing time to PJ Hill and Jeremie Simmons and provide OSU with a true point guard.  They both played well today as Hill had a career high 18 points on 6 of 8 shooting including 3 or 4 from downtown.    Simmons scored 17 points on 7 of 9 from the field including 3 of 5 from downtown. 
      Diebler led the scoring with 21 points including 6 of 8 from 3-point land, 5 assists and 5 bounds.  Lighty and Buford both scored 16 points on a combined 10 for 21.   Buford also had a career best 10 assists
      OSU made 16 of 29 from downtown and had ten players score and 5 scored at least 16 points.   OSU won the turnover battle 24-10.
GAME 9  December 12, 2009 -#13 OSU 66 at #22 Butler 74
Prior to Butler game and first game without Evan Turner, Ohio State ranks second in NCAA Division I
 in field-goal percentage (.525), fourth in points per game (87.9) and seventh in assists (18.5) and
 is tied for first in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7-1) and 17th in nation in 3 point shooting at 41.8% 
Diebler is 6th in nation in 3-pointers made and 9th in % at 52.2.  Turner 11th in nation in rebounds
despite playing a few minutes in last game. Diebler would be 9th in nation in foul shooting % at 90.9% i
f he had enough attempts.  Simmons 3-point shooting of 53.6  % would be good for 5th if enough attempts.
 Lauderdale 8th in blocks a 3.4 per game. 
     OSU played their first game since Turner broke two vertebra and lost on the road to #22 Butler 74-66.  Outside of two spurts, OSU didn't play well.  They were down by 11 in the 1st half before scoring 14 points in a row and actually led at half time 36-34.  In the 2nd half, Butler went up by 17 with 4 minutes remaining before the Buckeyes went on a 16-2 spurt to come with 3 points with 41 seconds remaining.  Both spurts occurred when Butler's best player, Howard, went out with foul trouble.
     Buford was 7 of 12 from the field with 7 bounds and 20 points.  Lighty was 6 of 14 with 7 bounds and 16 points.  Lauderdale was 6 of 7 for 12 points but only 4 bounds.
Simmons made 3 of 7 from downtown and 11 points.  Diebler had 7 shots, most rushed and only sank 1 of 4 three pointers and settled for 7 points.  He had a 3 pointer in the late rally to run his streak to 19 games with at least one 3. 
GAME 10  December 16, 2009 - Presbyterian(2-8) 48 at #18 OSU 78

Going into game, Lauderdale was leading nation in field goal % at 88.9%.  2nd was 77.8%.  Simmons was
3rd at 76.5%.  Diebler is 32nd in nation in free throw % at 91.7%.  Simmons is 16th in 3 point % at 51.4%
and Diebler is 21st at 50.7.  Diebler is 6th in nation with 36 three pointers.  Lauderdale is 10th in blocks
per game at 3.25.  He is shortest player in the top 13.  Jeremie Simmons was 2nd in Offensive rating at 149. 
and Diebler was 6th at 142.  Now if I knew what Offensive Rating was!  Two of the top 6 in the nation is
unbelievable. 
     OSU raced to a 26-5 lead with Buford (10) and Diebler (6) both outscoring Presbyterian.  OSU defeated Presbyterian by a 78-48 score.  OSU is now-11-0 vs Big South teams.  The Buckeyes came into the game being 2nd in the nation in field goal % at 52%.  After the first 25 minutes they were shooting 67% and six players had 8 to 13 points.  For the game, Lighty led the offense with 20 points on 7 of 12.  Six players scored 6 to 12 points.
     OSU is one of three Big Ten teams in the top 18 and one of 7 teams in top 45 in the AP poll.  Washington (24th) is only Pac 10 team in top 55 teams!
GAME 11  December 19, 2009 - Delaware State (4-4) 44 at OSU 60
      OSU overcame a slowdown game by Delaware State to score the fewest points this season but still won by 16, 60-44.  OSU continued their great shooting (61%) and their big 4 (Lighty, Turner, Lauderdale and Diebler) were 19 for 28 (68%).  Lauderdale's 90% shooting % dropped even though he was 5 for 6.  He is now 34 of 38 for the season.  Buford led the Buckeyes hitting 6 of 9 from the field and all 4 foul shots for 18 points and 6 assists.  Lighty added 12 on 5 for 8 and Lauderdale scored 11 were the other double digit scorers.
GAME 12  December 22, 2009 - Cleveland State (4-5) 59 at OSU #17 (9-2)  72
      OSU led by 6 to 15 points all of 2nd half on way to a 72-59 win.  David Lighty led the way with a career high of 30 points (22 in 2nd half) on 9 of 16 from the field including 3 of 5 from downtown and 9 of 13 foul shots, 7 bounds and 5 assists.  Lauderdale added 12 on 3-6 from the field (after coming into game hitting 89%) and 6 of 7 foul shots (after coming into the game hitting 39%), 8 bounds and 5 blocks.
    The Vikings' leading scorer, guard Norris Cole, was held scoreless and had six turnovers largely because of the defense of Hill, who played 35 minutes at point guard.
    OSU is now 80-2 at home against unranked non conference opponents.
GAME 13  December 31, 2009 - OSU 43 at Wisconsin 65
         Great Wisconsin defense held OSU to a 6 season low of 43 points and a season low of 32.6% field goal percentage.  Buford led OSU with 14 points on 7 of 16 shooting.  The rest of the team shot 7 of 27 or 26%.  Lauderdale came into the game hitting 90% and was 0-4.  Meanwhile, Wisconsin shot 47% from the field and 13 of 16 from the line.  Wisconsin won the turnover battle 34-25.  
GAME 14  January 3, 2010 - OSU  64  at Michigan 73        OSU led 55-54 with 7 minutes remaining before Michigan went on a 11-0 run.  OSU shot 37% from the field while Michigan shot 55% to send the Buckeyes to 0-2 in Big Ten play.  Diebler 17, Buford 16 and Lighty 14 led the scoring but only shot 16 of 43.  OSU out rebounded Michigan 35-29 as Lighty and Lauderdale combined for 15 bounds.  Diebler scored 14 of his 17 points in first half and ended 5 of 11 from downtown.  OSU is 0-2 in the Big Ten for the first time in the Matta era.
GAME 15  January 6, 2010 - Indiana 54 at  Ohio State 79

       Evan Turner made a surprise start and OSU rolled to their first Big Ten win over Indiana 79-54.  It was Indiana's worst loss of the season and worst to Ohio State since a 90-65 pasting in the Jerry Lucas era in 1962!  Turner played 20 minutes and scored 8 points, grabbed 4 bounds and handed out 5 assists.  Can't believe he came back in 4 1/2 weeks and played hard.  His roommate Diebler was happy to have him back as he took 8 open 3 pointers and made 5 on way to a team high 21 points.  An active Buckeye defense caused 24 turnovers by the Hoosiers and held Indiana to 8 field goal attempts in the first 13 minutes of the game on way to a first half high  23 point lead.   Buford scored 16.
GAME 16  January 9, 2010 - Ohio State 63 at Minnesota 72
      Minnesota buried OSU from downtown sinking 11 of 23  while the Bucks could only sink 5 of 18 including 1 of 8 by Diebler.  Hoffarber sunk 7 of 9 three pointers for the Gophers on way to a game high 27 points.  Turner led OSU with 19 points on 9 of 16, 8 bounds and 7 assists and played a game high 38 minutes in his 2nd game back from a 32 day injury.  Buford had 17 points on 7 of 17 and Lighty scored 15 points on 6 of 7.  Minnesota is 10-0 on their home court this season

     The Lady Buckeyes (#6 and 17-1) held off host Michigan State (#21)  65-62 to move to 5-0 in Big Ten Play before the 3rd most fans (12,412) in Michigan State school history.  Only Minnesota at 3-1 has just one loss in Big Ten play.  The Buckeyes two All American candidates dominated as Lavendar 6'4" (18 points including 10 of 10 from foul line) and Prahalis (career high 32 on 10 of 20 from the field) scored 50 of the Bucks 65 points and all of the last 22.  OSU had no bench points.  OSU was preseason favorite to win 6th straight Big Ten title and Michigan State was ranked as #2 team, but Michigan State has now lost 3 Big Ten games.
GAME 17  January 12, 2010 - Ohio State (11-5, 1-3) 70 at Purdue (14-1, 3-1 #6) 66

Big Ten Standings after game:

Michigan St.     3-0                       Ohio State      2-3
Illinois               3-0                       Northwestern  1-2
Wisconsin          3-1                       Indiana            1-2
Minnesota         3-1                       Penn State       0-3
Purdue                2-2                       Iowa                0-4
Michigan            2-2
      OSU rallied from a 12 point half time deficit on the road vs #6 ranked Purdue to win a key game.  Evan Turner scored 23 of his career high 32 points in the second half including 14 of OSU's last 18 points.  In the first half Robbie Hummel put on a shooting clinic hitting 8 of 10 from downtown on the way to 29 first half points (35 for game), the same as the Buckeyes had in the first half!   Turner returned the favor in the 2nd half scoring 23 to Purdue's 25 2nd half points.  Turner was 11 of 21 from the floor and 9 of 10 from the line and grabbed 9 bounds.  Buford scored 19 on 7 of 10 from the field and all 4 foul shots.  Purdue led by 10 with 4:07 before Turner scored 10 straight points to tie the game!  It was great to see OSU hit 15 of 18 foul shots.  Turner and Lighty played 40 minutes, Diebler 37 and Buford 36 minutes.  Lauderdale had one shot, 3 points and 2 bounds in 24 minutes.  Purdue was 14-0 before losing prior game at Wisconsin.  
GAME 18  January 16, 2010 - Wisconsin (14-3, 4-1 #16)  51 at Ohio State 60       OSU turned defensive and were able to easily beat Wisconsin 60-51 despite Evan Turner only playing 26 foul plagued minutes.  OSU made 52% of their shots to 40% for Wisconsin.  Lightly led the way with 19 points on 7 of 10 from the field,  Turner added 15 on 7 of 13 from the field.  Buford made only 3 of 12 shots but had half of the teams rebounds with 12.  Lauderdale made both shots and grabbed 6 boards and blocked 2 shots in 27 minutes.  OSU played the last 10 minutes with four starters with 3 fouls.  However, Wisconsin never got closer than  7 points.  After opening with 5 tough games in 6 Big Ten games, going 3-3 the Bucks now have 6 straight Big Ten games where they will be favored.
GAME 19  January 19, 2010 - Northwestern (13-4  2-3) 56 at Ohio State (13-5  3-3) 76       OSU played flawless making their first 7 shots in racing to a 17-3 lead.  OSU extended the lead to 41-17 and halftime and eventually won 76-56.  OSU beat Northwestern for the 30th straight time in Columbus.   Last week Northwestern beat then #6 Purdue last Saturday 72-64 for the highest ranked team they had beaten in 31 years. 
     Turner scored 5 of the first 7 Buckeye points finishing with 7 of 11 and 20 points, grabbed 13 bounds and handed out 8 assists just missing a triple double.  Turner became the 2nd Buckeye to score 1,000 points, grab 500 rebounds and hand out 300 assists in a career joining Jimmy Jackson.  Diebler added 17 points including 3 of 7 from long range and 5 assists.   Lauderdale had a career high 14 making all 6 field goal attempts.  Also nice to see the OSU started make 10 of 12 foul shots.
GAME 20 January 23, 2010 - Ohio State #21 - 65 at West Virginia #11 (14-3) - 71

OSU is tied for 6th nationally in field goal shooting at 49.8%
Turner projected to go 3rd in draft (assuming he forgoes Senior season)
Diebler hasn't had a board in 3 games after going 47 straight games with at least 1 bound.
Turner has only shot less than 50% from the field 3 times this season.  Shooting 56.7%.
Lauderdale is 30th in nation at 2.42 blocks a game
Diebler is 32nd in nation and 2nd in Big Ten in 3 point shooting % of 44.9
Diebler is 70th in nation and 3rd in Big Ten in free throw shooting % at 85.2
Diebler 31st in country (2nd in Big Ten) with offensive rating of 128.13.  No other OSU
  players in top 100.
Lauderdale shooting nation leading 74.7% if he had more attempts
      OSU raced to a 29-15 lead and led 40-28 at half time.  But the 2nd half was all West Virginia as they scored the first 10 points and controlled the game from there.  OSU was only able to score one field goal in the last 8 minutes of the game.  OSU has lost 7 of the last 8 vs West Virginia and 6 of 8 road non conference games.  OSU outshot WV from the floor 49% to 44% but  lost the rebound battle 35-26.
     Buford led the Buckeyes with 22 points on 9 of 13 field goals.  Turner scored 18 and grabbed 11 bounds but was only 6 of 17 from the floor.   Lauderdale made 4 of 5 shots, blocked 4 shots and collected 8 bounds.  Diebler was 3 for 4 from downtown in the first half but missed all three 2nd half shots.  He also had 0 bounds, assists, steals and blocked shots in 32 minutes.
GAME 21  January 27, 2010 - Ohio State (#24) 65 at Iowa (8-12 and 2-5) 57
Ohio State NCAA Tournament History
Tournament Appearances 25
Final Fours 10
Championship Seasons 1960
Tournament Record 43-24


     OSU rallied from 7 points down with 7 minutes to go and used a last 4 minute 20-7 spurt to defeat host Iowa 65-57.  Iowa played their slow down game to perfection for about 35 minutes and led at the half 25-20.  Lighty and Turner each had 2 points at the half.  Lighty exploded for 18 2nd half points on 7-11 shooting and grabbed 8 rebounds.  Turner scored 14 of his 16 in the 2nd half including 8 points in the last 80 seconds.  He also had game highs of 12 boards and 7 assists.  Lauderdale had an interesting line:  5 of 5 from the field where he shoots 75%, 0-5 from the foul line where he shoots 48%, 2 boards in 32 minutes and 3 blocks.   All other 4 starters had at least 7 boards.
      The Hawkeyes shot 31 three pointers making 10 and made 10 of 24 two pointers.
      Turner averages 18.6 points, 9.8 bounds, 5.4 assists per game and shoots 56% from the field.  No one has accomplished that feat in college for the last 15 years!!  Only two pros, Wilt and Jabbar, have ever done this and the pro game is 8 minutes longer than college!
       Iowa has now lost 15 straight games to ranked opponents.
             
GAME 22  January 31, 2010 - Minnesota (13-7,  4-4 ) 63 at Ohio State 85      OSU clicked on all cylinders for 30 minutes and led by as many as 28 points before winning 85-63.  The Bucks shot 63% from the field and 45% from downtown.  Buford was 4 for 5 and Diebler was 5 for 9 from three point land.  Buford led the Buckeyes with 26 points on 10 of 14 from the field, 5 bounds and 5 assists.  Turner scored 19 points on 9 of 14 from the field, 8 assists and 4 steals.  Diebler scored 19 on 5 of 10 from the field, 4 of 4 from the line and 6 rebounds.  Lauderdale was 3 of 4 from the field, 8 bounds and 3 blocks.
      The 1960 NCAA championship team featuring Jerry Lucas and John Havelicek was honored at halftime. 
GAME 23  February 3, 2010 -  Penn State (8-13, 0-9) 62 at Ohio State (16-6, 6-3) 75

NCAA record for Field Goal % for one season:
Steve Johnson, Oregon State, 1981 FG % 74.6%,
Games 28
Field Goals Attempted 315
Field Goals Made 235
          OSU bounced to a 10 point lead and led by 7 to 13 points until the final minutes when Penn State closed to within 3 points with 2 minutes remaining.  Jon Diebler than sank a 3 point shot for his only bucket of the game with 1:29 left.   The Buckeyes scored the last ten points to win 75-62.  Penn State is winless in the Big Ten but 7 of their 13 losses have been by 6 or fewer points.  OSU is in a 4 way tie for 2nd at 7-3 two games behind Michigan State who lost their first Big Ten game at Wisconsin last night and lost their star player, Lucas with a sprained ankle.
         Turner led the Bucks with 27 points on 9 of 15 from the field, 9 of 11 from the line, ten bounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.  Buford chipped in with 19 points on 5 of 10 from the field and 8 of 8 from the foul line, 5 boards and 4 assists.  Diebler played 40 minutes and the one filed goal in 7 attempts and 1 steal.
GAME 24  February 7, 2010  - Iowa 58 at Ohio State 68
Big Ten Conference Standings
TEAM CONF W-L TOTAL W-L
#5 Michigan State 9-2 19-5
#16 Wisconsin 8-3 18-5
#18 Ohio State 8-3 18-6
Illinois 8-3 16-8
#7 Purdue 7-3 19-3
Minnesota 5-5 14-8
Northwestern 5-6 16-7
Michigan 4-7 11-12
Indiana 3-7 9-13
Iowa 2-9 8-16
Penn State 0-11 8-15

     OSU won there 7th straight Big Ten game by defeating visiting Iowa 68-58.  This was their 15th straight home victory and moved them to a 3 way tie for second one game behind Michigan State with seven games remaining.  Turner led the way with a career tying 32 points on 12 of 22 from the field, 8 of 11 from the line, 7 bounds, 5 assists, four steals and 0 turnovers.  Diebler was the only other Buckeye in double figures as he sunk 5 of 10 shots for 12 points, 4  boards and 3 steals.   The Bucks made 22 of 27 foul shots (81%) led by David Lighty who sank 9 of 10. 
     Turner passed Luke Witte, John Havelicek and Larry Siegfried on the career points list today for OSU.  He is now 26th on the Ohio State career scoring leaders with 1239 points.

Turner leads the Big Ten in scoring (19.7 points per game) and rebounding (9.4) and is second in assists (5.7). Since assists became an official statistic for the 1983-84 season, no player has finished in the top three in each category. Only three have finished in the top 10: Steve Smith of Michigan State in 1989-90, Jim Jackson of Ohio State in '91-92 and Brian Evans of Indiana in '95-96.

Stat of the day:
    The Big Ten has led all conferences in basketball attendance for 27 straight seasons!  (may have misread - that may be football not basketball)
GAME 25  February 10, 2010  - Ohio State 69 at Indiana 52

EVAN TURNER STATS GOING INTO INDIANA GAME
                                             NATIONAL     BIG TEN
CATEGORY         AVG       RANK           RANK
Points                      19.7            28                     1
Rebounds                 9.4             37                    1  (2nd is 8.4)
Assists                      5.7            19                     2  (1st is 6.4, 3rd 4.7)
Steals                        2.1            47                     4
FG %                      56.0            95                     4 (4th nat'l of those with more than 100 attempts  
                                                                                attempts & 1st with those over 200 - ET has 250
Turnovers                3.7                                      1   (2nd is 3.2)



       OSU defeated Indiana 69-52 on the road to move into a 3-way tie for first.  OSU started the Big Ten 1-3 and have now won 8 straight Big Ten games.  A week ago they were still 3 games out of first.  But Michigan State lost  Lucas who was Big Ten Player of the Year last year and now have lost 3 straight games.  OSU next three games are at Illinois, Purdue at home and at Michigan State!  Those 3 opponents all have 3 Big Ten losses.
      Turner picked up two early fouls and only played 3 minutes in the first half, but OSU still rolled to a 14 point halftime lead.  Indiana never got closer than 10 and OSU led by as many as 25 points.  Turner finished with 10 points on 2 for 4, 7 bounds and 6 assists.    Buford led the Buckeyes with 21 points on 9 of 17 from the field, 7 boards and 4 assists.  Lauderdale scored 14 on 7 of 9 shooting, 8 boards and 7 blocked shots.  Madsen came off the bench and scored a career high on 4 of 5 from the field and all 3 foul shots.
    The Bucks outshot Indiana 48 to 37% from the field and 81 to 50% from the line.  OSU only had 6 turnovers. 
    OSU swept  the two game series with Indiana for the 2nd straight year for the first time since the 1967-68 and 1968-69 seasons.
GAME 26  February 14, 2010  - Ohio State #13 (19-6, 9-3) 72 at Illinois #35 (17-8, 8-3) 53
     OSU won their 10th game and 9th straight Big Ten game by routing Illinois 72-63. They are now tied with Michigan State for first place at 10-3 with Purdue at 9-3 and Wisconsin and Illinois at 9-4.  OSU sprinted out to a 20 point lead in the first 15 minutes and never let Illinois get closer than 13 afterwords.   This was Illinois worst home loss in 36 years.
    Diebler made 6 of 11, all 3-point shots, and led the scoring with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.   Lighty made 6 of 8 shots including 3 of 5 to finish with 17 points.  Turner scored 16 on 7 of 14 field goals, grabbed 11 bounds and handed out 8 assists.  Lauderdale made all 3 of his shots and scored 9 points.  Illinois high point man had 9 points!  Eight Illini scored 4 to 9 points.
    OSU outshot  Illinois 53 to 34% but were out rebounded 36-28.
GAME 27  February 17, 2010  - Purdue #4  60 at Ohio State #9  57

PRIOR TO THIS GAME, OHIO STATE WAS THE ONLY COLLEGE TO HAVE A TEAM IN THE TOP 10 TEAMS IN MENS BASKETBALL (9TH), WOMENS BASKETBALL (7TH) AND FOOTBALL (5TH) FOR 2009-10 SEASON.  THE NEXT BEST SHOWING WAS BY TEXAS (19TH, 16TH AND 2ND) AND WEST VIRGINIA (8, 13, 25TH).  NO OTHER TEAM
HAD A TOP 25 TEAM IN EACH OF THE THREE SPORTS. 
    Purdue jumped out to a quick lead then held on to defeat host OSU.  Purdue led 29-14 in the first half and the Buckeyes came within 2 points once but could never catch Purdue.  Diebler had a good look at a 3 pointer at the buzzer to tie the game but missed the shot.  This was Purdue's 8th straight victory and they moved to a half game of Michigan State.  OSU falls a game back with four games remaining.
     Turner led the Bucks with 29 points on 11 of 21 from the field along with 7 boards and 5 assists and 2 steals.  The only other Buckeyes scoring more than 4 points were Buford (11) and Diebler (10), but they combined for 7 of 19 from the field.
      Purdue won their 8th straight game including road wins at Michigan State, Illinois and OSU.  They won for the first time in 10 games in Columbus.  Purdue is 4-0 vs top ten teams.   OSU lost their first home game after 15 wins.
GAME 28  February 20, 2010  - Ohio State #9 (10-4, 20-7) 74 at Michigan State #11 (21-7, 1-3) 67

BIG TEN STANDINGS AFTER MICHIGAN STATE GAME:

Purdue                           11-3       23-3
Michigan State             11-4       21-7
Ohio State                     11-4       21-7
Wisconsin                        9-5       19-7
Illinois                             9-5        17-10
Minnesota                      7-7         16-10

     Turner was named Big Ten player of the week yesterday for the sixth time this season, a conference record. He and former Purdue player Glenn Robinson had shared the record. Turner has won the award nine times in his career, also a Big Ten record. He also is attracting increasing support for national player of the year awards. Every two weeks, AnnArbor.com polls 49 college basketball writers who have player-of-the-year votes. Kentucky freshman John Wall led the first two polls. Last week, Turner surpassed him, earning 30 first-place votes; Wall received 13.

        OSU ran to a 39-26 halftime lead at Michigan State only to see the host come back to take a 62-61 lead.  OSU prevailed in the clutch to win 74-67 and left Purdue at 10-3 and OSU and Michigan State at 11-4.  The Buckeyes had a balanced attack with 4 starters playing 40 minutes and Lauderdale logging 24 minutes.   Evan Turner struggled shooting due to the flu but as usual made  big plays coming down the stretch.  He finished with 20 points on 6 of 17 from the field and 8 of 12 from the foul line, 10 bounds and 5 assists.   Buford scored 17 on  5 of 12 from the field and 6 of 8 from the line and also had 10 bounds and  3 assists.  Lighty scored 3 points on 4 of 9 shooting and grabbed 9 bounds.  Diebler took 10 shots, all 3's making 4 for 12 points and 0 bounds!  Lauderdale scored 8 points on 4 of 6 from the field and grabbed 8 bounds.
     How often do you see 4 of 5 starters with at least 8 bounds and all 5 score 8  to 20 points?  So much for Matta's critics saying he plays the starters too much.  Michigan State Starters played 30-35 minutes for 4 and 20 minutes for a 5th.  But after Michigan State a 62-61 with 4:05 remaining the OSU iron men outscored the 'fresher' Spartans 12-6.  Turner had a jumper for a 3 point lead and  Diebler hit a 3 with 1:47 remaining for a 6 point lead. 
     Kalin Lucas, Big Ten Player of the year last season was held to 9 points on 3 of 13 from the floor, but did have 8 assists.
     In 27 games over 15 years against Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, Sunday's was the fourth in which the Buckeyes out rebounded his team. The Spartans rank fourth in the country in rebound margin but were outdone 41-38 by Ohio State. The Dallas Lauderdale dunkfest finally qualified this week for the Big Ten field-goal-percentage statistic (minimum three per game made); at .764, he leads by nearly 20 percentage points.
GAME 29  February 24, 2010  - Ohio State 75 at Penn State 67

Only 11 teams in NCAA Division I average fewer fouls per game than Ohio State's 15.4.

What makes the statistic more remarkable is that only two of those 11 have held opponents to lower field-goal percentages than the Buckeyes. Ohio State's opponents are making 40.9 percent of their attempts and averaging 60.4 points per game.


      OSU led 30-26 at half then erupted at the beginning of the 2nd half to take a 17 point lead.  Penn State didn't give up and came within two points with 5 minutes remaining but as usual Turner took over scoring the next 8 points and OSU prevailed 75-67 at Penn State.   OSU is now 20-0 when ahead with 5 minutes remaining.  That is largely due to Evan Turner.  Tonight Turner struggled with his shot made 3 of his first 12, but he was 5 for 5 coming down the stretch and made all 9 of his foul shots.  He also had 7 bounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks for 25 points.
     David Lighty made 6 of 9 shots on the way to 18 points.  Diebler was 2 of 10 from 3-point range,  but was 3 for 3 on closer shots and made all 4 free throws for 16 points.  Buford scored 12 points on 5 of 11 and hauled in 6 boards.  Lauderdale made both shot and grabbed a game high 10 bounds.
GAME 30  February 27, 2010  - Michigan (13-14, 6-9)  55 at Ohio State #9 (22-7, 12-4)  66
 



as of 2-26-10












WALL TURNER

Games played:
27 23

Minutes/game: 
34.4 34.1

Points/game:
16.7 19.7

FG Pct: 

45.3 53.9

3FG Pct: 

33.3 24.2

FT Pct: 

78.7 73.1








Rebounds/game:
4.1 9.2

Assists/game: 
6 5.8

Turnovers/game: 
4 3.8

Assist/turnover ratio:  1.5 1.5

Steals/game: 
1.9 2

Blocks/game: 
0.06 0.8








TEAM RECORD
27-1 22-7

YEAR

Freshman Junior

HEIGHT

6'4" 6'6"

WEIGHT

195 205

Position

Pt guard Pt guard








Note:  Turner stats per game would be higher but he only played
7 minutes when he broke his back and 20 minutes in first game back.







Note:  OSU 20-0 when leading with 5 minutes remaining.

      OSU jumped to a 9-0 lead in the first 3 minutes in a near perfect stretch.  OSU was 4-4 from field while Michigan was 0-3.  But Michigan started playing better and moved to a 33-32 half time lead.  Hard to tell by stats.  OSU was shooting 64 % from field including 5 of 5 by Turner to Michigan 46%.  OSU made 3 of 5 3-pointers while Michigan was 4 of 7.   OSU out bounded   Michigan 12-8 (ET 4) but lost turnover battle 7-2.  Michigan was 6-6 from the foul line vs 1-1 for Bucks. 
      Meanwhile Kentucky is down to Tennessee at half 40-29 with Wall 1-8 from the field although 6-6 from the line.   See Wall-Turner season comparisons on left.   Important 2nd halves for Turner & Buckeyes and Wall & Kentucky.
      9 minutes remaining and OSU leads 51-42.  Turner 7 of 8 from field, 8 bounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.  With 15 min remaining Kentucky leads Tennessee 49-35.  Wall is 2-9 for 10 points, 3 bounds, 2 assists.
     4 minutes remaining and OSU up 62-51 and ET closing in on Quadruple double double!!  Has 18 points on 8 of 9, 9 bounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks and 7 turnovers.  Wall coming on for Kentucky.  Wildcats down 56-48 with 10 minutes remaining.  Wall now 5 for 13 for 17 points, 4 bounds, 3 assists and 3
turnovers.  
    Final OSU 66 Michigan 55.  OSU gets win.  Buford led way with 24 points on 9 of 15 from floor, 3 of 3 from downtown,  9 bounds, 4 assists and 0 turnovers.  Turner finished with 18 points on 8 of 11 from floor, 11 bounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks and 8 turnovers.  Lauderdale scored 14 points on 7 of 9 and had 3 bounds.  Diebler was only 1 of 7, all 3-pointers but had 5 bounds.  All 4 OSU guards (Lighty had 6) out rebounded Lauderdale even though Lauderdale played 31 minutes. 
     OSU shot 58% from the field and won rebound battle 35-20.  Michigan stayed in game making 16 of 20 fouls shots while OSU shot 8 of 15.
      Buckeye reserves played 16 minutes and were scoreless for 3rd time in last 4 games!  In 4th game bench scored 4 (vs Mich St).
    
      Wall trying to lead Kentucky back but still down 65-59 with 3:37 remaining.  Wall now 6 for 16 for 19 points, 4 bounds, 4 assists and 4 turnovers.
       Kentucky loses 74-65.   Should help cement Turner bid for Player of Year.  Wall finished 6 for 16 for 19 points, 5 bounds, 6 assists and 5 turnovers.

     A win over Illinois in the regular-season finale would clinch at least a share of the Big Ten championship for the third time in Matta's six seasons as coach. It would be the first time since 1957 that a Big Ten team rallied from a 1-3 start to win the title. Because of their win at Michigan State on Feb.21, Ohio State also would control tiebreakers for the No.1 seed in the conference tournament next week
GAME 31 March 2, 2010  - Illinois (18-11, 10-6) 57 at Ohio State (23-7, 13-4) 73

                FINAL BIG  TEN  STANDINGS
         

TEAM                         W-L            OVERALL W-L

Purdue                         14-4                    26-4

Michigan State            14-4                    24- 7

Ohio State                   14-4                    24- 7

Wisconsin                   13-5                    23- 7

Illinois                        10- 8                  18-13           

 Minnesota                    9-9                   18-12 

Northwestern               7-11                  19-12

 Michigan                     7-11                 14-16

Iowa                             4-14                 10-21

Indiana                         4-14                 10-20

Penn State                    3-15                 11-19    

Turner was joined on the All-Big Ten first team by Lucas, E'Twaun  and Robbie Hummel of Purdue and high-school teammate Demetri McCamey of Illinois. Turner and McCamey played for Westchester St. Joseph in a suburb of Chicago.

The media but not the coaches voted unanimously for Turner as player of the year. Turner said he did not know who snubbed him, "but that doesn't matter, to tell you the truth."

 

William Buford and David Lighty of Ohio State were voted to the third team, Jon Diebler received honorable mention, and Dallas Lauderdale was named to the All-Defensive team.

 

Turner is the fifth Buckeye to earn the conference's player of the year award, following Dennis Hopson (1987), Jim Jackson ('91 and '92), Scoonie Penn ('99) and Terence Dials (2006).


Turner led the Big Ten in scoring (20.1 points per game), rebounding (8.3) and steals (2.0) and finished second to McCamey in assists (5.9) in conference play. He is the only player to finish in the top two in scoring, rebounds and assists since assists became an official statistic in 1983.

Ohio State coach Thad Matta was voted coach of the year by the media. Matt Painter of Purdue received the nod from his fellow coaches. Ohio State and Purdue shared the regular-season title with Michigan State. Matta also won the award in 2006 and 2007. He has been voted coach of the year five times in 10 years as a coach in three conferences

      Turner had an unusual sub par game, but Jon Diebler came to the rescue in the first half by sinking 5 of 8  3-pointers to help OSU lead 37-33 at the half.  All the starters contributed in the 2nd half and the Bucks pulled away for a 73-57 win over visiting Illinois.  Matta even pulled the starters with a minute to go.  It broke a streak of 199 consecutive minutes for Diebler! 
      The win clinched a share of the Big Ten championship for OSU, the 3rd in the last 5 years for the Buckeyes.  It also will make OSU the #1 seed in the Big Ten tournament.
      Diebler finished with 21 points on 7 of 14 from the field, all 3 pointers and grabbed 3 boards.  In the last 6 games Diebler is 22 of 58 (38%) on 3 pointers and 4 of 4 on two pointers!  It was nice to see Diebler on target tonight.
       Turner tallied 16 points on 7 of 16 including 2 of 2 from downtown, 12 boards and 5 assists.  Buford tallied 17 points on 4 of 12 and 9 of 11 from foul line, 7 boards, 6 assists and 4 steals.   Lighty chipped in with 15 points on 4 of 7, 6 of 8 from the foul line , 5 rebounds and  assists. 
        After going scoreless in 3 of last 4 games the reserves contributed 2 points tonight.  The Iron 4 scored 69 of the 73 points.
        Turner now seems to be a lock for Player of the Year.

        WOMEN MOVES TO FINALS WITH 82-73 WIN OVER WISCONSIN.
     The OSU women defeated Wisconsin 82-73 in the Semi-finals of the Big Ten Tourney in Indianapolis.  Wisconsin led by 43-39 at half and by as much as 8 points in the 2nd half but OSU were clutch going down the stretch behind their two All Big Ten Players.  Three time Big Ten player of the year, 6'4" Junior Jantel Lavender scored 27 (19 in 2nd half) points, 13 of 16 from the foul line, and grabbed 9 bounds.  5'7" Sophomore Samantha Prahalis who scored 29 including a tournament record 11 of 11 foul shots, grabbed 6 bounds and handed off 4 assists.  Lavender & Prahalis scored 37 of the Buckeye 43 points in the 2nd half!!  OSU also made 34 of 38 foul shots.  They should teach the men how to shoot foul shots.
      The OSU women have won 6 straight Big Ten regular season but only 2 of the last 5 tourneys.

 OSU RALLIES FROM 16 DOWN TO DEFEAT IOWA 66-64 AND WIN BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
       OSU found themselves down by 16 points to #3 seeded Iowa in the second half of the women finals.  But Lavender poured in 23 second half points including the winning 2 foul shots with 1.9 seconds remaining.  Lavender scored 35 points on 14 of 25 from the field and 7 of 7 from the line and grabbed 10 rebounds.   Lavender now has 2000 career points and 100 straight games with at least 10 points.  She leads the Big Ten in scoring and rebounds and is 2nd in shooting percentage.
      Prahalis was held to 6 points, all in the last 10 minutes, but did have 7 assists and 3 steals.  She is one of two women in the country averaging at least 16 points and 8 assists a game.
      The 30 wins for the Buckeyes ties their best total ever.
      Nice to see many of the men's team including Evan Turner cheering on the Lady Buckeyes.
        BIG TEN TOURNAMENT:
GAME 32 - Michigan (7-11, 15-16) 68 vs Ohio State 69 (14-4, 24-7)

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Turner sinks 37 footer at buzzer for OSU 69-68 win






       Michigan played great basketball early to take a 19-10 lead.  The Bucks who hadn't plaed in 9 days then found their offense.  Turner hit Diebler going to the bucket for a lay up then Diebler hit a 3 pointer to make it 19-15.  A bit later Diebler drove to the bucket and was fouled while making a left handed layup  to give OSU the lead.  Late in the 1st half Turner, Lighty and Buford made 3 point baskets to extend OSU run to 25-6 and a 35-25 half time lead.  OSU had all four scorers with at least 5 points while Sims of Michigan was the only player to score more than 4 sinking 5 of 7 for 12 points.  Turner leads OSU with 9 points on 4 of 6 and 5 assists.   Diebler was 2 of 3 on 2 pointers after not shooting any 2 pointers in prior two games.
       Michigan continued to play hard th 2nd half and came within 4 before OSU extended the lead to 13 points.  Michigan than came within 6 with 9 minutes remaining before Buford made the old fashioned 3 point play.  Michigan closes to 58-54 with 5 minutes remaining.  Harris sinks long 3 to pull Michigan to 59-57 with 4 minutes remaining.  Harris sinks another 3 to make it OSU 62 Michingan 61 with 1:35 remaining.  Turner draws foul and makes both foul shots.  Another 3 by Michigan to tie game 64-64.  Turner misses and Harris sinks drive for 66-64 Michigan lead with 25 seconds left.   Lighty drives and ties game with 13 seconds left.   Harris makes contested 10 footer for a stunning Michigan lead with 2.2 seconds remaining.  OSU takes ball out at end line and throws ball into Turner who takes two dribbles covering 40 feet and sinks 37 footer for unbelievable 69-68 win.
       Turner finished with 18 points on 6 of 15 from the floor but 3 of 3 from long distance, 8 assists and 4 bounds.  Lighty was 7 of 11 for 15 points and 5 bounds.  Buford scored 15 on 6 of 13 and 6 bounds.  Diebler was 4 of 8 for 11 points.  OSU shot 52% from the field.  OSU now 23-0 when ahead with 5 minutes remaining.
      Turner finished the 2nd half 2-9 both 3 pointers. In last two games Turner is 10 for 28 on 2 pointes and 5 for 5 on 3 pointers.
     The Iron 4 all played 40 minutes and scored 59 of the 69 points.  In the last 5 games the Buckeye reserves have scored 14 points, all by Madsen!
      Michigan was 1 of 10 from downtown before making 7 of their final 11 down the stretch.  OSU was 7 for 12 for the game (58%).
     

GAME 33 - Illinois (10-8, 19-13) 81 vs Ohio State 88 (14-4, 25-7) - 2 Overtimes



TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Thursday:  Michigan 59 Iowa 52, Northwestern 73 Indiana 58 and Minnesota 76 Penn State 65      

Friday: OSU 69 Michigan 68, Illinois 58 Wisconsin 54, Purdue 69 Northwestern 61 & Minnesota 72 Michigan State 67 OT.      Semi Finals:  Ohio State 87 Illinois 81 2 OT's and Minnesota 69 Purdue 42.

For the first time in Big Ten tournament history all four quarter final games were decided by less than 10 points.  Three of four games went down to the wire.  OSU beat Illinois in two overtimes in the semi-finals and 6th seed Minnesota defeated 2nd seeded Purdue 69-42 after jumping to a 34-9 lead!

In the finals Minnesota which has defeated 9th, 3rd and 2nd seed teams will try to knock off #1 seeded Ohio State.
This will be Minnesota's 4th game in 3 days but their players only play 30 minutes a game.  Ohio State will be playing their 3rd game in 3 days but three starters have already logged 89-90 minutes in first two games. 
      Another great game.  OSU started fast, gaining an 8-2 lead.  But Illinois got it together and OSU couldn't hit shots and kept turning it over.  Illinois led by 9 in the first half and and led 36-30 at half time.  The first part of the 2nd half was the same and Illinois led 50-39.  Bucks had a 6 minute scoring drought in the 1st half and a 5 minute drought in the 2nd half.  Then Turner sinks a 3, a full court press bothers Illinois and the Buckeyes score 20 straight points.  Diebler had 8 of the points sinking two 3's.  Then Illinois rebounds and scores the next 6 points and Turner gets his 4th foul and 8th turnover with 5 minutes remaining.   Illinois continues run to 14-3 and a 64-62 lead with a minute remaining.  Lighty than makes a tough lay up but misses foul shot.  McCamey is fouled and makes both foul shots with 35 seconds left.  Turner makes tough lay up with 15 seconds left to tie game.  Overtime!
      McCamey sinks 3 for 4 point lead with 2:30 remaining.  Turner makes two foul shots.  Illinois gets rebound basket.  Turner sinks 2 more foul shots to make it 75-73 with a minute remaining.  Turner drives for 2 to tie with 22 seconds remaining.  Illinois fails to get shot off in final seconds of regulation or overtime.  Overtime 2.
      Turner has played last 10 minutes with 4 fouls and scored 10 points.  Diebler makes 3.  Turner driving lay up for 5 point lead with 3:30 left.  Illinois makes layup.  Turner makes another difficult layup and Illinois responds with a 3.   82-80 OSU with 2:40 left.   Buford a nice driving layup.  Illinois misses.  Turnover gets triple double with 10th turnover to go with 10 bounds and 31 points and 6 assists.  With a minute left Turner fouls out.  Lighty makes a driving layup for 5 point lead with 34 seconds left.  Lighty steals ball and makes layup.   OSU wins 88-81.
      Lighty and Buford play 50 minutes and Turner 49.  Diebler sat out 10 minutes in first half thus only played 4 minutes, thus he has averaged 40 minutes for the last 7 games.  Turner, Buford and Lighty probably averaged over 40 minutes in last 7 games. 
      Turner makes tying 2 pointer in regulation, last 7 points in 1st Overtime and 4 points in 2nd OT before fouling out.
      Turner's 31 points was on 10-18 from field and 10 of 12 from line.  Buford had 22 points on 9 of 20 from floor but only 1 of 5 from line along with 10 bounds.  Diebler scored 14 on 4 of 10, 5 assists and 4 steals.   Lighty added 12 on 5 of 12, 4 assists and 3 steals.  OSU shot 48% from the field thanks to making their last 5 driving lay ups in the 2nd overtime.
       Turner became first player in major conference tournament history to get at least 30 points, 10 bounds and 5 assists in one game.
 
GAME 34 - Minnesota (9-9, 21-12) 61 vs Ohio State 90  (14-4, 26-7)

OSU men are seeded 2nd in the NCAA tournament, but since they are the 4th #2 seed they are in the same bracket as the #1 seed in the tourney, Kansas.  In the final AP poll Kansas was 1st and OSU 6th.

Ironically, the OSU women are also the 4th #2 seed thus in the same backet as Connecticut who hasn't lost a game in the last two years.  In the final AP poll Connecticut was 1st and OSU 8th.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE STAT COMPARISON

                                                    Evan       John     Sherron     Jerome     Damion        Jon
                                                   Turner     Wall      Collins      Dyson       James        Scheyer

School                                      Ohio St     Kent.      Kansas     Conn.        Texas          Duke         
Record                                        27-7        32-2          32-2       17-15          24-9             29-5
Final AP Rank                               6             2                1           UR             UR                3
Position                                        PG          PG            PG           G                 F                 G
Height                                          6'6"       6'4"          5'11"      6'4"            6'7"            6'5"
Games                                          28           30             34           33                33               34
Minutes per game                     35.4        34.7               ?         33.7                ?              36.6
Points per game                         20.3        16.8            15.6       17.3             18.0            18.6
Rebounds per game                    9.2           4.0              2.0        4.4             10.4              3.6              
Assists per game                         5.8           6.2              4.4        4.3                 .9              5.0
Steals per game                           1.8           1.8              1.1        1.3              1.6               1.6
Blocked shots per game              1.0            .5                 .1        .6                1.2                 .2
Field Goal %                              54.0         45.8            43.0      39.6             50.9             40.1
Three Point %                            37.0         33.0            38.0      29.2             40.2             38.5
Foul Shooting %                         74.1        78.2             85.1      71.2              66.7            87.5
Turnovers                                    4.2            4.0               ?           ?                  ?                   ?

Turner missed 4.5% of two games as he played 7 minutes due to broken back in one game and 20 minutes in first game back thus missing about 50 minutes thus you could argue that all stats per game should be  increased 4.5%.

In the 8 stat categories (Minutes per game thru Foul Shooting %) Turner is ahead in at least 6 of 9 categories comparing to each othe other 5 candidates.  Of the 6 candidates, Turner is 1st in points per game, steals, and FG%.  He is 2nd in rebounds, assists, and blocked shots.  In the other two ctegories (3 point shooting % and foul shooting %) he ranks 4th.  According to the stats Turner should win Player of the Year by a landside.

            
?       It was a defensive effort in the first half as OSU led Minnesota 33-30.  The Buckeye iron 4 all have 6-10 points.  Diebler has 10 points on 3 of 6 shooting and Turner has 9 points on 4 of 8 shooting plus 8 bounds and 3 assists.  OSU biggest lead was 7 points.
      Buckeyes explode for 8 points, 5 by Turner to open 2nd half and lead by 11.  OSU now shooting 53% for the game and have made last 7 shots.  Illinois then scores 7 straight points.  Now OSU runs off 7 straight including two electrifying drives by Lighty in 15 seconds.  OSU ahead 53-42 with 9:30 left.  Lighty scores 5 more and now has 9 points in 3 minutes then Diebler hits two 3's for a 62-45 lead with 7 minutes remaining.  Turner supporting cast now pulling weight!   The Iron 4 all with 10+ points and 3 with 15+ points and all shooting at least 50% from field and all have played entire game.  Once again when the Iron 4 are supposed to tire they appear the fresher team.  Buckeyes have now hit last 8 shots and are ahead 65-45 after a 24-8 run.  32-15 in 2nd half thus far.   OSU extends streak to 12 straight made shots - haven't missed in 8 minutes!   Turner now 29, Lighty 20 and Diebler 16 with 4 minutes left.  The Iron 4 comes out with 1:25 remaining and have scored 83 of 85 points.  Bucks win 90-61.
        Turner (22) and Lighty (14) outscored Minnesota in 2nd half 36-31!  For the game Turner scored 31 on 12 of 18 from the field, 12 bounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks.  Lighty scored 20 on 8 of 14 with 8 bounds and 5 assists.  Diebler scored 19 points on 6 of 12.  Buford scored 13 points on 5 of 8 and 4 assists.
      OSU shot 58% from the field and 12 of 21 (57%) from downtown despite playing 4 players for the first 39 minutes.   
     No player in major league tournament play has ever scored 30 points, 10 bounds and 5 assists in a game and Turner has done it in each of last 2 games!

     OSU can now get to Semi-finals without meeting a top ten team after #1 seed Kansas lost today.  One game at a time.
NCAA TOURNAMENT:
GAME 35 - Santa Barbara (#15 seed, 20-9)  vs Ohio State (#2 seed, 27-7 & 6th in AP poll)       OSU started with a bang running to a 13-3 lead, but Santa Barbara scored the next 9 then the Buckeyes went on a 13-0 run and led at half 30-17.  The Buckeys only shot 42% from the field but held Santa Barbara to 24%.  Diebler was the difference in the first half as he scored 14 points including 4 of 6 from downtown.  Turner was held to 5 points and 6 bounds on 1 of 6 from field and was only starter with 0 turnovers.   Buford had 6 points on 3 of 7 from the field with 4 bounds.  Lauderdale never attempted a shot but grabbed 4 bounds and blocked 5 shots.
      Santa Barbara never came closer than 8 points in the 2nd half as OSU won 68-51.  Diebler finished with 23 points on 7 of 11 from downtown.  Buford had 16 on 6 of 12 and 8 boards.  Turner was 2 for 12 from the field with 9 points, 10 bounds and 5 assists.  My guess is Turner had the flu as most of the team had the flu ealier in the week including his roommate Diebler who missed practice on Tuesday.  As of Wednesday Turner had escaped the flu bug.  Lightly was 3 of 11 for 9 points, 5 bounds and 7 assists.  Lauderdale was a load in the center as he made both shots, grabbed 12 boards and blocked 8 shots.
     OSU only shot 40% from the field but were 10 of 21 (48%) and made 16 of 18 foul shots (89%).  The Iron 4 only played the first 37 minutes tonight. 
GAME 36 - Georgia Tech (#15 seed, 23-12) 66 vs Ohio State (#2 seed, 28-7 & 6th in AP poll)  75

Since Evan Turner came back from two broken vertebra and played 20 minutes in the first game back, the IRON 4 have played 96% of the minutes available and shot 44% from 3-Point land (46% on the last 7 games).  3-point shooting % by player and average minutes per game in last 11 games are:

PLAYER                               3-POINT %                 AVG MINUTES

Evan Turner                              48%                                   40.1
Jon Diebler                                42%                                   39.6
David Lighty                              42%                                   39.5
William Buford                           50%                                   38.3

Cornell led the nation by shooting 43.4% on 3 pointers during the regular season.  Second best was 41.9%.  As noted above all 4 Buckeyes shot 42% or better!  For the entire regular season OSU shot 38.2%, 28th best out of 347 teams.

TURNER FOLLOWED BY WALL UPDATE STATS

YR GMS MIN PTS REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P% PPS
2009-10 30 35.6 20.0 9.2 6.0 4.3 1.4/1 1.8 0.9 2.7 .523 .746 .353 1.38

YR GMS MIN PTS REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P% PPS
2009-10 35 34.7 16.8 4.1 6.5 4.0 1.6/1 1.7 0.5 1.8 .465 .763 .340 1.43

     It wasn't pretty but OSU defeated Georgia Tech 75-66 to move to the sweet 16 and will play another SEC opponent, this time Tennessee.   OSU couldn't hit anything early and fell behind Georgia Tech 14-6 after 8 minutes and it could have been worse as Georgia Tech didn't shoot well early.  But Turner took over scoring 8 points in an OSU 13-2 spurt.  OSU led 28-26 at half time.  Turner had 16 points.
     OSU started hitting in the 2nd half especially Turner's troops.  Diebler hit 4 from downtown on the way to 17 second half points that saw the iron 4 team shoot over 60% in the 2nd half.  Diebler was 4 of 10 from 3 point land and 4-4 from the foul line.  Turner scored 24 on 8 of 19 from the field and 7 of 9 from the line, 9 bounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 9 turnovers.   Lighty added 18 on 5 of 8 from the field, 6-7 from the line 3 bounds and 3 assists.  Buford added 9 points and 8 bounds on 4 of 9 shooting.  The starting 5 shot 50% for the game and 38% from downtown compared to 41% and 20% for Georgia Tech.  OSU committed 17 turnovers but forced 20 by Georgia Tech.
       OSU SHOT 64% FROM THE FIELD IN THE 2ND HALF AGAINST A TEAM THAT WAS 5TH IN THE NATION IN FIELD GOAL % DEFENSE.  ANOTHER STROKE OF GENIUS BY THAD MATTA AS HIS IRON 4 WERE BRILLIANT IN THE SECOND HALF IN THE 2ND GAME IN 3 DAYS AND 36TH GAME OF THE SEASON.   
       Turner, Diebler and Lighty again played 40 minutes while Lighty only logged in about 36 minutes due to foul trouble.   The Buckeyes play their starters more minutes per game than any of the other 330 Division 1 teams.   THE IRON 4 HAVE PLAYED 96% OF AVAILABLE MINUTES IN LAST 11 GAMES AND ARE 10-1.

     The ladies were upset in the 2nd round by Mississippi State 87-67.
GAME 37 - Tennessee (#6 seed, 27-8 & 15th in AP poll) 76 vs Ohio State (#2 seed, 29-7 & 6th in AP poll) 73
     Butler beat Michigan State and Duke beat West Virginia in the semi-finals.  Duke (#1 seed) defeated Butler (#6 seeed) 51-49 in the finals.

    TURNER DOMINATES PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Turner, who announced this week that he will forgo his senior year to enter the NBA draft, is the first Ohio State player to win the Wooden Award, which is named after the legendary UCLA coach and has been presented since 1977.

Last week, Turner received the Naismith Trophy from the Atlanta Tipoff Club, the Oscar Robertson Trophy from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and player of the year awards from the Associated Press (54 votes to 9 for Wall of Kentucky) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. In March, he was named player of the year by Sporting News.

Turner is the first Ohio State player to receive the Naismith, AP and NABC awards.

He averaged 20.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and six assists in leading Ohio State to a share of the Big Ten championship, the conference tournament title and the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.


Evan Turner was named Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year in the Big Ten on 6-23-2010, the third Ohio State athlete to earn the honor since the award was established in 1982.  Football player Eddie George in 1996 and gymnast Blaine Wilson in 1997 also won the award.  The last men's basketball player to win the award was Glenn Robinson of Purdue in 1994. Other men's basketball players who won it were Steve Alford of Indiana in 1987 and Glen Rice of Michigan in 1989.


        OSU hit 6 of their first 7 shots, 4 by Buford, to jump out to a 13-7 led.  But Tennessee picked up their defense and led 19-15.  It was back and forth the rest of the half with OSU leading by 5 before Tennessee made the last bucket of the half for a OSU 42-39 lead.  Buford led the first half with 13 points on 5 of 8.  Turner had 10 points on 3 of 8 from the field and 4 of 4 from the foul line.  He also had 3 assists and 3 rebounds.  Lighty had 4 assists in the first 5 minutes put picked up a 2nd foul with 13 minutes remaining and sat out the rest of the half.  Lauderdale had 5 rebounds.
       OSU led from 1-5 points for the first 13 minutes or so in the 2nd half.  Then Tennessee caught up and gained a 5 point lead with 3 minutes left.  OSU caught the Volunteers with 2 foul shots from Turner and 5 points from Lighty to lead 70-68 with 2 minutes remaining.  Chism made the next 4 points.  Then with 44 seconds left Turner made a 3 pointer to give OSU a one point lead.  Tennessee had a tip in with 35 seconds left and after a driving miss by Turner,  made 2 foul shots with 12 seconds remaining.  Turner had a 3 to tie but missed.  OSU could not stop Tennessee offense, especially the big guys.  They had a ton of layups and out rebounded the Bucks 36-24.   Tennessee outscored OSU 51-20 in the paint.              Turner was a one man offense in the 2nd half, pouring in 21 points of the 31 OSU scored including the first 14 points in the 2nd half.   The rest of the team hit 3 of 16 shots in the 2nd half.   For the game he was 10 of 23 from the floor and 9 of 9 from the line with 7 bounds and 5 assists for 31 points. Buford finished with 15 points on 5 of 13 with 4 bounds and 3 assists.  Lighty scored 9 points on 4 of 8 with 6 assists and 3 bounds.   Diebler was 1 of 8 for 3 points.  Simmons came on in the first half to hit 3 in 4 attempts from downtown but didn't play in the 2nd half.


TurnerTurnerLighty
Turner Dribbling                     Turner scoring vs California     Lighty scores 22 vs Lipscomb
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Hill replaces injured Turner as starter               Diebler looks to pass
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Lauderdale dunks on Howard of Butler      Lauderdale dunks on Cleveland St. 		Buford
Buford scores 16 in loss to Michigan
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Diebler shoots a 3-pointer vs Minnesota                                                           Diebler shoots 3 vs Illinois

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Turner scores against Illinois           Turner & OSU fans celebrate OSU clinching share of Big Ten Title
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Graduating Seniors: Titus, Hill, Simmons, Madsen & Peters    



OSU DEFEATS CALIFORNIA 75-55 TO WIN 1960 NCAA TOURNAMENT                       JERRY LUCAS CAREER RECAP
OSU was unranked starting the season.  The Buckeyes (25-3) in 1960 won their first six games before losing two out of three, at Utah and at 13th-ranked Kentucky. Unranked at the start of the season, their only remaining loss would be at Indiana on Feb. 29.

They entered the 16-team NCAA tournament ranked No. 3 and quickly dispatched Western Kentucky and No. 13 Georgia Tech to advance to the national semifinals.

The Buckeyes then pounded NYU 76-54, while California was upsetting top-ranked Cincinnati (and superstar Oscar Robertson), 77-69. No. 2 Cal featured 6-10 Darrell Imhoff, another future pro. But Lucas bottled him up inside and the Buckeyes shot 84.2 percent from the field in the opening half (16 of 19) to build a 37-19 lead. They never looked back.

March 19, 1960 - Ohio State had ended the regular season ranked No. 3 in the country, while defending national champion California was rated second. But when the NCAA final was over, it was clear that the Buckeyes, led by Jerry Lucas, were No. 1.

JERRY LUCAS, The sophomore All-American center connected on 5-of-6 field-goal attempts in the first half as Ohio State started 15 of 16 and were 16-of-19 (84%) in taking a 37-19 halftime lead. The five-point underdogs didn't let down in the second half and coasted to a 75-55 victory in the Cow Palace in San Francisco as five Buckeyes scored in double figures.

"One of the great things about that team is that it was a team," Lucas said.

He was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four after being the top scorer
(16 points) and rebounder (10) in the biggest title-game rout in the first 22 years of the
NCAA Tournament. But the job he did defensively might have been his biggest contribution.

Lucas had the task of guarding All-American center Darrall Imhoff, who had scored 25 points in Cal's semifinal victory over No. 1-ranked Cincinnati and Oscar Robertson. But the 6-foot-8 Lucas forced the 6-foot-10 Imhoff into 3-of-9 shooting, holding him to eight points and five rebounds.

The team grade-point average was 3.6 on a 4.0 scale. Every player on the roster graduated.  On the court, it was just as impressive, averaging a remarkable 90.4 points a game.

john HAVELICEK was from the small town of Lansing, across the Ohio River from Wheeling, W.Va.  He was an All-Ohioan in basketball, football and baseball at Bridgeport High School.  Havlicek dabbled in baseball for the Buckeyes and even signed a professional contract with the Cleveland Browns and made the team, but when Paul Brown told him it would be at least three years before he would see the field, Hondo went back to the hardwood.  You learn a lot about offense by guarding other people," Havlicek said. "The people who are the most difficult to guard are always moving, using screens and cutting, and I thought I'm going to apply those things to my game (offensively)."He did and ended up scoring more than 1,000 points at OSU and taking it a step further and scoring more than 26,000 points in the NBA, averaging more than 20 a game for his career.

Another sophomore, MEL NOWELL, a 6-2 starting guard from Columbus, would also go on to a pro career. He averaged 13.1 points and was the trigger man of an offense that ran every chance it could. 

The other two starters were holdovers from Taylor’s first season as head coach, a team that went 11-11. 

LARRY SIEGFRIED, a 6-4 guard, averaged 19.6 points on that team but had to
take a back seat to the younger stars a year later, when he scored 13.2 points a game. Like Havlicek, he would go on to a glittering NBA career with the Celtics that would include five championships.

Rounding out the starting lineup was JOE ROBERTS, a 6-6 senior from Columbus whose
biggest contribution might have been accepting the sophomores to help pave the way for the team’s success. He, too, would play in the NBA.

The first man off the bench was 6-7 DICK FURRY, a starter the year before who lost his job to Havlicek. Like Siegfried and Roberts, he bore no ill will toward the upstarts who took over the team. Rather than complain or bide his time, he threw himself into being a valued player off the bench.

“I decided I had to make the best of it and play the sixth man,” he said later. “And I felt
I really contributed.”

 BOB KNIGHT made the case to Taylor that he should be playing more, but he still remained a reserve. He averaged just 3.7 points a game. Much of the Xs and Os he would introduce during his storied coaching career, which included a record 902 wins, would be gleaned from his years around Taylor, also one of his lifelong friends.

1960 PLAYERS INDIVIDUAL POINTS AND REBOUNDS

Name                     Pos    Class    Pts     Reb
Jerry Lucas               C       SO     26.3    16.4
Larry Siegfried           G       JR     13.3     3.8
Mel Nowell                G       JR     13.1     2.6
John Havlicek             F       JR     12.2     7.3
Joe Roberts               F       JR     11.0     6.9
Dick Furry               F/C      SR      5.1     3.3
Bob Knight                F       SO      3.7     2.0
Howard Nourse             C       SO      3.1     2.7
Gary Gearhart             G       SR      2.6     1.2
Richie Hoyt               G       SO      2.5     

Odds 'n' Ends - NCAA Tournament

In his NCAA Tournament debut, Lucas scored a career postseason high 36 points and had 25 rebounds in Ohio State's 98-79 victory over Western Kentucky in 1960.

  • That year, Ohio State became the only national champion to win all its NCAA Tournament games by more than 15 points.

  • Eight days after scoring 25 points in the United States' gold-medal game victory over Brazil in the 1960 Olympics, Lucas wed fellow Ohio State student Treva Geib. They had two children before they divorced in 1973.

  • Though he had game-highs of 27 points and 12 rebounds in the final, No. 1 Ohio State was upset by Cincinnati, 70-65 in overtime, ending the Buckeyes' 32-game winning streak in 1961.

    •
  • In winning his second Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four award in 1961, Lucas scored 56 points (20-of-28 from the field and 16-of-17 foul shots) and grabbed 25 rebounds in two games.

  • Lucas sprained his left knee in No. 1 Ohio State's 84-68 rout of Wake Forest in the 1962 NCAA Tournament semifinal.  In the final the next night, Lucas was outplayed by Cincinnati center Paul Hogue, who scored 22 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in the No. 2 Bearcats' 71-59 victory. Lucas shot only 5-of-17 in scoring 11 points to go with 16 rebounds.

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  • For his career, Lucas averaged 22.2 points and 16.4 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament.

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  • One of Lucas' teammates at Ohio State was Bobby Knight, who was a substitute guard for three seasons

  • Four individuals from the 1960 Ohio State national championship team -- Lucas, Knight, John Havlicek and coach Fred Taylor -- are in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Lucas was inducted in April 1980, along with Olympic teammates Oscar Robertson and Jerry West.
    •

    		HIGH SCHOOL

         Jerry Lucas was a legend in high school leading his Middletown team to state of Ohio championships his first two years while losing his only high school game in the State of Ohio semi-finals to Columbus North on a last second shot at St Johns Arena in Columbus.  I had the pleasure of sitting in the 5th row of the bleachers to watch Lucas only loss in high school in his final game. 
         Lucas made 60% of his field goal attempts and 85% of his foul shots and broke Wilt Chamberlain's high school scoring record in high school.  He scored 53 and 44 points in back to back tournament games his sophomore year.
         Lucas was first player to make the All Ohio team three straight years.
                                                                
      COLLEGE
    The star of the 1960 Buckeyes was sophomore center Jerry Lucas.  Lucas led Middletown High School to a 76-game winning streak (still a Ohio record) and two Ohio state championships.  He was a three-time national high school All American and twice national high school player of the year.  Lucas broke Wilt Chamberlain’s high school scoring record his senior year.  A great student and leader as well as a great athlete, Lucas was president of his senior class.

    Lucas was recruited by over 150 colleges.  Adolph Rupp, the legendary Kentucky coach came to Middletown to recruit him.  In the end, Lucas chose Ohio State.  Although Ohio State did not have much of a reputation as a basketball school, Lucas claimed he chose Ohio State because then freshman coach Fred Taylor was the only recruiter that had stressed the importance of getting an education.  After recruiting Lucas, Taylor was promoted to coach the varsity team.

          Lucas led the nation in shooting % all three years and rebounding twice.  Lucas average 16.87 rebounds a game and 24.4 points per game in his college career.
             To improve his rebounding, he'd purposely miss shots while mentally cataloging where the ball caromed, insight that Lucas claims made boxing out unnecessary.
         Lucas found out later on no other basketball player in the history of the world ever did use his rebounding technique.

         At OSU Lucas led OSU to the NCAA championship with help from John Havelicek, Larry Siegfried, Mel Nowell and Joe Roberts and reserves Joe Furry and Bob Knight.  All five starters were drafted by the NBA at a time that there was only 9 teams!
             At OSU the 6'9" 240 pound Lucas led OSU to NCAA finals where they lost in finals to Cincinnati in 1961 and 1962.  OSU was 78-6 during Lucas career.
         Lucas is generally considered to be the best player ever in the Big Ten.  Lucas is the only Big Ten player to be named Player of the year three times.
         Lucas was only player to ever grab 30 bounds and score 30 points in an NCAA tournament game.
         Lucas was named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1961.
         Lucas was college player of the year in 1961 and 1962.
             All three years (1960-2), the Ohio State Buckeyes were undefeated at home at St. John's Arena.

     OLYMPICS

    Lucas led the 1960 Olympic team to 9 straight lopsided wins as leading scorer and
    rebounder on a team that included Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Walt Bellamy
    and Terry Dischinger.  Lucas made 84% of his field goal attempts and was the teams
    youngest player at 20.  When the Olympics started Lucas was slated to come off the
    bench.  Early in the Olympics Lucas made all 14 shots for 28 points against Japan!

    PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

          Jerry Lucas was all pro in the NBA 7 of his 11 seasons including 7 of first 8 seasons while playing for 3 teams.  He is 4th career leading rebounder behind Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Bob Pettit with 12,942.  He averaged 17 points a game and shot 49.9% from the field.
          He was on the 1972-3 NBA champion Knicks who upset the Lakers in 5 games.  He was back up center to Willis Reed who limped out to start the final game before giving way to Lucas.
          Lucas had rare distinction of winning titles in high school, college, NBA and Olympics.

  • Odds 'n' Ends - Pros
    •
  • Lucas is the only forward in NBA history to have collected 40 rebounds in
    a game, against Philadelphia on Feb. 29, 1964.

  • Though Lucas and Robertson were Cincinnati Royals teammates for six
    seasons, the team won only one of five postseason series and in 1968 and
    1969, it didn't even make the playoffs.

  • Lucas had his multiple 20-20 seasons in 1964-65 (21.4 points, 20 rebounds)
  • and 1965-66 (21.5 points, 21.1 rebounds). The only player who accomplished
    this feat more was Chamberlain, who did it 10 times.

  • Although he was outstanding on the boards, Lucas broke a cardinal rule of
    rebounding by seldom boxing out. "Boxing out wasn't important to me because
    I was going to get there fast anyway," Lucas said. "As a rule, I never boxed
    out. I just went and got the ball."

  • In October 1969, new coach Bob Cousy got rid of Lucas, trading him to
    the San Francisco Warriors for two spare parts, Jim King (7.2 career average)
    and Bill Turner (5.4).

  • During an appearance on the Tonight Show in the seventies, Lucas met
    the members of the audience before the show and then put names to faces
    for host Johnny Carson.

  • In 1989, two years after divorcing his second wife, Shara Lee Beard,
    he married Cheri Wulf.

  • In 1996, Lucas was selected as one of the NBA's 50 greatest players
    as part of the league's 50th anniversary celebration.

  • Ohio State retired Lucas' No. 11 on Feb. 23, 2000. He became the
    first men's basketball player in Buckeyes' history to have his uniform retired.

    In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 Greatest
    Players in NBA History. He was named to Sports Illustrated's five-man College
    All-Century Team in 1999.


    •  RETIREMENT    

       Lucas had serious ambitions of becoming a professional entertainer. As "Luke
    the Magician" he created and hosted a television special called "The Jerry Lucas
    Super Kids Day Magic Jamboree," which featured educational word games, number
    puzzles and magic tricks.

         In the early 1970s he put his memory to the test when he appeared on television
    and amazed a national audience with his ability to memorize the first 500 pages of the
    Manhattan phone directory. After retirement, Lucas achieved success when he
    co-authored The Memory Book, a how-to bestseller that sold more than two million
    copies. During the late 1980s, he established Lucas Learning Inc., an educational
    company that published memory and learning materials for children. Lucas has written
    more than 30 books on the subject.







                                                       
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    Lucas shooting patent hook shot for OSU
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    Lucas shooting for Knicks     Lucas dribbles by Kentucky defender               Lucas dribbling for Knicks

    LATimes
    Lucas at his home in Templeton, California on December 30, 2009 beside his Gold Medal
                                                            1963
    Siegfried, Lucas and Havelicek prior to first game against each other in 1963 in Cincinnati
       
    		 
                   
         Lucas Career OSU stats below:                           

    Year GP Points Shoot% FT% Rebounds
    1960 27 710 .637 .770. 442
    1961 27 671 .623 .764 476
    1962 28 669 .611 .799 499
    Total 82 2050 .624 .777 1417

        

     Lucas Career NBA Statistics

    G FG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts


    		Pts
    829 .499 .783 12,942 15.6 2,730


    		14,053


    PICTURES FROM 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
    		OF 1960 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ON 1-31-10
    1960
    1960 OSU team picture on 1-31-2010





    		 HL
    Havelicek and Lucas
    Lucas
    Evan Turner and Jerry Lucas
    		 Havelicek
    David Lighty and John Havelicek
    Nowell
    Dallas Lauderdale and Mel Nowell
    		 Siegfried
    William Buford and Larry Siegfried
    Furry
    Joe Roberts and Dick Furry
    KinightDiebler
    John Havelicek, Thad Matta, Bob Knight and Jon Diebler after practice on 1-30-2010

          PROFILES ON SELECTED LUCAS TEAMMATES ON 1960 TEAM

    JOHN HAVELICEK

    John "Hondo" Havlicek is considered by some observers to have been the most well-rounded player in the history of professional basketball. Havlicek was never a flashy player. However, his remarkable physical conditioning, his careful study of the game of basketball and of opposing players, and his skills at both forward and a guard made him an irreplaceable part of the Boston Celtic dynasty of the 1960s. By the time he retired after sixteen years with the Celtics, he had amassed an impressive body of statistics: 1,270 regular season games played, 26,395 points scored, 6,114 assists, 13 consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Games, eight NBA championships. In recognition of his contribution to basketball, Havlicek was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983. He was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary Team in 1996.

    Havlicek first demonstrated his athletic versatility as a student at Bridgeport High School. He excelled at three sports there, basketball, football and baseball, and was selected for the All-State team in each one. He was a talented quarterback. He could throw eighty-yard passes and he was so skilled at faking hand offs that referees whistled plays dead thinking the ball lay at the bottom of a tackle, although Havlicek still had it looking for a receiver. On the basketball court he was such a dogged runner and scorer that opposing teams tried to stop him by setting up a two man zone under the basket and triple-teaming him man-to-man. Nonetheless Havlicek was not a natural scorer. He worked hard for his points by out-running and out-rebounding opponents. It was in high school when Havlicek received his nickname "Hondo"—a classmate saw a resemblance to John Wayne who had just played a character by the same name. 

    Sophomore forward John Havlicek averaged 12.2 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Buckeyes in 1960.  Havlicek was a three sport star at Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Ohio.  Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes recruited Havlicek to play quarterback for the Buckeyes, but his mother didn’t want him to play football.  He ended up accepting a scholarship to play basketball instead. 

    By the time he graduated from high school, Havlicek received scholarship offers from thirty-five different colleges, in football as well as basketball. He chose Ohio State, where he would play only basketball and baseball, thinking that any more would distract him from his studies. In four years on the baseball team, he played every infield position except catcher. Ohio State's basketball team at the time possessed a number of excellent shooters, most notably Havlicek's college roommate, Jerry Lucas, who went on to be the top NBA draft pick. As a result, Havlicek made up his mind early in his basketball career at the school to make defense the focus of his game. Ohio State's basketball coach Fred Taylor, already an outspoken advocate of defense, came to value Havlicek's defensive play to such a degree that he routinely assigned him to guard the best player on opposing teams. With players of Havlicek's and Lucas's caliber, Ohio State won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in 1960, and made it to the finals in both 1961 and 1962. Havlicek was named an All-Conference player in 1961 and 1962, an All-America and All-Big 10 player in 1962, and Ohio State's 1961 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and its 1962 co-MVP. As a senior, he was the captain of Ohio State's basketball team.

    Wooed by Three Sports

    After he graduated, Havlicek was selected as the first round draft pick of the Boston Celtics.
    There was high interest from other sports as well. Several baseball organizations, including
     the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Pittsburgh Pirates, attempted to sign him.
    Although Havlicek had chosen not to play college football—despite repeated entreaties of
    Ohio State's football coach Woody Hayes—he was also drafted by the Cleveland Browns.
    Thinking he might like to play two professional sports, Havlicek reported to the Browns
     training camp in the summer of 1962 where he was groomed as a wide receiver. It was,
    unfortunately, a position that the Browns already had well-covered and Havlicek was cut
     just before the season began. Havlicek later called it one of the two big disappointments
    of his athletic career. The other was not being chosen for the 1960 U.S. Olympic
     basketball team.

    Havlicek had accepted a $15,000 contract to play with the Celtics. He joined them as they
     prepared for their 1962-63 season. The Celtics, masterminded by coach Arnold "Red"
    Auerbach     , were a team that put a high premium on speed, team play, versatility, and
    intelligent basketball. Led by Bill Russell and Bob Cousy , Auerbach's formula had
    proved to be potent. In the spring of 1962, the team won the fourth of what would become
    eight consecutive NBA titles. Havlicek, with his speed, endurance, ability to play both
    defense and offense, and sheer desire to win, was tailor made for Auerbach's style of
    basketball. Not all observers recognized Havlicek's impressive talents immediately.
    He was considered to big to play guard yet too small to play forward. Curry
     Kirkpatrick in an article for Sports Illustrated, quoted Cousy's initial assessment of
     Havlicek: a "non-shooter who would probably burn himself out."

    Despite any early misgivings, Havlicek later said he was accepted right away by the
    Celtics. He undoubtedly helped himself arriving in August at Celtics training camp in
    better physical condition than players who had been working out since the beginning
    of the summer. Auerbach later told the New Yorker 's Herbert Warren Wind of the
    first reaction he and another coach had to seeing Havlicek play. "We were …
    flabbergasted at what Havlicek was showing us. Here he was, not having touched a
    basketball for months and he was far and away the best man on the court." From then
    on Havlicek had Auerbach's full confidence. His first year he split court time with
    Frank Ramsey, the Celtics veteran sixth man—a player who did not start, but rather
    came off the bench to spell others as they tired. Auerbach's system placed great
    importance on having a sixth man who was capable and versatile. Havlicek was
    that in spades. Auerbach used him at both forward and guard. Havlicek's success
    was due more to determination and practice than to whatever innate physical gifts
    he possessed. He worked hard to develop his ball handling and shooting. In 1963,
    his second season, he led the team in scoring. The following year, when Ramsey
    retired, Havlicek took over the sixth-man role full-time.


    Wooed by Three Sports

    After he graduated, Havlicek was selected as the first round draft pick of the Boston Celtics.
    There was high interest from other sports as well. Several baseball organizations, including
     the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Pittsburgh Pirates, attempted to sign him.
    Although Havlicek had chosen not to play college football—despite repeated entreaties of
    Ohio State's football coach Woody Hayes—he was also drafted by the Cleveland Browns.
    Thinking he might like to play two professional sports, Havlicek reported to the Browns
     training camp in the summer of 1962 where he was groomed as a wide receiver. It was,
    unfortunately, a position that the Browns already had well-covered and Havlicek was cut
     just before the season began. Havlicek later called it one of the two big disappointments
    of his athletic career. The other was not being chosen for the 1960 U.S. Olympic
     basketball team.

    Havlicek had accepted a $15,000 contract to play with the Celtics. He joined them as they
     prepared for their 1962-63 season. The Celtics, masterminded by coach Arnold "Red"
    Auerbach     , were a team that put a high premium on speed, team play, versatility, and
    intelligent basketball. Led by Bill Russell and Bob Cousy , Auerbach's formula had
    proved to be potent. In the spring of 1962, the team won the fourth of what would become
    eight consecutive NBA titles. Havlicek, with his speed, endurance, ability to play both
    defense and offense, and sheer desire to win, was tailor made for Auerbach's style of
    basketball. Not all observers recognized Havlicek's impressive talents immediately.
    He was considered to big to play guard yet too small to play forward. Curry
     Kirkpatrick in an article for Sports Illustrated, quoted Cousy's initial assessment of
     Havlicek: a "non-shooter who would probably burn himself out."

    Despite any early misgivings, Havlicek later said he was accepted right away by the
     Celtics. He undoubtedly helped himself arriving in August at Celtics training camp in
     better physical condition than players who had been working out since the beginning
    of the summer. Auerbach later told the New Yorker 's Herbert Warren Wind of the
    first reaction he and another coach had to seeing Havlicek play. "We were …
    flabbergasted at what Havlicek was showing us. Here he was, not having touched a
    basketball for months and he was far and away the best man on the court." From then
    on Havlicek had Auerbach's full confidence. His first year he split court time with
    Frank Ramsey, the Celtics veteran sixth man—a player who did not start, but rather
    came off the bench to spell others as they tired. Auerbach's system placed great
    importance on having a sixth man who was capable and versatile. Havlicek was
    that in spades. Auerbach used him at both forward and guard. Havlicek's success
    was due more to determination and practice than to whatever innate physical gifts
    he possessed. He worked hard to develop his ball handling and shooting. In 1963,
    his second season, he led the team in scoring. The following year, when Ramsey
    retired, Havlicek took over the sixth-man role full-time.


    OHIO STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RECORDS

    Points in A game: 7- 77 Jon Diebler. 35th  62 Alan Hornak, 42nd - 60 Larry Siegfried vs Galion
    Points in a season: 4th  1102  Jon Diebler in 2008, 8th  930 Jerry Lucas, 10th  923  Alan Hornak,
       11th  923 Jay   Burson, 12th  921 Jay Burson, 30th 836 Jon Diebler, 32nd  828 Larry Siegfried
    Points in career: 1st  3208  Jon Diebler, 2nd   2958 Jay Burson, 4th  2646 LeBron James, 10th 
       2640 Jerry Lucas, 14th  2385 Alan Hornak and 18th  1328  Jim Jackson
    Most Free Throws in a game:  1st  27  Jon Diebler
    Most Assists in a season:  1st  294  Jon Diebler
    Most Assets in a career:  1st  825  Jon Diebler
    Most Steals in a season:  2nd  155  Jon Diebler
    Most Steals in a career:  1st    578 Jon Diebler (2nd is 364!)
    Field Goal % in a season:  20th 58.5% LeBron James, 29th Jon Diebler 57%, 34th 
    LeBron James 56.5%, 35th Lebron James 56.4%
    Consecutive Wins:  76 Middletown (Lucas years)
    Most points by two teams in a game:  2nd  247  Upper Sandusky 124 Marion Harding 123 
       12-22-2007
    Most State Championships:  1st - 7 Middletown all before 1985, 2nd - 5 Columbus East all
     before 1980
     
    See complete stats at:  http://www.ohsaa.org/Sports/records/bbkrecrd.htm#RG

    Larry Siegfried

    Larry E. Siegfried
    Position: G
    Height: 6' 3'' Weight: 190
    Born: 5/22/1939, in Shelby, OH, USA
    High School: Shelby, in Shelby, OH
    College: Ohio State University

    About bio info Draft History
    1961 NBA - Round 1 by CIN

    Larry Siegfried (born May 22, 1939, in Shelby, Ohio) is a retired American
    National Basketball Association player.

    He was a high school phenom, a Paul Bunyan in basketball shorts, and a player who could score points in bunches from all angles on the court. His 176-point eruption in a one month span during his senior season at Shelby High remains laced across the record books in the State of Ohio, a testament to his telekinetic court presence and deadeye marksmanship. Few at that level have ever played the game better. Fewer still would argue that claim. He was a virtuoso in high tops, equally adept at pulling down rebounds and dishing out assists.  Siegfried dominated the Northern Ohio League for the Shelby Whippets. He scored more than 1,700 career points and averaged more than 38 points a game without the benefit of a 3-point line.

    While the young Siegfried’s game seemed to improve daily, it positively blossomed during his standout prep career at Shelby High School – especially in 1957, when no Northern Ohio League scoring record proved safe.  With a coach determined to make the most of his talents, Siegfried found himself playing both inside and out, rarely resting on the bench during his phenomenal senior season.  And for good reason; the All-State guard was strong enough to battle for position under the boards, yet quick enough to take his man off the dribble at the top of the key.  The constant movement was a headache for opposing coaches tasked with slowing him down.  Siegfried averaged a whopping 38 points-per-game during that final campaign in ‘57, leading Shelby to a state basketball championship.  He was named co-recipient of Ohio’s player-of-the-year in the process, an award won the next season by future Ohio State teammate Jerry Lucas.


    Let’s go back to the month of January, 1957.  On January 4th you scored 58 points against Willard High School.  Seven days later you scored 60 points against Galion High, and on the 29th, you scored 58 against Crestline.  How much attention did this generate for you, and what was like to produce three huge games like that in the same month?

    NOTE BY NELSON:     Marion Harding was defeated by Shelby 3 times in Seigfried's senior season in 1957 including the state tournament which they won.  Siegfried was awesome in those games.   I recall the tournament game which I attended. 

    Siegfried is the greatest basketball player to ever come out of Richland County. It's not debatable. He's probably the best athlete, period. He had a tryout as a pitcher with the Cleveland Indians and was approached by the Boston Patriots about playing cornerback, even though he never played football once he reached high school

    Coaching legend Bob Knight, whose prickly personality got him in more jams than you'd find in his hometown of Orrville, didn't have to see that footage to validate his feelings about the pride of Shelby.

    "I've said Lucas was the best player ever in the Big Ten; no question in my mind about that," said Knight, a backup on the 1960 team, "but I never saw a better guard in the Big Ten than Larry Siegfried. He was a great player. He was tough as hell. He was physical, he could jump ... if I had my choice of any guard who played in the Big Ten when I coached and everything else, I'd have a hard time picking someone else."

    When Knight was at Indiana, he coached Isiah Thomas and coached against Magic Johnson. So I made sure I was hearing him right.

    Why Larry?

    "He was so good," Knight said. "Damn it, it's not nuclear science. He was strong, he could shoot, he could just play. And he was a tremendous defender."

    Siegfried played college basketball for Ohio State University, and his tenure there overlapped with future Hall-of-Famers Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. He played for the 1960 national champion team, and in 1961 he was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team. Siegfried, a junior high scoring guard, and Joe Roberts, a senior forward, were the two holdover starters when three outstanding sophomores, Lucas, Havlicek and guard Mel Nowell arrived for the 1959-60 season. Siegfried adjusted his scoring to allow for Lucas and Nowell while joining Roberts and Havlicek as a key defender. Siegfried was also an excellent free throw shooter few risked fouling. The Ohio State Co-Captain of the 1960 team, Siegfried played a key role in the Buckeyes run to the NCAA title. All five starters from that team later played in the NBA, which then had just nine teams and eleven players per team. Future coach Bobby Knight was a reserve on that team as well. For the 1960-61 season, Siegfried was team captain outright. The team went undefeated until the NCAA Final, when they were upset by Cincinnati. Named All-Big Ten, Siegfried did not get the All-American consideration he may have been due because of the star presence of Lucas. Siegfried did play in the 1960 US Olympic Trials for the Rome Games. While he outperformed nearly every guard there, politics demanded several AAU selections that left him off that squad.

    Sophomore guard Mel Nowell averaged 13.1 points and 2.6 rebounds for the Buckeyes in 1960.  He was a star player at Columbus East High School in Columbus, Ohio.  His senior year, Nowell was considered the second best player in the state of Ohio behind Jerry Lucas.  Spurning scholarship offers for numerous schools, Nowell opted to follow Lucas to Ohio State. 

    Nowell was quick and had a great outside shot.  He played for the Chicago Zephyrs in the NBA.

    Senior forward Joe Roberts averaged 11 points and 6.9 rebounds for the Buckeyes in 1960.  Roberts, like Nowell, had been a star at Columbus East High School.  Roberts was drafted in the third round of the NBA draft by the Syracuse Nationals and had a brief NBA career as a reserve forward. 

    Sophomore reserve forward Bobby Knight didn’t play much for the Buckeyes in 1960, averaging just 3.7 points and 2 rebounds per game.  John Havlicek said of Knight: “He wasn’t the quickest man on foot, but defensively he played hard.  When you got fouled by Bobby, you knew you had been fouled.”  After graduating, Knight went on to a much more impressive career as a coach.  Knight coached at Army, Indiana and Texas Tech, amassing more wins than any other coach in college basketball history.  Knight coached Indiana to three NCAA Championships and coached the 1984 USA Olympic team to a gold medal.

    Lucas led all scorers with 26 points and all rebounders with 10.  He was named most outstanding player of the tournament.  Mel Nowell, who scored 15 in the final game, was also named to the all-tournament team.

    How would the 1960 Ohio State Buckeyes do against the teams of today?  How would they handle the shot clock and the three pointer?

    With three first round NBA draft picks, two NBA all stars and  five starters that played in the NBA, there is no doubt that the 1960 Ohio State Buckeyes would be a force to be reckoned with even today.  Jerry Lucas is still considered by many to be the best player ever to play in the Big Ten.  At 6’8”, Lucas would still be big enough to play power forward or even center.  Lucas was an outstanding outside shooter and could force opposing big men to have to come out and cover him from behind the three point line. 

    Although only 6’5”, John Havlicek’s hustle and excellent outside shooting would make him an outstanding college swingman and dangerous three-point threat today.  Mel Nowell was another great outside shooter.  He was also very quick and could take opposing players to the basket one-on-one. 

    Larry Siegfried was a great scorer in college, averaging nearly 20 points per game the season before the talented sophomore trio of Lucas, Havlicek and Nowell arrived.  With the three-pointer, this great outside shooting team would probably be even more effective offensively today than it was in 1960.  Defensively, Havlicek and Siegfried were both known in the NBA for their great defense.  In college, Nowell was considered the best defensive player on the team.  Given that the Buckeyes scored more than 90 points per game, the shot clock probably wouldn’t give them any trouble. 

    An updated glimpse at the 1959-60 Ohio State national champions:

    —Mel Nowell, 6-foot-2, sophomore, Columbus (East HS), Ohio. An All-Ohio selection as a senior in high school, Nowell ended up as the Big Ten's second-leading scorer for the 1960 team at 14 points a game.  Drafted by the Chicago Zephyrs in the 12th round of the 1962 draft, Nowell played only one season in the NBA. He also played in the Eastern League and ABA. He was state budget director under Ohio Gov. James Rhodes for 2½ years, then went into retail, real estate and construction. Now semi-retired, he and his wife have four children and 10 grandchildren.

    —Gary Gearhart, 6-2, sophomore, New Lebanon, Ohio. Gearhart scored 49 points in 19 games, then
    worked as a manufacturer's representative for a high-school jewelry company in Lima, Ohio.

    —John Havlicek, 6-5, sophomore, Bridgeport, Ohio. Havlicek averaged 14.6 points over his Ohio State
    career, and helped the "Super Sophs" compile a 78-6 record. Many might be surprised that Havlicek was the Buckeyes' second-leading rebounder. A great all-around athlete, he thought about playing for the Cleveland Browns, who took him in the seventh round of the NFL draft, before joining the Boston Celtics, who had selected in the first round in 1962. He helped the Celtics win eight NBA title and was immortalized by Johnny Most's 1965 call of his play that helped win a title, "Havlicek stole the ball! Havlicek stole the ball!"  He scored more than 26,000 points in 16 seasons and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.  He was selected one of the top 50 players of the NBA in 1997.

    —John Cedargren, 6-5, senior, Columbus (North HS), Ohio. While taking a five-year mechanical engineering class, Cedargren contributed some key moments off the bench, scoring 16 points in 13 games as a backup for Lucas. Cedargren died in 1966.

    —Jerry Lucas, 6-8, sophomore, Middletown, Ohio. Still considered one of the greatest high school players ever (2,460 points, 76-1 record) for the Middies, Lucas was a first-team All-American all three years he played at Ohio State (freshmen were not eligible,. He also led 1964 U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal.   A brilliant student, Lucas maintained an A average that put him in the top 4 percent of his class in Ohio State's College of Commerce and Administration. Taken in first round of the NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals, he sat out his first year after signing with the ABA's Cleveland Pipers before finally joining the Royals. He starred for 11 years in the NBA, averaging 15.6 rebounds for his career. He won a championship with the New York Knicks in 1973 while starring as a rebounder and long-range shooter. Selected as one of the greatest 50 players in NBA history in 1997, he has written text books and popular books about memorization. Now with five grown children, Lucas lives in Templeton, Calif., and still travels, putting on memorization seminars. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979.

    —Dick Furry, 6-7, senior, Columbus (West HS), Ohio. More than almost anyone else on the Ohio State
    team, Furry stood to lose the most by the arrival of the sophomores. After starting and averaging 11.5 points as a junior, he had to share time at forward with Havlicek and ended up averaging 5.1 points as a senior. After graduation, he became president of a paint, dye and ink company in suburban Cleveland.

    —Richie Hoyt, 6-4, junior, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Another valuable sub on the team, Hoyt once scored 50 points in a high school game. He totaled 58 in 23 games for the 1959-60 Buckeyes, then became an executive for a workers' compensation company.

    —Joe Roberts, 6-6, senior, Columbus (East HS), Ohio. Roberts thrived in coach Fred Taylor's offense,
    averaging 11 points and seven rebounds. He was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals in the third round,
    and played three years in the NBA with the Nationals and one year in the ABA. He went into coaching
    and spent several years as an assistant in college ranks and the NBA. He eventually went into education before retiring in California.

    —Dave Barker, 6-2, senior, Columbus, Ohio. Scored 23 points in 16 games as a backup guard.
    After graduation, he became owner of David Barker Art Gallery in Columbus.

    —Gary Milliken, 5-11, junior, Waynesburg, Pa. Milliken did not score in two games. After graduation,
    he became manager of a utility company in Pittsburgh.

    —Larry Siegfried, 6-4, junior, Shelby, Ohio. Ohio State's MVP in 1959 and a consensus second-team
    All-American in 1961, Siegfried was drafted in the first round by the Cincinnati Royals in 1961. He passed up the NBA to spend two seasons in the ABA. Like Havlicek, he eventually found a home with in Boston and spent seven years playing for Red Auerbach, helping the club win titles in 1964-66 and 1968-69. He played for three more teams before retiring after the 1972 season, having scored almost 6,000 points. He later coached, counseled prisoners at the Mansfield Correctional Institution and did motivational speaking.

    —J.T. Landes, 5-11, sophomore, Columbus (North HS), Ohio. Saw action in only six games, scoring four
    points for the Buckeyes. He became a school administrator in Green Bay, Wis.

    —Bob Knight, 6-4, sophomore, Orrville, Ohio. Better known as a coach than a player, Knight averaged 3.7 points as a sub on the national championship team. He would go on to win more games (902) than any college coach. He spent six years (1965-71) at Army, going 102-50, and 29 years (1971-2000) at Indiana, where he went 661-240, won 11 Big Ten titles and NCAA championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987. He closed out his successful yet turbulent coaching career with seven years (2001-08) at Texas Tech, going 138-82. He is now an analyst on ESPN, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.

    —Nelson Miller, 6-3, sophomore, Reading, Ohio. Miller scored five points in six games with the Buckeyes in 1960. After graduation, he moved to Monticello, Ill.

    —Jim Allen, 5-9, junior, Columbus, Ohio. Allen played in seven games, scoring seven points, and went on to become an emergency-room physician in Malibu, Calif.

    —Howard Nourse, 6-7, senior, Springfield, Ohio. Nourse averaged 3.1 points backing up Lucas, and eventually became an educator. He was a vice president of Milligan College in Tennessee.

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    Ernie Biggs (trainer). Brigg was Ohio State's head football and basketball trainer from 1945-1972, and held a patent for a knee brace he designed. A portion of the football practice facility is named in his honor, and he went into Ohio State's athletic hall of fame in 1980.

    Frank Truitt (freshman coach). A graduate of Otterbein College, Truitt left Ohio State to become the head coach at LSU in 1965, then at Kent State in 1966-74. He also spent five years coaching golf and four coaching soccer at the school. After retiring in 1978, he moved back to Columbus and worked in real estate before retiring.

    Jack Graf (assistant coach). After graduating from Ohio State, he picked up a master's degree at Harvard before returning to his alma mater to assist Taylor while working in the family business. Inducted into the Ohio State athletic hall of fame in 1988, Graf died on Sept. 14, 2009, at age 90.

    Fred Taylor (head coach). A native of Zanesville, Ohio, Taylor came to Ohio State as a student in 1942 but left to join the military. He returned to play on the 1948-50 teams, and was good enough in baseball that he played four years in the Washington Senators organization. Ohio State asked him to return as a freshman basketball and baseball coach in 1953. He guided the Buckeyes basketball team as head coach for 18 years, posting a record of 297-158 and winning five straight Big Ten titles (1960-64). The Buckeyes played in three consecutive NCAA title games, losing to Cincinnati in 1961 and 1962. He also led the Buckeyes to the Final Four in 1968, when the Big Ten co-champion finished third behind a stack offense that featured big men Bill Hosket and Dave Sorenson. He won his last conference
    title in 1971, conceding he lost much of his motivation after an ugly incident in 1972 at Minnesota, when Golden Gophers players Corky Taylor, Ron Behagen and Dave Winfield attacked Ohio State players in a wild melee. Taylor resigned after the 1975-76 season and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986. He died on Jan. 6, 2002.






             OHIO STATE STATS - 1925-2007

    First-Team All-Big Ten

    Big Ten Player of the Year

    Big Ten Coach of the Year

    • Eldon Miller (1983)
    • Randy Ayers (1991, 1992)
    • Jim O’Brien (1999, 2001)
    • Thad Matta (2006)

    All award data taken from [1]

    All-Time statistical leaders

    Career leaders

    • Points Scored: Dennis Hopson(2,096)
    • Assists: Jamar Butler (517)
    • Rebounds: Jerry Lucas (1,411)
    • Steals: Jay Burson (204)

    Single-season Leaders

    • Points Scored: Dennis Hopson (958, 1987)
    • Assists: Mike Conley, Jr. (238, 2007)
    • Rebounds: Jerry Lucas (499, 1962)
    • Steals: Curtis Wilson (74, 1987)

    Single-game leaders

    • Points Scored: Gary Bradds (49, 1964)
    • Assists: Curtis Wilson (14, 1988)
    • Rebounds: Frank Howard (32, 1956)
    • Steals: Troy Taylor (8, 1983)
    TOP FIVE POINTS IN A SEASON
      1- Dennis Hopson       858     33 Avg  in 1987
      2- Gary Bradds           735     24 Avg  in 1964
      3- Robin Freeman        723     27 Avg  in 1956
      4- Jim Jackson             718     32 Avg  in 1992
      5- Jerry Lucas              710     27 Avg  in 1960

    SEASON REBOUND LEADERS
      1-  Jerry Lucas              17.8  in  1962
      2-  Jerry Lucas              17.4  in  1961
      3-  Jerry Lucas              16.4  in  1960
      4-  Frank Howard         15.3  in  1957
      5-  Frank Howard         13.6  in  1958

    SEASON FIELD GOAL % LEADERS
      1-  Jerry Lucas        63.7%  in 1960
      2-  Jason Singleton  63.5%  in 1999
      3-  Jerry Lucas        62.3%  in 1961
      4-  Greg Oden         61.6%  in 2007
      5-  Jerry Lucas         61.1%  in 1962




















    Regular Season Stats - s
    SIEGFRIED - NBA
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    Year Age Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP
    1963-64 24 BOS NBA 31 261 101 3.3 35 110 .318 31 39 .795
    1964-65 25 BOS NBA 72 996 455 6.3 173 417 .415 109 140 .779
    1965-66 26 BOS NBA 71 1675 972 13.7 349 825 .423 274 311 .881
    1966-67 27 BOS NBA 73 1891 1030 14.1 368 833 .442 294 347 .847
    1967-68 28 BOS NBA 62 1937 758 12.2 261 629 .415 236 272 .868
    1968-69 29 BOS NBA 79 2560 1120 14.2 392 1031 .380 336 389 .864
    1969-70 30 BOS NBA 78 2081 984 12.6 382 902 .424 220 257 .856
    1970-71 31 SDR NBA 53 1673 422 8.0 146 378 .386 130 153 .850
    1971-72 32 HOU NBA 10 223 48 4.8 18 46 .391 12 14 .857
    1971-72 32 ATL NBA 21 335 70 3.3 25 77 .325 20 23 .870
    1971-72 32 TOT NBA 31 558 118 3.8 43 123 .350 32 37 .865
    9 Season Totals     550 13632 5960 10.8 2149 5248 .409 1662 1945 .854