Jerry Lucas led OSU to 3 straight NCAA
Finals - Big Ten player of year 3 times 1960-2
Greg Oden led OSU to NCAA finals in 2007
INDEX OF CONTENTS: 1- Game by Game write ups of 2010-11
season - 31 games 1A- Big Ten Tournament - 2011
1B- NCAA Tournment 1 2011 2- Team and player stats for each game
3- Final Game of last season
4- Last Year Big Ten Tournament
5- Last Year OSU NCAA Tournament games
6- Pictures from last years games
7- 1960 NCAA win over California and lots of info about players
and season
8- Jerry Lucas profile
9- Pictures from 50 year anniversary celebration of 1960 NCAA
championship on 1-31-2010
10- Profiles on some of Lucas 1960 teammates including John
Have lick and Larry Siegfried
11- Jarad Sullinger & top 7 OSU teammates
high school stats
12- OSU Basketball team and individual records from 1925-2007
PRE
SEASON FORECAST:
OSU ranked 4th in AP poll, Michigan St ranked 2nd.
Media picked Michigan State to win Big Ten
Slag picks OSU to win Big Ten as they play Michigan St
only one time and game is in Columbus.
1- GAME BY GAME OHIO STATE
HIGHLIGHTS - 2010-11
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.
Thad Matta at pre season Big
Ten Media Day
Exhibition
Game: Nov 7 Walsh at Ohio State
Jared Sullinger had 22 points and 10
rebounds, and Aaron Craft had 12 points and eight assists as the Ohio
State unveiled its highly rated freshman class in a 102-56 men's
basketball exhibition win over Walsh today in Value City Arena. Sullinger and Craft were among
five players to score in double figures. Returning starters David
Lighty, William Buford and Dallas Lauderdale scored 19, 16 and 12
points, respectively. The game was the Buckeyes' only
exhibition. They will open the regular season at home at 7 p.m. Friday
against North Carolina A&T. Walsh, the NAIA Division II runner-up
last season, was playing its second exhibition in as many days. The
Cavaliers lost yesterday at Ohio University 78-64. The Buckeyes broke away from
what had been a close first five minutes after Craft entered the game
at the first timeout. The freshman point guard started a 13-2 run with
an assist on a Jon Diebler three-pointer, a steal and a layup. Diebler
finished with five points in the game and took only three shots. Ohio State led 55-30 at
halftime. Craft finished the half with seven points, seven assists,
three rebounds and two steals.
GAME 1 NOV
12 - N. Carolina A&T at Ohio State
GAME 2 /DEC 12 -
Ohio State at #9 Florida
Matta
talks to Diebler
The Buckeyes trailed Florida at the half 41-38, but won the second half
55-32 in an awesome display. I was especially impressed with
their ball handling as despite being pressed all game OSU had only 8
turnovers. OSU shot 63% from the floor and 41% from the 3 point
line. Florida shot 61% from the field and 43% from downtown and
out rebounded the Bucks 26-17. But OSU forced Florida into 18
turnovers and had 22 assists to 11 for the Gators. Ohio State
made 24 of 34 (70.6%) shots in the 2nd half despite playing 5 players
for 35 plus minutes.
Lighty had an awesome game making 9 of
11 shots and 6 of 7 free throws. Sullinger made 13 of 17 shots
for 26 points and 10 rebounds his 2nd double double in his first two
games of college ball. Buford was 7 of 14 for 16 points and
Diebler was 5 of 8 including 4 of 7 three pointers. Aaron Craft
came off the bench in both halves but played about 35 minutes and had 7
points, 5 assists and 3 turnovers. But he usually brought the
ball up by himself against the full court press. OSU only played
7 players and Thomas was the only one not to shoot 50 % from the
field. Great ball handling led to many easy shots.
GAME 3 /DEC 15 -
UNC Wilmington at Ohio State
GAME 4 /NOV 23 -
Morehead State at Ohio State
The Buckeyes were played tough by Morehead State, but pulled away in
the 2nd half to extend a 30-24 half time lead to a 64-45 victory.
Kenneth Faried of Morehead State, projected to be a first round draft
pick, looked like the best player on the court but got into foul
trouble to limit his minutes. He scored 15 points on 5 of 7
shooting, grabbed 12 bounds and had 5 steals. He also played good
defense on Sullinger holding him to 8 points and 8 rebounds.
Jon Diebler led the Bucks with 20 points on 7 of
10 shooting including 4 of 7 from downtown, 4 bounds and 3
assists. Thomas came off the bench to score 16 also on 7 of 10
from the field and grabbed 7 bounds. Buford was hurt and didn't
play thus Aaron Craft started and played the entire game scoring 7
points with 6 assists and 5 turnovers. Lighty scored 11 points on
4 of 11 from the field, 5 bounds 7 assists and 4 steals.
GAME 5 /NOV 26 -
Miami University at Ohio State - OSU wins 66-45
OSU
and Miami of Ohio both started slow but Ohio State eventually led 22-5
with 7 minutes remaining in the first half. But Miami turned the
apparent romp into a game and came within 28-23. For the first
half OSU held Miami to 5 of 22 from the floor. In the 2nd half
Lighty lit up Miami of Ohio for 19 points and OSU pulled away to win
66-45.
OSU was led by Lighty who was 7 of 12 from the
floor including 4 of 4 from beyond the 3 point line in the 2nd
half. He also had 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Thomas
came off the bench to pour in 15 points on 6 of 9 from the field and
grabbed 5 bounds. Sullinger was 5 for 9 from the field with 3
bounds and 12 points.
OSU shot 52% from the field which is their
season average. They are 8th in the nation in field goal
percentage.
GAME 6 /NOV 30 -
Ohio State at Florida State - OSU wins 58-44.
Ohio
State played good defense and Florida State shot poorly as OSU jumped
to 7-0, 20-10 and a 28-17 half time lead. OSU struggled shooting
all game and Florida State made several runs at OSU but never came
closer than 7. OSU out scored Florida State by 7 in the last few
minutes to win 58-44. Florida State, now 5-2, was ranked
30th before losing to #18 Florida 55-51 last week.
OSU shot poorly all game especially Diebler
who was 3-12 from the filed including 2 of 10 from 3 point line, but
contributed 4 steals in the 2nd half and made 4 of 5 foul shots and
scored a team high 12 points. Sullinger was stymied by the
Florida State defense while scoring 11 points on 3 of 9 shooting but
grabbed 13 bounds. Lightly scored 10 points on 4 of 14 shots and
collected 7 bounds. Buford fouled out with about 7 minutes
remaining but scored 9 points on 4 of 12 shooting and grabbed 5
boards. Thomas only played a few minutes in the first half before
taking a nasty spill. He finished with 5 points on 2 of 4 from
the field. Craft scored 5 points on 1 of 5 shooting but collected
4 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 turnovers.
Ohio State shot a season low 32% from the
field but their defense held Florida State to 35% shooting and out
rebound the Seminoles 39-29. Ohio State played
good defense and Florida State shot poorly as OSU jumped to 7-0, 20-10
and a 28-17 half time lead. OSU struggled shooting all game and
Florida State made several runs at OSU but never came closer than
7. OSU out scored Florida State by 7 in the last few minutes to
win 58-44. Florida State, now 5-2, was ranked 30th before
losing to #18 Florida 55-51 last week.
OSU shot poorly all game especially Diebler
who was 3-12 from the filed including 2 of 10 from 3 point line, but
contributed 4 steals in the 2nd half and made 4 of 5 foul shots and
scored a team high 12 points. Sullinger was stymied by the
Florida State defense while scoring 11 points on 3 of 9 shooting but
grabbed 13 bounds. Lightly scored 10 points on 4 of 14 shots and
collected 7 bounds. Buford fouled out with about 7 minutes
remaining but scored 9 points on 4 of 12 shooting and grabbed 5
boards. Thomas only played a few minutes in the first half before
taking a nasty spill. He finished with 5 points on 2 of 4 from
the field. Craft scored 5 points on 1 of 5 shooting but collected
4 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 turnovers.
Ohio State shot a season low 32% from the
filed but their defense held Florida State to 35% shooting and out
rebound the Seminoles 39-29.
GAME 7 /DEC 9 -
IUPUI at Ohio State
Sullinger
The
25 point favorite Buckeyes fell behind 50-41 with about 12 minutes
remaining then outscored IUPUI 34-14 for the remainder of the game.
During one span, the Buckeyes outscored the Jaguars 24-4 -- with
Sullinger scoring 14 and Diebler hitting two 3s.
It was a phenomenal performance by freshman Jared Sullinger who scored
40 points including 26 in the 2nd half on 12 of 17 from the floor and
16 of 23 from the foul line. He also grabbed a game high 13
bounds. At one time in the second half there had been 15 fouls
shots attempted by both teams and Sullinger had attempted 14 as IUPUI
had no answer for the awesome freshman. This week will be the 4th
time in 5 weeks that Sullinger has been Big Ten freshman of the
week! The other weekly honor was won by Thomas of OSU!
Sullinger broke the freshman record of 30 points held by Michael Redd
vs USC in 1997. It is the first 40 point game for a Buckeye since
Dennis Hopson scored 41 points in 1986 and only the 4th time in the
last 45 years that a Buckeye has scored 40 points.
Buford started fast making his first four shots including two 3's for
10 points to keep OSU ahead a couple of points most of the first
half. But he went cold after that finishing with 14 points on 6
of 15 shooting and grabbing 7 boards. Diebler started the rally
from 9 down with a 3 pointer and finished 4 of 6 from the field
including 3 of 5 from downtown and added 3 assists while scoring
13. Lighty add 6 points on 3 of 7 from the field, had 4 bounds
and 3 steals. The other 3 players seeing action scored only 2
points. Craft missed his only shot in 35 minutes of play but
tallied 8 assists and 5 boards. The starting line up with Craft
instead of Lauderdale in the 2nd half played the first 19 minutes
before any substitutions.
Both teams made 26 of 51 field goals and shot well from
the 3 point line. IUPUI was 8 of 17 from downtown while OSU was 5
of 11. The difference was Sullinger's 16 made free throws while
IUPUI only attempted 5 for the game. OSU won the rebounding
battle 31-20 after each scored 15 in the first half.
GAME 8 /DEC 12 -
W. Carolina at Ohio State - OSU wins 85-60
Sullinger
shooting
The 26 point favorite Buckeyes jumped out of the gate to an 11-0 lead
and led at halftime 42-25. OSU made their first four shots in the
2nd half and increased their lead to 35 points before easing up and
winning 85-60. In the first half OSU forced Carolina into 11
turnovers in the first 18 possessions and 14 turnovers in the first
half while the Buckeyes had 0!
Sullinger led the scoring with 17 points
on 4 of 8 from the field and 9 of 12 from the line and grabbed 5
rebounds. For the second consecutive game Sullinger made close to
twice as many foul shots as the opponent. Lauderdale scored 13 on
6 of 7 from the field and corralled 6 boards. Buford scored
13 on 6 of 12 from the field and had 6 bounds and 5
assists. Thomas came off the bench to score 13 on 2 of 7
from the floor and 8 of 8 from the line. Diebler scored 10 on 3
of 5 from the field including 2 of 3 three point shots.
Lighty, Weatherspoon and Sibert all scored 6 or 7 points as 7 players
logged 21-25 minutes and 3 other players logged 9 to 18 minutes.
OSU out shot Western Carolina 52 to 42%
but were out rebounded 37-24. OSU won the turnover battle 6 to 20.
GAME 9 /DEC 15 - Florida Gulf Coast
at Ohio State
12-14 Ohio State continues to rank among the nation's most
efficient teams at both ends of the floor, according to analyst Ken
Pomeroy's ratings at kenpom.com, which places the Buckeyes third
overall, behind Duke and Kansas. NCAA statistics rank the Buckeyes
among the top 10 in scoring defense, scoring margin, turnover margin
and fewest fouls.
Sullinger ranks
sixth in Big Ten scoring (18.0), second in rebounding (9.3) and third
in field-goal percentage (.595), and his free throws made (44) and
attempted (64) lead the conference, both overall and per game.
It's the season for naming Big Ten
awards, so maybe the conference will rename its freshman of the week
award in men's basketball for Sullinger, who won it for the fourth time
in five weeks yesterday. He also was named player of the week for the
second time after putting 40 points on IUPUI and 17 on Western
Carolina. He is the first Big Ten player to score at least 40
points in a game since Michigan State's Shawn Respert in 1995 and only
the second freshman in the conference to do it. The other was Dick Ives
of Iowa in 1944.
Ohio
State jumped out to 7-0, 18-3 and 42-16 half time lead on way to an
83-55 win over a weak Florida Gulf Coast team. A key to the
first half was turnovers where OSU won the battle 3 to 14 after winning
the previous game 0 to 14 in the first half.
The game belonged to Jon Diebler who had a
career high 29 points on 9 of 14 from the 3 point line and added 4
bounds and 2 assists. He missed his first 2 shots then made 9
three pointers in a row before missing his last 3. He tied Jay
Burlson OSU record of 9 in one game set in 1983 and was one 3 pointer
from tying the Big Ten record of 10 for one game. Diebler was so
hot about 3 of the makes were about 5 feet beyond the 3 point line and
I am not sure if any of the 9 in a row hit the rim! Diebler moved
into 7th place on the all time list of 3 pointers made with 291 and
needs to average about 2 makes a game to become the Big Ten all time
leader (currently 332) in 3 point shots made.
Buford added 17 points on 8 of 18 but
only 1 of 6 from downtown. He also had 6 bounds and 3
assists. Sullinger added 11 points on 5 of 9 from the field
and 3 boards. Craft had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists making
all of his 3 shots. Lighty scored 7 points on 2 of 9 but had 8
assists. Lauderdale added 4 points, 8 bounds and 2 blocks.
OSU have now won 9 straight, all by at
least 11 points. OSU is shooting 49.2% from the field, the same %
Diebler is shooting on 3's. Outside of Lauderdale (70%) and
Sullinger (59%), none of the other 4 significant players are shooting
all of their shots as well as Diebler shoots 3 pointers! Buford
(43%) and Lightly (44%) are not close to Diebler's 3 point field
goal % of 49.2%. Diebler is also shooting 70% on 2's and 80% on
foul shots. Diebler shot 2 of 10 on 3 points in one game and his
2nd worst game in the first 9 was 3 of 8 (37.5) which converts to 56%
on two pointers!
GAME 10 - DEC
18 SOUTH CAROLINA AT OHIO STATE - OSU WINS 79-57
Craft
shooting layup
OSU
once again jumped out to a quick lead, this time 20-6 and were leading
South Carolina 42-21 at half time. OSU held South Carolina (SC)
to 26% shooting in the first half and won the rebound battle by
10. SC had out rebounded 6 of their first 7 opponents including
Michigan State their only loss and were 6th in the nation in
rebounding. The 2nd half was even. SC cut the lead to 14,
then OSU surged to a 31 point lead before relaxing and winning
79-57. OSU was favored by 18.
Sullinger was unstoppable pouring in 30 points and
grabbing 19 rebounds, the most by a Buckeye player since Bill Hoskett
grabbed 19 in 1968, 42 years ago! His 14 defensive rebounds were
an OSU Freshman record. Sullinger sunk 10 of 17 from the field
and 9 of 12 from the line. It was the third game in a row that
Sullinger has made more free throws than the opponent attempted.
Buford added 12 points on 5 of 11 shooting but had
4 turnovers vs 2 assists. Diebler added 11 but was only 3 of 9
from the field including 2 of 6 from downtown in a game high 35
minutes. Lighty added 9 on 2 of 8 from the field and 5 of 5 from
the line while accumulating 5 boards and 5 assists. Thomas added
7 points in 15 minutes on 2 of 5 from the floor while grabbing 7
boards. Lauderdale scored 6 on 3 of 7 shooting with 7 boards and
3 blocks.
Ohio State outshot SC 43 to 38%, made 21
of 28 foul shots vs 3 of 7 for SC, out bounded SC 43-31 and committed 8
turnovers to 15 for SC.
Ohio State is one of 12 undefeated teams at
10-0, winning all games by at least 11 points. This is the fifth
time OSU has started 10-0 and the first since the 2005-6 season. Tomorrow
the 11th ranked women play at #1 Connecticut who is going for their
88th straight win to tie UCLA mens record for the NCAA longest streak
in basketball history. NOTE: OSU lost to Connecticut but
Stanford broke their streak at 90 at Stanford.
GAME 11 - DEC 21
N. C. ASHEVILLE AT OHIO STATE - OSU WINS 96-49
Lighty
dribbling
Ohio
State as usual jumped out to a quick lead of 16-5 with Lighty scoring
all 16 points on way to 48-24 half time lead and 96-49 final
score. OSU shot well especially in the first half when they mad
20 of 34 shots (59%) on way to 56.5% for the game while holding NC
Asheville to 37.5%. OSU won rebounds 42-25, assists 20-11, steals
12-4 and turnovers 11-21.
Lighty scored 23 in the first half
and finished with 29 points on 11 of 16 field goals including 7 of 10
from 3 point range. Buford added 14 points and 5 boards on 6 of
12 shooting. Thomas scored 13 points and grabbed 8 boards in 21
minutes. Sullinger made 4 of 7 shots for 9 points and collected
16 rebounds and handed off 5 assists. Diebler added 9 points
while Sibert and Craft added 7 points and 6 bounds as 7 players scored
7 or more points. Game 13 - Dec
27 - Tennessee Martin at OSU
GAME 12 - DEC 23
OAKLAND AT #1 OHIO STATE - OSU WIN 96-62
Ohio State jumped to
an 8 point lead against 17 point underdog Oakland and led by 10-12
points most of the first half until Oakland cut the lead to 5 with a
minute remaining in the first half. OSU scored the last 4 points
of the first half and increased the lead to 17 in the first four
minutes of the 2nd half and surged from there for a 92-63
win.
Ohio State had six players score between
12 and 17 points and a 7th player, Dallas Lauderdale, was named player
of the game with 8 bounds and 6 blocks moving to 3rd place for career
blocks by a Buckeye. Thomas came off the bench to lead all
scorers with 17 points on 6 of 10 from the field and 6 bounds.
Sullinger added 16 on 5 of 11 from the floor and 6 of 6 from the line
along with 9 rebounds. Diebler added 13 points on 3 of 5 three
pointers and 4 assists. Lighty scored 13 on 3 of 4 from
downtown and 5 bounds. Buford scored 12 on 5 of 16 from the floor
and 6 assists and 4 boards. Craft had 12 on 4 of 5 from the
field, 7 assists and 4 steals.
OSU's big edge was in turnovers as they
only had 5 to 20 for Oakland. OSU outshot Oakland 47% to 38%, on
3 pointers 56 % (10 of 18) to 38%, won rebounds 39-37, won assists
21-12 and won steals 11-2.
OSU fouled out 6'11" Keith Benson (averaging
17 points a game) while holding him to 8 points and 10 boards.
The Buckeyes are 12-0, the best start
since they went 17-0 in the 1990-1 season. Game 13 - Dec
27 - Tennessee Martin at OSU
GAME 13 - DEC 27
#2 TENN. MARTIN AT #2 OHIO STATE
Following is a narrative of OSU strength of
schedule in preseason followed by a link to individual stats by game
for each OSU player. At the bottom of the file is the top 7
players in most offensive categories.
NOTE: I ran across
some power ratings listing 346 schools. OSU average opponent thus
far averages 160. Only one Big Ten team is ranked lower than 71
and that is Iowa at 252. The only schools OSU played in
preseason that is ranked above the 10th rated team in the Big Ten (Penn
State 71) is Florida State 40 and Florida 41. OSU is 3rd behind
Duke and Kansas.
Big Ten season starts at Indiana on Dec
31st for OSU.
GAME 14 - DEC
31 #2 OHIO STATE AT INDIANA - OSU WINS 85-67
Lauderdale
blocks
shot
Thomas and Diebler boxing out
OSU
started fast as usual in their Big Ten opener at 12 point underdog
Indiana. Buford scored the first 8 points as OSU led 20-8,
The teams traded baskets as OSU led at half time 46-33. The Bucks
were shooting lights out hitting 15 of 21 from the floor (71%), 7 of 11
three pointers (64%) and 9 of 11 foul shots (82%). Indiana stayed
in the game hitting 52% from the field and 5 of 11 from downtown.
Buford had 13 points in the first 10 minutes and finished with 14 on 5
of 6 from the floor including 3 of 4 three pointers. Sullinger
made all 4 shots and finished with 11 and Diebler hit all 3 three
pointers for 9 points.
The 2nd half was more of the same as the
Bucks coasted to an 85-67. OSU made 13 of 19 three pointers (68%)
and made 10 of 19 two pointers (53%). Indiana shot 52% from the
floor and 36% from downtown. OSU won rebounds 27-21 and assists
15-13 but lost the turnover battle 16-13. Buford and Thomas both
had 4 turnovers.
Buford led in scoring with 24 points on 5 of 7
three pointers and 3 of 8 two pointers and he grabbed 4 boards.
Sullinger scored 19 points on 5 of 6 from the floor and 9 of 12 from
the line and 9 bounds. Sullinger fouled out his primary defender,
Elston, in 9 minutes of action. Diebler added 15 points, making
all 5 three point attempts. Diebler is now hitting 51% of his 3
pointers including 10 of 13 (77%) in last 3 games. Lighty added
11 points on 2 of 4 three pointers and 5 assists. The
Buckeyes (14-0, 1-0 Big Ten) have won eight straight road games --
their longest such streak since winning nine in a row from 1970-72. And
for the first time in school history, the Buckeyes have won three
consecutive games at Assembly Hall. Ohio State hadn't won three
straight in Bloomington since 1968-70, before the current arena opened.
Ohio State did it with flair, too, shooting 60.5 percent from the field
and tied the record for most 3s by an opponent at Assembly Hall.
Northwestern made 13 last season in Bloomington.
GAME 15 - JAN 4 #2
OHIO STATE AT IOWA - OSU WINS 73-68
Ohio State struggled in the first half vs 13 point underdog Iowa and
trailed by scores of 17-9, 32-25 and 35-28 at the half. Iowa out
rebounded and out hustled the Buckeyes in the first half. OSU
started the 2nd half by outscoring Iowa by 20 points in the first 11
minutes as Sullinger scored 12 points in first 11 minutes of the 2nd
half. A 13 point lead with 8 minutes left was whittled to 3
when Craft was fouled with 16 seconds left - he made two clutch foul
shots.
OSU outshot Iowa for the game 55-43% but Iowa
shot 3 point shots better 47-37%. OSU lost rebound battle 30-29
but won assists 15-10. Turnovers were even at 15.
Sullinger led the Bucks with 24 points on 11
of 20 from the field and he grabbed game high 12 bounds. Diebler
added 14 points on 4 of 8 from three point land and dished out 5
assists. Lighty added 12 points on 5 of 9 from the field, 6
boards and 4 assists. Craft added 6 points, 7 assists and 4
boards. Lauderdale added 6 points 4 bounds and 4 blocks. The
Buckeyes (15-0, 2-0 Big Ten), who have won five straight over the
Hawkeyes for the first time in school history.
It was the first time in the history of the program
that
the Buckeyes (15-0, 2-0 Big Ten) had
won back-to-back road games to start the Big Ten season.
It was their ninth consecutive road win overall and
eighth in a row in the Big Ten, dating to
last season.
GAME 16 - JAN
9 MINNESOTA AT #2 OHIO STATE - OSU wins 67-64
The week that was
"Survive
and advance" is a term coaches usually don't invoke until the NCAA
Tournament. But in
what is shaping up as a dogfight of a season in the Big Ten, it
accurately describes Ohio State's
first full week of conference play.
The
Buckeyes needed a 16-0 second-half run to get out of Iowa with a
five-point win, then
watched an 18-point lead at home against Minnesota dwindle to three
before surviving a Gophers
last-second shot to force overtime.
The
win at Iowa, combined with a New Year's Eve victory at Indiana, made it
the first time in
history that Ohio State started the Big Ten season with two road wins.
They have won nine
consecutive games on opponents' home courts dating to last season.
The week ahead
A
10th straight road win, at Michigan, would be the second-longest such
streak in program
history behind the 21 in a row achieved from the 1959-60 through '61-62
seasons. The 1970-71 and
'71-72 teams also won nine in a row on the road.
A
win also would make the Buckeyes 17-0, matching the third-best start in
program history by the
1990-91 team. The 1960-61 team went 27-0 before losing the NCAA
Tournament championship game. The
'61-62 team won its first 22 games.
Michigan
is 10-2 in Crisler Arena and took Kansas to overtime there Sunday but
also lost at home
to Purdue by 23 points. Penn State upset Michigan State on Saturday at
home but is 1-3 on the
road.
How good are they?
Still
No. 2 in the polls. But even against opponents the caliber of Indiana
and Iowa, the start
of Big Ten play has rubbed a little shine off their ride. The Buckeyes
fell from first to fourth in
defensive efficiency and from first to second in the Pomeroy
performance ratings. But three
straight conference wins helped them climb 10 spots (to 13th) in the
Rating Percentage Index.
Who's/what's hot?
Even
though the Buckeyes struggled in the final eight minutes against
Minnesota's pressure
defense - due in part to making only half their free throws - the
offense is averaging 75 points
and 16.3 assists and shooting 50.7 percent from the field in Big Ten
play.
Jared
Sullinger had back-to-back double-doubles, giving him eight on the
season - still 10 short
of Herb Williams' freshman record.
David
Lighty, who played in his record 111th win Sunday, now sets his sights
on joining Jim
Jackson and Evan Turner as the only Buckeyes with at least 1,000
points, 500 rebounds and 300
assists. Lighty needs seven rebounds to join the club.
He
also had three steals last week to tie Dennis Hopson for second place
with 164, 40 short of
Jay Burson's career record.
Aaron
Craft's average of six assists per Big Ten game ranks him third in the
conference, and he
has a 2-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Who's/what's not?
Learning
how to deal with prosperity is ongoing, especially now that opponents
are talented
enough to recover from double-digit deficits. Ohio State built
second-half leads of 13 points on
Iowa and 18 on Minnesota and had each cut to three in the final minute
before surviving with
defensive stops.
Now
that the outcomes are getting closer, free throws become more
important. The Buckeyes
managed only nine attempts at Iowa, and in the two games, made only 19
of 32 (59.4 percent). If
William Buford and Jon Diebler can't or won't get to the rim more,
Craft should start trying to.
Ohio State's ratio of one free throw for every three field-goals
attempted ranks in the bottom 25
percent in the country.
The
assist-to-turnover ratio also isn't as sparkling as it was during
non conference play. The
Buckeyes averaged nearly eight more assists than turnovers then; 2.7
more in the Big Ten.
The Sully watch
With
The New York Times and USA Today in town in recent weeks to do profiles
of Sullinger, the
freshman is tasting life in the national eye and apparently handling it
well.
He
gave a shout-out last week to someone with whom he can empathize. After
quarterback Terrelle
Pryor apologized on national television to fans following the Buckeyes'
win in the Sugar Bowl,
Sullinger tweeted him.
"It
takes a real man to go on national TV and tell the whole Buckeye Nation
he is sorry,"
Sullinger wrote Pryor.
Outside the lines
It's
possible that Nikola Kecman, who is on schedule to graduate after
winter quarter, won't
play again for Ohio State despite having a year of eligibility
remaining after this.
Coach
Thad Matta said yesterday that Kecman still has pain in his right knee,
on which he had
surgery last summer to repair cartilage and ligament damage.
Kecman,
who has played 81 minutes in 16 games since arriving in 2008, has had
major surgery on
his right knee twice and his left knee once since he was in high school
in his native Serbia. Matta
said he is hesitant to "risk hurting his ability to walk someday."
If
Kecman does not return, it would free the one scholarship Matta needs
to accommodate all of
the five freshmen arriving in the 2011 recruiting class if both
Sullinger and Buford return next
season. For now, the Buckeyes are one over the 13-scholarship limit for
2011-12.
Quotable
"I
can tell you 10 coaches that wish it was the none-and-done rule." -
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan,
asked about Sullinger while discussing Ohio State's ability to sustain
success despite players
continually leaving early for the NBA draft
The
Buckeyes got back to stifling defense to hold Minnesota a season low
points in the first half on way to a 32-22 lead. OSU also tied
first half rebounds at 14. Minnesota has not been out rebounded
all year and lead the Big Ten in rebounding. OSU also won turnover
battle 4-8. Lighty led the way with 13 first half points on 5 of
9 shooting.
Minnesota pulled within 43-35 and OSU makes 4
of 5 three point attempts to take a 55-37 lead. After that it was
all Minnesota as they pulled within 67-64 and had last 3 shots of game
but couldn't connect. Minnesota helped themselves by making all
19 fouls shots in the second half.
For the game Minnesota out shot OSU 42 to 39%
but OSU made 8 of 22 three pointers while Minnesota made only 2 of
14. The Gopher out shot OSU from the foul line 89 to 65% and out
rebounded OSU 31-26. The Minnesota height helped them win the
rebound battle and caused offensive problems as they blocked 6
shots. OSU won assists 14-13 and turnovers 12-15.
Lightly led the offense with 19 points but sat
out parts of the 2nd half with foul trouble and fouled out with 2:30
remaining. He was the only Buckeye to shoot better than 50%
making 7 of 13 with 3 bounds. Sullinger scored 15 points on 5 of
11 field goals 5 of 6 free throws and 12 boards. Craft added 11
points but was only 2 of 7 from the field and 5 of 8 on free
throws but handed out 7 assists. Diebler added 9 points on 3 of 8
from the field but only 1 of 3 free throws. Buford also had 9
points on 3 of 11 shooting and 4 assists. Trevor
Mbakwa, Minnesota's 6'8" forward hit 4 of 5 field goals and 8 of 10
fouls shots and grabbed 12 points on way to 16 points.
Blake Hoffarber, the leading scorer for Minnesota at 13.8 points a game
was held to 7 points by Diebler.
The Buckeyes are off to the fourth-best
start in the program's 112 seasons. at 16-0. Only the 1960-61 (27-0),
1961-62 (22-0) and 1990-91 (17-0) teams won more games to start a
season.
GAME 17 - JAN 12
#2 OHIO STATE AT MICHIGAN - OSU wins 68-64
To Steve Havens from Nelson 1-13-11
Turner
has been really inconsistent. Sub
then starter than sub then starter (this time due to injuries) and now
a sub again. His minutes are all over the place as are his
stats. He has a history of starting slow at each level. I
thought he looked good recently against the Lakers which I saw on
TV. Philly even had him on Kobe.
OSU is better than last year almost from
the start. There key is defense, shooting and ball
handling all near the best in the nation. Last year they played
zone and this year man to man. They became to much of a one man
team last year. Sullinger, 6;'9" freshman center, is more
valuable to the team than Turner. ;Teams can't stop him with one
man so they often put a couple men on him leaving someone open and
they shoot 3's at a 40% clip and 2nd in the nation in field goals at
51%. They should win next two to go 19-0 and should move into 1st
in the polls since Duke lost to Florida State last night.
OSU beat Fla St 58-44 in Dec. Despite double teaming Sullinger he
has averaged 17 points and 10 bounds a game, has been Big Ten
Freshman of the week 7 times in first 8 weeks. considered the
favorite for Big Ten Player of the Year and in contention for
national player of the year. Not bad for a true freshman.
His father coached him all the way through school and he also played
about 130 AAU games with his father the coach winning the team title 3
times. And they rotate 7 good players, 3 freshman and 4
veterans. Very athletic. Five different players have scored
at least 24 points once this season.
Sullinger's brother played at OSU several year ago. He plays
like a senior because of all of his experience.
Purdue was a pleasant surprise since
they lost Hummel (sp) to injury before the season started. If
they have a big man that can contain Sullinger without double
teaming it should be a great game (s).
For
the third straight game, OSU ran to a double digit lead and hung on to
win, this time against 10 point underdog Michigan. Both teams
shot lights out in the first half as OSU shot 62% and Michigan shot 57%
and both teams hit half of their three point shots. Both teams
cooled off in the 2nd half but both finished shooting 52%. OSU
was the 2nd leading shooting % team in the nation hitting 51% of their
field goals. OSU grabbed a 12 point lead about halfway through
the 2nd half, but Michigan hit a couple of 3's to come within 2
points several times. Sullinger sat out time in the 2nd half with
foul trouble and fouled out with 2 minutes left. OSU played the
last 2 minutes without a center as Matta elected to go with Thomas
instead of Lauderdale as Michigan would have intentionally fouled
Lauderdale. Lighty struggled making foul shots (61% for season)
again (6 of 13 from the line), but did make 4 of 7 in the last 4
minutes. Buford made both foul shots with 12 second remaining and
Craft made both with 9 seconds left each time extending the OSU lead to
4 points. Final OSU 68 Michigan 64. OSU made 7 of 14
three pointers for the game compared of Michigan's 11 of 25. OSU
made 17 of 25 from the line (68%, same as their season average) but
were 11 of 12 without Lighty. OSU edged Michigan in rebounds
24-21 and turnovers 10-12. Both teams had 15 assists.
Buford led the Buckeyes with 19 points
and a team leading 9 bounds on 6 of 13 from the floor and 5 of 6 from
the line. Sullinger added 12 points on 4 of 6 from the floor, 4
of 4 from the line, 7 bounds, 3 assists and 6 turnovers. Lighty
scored 12 on 3 of 7 from the floor and handed off for 5 assists.
Diebler added 9 points on 3 of 5 from downtown and Craft added 10 on 3
of 7 from the filed including 2 of 4 from the 3 point line.
Michigan has had a brutal last
five games, losing to #8 Purdue 80-57, defeating Penn State (3-2 in Big
Ten) 76-69, losing to #20 Wisconsin 66-50, losing to #3 Kansas in OT
and losing to #2 OSU 68-64.
OSU is 17-0 for the first time in
20 years and tied for the Big Ten lead with Purdue at 4-0. OSU's
next two games are at home thus they will have been favored by at least
10 points in each of their first six Big Ten games, then the fun
begins. Eight of their last 12 games of the regular season will
be against the 5 top Big Ten teams, all ranked in the top 27 teams in
the country.
Two of OSU's non conference wins were against Florida and Florida
State. Last night Florida won at Tennessee (team that knocked OSU
out of NCAA last year. Tonight Duke trails Florida State 28-24 at
the half as I go to press. This is the first time all season that
Duke has trailed at the half.
GAME 18 - JAN 15
PENN STATE AT #2 OHIO STATE
Agree - like last year, tall teams in paint
may be a problem. Would probably force Lauderdale to play more
weakening their offense as someone has to sit. But at
least having Sullinger and Lauderdale gives Matta flexibility
to stay even on boards and defend two big guys. Lighty is often
effective at guarding bigger guy because of his quickness and
intelligence causes problem.
I think Sullinger is a bit overrated. He
still looks a tad slow to react sometimes especially on defense where
he doesn't seem to be effective in helping out. Where he excels
and is good as most pro low post players is his footwork and being able
to shoot anything and with both hands. That is why they are
double teaming him or otherwise he can out duel you one on one as he
can
go either way. He has been so well coached for so long and played
so much basketball (115+ AAU games) it is like he is 5th year
freshman. Same way with Craft. Thus even though OSU is
playing 2 freshman most of time it is like they are playing 5 seniors -
another reason they could be best team in country.
In the pros Sullinger should be fine as a
power forward playing the low post often. He has a good outside
shot but shouldn't and doesn't shoot much from beyond 10 feet for OSU
as all others can shoot better then him from outside 10 feet and he is
good offensive bounder. Yesterday, in 2nd possession he rose
up from about 17 feet on the baseline and canned. Will have
to be able to shoot much more from outside in pros which I think he
will be able to do but won't get a chance to improve that skill much at
OSU.
Ironically, he could stay another year at OSU but is
so much further advanced than other centers that went early. His
father originally said he would stay at least 2 years. But he is
getting so much hype that if he is one of top 5 picks he should
and I think will decide to go pro. He won't improve as much
staying in college as other centers (Koustos, Mullins, Oden) would have
by staying. But Oden couldn't pass up being top draft pick.
Go Bucks. Blowing double digit leads
will end vs Iowa on Wed when OSU will coast to win. Then
schedule gets tough with 8 games of last 12 against top 27 teams.
Going 6-2 in those 8 games would be awesome. I think everyone
else will have at least 4 losses in Big Ten.
Nelson
Slagle 15111
Syracuse Street Westminster,
Calif 92683 E-mail:
Nelson - NESlagle@hotmail.com E-mail:
Tammy - TamSlagle@hotmail.com Home
Phone: 714-891-3739 Nelson
Cell Phone: None Web site:
http://www.SlagsHouseOfStats.com
From: Slagles@cox.net To:
neslagle@hotmail.com Subject:
Re: OSU Bsktball Date:
Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:51:30 -0800
Without seeing
OSU much, seems like the risk is getting beat by tall teams than could
dominate the paint.
Sullinger is
dominant in college, but not sure how dominant he will be in the
pros. Seems like he pretty much dominates inside for OSU, but at
6'9" that will be difficult in the pros, and I don't think he has much
of an outside shot. But I haven't seen him play that much.
Lot of mixed thoughts on OSU
basketball. As John pointed out, they hardly looked like a # 1
teams winning last 4 games from 3 to 5 points while earlier in
game leading from 10 to 18 vs the 4 opponents. 3 of 4 games
vs worst 6 Big Ten teams although 2 of 4 on road. And winning on
road has always been tough in the Big Ten. Tonight:Craft
also held the Big Ten's leading scorer, Talor Battle averaging 20.9
points a game, to 15 points on 5 of 17 shooting including 1 of 10 from
long range. Thus rest of Penn State team made 20 of 28 field goal
attempts or 71.4%!! Couldn't be
much defense on rest of team if they shot 71%. Seemed like they
were playing hard but did lose guys costing lay ups several times.
Opponents shot 47.6% in last 4 games but Iowa made 7 of 15 threes and
Michigan made 11 of 24 threes. Not sure if Bucks are running up
against hot teams or there defense is not as good as advertised.
The 7 players in the rotation are certainly solid players. And
they are getting better at getting the ball into Sullinger and he now
often passes to an open 3 point shooter which are all of the other
players except Lauderdale. Lighty hits 45%, Buford 41%, Diebler
50%, Craft 41% and Thomas 24%. Thus the 4 usually out on the
court avg 46% from 3 point line and hit a higher % when pass comes from
inside. Sullinger needs to continue passing outside even more
often. I like 69% shooting (equivalent of 46% 3's) than Sullinger
59% shooting 2's. And they all drive to the basket and often take
a hard shot when they have at least one player all alone at the 3 point
line which they could at least ocassionally pass to.
How good - could be great but are certainly beatable. Hard not to
be in basketball.
After
Duke lost, OSU needed a win VS 20 point underdog Penn State
to move to # 1 in the polls. They are also alone atop of
the Big Ten at 4-0 and only Purdue (3-1) has fewer than 2 losses in Big
Ten play. Penn State beat ranked Michigan State and Illinois at
home in their last two games.
Penn State shot super during the first half
and led most of the first half from 1 to 5 points, but game ended tied
at 32 at half. Penn State outshot OSU 61 to 50% while OSU won
rebounds 11-7 and turnovers 2-5. Craft with 11 and
Sullinger with 8 led the scoring.
OSU went on a 18-4 streak at end of first half
and beginning of 2nd half to take a 44-34 lead. But Penn
State kept battling back and made some big plays to put Penn State
ahead or even. Buford put OSU ahead after Penn State's last lead
with about 2:45 left. Then Sullinger gave OSU a 3 point play with
a minute left and again with 13 seconds left both when the game was
tied. Those were 6 of his 18 points for the game!
OSU was outshot 55 to 49%, out rebounded
25-15 and made 9 of 13 foul shots vs 12 of 13 foul shots. OSU won
as they won turnover battle 14-5 and made 10 of 20 3 pointers to 4 of
17 for Penn State. One reason for season low rebounds for OSU was
a season low of 21 missed field goal attempts and free throws by an
opponent, 3 less than vs Michigan. Only other game OSU had
less then 24 bounds was vs Florida (17).
Craft became the 6th Buckeye this
year to lead team in scoring. He had 19 points on 7 of 11 from
field, 4 of 6 three pointers, 7 assists while committing only one
turnover.
Sullinger added 19 also with 6 of 9 from the field and 7 of 9 from the
line with 6 bounds and 5 assists and only 1 turnover. Buford had
13 on 5 of 9 but 3 of 3 three pointers. Diebler scored 10 but was
only 2 of 6 from long range and 4 of 11 overall but did have 4 of teams
5 steals.
Bucks should be 1st next week but are
unlikely to stay there. OSU has 8 games remaining in regular
season vs top 27 ranked teams while the top team other than Duke in the
ACC is North Carolina ranked 35th in AP poll. Duke may not be
best team but should end up as #1 due to weak conference
schedule. Kansas and all great Big East teams have very difficult
schedules making it likely that Duke will have fewest losses of top
ranked teams prior to NCAA tourney.
GAME 19 - JAN
19 IOWA (7-10, 0-5) AT #1 OHIO STATE (18-0, 5-0) OSU wins
70-48
Bucks
were playing their first game as #1 team in the nation and played
like that in the first half vs Iowa running to a 40-23 half time
lead.
More of the same for OSU, good man to man defense and great long range
shooting! They shot 5 of 11 3's with Diebler making 1 of 5.
Other 3
shooters were 4 of 6! OSU started out with a 6-0 and 12-4 leads
as
Lauderdale had 7 points, 3 of 3 from the field, 2 bounds and 1 of 1
from foul
line! Sullinger had a sub par first half hitting 3 of 8 shots and
had 4
bounds. OSU won turnover battle 8 to 10 and outshot Iowa 53-35%.
It was a ragged 2nd half, way too many
turnovers, but
OSU led by 20 throughout the 2nd half on the way to a 70-48 win and a
record of
60-4 when ranked #1 team in the country. Most of those game as #1
were in
the Lucas era.
OSU outshot Iowa 47-40% and hit 6 of 21 three
pointers
vs 1 of 7 for Iowa. But OSU was only 1-10 in the second
half! It
was nice to see OSU make 12 of 15 foul shots (80%) while Iowa was only
3 of 4
from the line. OSU won bounds 30-25, assists 18-12, steals 11-5,
turnovers 20-22 and personal fouls 12-18. The 20 turnovers
were 4
more than previous high game.
Craft had a great game even though he only
scored 3
points on 2 shots! He had 7 steals, 2nd most in OSU history
behind Troy
Taylor's 8 in 1983 and a record for a freshman in only 25 minutes of
action. He also had 4 assists, but also 5 turnovers. His
defense
was impressive. Lighty led the offense with 18 points on 5 of 7
from the
field, 6 of 7 from the line, 5 bounds and 4 assists. Buford
finished with
15 points on 5 of 11 and 4 assists. Sullinger finished with 13
points on
6 of 13 from the field and 9 rebounds and hit the rim on a 70 footer at
the
half time buzzer. Lauderdale had 9 points on 4 of 4 from the
field.
Thomas added 9 on 4 of 8 from the field. Diebler only hit 1 of 8
three
pointers but did add 5 bounds and 4 assists. David
Lighty became the third player in Ohio
State history with at least 1000 career points, 500 career rebounds and
300
career assists in this game, joining Evan Turner and Jim Jackson.
So how good are
the Bucks as the #1 team, one of 3 undefeated teams in the nation at
19-0. Some stats:
1- They have yet to play a team currently ranked in the top 34
teams in
the nation.
2- Eight of their next 12 games are vs teams ranked in the top 23
teams
in the nation and 4 are on the road.
3- OSU has had double digit leads in all 19 games, but until
tonight had
won their last four games by 3-6 points after losing double digit leads.
4- OSU beat the odd by 2 points tonight, the first time they have
defeated the odds in 5 games.
Should have a better feel of OSU
strength in a few
games.
GAME 20 - JAN 22
#1 OHIO STATE (19-0, 6-0) AT #23 ILLINOIS (14-5, 4-2) - OSU wins 73-68
Brutus
was all over the final score in his pre game prediction per picture
above. Jim and I watched game at my place. Brutus
prediction was high by one point for each team!
Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 85, Arizona
68, West Virginia 62, Saint Mary's 55, Utah State 53, Georgia 23,
Xavier 12, Memphis 11, Virginia Tech 8, Temple 7, Missouri State 6,
UNLV 4, Tennessee 3, Virginia Commonwealth 2, Baylor 2, Coastal
Carolina 2, Duquense 1, Belmont 1, Penn State 1, Harvard 1
OSU traveled to 23 Illinois to take on the third place team in the Big
Ten. OSU played Florida ranked 9th at the time but haven't played
any teams in the top 34 teams in the Country per todays AP poll.
It was a great game played evenly throughout. The Bucks led by a
couple of points most of the first half but trailed 34-33 at the
half. Illinois started strong n the 2nd half and moved their lead
to 50-42 with 13 minutes left. Then OSU had a 14-0 streak worthy
of a #1 team led my Thomas off the bench with two key 3 pointers to
spark the Buckeyes. In fact, Thomas hit two three pointers and
Diebler one in the span of 97 seconds to shock the Illini. And
as has been the case in 4 of the
last 5 games the Bucks hung on. Illinois came within one
point with 16 seconds left. Craft was fouled and made both foul
shots. Diebler deflected a pass on the other end, causing a
Illini turnover and OSU wins 20th straight game 73-68.
Sullinger and Craft were keys to
OSU win. The Illini had no answer for Sullinger on offense and on
the boards and as is becoming the norm, Craft created havoc on
defense. Sullinger poured in 27 points hitting 7 of 15 from the
floor, 13 of 15 from the line with no turnovers, 3 blocks and 16
rebounds. Meanwhile Craft held Illini ace Demetri McCarney
(possibly best Big Ten point guard) to 5
points on 2 of 11 from the field and 4 turnovers.
Diebler had an amazingly efficient game
scoring 15 points while only shooting 6 times playing all 40
minutes. He made 3 of 5 from downtown and all 4 foul shots during
crunch time while OSU was protecting their late lead.
Thomas came off the bench and made both 3 pointers scoring 8 points in
12 minutes of action. Lighty added 9 points but only made 3 of 14
from the field, but added 5 bounds and 4 assists. Buford added 7
points on 2 of 8 from the field.
OSU lost most stat battles vs the 2 point
underdog Illini. Illini outshot OSU 42-40%, out rebounded OSU
33-29 and won assists 18-12. But OSU made 7 of 15 three pointers
compared to Illinois 4 of 18 and OSU made 24 of 27 fouls shot (89%) to
8 of 10 for Illinois. OSU raised their season foul shooting % to
69.8% after being next to worst foul shooting team in the Big Ten
coming into this game..
Illinois lost at home for the first time in 11
games this season.
Ohio State started the season 20-0 for the
third time in their 112 year history. The other two seasons were
1961 and 1962, the last two years of Jerry Lucas career.
Sullinger is one of five players in the last 15
years to grab 15+ bounds and score 25+ points in a game against a
ranked opponent on the road.
OSU
20-0 start is the 7th best in Big Ten History. Six of the other 7
teams starting 20-0 played for the NCAA title! Two of the teams
were
OSU Lucas teams of 1961 & 1962.
Next game is against 2nd place Purdue at
Columbus on Tuesday, Jan 25.
BY Bob Hunter, Columbus Dispatch
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Ohio State freshmen can play.
That isn't really news 20 games into a 20-0 season. But
the point was jackhammered home
yesterday in an environment so loud and hostile, it could have turned a
hard-boiled international
spy into a sniveling mama's boy.
Assembly Hall was the place where the No.1 Buckeyes were
supposed to crack like a dropped egg, a
building where the timorous, domesticated Big Ten they had been
dominating would turn into a
ferocious, fire-breathing beast. It did, too, but the kids were
fearless.
Freshman center Jared Sullinger
had 27 points and 16 rebounds - given his play so far, the
take-it-for-granted crowd is probably suppressing a yawn over that -
and freshman point guard Aaron
Craft shut down Illinois senior Demetri McCarney, who used to spend his
time trying to prove that he
was the equal of former Ohio State star Evan Turner. With 15.2 seconds
left and Ohio State up by
three, Craft calmly stepped up and made two free throws in the 73-68
victory.
But the surprise guest star of
this frenetic road drama was freshman DeShaun Thomas, who joined
Sullinger and Craft on the floor with 10:37 remaining, the Buckeyes
down by six and William Buford
headed to the bench because of a sore ankle. In the next 91/2 minutes,
the 6-foot-6 forward hit a
pair of three-pointers, scored under the basket and played aggressive
defense. When he went to the
bench for air with 1:04 left, Ohio State led 68-61.
That was the same Thomas
who was 0 of 9 on threes in the past seven games. For him to hit those
shots in the face of this crowd and this pressure says something about
the kind of environments in
which his talents were incubated.
"I'm a scorer, that's what I do," Thomas said. "Coach
(Thad Matta) puts me in the game to put it
in the basket and also work on my defense. There's no hesitation.
You've got to treat every shot
like it's a winning shot. I played through it in high school, took big
shots even in the state
championship. That's what I did, took big shots, and they went in."
This guessing game on who to
guard is becoming an old story for opposing coaches. A week before,
Penn State double-teamed Sullinger and tried to force Craft to hit some
shots, and he went 7 of 11
from the field and scored 19 points. Opponents know what the
upperclassmen can do - Buford, Jon
Diebler and David Lighty can all be deadly if left open - so it seems
like a good idea to force a freshman to take those shots. But if what
seems like a
good idea worked, Ohio State wouldn't be 20-0.
"Thomas coming in and making the two big threes when he
hadn't made a three, that's huge,"
Illinois coach Bruce Weber said. "As a coach, you're almost happy. You
pressed them and he comes
out and shoots a three, and you think, 'Oh, that's a good thing, it's
going to bounce off and we're
going to go down to the other end.' But he makes it, and he makes
another. And he's a good player.
You need somebody who's going to make those special plays when you're
trying to find a way to win
games."
Yesterday, it was Thomas. It has always been somebody
this season.
"Oh, it feels good," Thomas said. "Coach always says he
needs me. When I'm mentally prepared and
ready to go, I can be one of the best players around. I can be
unstoppable. I can hit shots and do
what I've got to do. (Against) Penn State, I was wallowing around,
looking into the crowd.
Mentally, I wasn't there. But when I'm there mentally, I can be a heck
of a player.
"Coach is like, 'Don't
play like a freshman.' He says, 'When your mind is there, you can be a
heck of a player.' And ever since he told me that speech, I've been
playing like a sophomore, a
senior or a junior."
Then again, maybe he's just
playing like one of these freshmen.
If they keep this up, they may redefine what "playing
like a freshman" means.
Bob Hunter is a sports columnist for The Dispatch.
bhunter@dispatch.com
GAME 21 - JAN
25 #12 Purdue (17-3, 6-1) at
#1 Ohio State (20-0), 7-0)
Lighty
Drives
Dustin Manhart, Steve Havens, Brutus and Jim Slagle
STREAKS:
In the 70's the
UCLA Bruins, led by Coach John Wooden, were dominating the world of
college basketball like no other team has. The Bruins won nine national
championships in ten seasons and at one point during that run they won
88 consecutive games. The streak started on January 30th, 1971 and the
streak didn't end until January19th, 1974 when they lost 70 - 71 to
Notre Dame.
The longest college football winning streak also
lasted over the span of a couple of years (granted they play a lot less
games). In the 50's the Oklahoma Sooners were the team to beat in college
football. During the 50's Oklahoma was named the National Championship in
some form five times. Their longest winning streak stretched over 47
games from October 10th, 1953 until November 16, 1957. Oddly enough,
like UCLA, the Sooners' winning streak was also broken by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
In 1919 Passaic High School's basketball team started a winning streak
that lasted for 159 games. The streak began on December 17th, 1919 and
didn't end until February 6th, 1925 against Hackensack Hill High School
. The longest high school football winning streak
was much more recent than that. Back in 1992 De La Salle High School in
California started a winning streak that lasted 151 games; the streak
lasted 11 years before Bellevue High School beat them in 2004.
OSU
started fast like they usually do and led 6-2 in the first two minuets
on two 3 pointers by Buford. 7.5 point underdog Purdue closed to
8-5 before the Buckeyes scored 11 straight for a 19-5 lead and led by
double digits the remainder of the game. Their lead grew to 35-13
and was 47-26 at the half. Purdue never got closer than 17 in the
second half and the Bucks coasted to a 87-64 win.
OSU outshot Illinois 55 to 38%, three pointers
57% (11 of 19) to 38% (6 of 19), rebounds 39-26 and assists
20-11. Purdue shot free throws better, 76 to 55% and had 10
turnovers to 12 for OSU.
Buford led the scoring with 19 points
including 5 of 6 three pointers and added 4 boards. Sullinger
added 17 points on 7 of 12 from the field and 7 boards. Diebler
had another efficient game scoring 13 points on only 5 shots. He
was 3 of 5 from downtown with season highs of 8 boards and 6
assists. Thomas also added 13 points on 6 of 12 shooting and
grabbed 6 boards. Craft scored 11 points on 4 of 11 shooting with
6 assists, 6 boards but also 5 turnovers. Lighty added 10 points
on 4 of 7 from the floor and handed off for 3 assists and collected 3
boards.
It was the most points OSU has beaten Purdue
since 1999.
OSU leads the Big Ten at 8-0 followed by
Purdue 6-2, Wisconsin 5-2 and Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan State at
5-3.
With San Diego St being defeated by BYU 71-58,
OSU is the only undefeated team.
Longest ever winning streaks
by OSU:
32 - The 1960-1 Lucas team before losing to U. of Cincinnati in
NCAA finals
in Overtime. 5 of wins were last 4 games of prior season
22 - 2006-7 Oden team before losing to Florida in NCAA Finals
21 - 2010-11 Current team
OSU Best records in school year football and
basketball team records combined
33-1 2010-11 to date. Basketball 21-0,
Football 12-1
34-2-1 1961-2 Basketball 26-2, Football 8-0-1 winning at
Michigan 50-20. Both OSU teams
finished # 2 in nation
47-5
2006-7 Football 12-1 Lost 41-14 to Florida in
Championship game. Basketball
35-4 losing to Florida in finals 34-5
1960-1 Basketball 27-3,
Football 7-2 29-5-2 1949-50 Basketball 22-4, Football
7-1-2
21-4-3 1932-3 Basketball 17-3, Football 4-1-3
26-7 1962-3 Basketball 20-4,
Football 6-3
36-8 2005-6
Football 12-2, Basketball 26-6
34-8 1990-1 Basketball 27-4, Football 7-4
28-8-1
1959-60 Basketball 25-3, Football 3-5-1
Shooting stats to date:
OSU hits 49.8% of their field goals, 4th out of 346 teams in nation
OSU hits 40.8% of three pointers, 10th best in nation
OSU hits 69.8% of their free throws, 143rd in nation.
In last 5 games OSU has hit 40 of 82 three pointers (48.8%) led by:
Buford 13 of 21 62%, Craft 8 of 15 53%, Lighty 11 of 23 48% and Diebler
12 of 29 41%.
For the season Diebler is 35th in nation hitting 48.1% of 3
pointers. Diebler has made 62 three pointers. Only 3 of top
34 made more than 53. Only one player has made more (63) than
Diebler and he is also shooting 48.1%. Next highest % player with
more 3 pointers than Diebler has made 65 and hits 44.5%.
Craft
leads the Big Ten in steals, is 3rd in assists at 4.9 a game and
has a 2-1 assist to turnover ratio.
OSU has won 15 straight Big Ten games including 3 Big Ten tournament
games last year! Big Ten record of 53
straight home triumphs set by Michigan State from 1998 to 2002 -- a
winning streak that was ended by the Badgers.
GAME 22 - JAN 29
#1 Ohio State (21-0, 8-0) at Northwestern (13-6, 3-6) - OSU wins 58-57
Sullinger fouled with 3.5 seconds remaining and game tied. Sunk
2nd foul shot for the win.
INDIVIDUAL STATS - DON'T KNOW HOW SOME ARE FIGURED
Diebler is 1st in nation in plus/minus with value of 422.
Sullinger & Lighty tied for 3rd at 397. Buford and Craft tied for 8th
at 321, Lauderdale is 94th at 202. Diebler,
Sullinger, Lighty and Craft are tied for 1st in nation in plus/minus
wins at 21, Buford 24th at 18 Diebler
is rated 4th in nation in offensive efficiency. Next best OSU
player is Sullinger at 49th.
Diebler is 11th in nation in 3 point shooting % at 47.7%. No
other Buckeye in top 100
Diebler is 21st in nation in 3 point field goals with 63. No other
Buckeye in top 100.
Diebler is 12th in nation in assist/turnover ratio at 3.0. No
other Buckeye in top 101 Sullinger
is 26th in nation in rebounds per game at 9.9 a game. No
other Buckeye in top 100. Sullinger
is 22nd in nation in defensive rebounds at 6.9 a game. No other
Buckeye in top 100. Sullinger
is 71st in nation in offensive rebounds at 3.0 a game. No other
Buckeye in top 100. Sullinger
is 62nd in nation in shooting % at 57.7%. No other Buckeye in top
100.
Craft is 60th in nation in assists per game at 4.8 a game. No other Buckeye
in top 100
TEAM STATS
OSU is 3rd in nation in shooting % at 50.0. Kansas 1st at 51.8%,
Georgetown is 2nd at 50.8%
OSU is 9th in nation in 3 point shooting % at 40.7%. Northern
Arizona 1st at 43.8%.
OSU is 48th in nation at 7.7 three pointers made a game.
OSU is 11th in nation at 17.1 assists per game
OSU is 8th in nation at 10.6 turnovers a game. Wisconsin 1st at
7.7.
OSU is 4th in nation at 1.6 assist/turnover ratio. Wisconsin 1st
at 1.8.
OSU is 7th in scoring defense at 57.5 points a game.
OSU is 1st in nation at 14.1 fouls a game. 2nd is Florida at 14.5.
OSU is 18th in nation in points at 78.4 points a game
OSU survived nine
point underdog Northwestern when Jarad Sullinger made a foul shot with
3.5 seconds remaining to win 58-57. OSU ran to a 17-10 lead in
the first half to see Northwestern rally for the lead a couple of
times, but OSU led 27-25 at the half. OSU raced to a 12 point
lead and seemed to have the game in hand until Northwestern had a 7
point possession! They made a 3 point shot as Lauderdale was
called for an intentional foul, an elbow to the face.
Northwestern than made one of two technical fouls and another 3
pointer. Northwestern made four straight threes down the stretch.
OSU missed several key three throws going down the stretch.
Sullinger missed the first of a 1 and 1 with 5:30 left and OSU ahead
53-49, Lighty missed both foul shots 45 seconds later, After a 3
by Northwestern, Sullinger made 1 of 2 free throws with 4:12 remaining
than another NW 3 gave them a point lead. Diebler made his only
shot of the game, a 3 pointer with 3:38 left for a 57-55 lead. It
was OSU only field goal in the last 8 minutes. Northwestern tied
the game at 57-57 with 1:33 left. With the game tied, Lighty
stole a pass with 17 seconds remaining. OSU worked the ball into
Sullinger who was fouled with 3.5 seconds left. After missing the
first foul, he swished the 2nd and good defense forced Northwestern
into a mid court shot at the buzzer.
Northwestern cut an OSU 12 point
lead with 8 minute remaining to one point with 4 minutes remaining
thanks largely to the 7 point possession.
Northwestern out rebounded the
Buckeyes 22-18, won assists 16-7 and shot 73% from the foul line to 70%
for OSU. OSU outshot the wildcats 57 to 40%, but only made 2 of 8
three pointers while Northwestern finished 9 of 29 for 31%.
Northwestern only had 6 turnovers, but OSU only had 5. Lighty's
two traveling calls were the only turnovers for OSU in the first 29
minutes of the game. The 5 turnovers tied a season low. The
6 turnovers by Northwestern were 3 lower than any other opponent this
season. OSU had only 37 field goal attempts, the fewest in the
Matta era.
Sullinger caused havoc in the center as usual
and finished with 21 points on 7 of 12 from the field and 7 of 10 free
throws and 8 bounds. Craft scored 13 points while making 5 of 6
field goals and handed out 3 assists. Buford scored 11 on 4 of
9. Lighty 6, Lauderdale 4 and Diebler 3 combined for 13 points on
5 of 10 from the field and 7 boards.
The OSU win was their 22nd straight win
and 16th straight Big Ten win over two seasons. Their 9-0 record
this year leaves them 2 games ahead of Purdue, 3 ahead of Wisconsin and
at least 4 games ahead of everyone else. The 22 straight wins
ties the 2nd best mark ever for OSU. The longest Buckeye win
streak was 32 games, last 5 games of 1960 and first 27 games of the
1960-1 season
An Ohio State
player has won all 12
weeks of Big Ten Freshman of the week. Sullinger has won 10 times
and Thomas and Craft have each won once. Sullinger was also named
Big Ten player of the week for th 4th time.
With Duke losing by 15 points to St
John's coached by ex-UCLA coach Lavin, not only is Ohio State the only
team without a loss there are only two other teams with one loss
(Kansas and San Diego St).
GAME 23 - FEB
3
Michigan (13-7, 3-7) at #1 Ohio State (22-0, 9-0) - OSU wins 62-53
OSU RALLIES FOR 23RD STRAIGHT WIN
Ohio State jumped to a 7-0 lead then
watched Michigan dominate the next 20 minutes of the game, as Michigan
led 26-23 at the half and 30-24 early in the 2nd half. Buford
came alive with two 3 point shots to get the Bucks even and OSU
eventually led by 10 before settling for a 62-53 win. In
the first half Diebler had nine points and Sullinger eight points and
eight rebounds for Ohio State -- but no one else had more than two
points. That duo was a combined 6 for 11 from the field, but everyone
else was 3 for 14. The Buckeyes missed their last four shots behind the
arc and ended the half 2 of 8 on 3-pointers.
OSU outshot Michigan 45 to 42%, made 5 of 15 three pointers vs 6 of 19
for Michigan, made 15 of 25 foul shots vs 1 of 4 for Michigan and
outbounded the Wolverines 32-26. Assists were even at 10 and OSU
had 14 turnovers to 13 for Michigan.
Once again Sullinger led the Buckeyes with 19
points and 15 bounds on 7 of 10 from the floor but only 5 of 11 from
the foul line with 4 turnovers. Buford added 13, 11 in the 2nd
half on 5 of 12 but 3 of 6 from long range and 4 assists. Diebler
added 9 all in the first half on 3 of 8 from the field. Lighty
added 9 on 2 of 8 from the field and 6 bounds. Craft scored 8 on
2 of 4 from the field, 4 of 4 from the line, 3 steals and 4 turnovers.
OSU 23-0 record is the 2nd best start in their
history . The Lucas 1960-1 team started 27-0. Three weeks
ago OSU was 2nd in the polls with no first place votes in either the AP
or coaches Poll. Thie week they received all 65 AP and all
32 Coaches poll first place votes for the first time since 1961-2
season.
In addition, they
won their 14th straight Big Ten game while moving to 64-4 all-time when
ranked No. 1. They're 10-0 in the conference for the first time since
1961-62.
GAME 24 - FEB
6
#1 Ohio State (23-0, 10-0) at #20 Minnesota - OSU wins 82-69
NCAA® Men's Basketball
Division I
Home Court Winning Streak
Through Games 02/08/2011
BUCKEYES EASILY BEAT MINNESOTA FOR 24TH STRAIGHT WIN
OSU jumped out to a 28-18 lead and led 38-30 at
the half. Four starters had at least 6 points led by Lighty who
was 6 of 8 for 13 points. Sullinger was only 3 for 9 from the
field but did have 8 rebounds. OSU led Minnesota in rebounds
21-12 and led turnovers 6 to 9. OSU also made 5 of 11 three
pointers to 2 of 7 for Minnesota.
Lauderdale made all 4 of his shots in the
first 4 minutes of the 2nd half to give the Buckeyes 5 players with at
least 7 points and a 48-37 lead. OSU eventually led by 19
points and the Gophers were never allowed to make a charge as OSU won
82-69.
OSU won the rebound battle 36-29 and turnovers
8 to 19. OSU was 8 of 20 on three pointers while Minnesota was 5
of 13. Minnesota outshot OSU 51 to 45% and made 78% of their free
throws to 10 of 20 for OSU. Three Buckeyes had 4 assists and two
more had 3 assists. Six players had at least 3 bounds and six
players had steals. All five starters scored at least 10 points.
Lighty led the scorers with 19 points on 7 of
13 from the field, 3 bounds and 4 assists. Sullinger scored 18
points on 8 of 20 from the field but only 2 of 8 on free throws with 13
bounds and 3 assists. Buford scored 15 points on 5 of 12
from the field and 3 of 6 from downtown and tallied 4
assists and 4 bounds. Lauderdale scored ten points, all in
the 2nd half, on 5 of 6 from the field and grabbed 4
bounds. Diebler scored 10 on 3 of 5 from long range .
Thomas threw up 11 shots in 11 minutes making 2 but grabbed 6
bounds. Craft scored 5 points on 2 of 4 with 4
assists before fouling out with 3 minutes remaining after playing only
21 minutes.
In the last 5 games, Diebler played 40
minutes four times. Sullinger (2) and Lighty (1) are the only
other Buckeyes to play 40 minutes in the last 5 games.
Diebler moved into 3rd place in Big Ten
career three pointers with 328. The all time leader has 332 three
pointers.
There are only 3 teams with Big Ten
records better than 50%. OSU is 11-0 followed by Wisconsin and
Purdue at 7-3. Illinois is 4th at 5-5.
The game today was only the 4th
win in the Big Ten by double digits. Yet they still lead the
nation in points scored vs allowed.
OSU's next game is next Saturday
at Wisconsin where OSU has lost their last 7 games and Wisconsin has
won 92% of the time under their current coach, Bo Ryan. OSU has
won 9 straight road Big Ten Games (6 this year and 3 last year).
OSU has won 11 straight road games over the last two seasons which is
probably the longest in the nation. Wisconsin has won last
15 games at home, the 9th longest streak in the nation. OSU has
won their last 18 home games, good for 6th longest streak.
My
quest was to find the longest home winning streaks for NCAA
Division 1 College Basketball. It took me so long to find the
information that I did, that I figured I would post it on my blog and
perhaps make someone else’s job a little easier. I couldn’t even
find the complete Top 10 but here’s what I have:
#1
Kentucky – 129 games (1943-1955) (broken by Georgia Tech
59-58 in Memorial Coliseum on Jan. 8, 1955)
#2 St.
Bonaventure – 99 games (1948-1961)
#3 UCLA
– 98 games (1970-1976)
#4
Cincinnati – 86 games (1957-1964)
#10
Arizona – 71 games (?-1992) (broken by UCLA)
If
someone can help round out the Top 10 I’d appreciate it.
UPDATE:
With KU’s win over UCLA (KU 77 – UCLA 76) the streak
is now at 64.
Mike Bond 11-21-09
GAME 25 - FEB 12
#1 Ohio State (24-0, 11-0) at #13 Wisconsin (18-5, 8-3) - Wisconsin
wins 71-67
Diebler
driving
Lightly stopping Jordan Taylor who finished with 27 points
OSU made their last
shot of the first half to take their only lead of the half,
28-26. OSU didn't figure to lead as the Badgers were 5 of 11 from
3 point land while OSU made only 1 of 2 attempts. But OSU outshot
Wisconsin 54 to 48% from the field, out rebounded them 11-8 and
committed only 4 turnovers vs 5 for Wisconsin. Buford led the
Bucks making 5 of 9 shots for 11 points while Sullinger was 3 of 5 for
8 points and 6 bounds.
In the second half, OSU jumped out to a 15 point lead with 13:42 left with
a 28-8 run and 15 points from Buford and apparently on
their way to the 25th straight win.
The Bucks made 9 of their first 10 shots in the 2nd half. Then
Jordan Taylor got hot making 5 of 8 three point shots on way to 27
points and Wisconsin responded with a 15-0 and 32-8 run and defeated
OSU 71-67. In looking at the stats
it is difficult to see how OSU only lost by 4 points. Wisconsin
made 12 of 24 three point shots to 3 of 9 for the game for OSU.
But OSU out shot the leading foul shooting team in the nation 88-75%
and 54% to 51% from the field. OSU won
rebounds 25-23 and committed 7 turnovers to 8 for Wisconsin. Wisconsin
turned the game around with a 30-8 run that gave the Badgers a 62-55
lead with 4:17 to play after they had trailed 47-32 with 13:03 left. Of
the 30 points, Taylor scored 18 of them and assisted on eight of the
other 12.
Buford led OSU with 21 points on 10 of 18 from
the field. Sullinger added 19 on 7 of 12 from the field and a
game high 12 rebounds and 4 of 4 from the line. Diebler added 9
points on 2 of 5 from the field and 4 of 4 from the line. Lighty
added 8 points on 2 of 4 from the field and 4 bounds and 4
steals. Craft added 8 points on 3 of 5 from the field, 6 assists
and 2 turnovers.
STREAKS:
Wisconsin has now won 17 straight at
home for the nations 9th longest streak. OSU has won 18 straight
at home for 6th best in the nation.
Wisconsin is now 2-18 vs #1
teams. The other win was in 1962 by 19 points over the Bucks to
give OSU its only loss of the season until losing the finals of the
NCAA.
OSU is now 36-2 this school year
in football and basketball with both losses coming at Madison.
OSU 2nd longest win streak in
their history ended at 24 games. And their 11 game road
winning streak, believed to be best in the nation, also ended.
And Bob Scholl's streak of going
to 3 Wisconsin games and seeing them lose all 3 ended today.
Wisconsin was 75-3 when Bob wasn't in attendance and 0-3 when he
attended. Now they are 76-3 and 1-3.
The Badgers joined Florida as the only
programs to knock off the same No. 1 school in both football and men's
basketball in the same academic year. The Gators also beat Ohio State
in both sports in 2006-07.
GAME 26 - FEB
15 Michigan State (14-10, 606) at
#2 Ohio State (24-1, - OSU wins 71-61
OSU 25-1
AFTER BEATING MICHIGAN STATE 71-61
OSU maintained a 4-8
point lead most of the 2nd half and defeated 12 point underdog Michigan
State 71-61. Looking at the shooting and rebounding stats, it is
difficult to see how the Buckeyes won. They were outshot from the
floor 57 to 43%, from three point land 40-35% and on free throws 83-79%
and out rebounded 29-19. But OSU committed only 7 turnovers while
forcing Michigan State into 20 turnovers. And OSU committed 12 fouls to
26 for Michigan State allowing OSU 29 foul shots to 6 for Michigan
State.
Buford led the Buckeyes with 23
points on 9 of 15 from the floor and 5 bounds.
Lighty added 12 points on 4 of 10 field goals, 1 of 4 three pointers
and 3 of 6 foul shots with 6 bounds and 3 assists. Diebler
scored points on 2 of 7 from long range to move him within one of
the career Big Ten Record. Sullinger had 11 points on 3 of 8
field goals and 5 of 6 foul shots but only 2 bounds. Sullinger's
previous lowest rebound game was 3. Craft added 7 points on 1 of
7 field goals, 5 of 7 foul shots and 4 steals and 4 assists
Kelin Lucas, Big Ten Player of the year in 2009,
led Michigan State with 14 points and 5 bounds on 7 of 15 from the
field.
For the first time in 14 weeks, an OSU
player did not win Freshman of the week. Hardaway of Michigan won
the honor.
GAME 27 - FEB
20
#2 Ohio State (25-1, 11-1) at #11 Purdue (21-5, 10-3) Purdue wins 76-63
Craft
makes left handed lay
up
Diebler drives
OSU was down
by 4 points at halftime and never got closer than that in the 2nd half,
but still had a chance when they pulled within 6 with 2 minutes
remaining but eventually lost 76-63. E'Twaun Moore carried
Purdue with 38 points on 13 of 18 from the floor and 7 of 10 from 3
point land. The remaining Boilermakers were 0-10 from long
distance. Purdue outshot the 1 point underdog Bucks 51 to 38% and
35 to 29% from downtown. Purdue committed 14 turnovers to 18 for
OSU. OSU made 23 of 29 free throws to 13 of 18 for Purdue.
Lighty and Thomas were 5 for 11 and the remaining Buckeyes were 18 for
18. OSU won bounds 29 to 27.
OSU was led by Sullinger's 25 points on 9 of
14 from the field and 7 of 7 from the foul line with 6 bounds.
Diebler added 11 on 2 of 4 from 3 point line, 3 of 3 from the foul line
and 4 boards. His 2 bombs gave him the all time career Big Ten
record. Lighty added 10 points and 6 boards but was only 2 of 9
from the field and 5 of 11 from the line. Craft scored 10 points
on 3 of 7 from the field with 6 steals and 6 turnovers. Buford
was held to 7 points on 1 of 5 from the field, 4 of 4 free throws and 5
bounds. Thomas was scoreless with 5 bounds on 0-6 from the field.
OSU now leads Purdue in the Big Ten race by
one game and Wisconsin by 2 games with 4 games remaining in the Big Ten
season.
The top 4 rated teams in the AP poll all lost
this week. This is the first time that the top four teams all
lost in the same week since 2003.
The 38 points scored
by Moore was the most points a Big Ten player scored in a conference
game in 5 years
GAME 28 - FEB
22 Illinois (17-10, 7-7) at
#2 Ohio State (25-2, 11-2) - OSU wins 89-70
OSU played an
amazing first half on the way to a 47-32 lead despite Illinois making 8
of 9 three pointers! OSU made 3 of 6 three pointers and outshot
Illinois in the first half 57 to 52% and committed 0 turnovers to 9 for
Illinois! Buford led the Buckeyes with 17 points on 6 of 9 from
the floor and 4 of 4 from the line while Diebler scored 8 points on 2
of 2 from downtown and made his only two pointer.
Illinois came out hot in the 2nd half to
whittle the lead to 6 points before an amazing streak
by David Lighty who scored 13 straight points and had
3 steals in a 13-2 three minute burst. Then the
Illini reduced the
lead to 9 points before Thomas scored 6 straight points to give OSU a
68-53 lead. OSU maintained control the rest of the way and
beat ten point underdog Illinois 89-70.
OSU outshot Illinois 53 to 52 % from the
field. It marked the first time in 37 games that an Illinois
opponent shot over 50% from the floor. Illinois finished 11 of 21
from the floor while OSU hit 7 of 15 and both teams had 28
bounds. OSU had a Matta era low of 3 turnovers and forced the
Illini into 16 turnovers. Illinois had 18 assists to 11 for OSU
and 8 blocked shots to one for OSU. OSU made 12 of 15 foul shots
vs 3 of 3 for Illinois.
David Lighty led the Bucks with 21
points (17 in the 2nd half) while hitting 8 of 16 field goal attempts,
getting a career high 6 steals and 4 bound. Buford scored all 17
of his points in the 1st half and made 6 of 14 shots, 3 assists and 5
bounds. Diebler scored 13 on 3 of 3 from downtown and both foul
shots to run his streak to 15 straight. Diebler is now shooting
86% for the year and has made 24 of 27 (89%) foul shots in conference
play. Craft was super with 12 points on 5 of 9 from the
field with 6 assists and 0 turnovers.
Sullinger scored 12 points on 6 of 14 from the field and 11
boards including 8 in the 2nd half.
The 89 points is the most points scored by OSU in
a Big Ten game in two years.
For all games among Big Ten Players thru
Feb 20, the following are listed as follows:
Scoring: Sullinger 5- 18.0, Buford 14- 14.0, Lighty 23-
12.2, Diebler 26- 11.1
Rebounding: Sullinger 2- 9.9
Field Goal %: Sullinger 5- 56.7
Assists: Craft 6- 4.52, Lighty 13- 337, Buford 15- 3.08
Free throws: to qualify you need 2 makes per game. Leader is 87.5%
Steals: Craft 1- 1.89, Lighty 3- 1.67, Diebler 10- 1.15,
Sullinger 14- 1.07
3 point % - Diebler 4- 46.8%, Buford 5- 44.9% Lighty 15- 39.3%
3 pointers made: Diebler 2- 2.7
Blocked Shots: Lauderdale 3- 1.63
Assist/turnover ratio: Lighty 6- 1.98, 10- Craft 1.82, Buford
1.74, Diebler is 2.5 but doesn't qualify
Minutes played: Diebler 5- 34.81
They had 30 steals in last three games and outscored Michigan State and
Illinois 48-14 off
turnovers. Aaron Craft (1.93) and David Lighty (1.83) rank one-two in
the Big Ten in steals per
game. Craft had six against Purdue and Lighty matched that against
Illinois.
Ohio State made 80.9 percent of its free throws in the past four games,
compared with 66.7 in
its first 11 conference games.
The Buckeyes' three turnovers against Illinois were their fewest in a
game in Matta's seven
seasons. According to a Big Ten official, the three
turnovers were the fewest the Buckeyes have committed in a game in at
least 15 years
William Buford leads Big Ten players in three-point percentage (.508)
and is second in free
throw percentage (.889) in conference play.
GAME 29 - FEB
27 Indiana (12-16, 3-13) at
#2 Ohio State (26-2, 13-2) - OSU wins 82-61
Craft
attempts steal. He had 6 steals
Thomas scores 22 on 7 of 9 from fild
OSU appeared in
trouble with the score 8-8 and Sullinger went to the bench with 13
minutes remaining in the first half. No problem as Thomas came
off the bench to throw in 14 straight points during a 14-3 OSU run in
3:36 span. Thomas scored 17 for the half including 6 of 7 from
the field to propel OSU to a 38-23 lead after leading by as much as 20
points. Indiana went 8 minutes without scoring in the first
half. Diebler was the only other scorer with more than 4 points
as he scored 9 on 2 of 5 from downtown but only 3 of 6 free
throws. Sullinger in 7 minutes didn't attempt a shot and finished
the half with 2 points and 0 bounds. OSU had 4 turnover to 10 for
Indiana. Craft had 3 more steals.
OSU coasted tn the 2nd half and the lead was
never less than 15 points as OSU won 82-71 over 17 point underdog
Indiana. For the game OSU outshot Indiana 49-39%, 39 to 29% from
three point land, won turnover battle 13-1, rebounds 34-28, assists
17-10 and steals 8-2.
Thomas led the Bucks with 22 points in 24
minutes on 6 of 7 from the floor and 4 bounds. Buford scored 15
on 6 of 11 from the floor with 3 bounds and 3 assists. Lighty
added 11 on 4 of 7 with 3 bounds and 4 assists. Diebler scored 11
but was only 2 of 8 from the field and 5 of 8 from the line with 4
bounds and 0 turnovers. Lauderdale had 8 points on 4 of 5
with 6 bounds and Craft scored 8 on 1 of 3 and made 5 of 6 free throws
with 4 bounds, 5 assists, 6 steals and only 1 turnover. Sullinger
ended 17 straight games of 10 points with 5 points on 0-2 from the
field and 5 of 6 foul shots and 7 bounds while playing a season low 13
minutes. Ohio State, which
beat Indiana (12-17, 3-13) for the sixth consecutive time, the
Buckeyes' longest win streak in a
series that dates to 1905.
So after five teams in a row had shot better than 50
percent against the Buckeyes, Matta decided to
seek outside counsel before a game against Indiana yesterday.
"I reached out to the master," Matta said.
He called Bob Knight, who had no qualms about helping the coach of his
alma mater beat the
school that fired him 11 years ago after an unparalleled run of success.
"He
gave me this defensive drill," Matta said. "Our players hate it, but I
think it made us play
a lot better."
GAME 30 - MAR
1
#1 Ohio State (27-2, 14-2) at Penn State (15-12, 8-8) - OSU wins 82-61.
Burford
scores 21 points on 9 of 14
shots
Diebler hits record 10 of 12 three pointers
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - OSU After capturing the
previous six conference championships the Buckeyes were heavy favorites
to make it 7 in a row, but were only 4-6 in the Big Ten standings, had
fallen out of the national rankings and were
facing the possibility of playing host to NCAA Tournament games but not
qualifying for the
tournament themselves.
The Buckeyes (19-9, 10-6) celebrated an emotional Senior Day by
defeating Wisconsin 80-47
in front of 5,509 fans in Value City Arena. With its sixth
straight win, Ohio State tied Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan for third
place
in the final conference standings, but were 5th seed in tourney.
Opinions varied, but not enough to prevent Ohio State senior Jantel
Lavender from
becoming the first four-time Big Ten women's basketball Player of the
Year and the first male or female player to
accomplish that feat from any of the major conferences. For the
second time, however, Lavender had to share the award. Conference
coaches favored
Kalisha Keane, the leading scorer for regular-season champion Michigan
State. The media selected
Lavender, who was the only unanimous all-Big Ten first-team selection
in the voting by both
groups.
She led the conference in scoring
(22.6), rebounding (10.7) and field-goal percentage (.532) during the
regular season.
She
holds Big Ten career records for rebounds with 1,352 and field goals
with 1,080. She set an
Ohio State record with 2,677 points, which is the second most in
conference history. She scored in
double figures in all 130 games she played, an NCAA record.
Junior point guard Samantha Prahalis, a first-team pick last season,
was on the media's second
team and the coaches' third team despite leading the Big Ten in assists.
THE DIEBLER SHOW WAS AWESOME
Diebler put on a show for the ages by sinking
a Big Ten conference game record of 10 three pointers on 5 of 6 in each
half. He made 9 in row before missing his final shot. Most
makes were nothing but net. He never had a two point shot or free
throw thus ended up with one of the great efficiency games with 30
points on 12 shots and 5 assists and 3 boards. OSU led by 15 at
half, by as many as 26 in the 2nd half vs 7 point underdog Penn State
with the final score being 82-61.
OSU outshot Penn State 55-49%, 54-31% on 3
pointers and 70-60% on free throws. OSU also won rebounds 31-18,
assists 21-10, turnovers 12-13 but committed 18 fouls to 16 for Penn
State.
Buford also had a great game scoring 21 points
on 9 of 14 from the floor with 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
Sullinger scored 10 points on 4 of 8 with 10 bounds. Lighty score
6 points on 3 of 7 with 4 assists and 4 rebounds. Craft
added 5 on 2 of 7 but had 6 assists and 5 more steals.
Craft has 23 steals in the last 5 games to
move his average steals per game to a season average 2.07 which is only
good for 34th in the nation. But the 4.6 steals a game
during the past 5 games is way ahead of the national leader at 3.43.
Diebler onslaught should move him to
1st in the Nation in offensive rating (takes in most offensive
stats) as he was 3rd going into the game. He is now 8th in the
nation with 88 makes, His 3 point shooting % is now 49.4 %
good for second in the nation.
Keep in mind there are about 1600 players starting in college
basketball.
Diebler's 10 threes broke the OSU
record of 9 he set earlier in the year and broke the Big Ten record for
a conference game. It tied the all time Big Ten record set in
1983 by Chris Hill of Michigan State at home vs Syracuse. Diebler
tied the record on the road.
OSU leads Purdue by one game in the Big
Ten with one game remaining at home vs Wisconsin. Purdue and Ohio State were 1-1
head-to-head this season, so the tiebreaker would move to their record
against third-place Wisconsin. Purdue was 1-1 against the Badgers; the
Buckeyes, with a loss, would be 0-2 and Purdue would win tiebreaker.. The crowd of 15,403 was the largest in
the Bryce Jordan Center in 11 years. Penn
State has not won at home over Ohio State since 2004 and has lost 15
games in a row to the
Buckeyes since then, including six at home. This is longest
streak by any matchup in the Big Ten.
GAME 31 - MAR
6
#10 Wisconsin (23-6 and 13-4) at #1 Ohio State (28-2, 15-2) - OSU wins
93-65
OSU WOMEN IN BIG TEN TOURNEY FINALS
After beating Iowa in their first tourney game
71-61 they faced Big Ten champion Michigan State (12-3 and won by
2 games) but 2 of the 3 losses came vs the Bucks. OSU raced to a
43-33 half time lead behind Lavender's 21 points on 9 of 10 from the
floor. The Spartans stopped Lavender in the first 9 minutes of
the 2nd half and tied the game, then Lavender went off leading
OSU to a 72-57 win. Lavender scored 37 points on 15 of 20 from
the field, the most points ever scored by a women in a Big Ten
tournament game. She also made all 7 free throws and had 9
rebounds. Keane, co-MVP for Mich St score 17 points but was only
6 of 20 from the field. Finals are vs Penn State who finished
2nd in the conference.
OSU
WOMEN WIN BIG TEN TOURNAMENT 84-70 OVER PENN STATE
OSU women beat 4th place Iowa, then 1st place
Michigan State and finally 2nd place Penn State 84-70 in the finals of
the Big Ten tournament. It was the 3rd straight time OSU won the
tournament, only the 2nd time that has happened. OSU finished 5th
in the Big Ten by winning their last 6 games, but it the first time in
7 years OSU hasn't won the league title.
In the Finals, Lavender led the way with 23 points
and 15 rebounds. Priallis scored 23 points and dished out 9
assists. Diebler
leaves court in final home game. Craft
blankets Taylor, Wisconsin guard
In last two games he made 17 of 20 three
who was runner up in the Big Ten for
point shots, scored 57 points, grabbed
9 Player of the Year.
Taylor was 2 of 9
boards, handed off 9 assists and had
0 for 8
points after scoring 39 points in
turnovers. Can't ever recall a
better
his
prior game. back to
back games.
THE
DIEBLER SHOW, PART 2 WAS ALSO AWESOME
Ohio State put on one of the best
shooting displays of all time in mulling the 7 point underdog Badgers
93-65. OSU shot 68% from the field including 14 of 15 (93%) from
three point land led by Jon Diebler who was 7 of 8 and is now 17 for 20
(85%) in last two games in possibly the greatest two game long range
shooting of all time. Ohio State set two NCAA records in
the game. The 93.3% on 3's was one record and the second was
making 14 straight 3's after Diebler missed his first 3 point
shot. The previous record of consecutive 3's was 11 by Niagara in
1987.
OSU dominated the stats vs
Wisconsin. They outshot Wisconsin from the field 68-42%, 93 to
38% from downtown and 75 to 67% from the foul line. They also out
rebounded Wisconsin 29-25, won assists 18-10 and committed 12 personal
fouls to 17 for the Badgers. Wisconsin won turnovers 6 to 7 and
won offensive bounds 12 to 4.
Amazingly, the Badgers shot 13 more times than the Bucks but made 7
less field goals!
OSU missed 15 shots all game (32 of 47) while Wisconsin had 35 misses
(25 of 60).
Diebler led the Bucks with 27 points on
8 of 10 shooting including 7 of 8 from downtown, 4 of 5 free throws, 6
rebounds, 4 assists and 0 turnovers. In last two games he has
made 18 of 22 form the field, 17 of 20 from downtown, 4 of 5 free
throws, 9 boards, 9 assists and 0 turnovers. And he had streaks
of 9 and 7 straight 3's in last two games. This may make him the
most efficient player in the nation which is a combination of shots
taken and points scored, assists and turnovers.
What a way to go out on your last home game of your career! He
should win his first Big Ten player of the week honors in 4 years of
basketball at OSU.
Sullinger made 8 of 14 shots and 6 of 8 free
throws and 8 boards. Buford added 18 on 6 of 8 from the floor
including 3 of 3 from downtown, 5 bounds and 4 assists. Lighty
added 13 on 5 of 8 from the floor, 6 bounds and 3 assists.
Craft only scored 3 points but may have been the games MVP! He
held Taylor to 8 points on 2 of 9 from the floor. Taylor torched
OSU for 35 points in their prior meeting and scored 38 point in his
last game and is one of 3 players in race for Big Ten player of the
year! Craft's defense was awesome and he had 6 assists and 0
turnovers.
OSU won the Big Ten Crown by 2 games
over Purdue and 3 games over Wisconsin. Purdue and Wisconsin
handed 29-2 OSU thier only losses on their home court. All three
teams were undefeated at home. The 20-0 home record for OSU was a
team historical best as was their 29 regular season wins. The Buckeyes shot
68.1 percent from the field against Wisconsin, their highest in a game
since
they shot 71.4 percent against Presbyterian in 2007. It was
also the 3rd worst defeat in Bo Rein's 10 years at Wisconsin. OSU has
won the Big Ten title 3 of last six years and share title a 4th year. Ohio
State could become the only school in the past nine years to win the AP
poll title twice.
Not that it's worth anything. None of the past nine teams that finished
No.1 won the NCAA
championship. Only three, including Ohio State in 2007, made it to the
Final Four.
OSU failed to cover the spread in 4 of their first 5
Big Ten games but finished the Big Ten 9-9 vs the spread including
beating the spread by a 12 point average in the last four games. The weekend brought
us the two most efficient offensive performances of the season. On
Saturday, Syracuse dismantled DePaul 107-59. The Orange averaged 1.50
points per possession, which was the most against a D-I opponent this
season. However, that fact only lasted one day. In the aforementioned
win over Wisconsin on Sunday, Ohio State averaged 1.56 points per
possession. Ironically, before this weekend, Wisconsin’s 1.49 PPP
against Northwestern in January was the high-water mark.
Ohio State made 14-of-15 from 3-point range in a 93-65 win over
Wisconsin. The 93.3 percent mark is the best in Division I history
(minimum 10 attempts). The Buckeyes made their final 14 3-point
attempts after Jon
Diebler
missed his first with 13:42 remaining in the first half. The 14
consecutive 3s made also broke the D-I record of 11, set by both
Niagara and Eastern Kentucky, who did so a week apart in 1987. Diebler
went 7-for-8 from 3-point range and is 17-for-20 from downtown in his
past two games. Overall, the Buckeyes shot 68.1 percent from the field,
the highest against Wisconsin in 10 years.
The previous best for OSU this season was 60.5% vs Indiana in their
opening Big Ten game when they made 23 of 38 shots and 13 of 19 behind
the 3 point line.
The 14 long range makes was a season high by
one make.
The most points scored against Wisconsin this
year was 70 points by Purdue. Today OSU scored 93 points, the
most Wisconsin has given up in a game since 2006.
OSU had a sell out for the 5th straight game
and 6th time this season. With 1400 towels with the words 'Deal
With It' made Schottenstein's Arena the loudes ever for a game.
Wisconsin coach, Bo Rein used those words after beating OSU earlier
this season in Madison.
AWARDS
Sulllinger was Freshman of the week honors,
his 11th win in 17 weeks. Diebler won Big Ten play of the
week for the first time in his career. For the season, only
Sullinger won more than two times and he won it 4 times.
Johnson of Purdue was Player of the
Year. Sullinger was on first team All Big Ten. Lighty and
Buford both made 2nd team and Diebler made 3rd team on both the media
and coaches team. My MVP on the Buckeyes next to Sullinger,
Aaron Craft, should have been on 2nd or 3rd team in my opinion.
Sullinger and Craft were on the all Freshman
team. Craft won best 6th man award.
Craft and Lighty made the all defensive team and Craft was the only
unanimous pick although Johnson of Purdue was Defensive Player of the
Year.
BUCKEYES IN TOP 100 IN
NATION
Offensive Rating: 1- Diebler 145.33, 2- 139.52, 73- Sullinger 122
Effectve FG % 2- Diebler 72.14 1- 73.07 3- 67.68
True Shooting % 1- Diebler 73.85 2- 70.35
3 PT FG Made 6- Diebler 95
3 Pt FG % 2- Diebler 51.1%, 1- 52.2% 3- 48.9%
Rebounds 26- Sullinger 9.74
Points per game Sullinger 85- 17.29
Assists per game 67- Craft 4.68
Steals per game 34- Craft 2.07
Assist-Turnover Ration 1- Taylor, Wisc 4.1, 13- Diebler 2.9
Plus Minus 3- Diebler 456, 4- Sullinger 452, 5- Lighty 437, 11- Buford
365, 13- Craft 357
Roland Avg 4- Diebler 15.4, 5- Sullinger 15.1, Lighty 10- 14.0,
Buford 59- 9.9
Plus Minus Wins 3- Lighty 27, 8- Sullinger 26, Diebler 26, 16-
Craft 25, 23- Buford 24
Minutes per game 92- Diebler 34.97
Statsheet Pts Avg 4- Sulling. 79.91, 30- Buford 67.34, 41- Lighty
65.76. 48- Diebler 64.49
Catagories listed in top 100 - Diebler 11 (7 in top
6!!!), Sullinger 7, Craft 4, Buford 4, Lighty 4.
Diebler in top 4 six times while only Sullinger (2) and Lighty (1) are
in any top 4's. Diebler only Buckeye in top 2 in any catagory and
he is top 2 four times.
1A - NCAA TOURNAMENT 2010-11
SEASON:
GAME 32- MAR 11 #1
Ohio State (29-2, 16-2) vs Northwestern (18-13, 7-11) - OSU wins in OT
67-61.
Craft Driving for 2 of 17 points. Craft was a one
man team for first 35 minutes of game. Awesome.
WISCONSIN AND PENN STATE PLAY ONE FOR THE AGES
Penn State jumped out to an 18-2 lead
over 3rd seed Wisconsin in the first 10 minutes, but only won 36-33 in
the 2nd lowest scoring game in the last 15 years of NCAA tournament
history. The previous low in Big Ten tournament game was
Wisconsin 51 Michigan 34 in 2008, 16 more points than todays game!
The
36 points scored by Penn State are the 2nd-fewest scored by a winning
team in a conference tournament game over the last 15 seasons. The
fewest is 35 points, when George Mason defeated UNC-Wilmington 35-33 in
the 2001 CAA Championship game.
Penn State has
done this before. Feb. 18, 2009 at Illinois, Penn State won 38-33.
Today, against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Quarterfinals, the Nittany
Lions won 36-33.
Penn State had ZERO players in double figures
They played just 7 guys. The 2 bench players combined to play 10
minutes and didn't score Talor
Battle played all 40 minutes, shot
3-18 but led the Nittany Lions with 9 points. Penn State showed
great balance as all starters played 35-40 minutes and scored 6-9
points and the bench scored 0 points. And they thought Matta
played his starters too much!
Menawhile Wisconsin's Leuer and Taylor scored 26 and the rest of the
team scored 7 points. Wisconsin had two starters that played 48
minutes and were scoreless with 3 rebounds and 1 assist but 0
turnovers. Wisconsin only committed 5 turnovers and 12 fouls, but
shot 29% from the field including 2 of 21 from downtown!
And we thought OSU shot poorly today.
FRESHMAN CARRY OSU TO OVERTIME WIN
OSU scored the last nine points of the first
half (7 by Craft) to lead Northwestern at the half 28-23. Prior
to that no one had led by more than 3 points. Craft led OSU with
9 points on 4 of 8 shooting. Sullinger was only 2 of 9 from the
field, but had 11 bounds. Diebler was 0 for 3 from downtown and
OSU was 1 for 7. OSU had 0 turnovers and Northwestern only had 3.
In the only regular season game OSU won by a
single point. Each team had 49 possessions in that game as
Northwestern slowed the game down. It was the fewest possessions
of any of the 4500 games in college basketball this season.
Sullinger missed a 13 foot jump shot at
the end of regulation to send the game into overtime. In overtime
OSU kept giving the ball to Sullinger and he kept getting fouled.
Sullinger never made a field goal in the last 38 minutes of the game
but made 16 of 18 foul shots and grabbed 18 bounds to lead the
Buckeyes. The MVP for the Buckeyes for most of the game was
Aaron Craft as he was the only Buckeye that made half of his
shots! He was 6 of 11 from the floor and 4 of 5 from the foul
line to score a season high 17 points. He also had 7 bounds and 2
assists and held Northwestern star Thompson to 15 points on 5 of 12
from the floor after he scored a Big Ten tournament record 35
yesterday. I am still upset that Craft did not make any of
the first 3 Big Ten teams. He was Honorable Mention by the Media
and didn't even get that by the coaches. Unbelievable. I
still maintain he is OSU 2nd best player. The other 4 starters
were all on the first 3 All Big Ten teams.
Diebler didn't make a three pointer
until overtime but it was a big one as it gave OSU a 6 point lead with
2:22 remaining. He scored 13 points on 4 of 10 from the field but
only 1 of 5 from downtown but had 3 bounds and 0 turnover for the 3rd
straight game. Lighty had 8 points on 3 of 8 from the floor and 6
boards and 3 blocked shots. Buford scored 7 points on 3 of
14 from the field with 5 bounds. For some reason Matta had Buford
shoot two technical fouls in OT and he missed both.
Diebler and Sullinger played all 45
minutes. Once again the iron man myth was blown away. The
two iron men scored all 15 points in OT while making all 12 foul shots
including 10 by Sullinger.
Northwestern won most of stat
battles. The wildcats out shot OSU 37 to 32% from the field, 33
to 20% from downtown and 89 to 81% from the line. NW also was
assists 7-3 and turnovers 5-6. OSU won board battle 41-24 and
committed 16 fouls to 23 for NW.
Sullinger's 18 boards was one off of
touney record held by Greg Oden. OSU's 32% tied their worst % of
the year. Sullinger's 16 made free throws was a Big Ten
tournament record.
OSU has been seeded #1 in four of last 6
Big Ten tournaments winning 2 of previous 3.
Last year tournament games are below. It took a 37 buzzer beater
to win game 1 last year and overtime to win game 2 before blowing out
Minnesota in game 3.
GAME 33- MAR 11 #1
Ohio State (30-2, 16-2) vs Michigan (20-12, 9-9) - OSU wins
68-61
Lighty grabs missed foul shot and
scores Siebert played first
meaningful minutes of the
season and had a steal and dunk in 11 minutes
OSU IN
FINALS AFTER 68-61 LEAD OVER MICHIGAN
OSU struggled to a four point half time
lead as both Lighty and Craft sat out much of the first half with 2
fouls. The 2nd half was a series of streaks. OSU opened up
an 11 point lead only to see 11 point underdog Michigan rally to with 2
points. Then OSU scored 16 straight points to grab an 18 point
lead. Michigan than rallied to with 4 points with 20 second
remaining before the Buckeyes finally put away the game by a 68-61
margin. The Buckeyes led 65-48 with 1:47 left. Michigan
scored 13 straight points in the next 86 seconds to pull within 4
points.
OSU won most of the stat battles. They
outshot Michigan 46 to 37% from the field, 36 to 31% from downtown, won
34-27 on bounds, blocked shots 6-2 and committed 13 fouls to 20 for
Michigan. Michigan outshot OSU from the foul line 80 to
57%. Both teams had 9 turnovers.
Diebler was high scorer for the 3rd time in 4
games with 16 points on 6 of 12 from the floor but only 3-8 from
downtown. He also had 5 boards and 3 assists but also 5 turnovers
after having 0 in the prior 3 games. Sullinger scored 14 on 5 of
13 from the floor and 4 of 10 from the foul line. He also had 13
boards. Buford also scored 14 on 6 of 14 from the floor with 4
boards. Thomas had 9 points on 4 of 6 from the field and 4
boards. Craft scored 9 on 2 of 3 from the floor but only 4
of 7 from the line with 3 assists and no turnovers. Diebler
and Buford both played all 40 minutes while Sullinger was in for 36
minutes.
Diebler streak of 4 games without a
turnover ended in this game. Longest Buckeye streaks without a
turnover prior to Diebler was 3, once each by Sullinger and Lighty.
The 29 three's shot by Michigan was 2nd
most by an OSU opponent. Northwestern shot 30 in conference
game. Third most attempts was 25.
Four of the last 5 Buckeye opponents have scored
exactly 61 points.
OSU opponents have less than 10 turnovers each of
last 3 games after doing so only 3 times in first 30 games. OSU
has committed less than 10 turnovers 14 times including 11 of
last 16 games.
OSU is now 17-16 vs the Odds this season.
OSU will play in the finals for the 3rd
straight season, only the second time that has been done.
GAME 34- MAR 12 #1
Ohio State (31-2, 16-2) vs Penn State (19-13, 9-9) - OSU wins 71-60
JARED 'HULK' SULLINGER LEADS BUCKEYES TO BIG TEN TOURNEY TITLE
JARED
SULLINGER ALL AMERICAN AND FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Jared Sullinger of Ohio State was named
freshman of the year today by the US Basketball Writers
Association, one day after being the only freshman to make the
organization's five-man All-America first team.
The USBWA also chose a Freshman All-America
team for the first time this season. Joining
Sullinger on that team are Harrison Barnes of North Carolina, Terrence
Jones and Brandon Knight of
Kentucky, and Tristan Thompson of Texas.
NCAA TOURNAMENT STATS AND OTHER STATS
The Buckeye consistency is rooted
in a balanced, efficient offense that produce the second highest scoring
average of 74.5 points a game in Big Ten play in the
past 20 years. The only team that averaged more was
Illinois (75.9) in 2005, when it reached the NCAA title game.
The Buckeyes top four scorers averaged between
12 and 18 points in conference games, and the Buckeyes shot 50 % from
the field. That has been done in the Big Ten only three times in
the past 18 years.
The Buckeyes averaged the
second-fewest fouls per game (14.4) in Division 1 in the regular season.
The Buckeyes played 11 teams
that are in the NCAA tournament this year. They are: 2nd seeded
Florida (OSU won 93-75), 10th seeded Florida State (OSU won 58-44),
13th seeded Morehead State (OSU won 64-55), 13th seeded Oakland (OSU
won 92-63), North Carolina Asheville (play in team)(OSU won 96-49), 3rd seeded Purdue
(OSU won 87-64, lost 76-63), 4th seeded
Wisconsin (OSU lost 71-67, won 93-65), 8th seeded Michigan Won 68-64,
62-53 and 68-61), 9th seeded Illinois (OSU won 73-68 and 89-70),
10th seeded Penn State (OSU won 69-66, 82-61 and 71-60) and 10th seeded
Michigan State (OSU won 71-61). The Buckeyes record vs the 11
tournament teams was 16-2. They out-
scored the opponents in the 18 games78-62! OSU record vs non NCAA
tournament teams was 16-0 and OSU outscored them by an average of
79-57. Thirteen of Buckeyes last 18 games were played against
teams in the NCAA tourney and 2 of remaining 5 were vs NIT invitee
Northwestern.
OSU WINS BIG TEN TOURNAMENT 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR
OSU led Penn State by 6 points at half, increased
the lead to 18 points and Penn State could get no closer than 8 points
the rest of the game. OSU becomes the first team to win back to
back Big Ten Tournaments since Michigan State in 1999-2000.
Michigan State won the NCAA in 2000.
OSU won most of the stat battles vs the 10.5
point under dog Nittany Lions. OSU outshot Penn State 51 to 39%,
44 to 39% from downtown, won bounds 25-24, assists 14-8, blocks 8-2,
committed 7 turnovers to 8 for Penn State and committed 9 personal
fouls to 17 for Penn State. Penn State outshot OSU
from the foul line 100% to 60%. OSU shot 64% from the floor in
the 2nd half.
Buford led the scoring with 18 points on 7 of
14 with 4 boards but 3 turnovers. Sullinger scored 25 points on 5
of 11 from the floor and 5 of 10 from the foul line with 11 boards, 3
assists, 3 blocks and 0 turnovers. Diebler was by far the most
efficient player scoring 15 points on 5 of 8 from the field including 3
of 5 from downtown and grabbed 6 boards. Craft had another solid
game scoring 9 points on 4 of 6 from the floor and handed out 3
assists. He did a great job on defending Battle most of the
game. Battle made two three pointers before Craft entered game
than made 3 of 12 shots when OSU put the game away. Battle made 4
of 5 shots down the stretch when OSU let him drive to the bucket rather
than foul him, most of those when other defenders switched off on
him. Lighty scored 8 points on 2 of 6 from the field with 5
assists. Lauderdale scored 6 points on 3 of 4 from the floor and
3 blocks. It was the second consecutive game he has given OSU a
spark while relieving Sullinger.
After 4 of the last 5 opponents scored 61
points, OSU held Penn State to 60 points.
OSU is #1 overall
seed in the NCAA tournament. Seven Big Ten teams made the NCAA
Tournament. Five wins in OSU's current 7 game winning streak
were against teams in the Tournament. All 7 games were won by at
least 6 points. OSU have won last 7 games by an average of 15.7
points.
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT NOTABLES In
the Big Ten tournament Sullinger played
three games in three days, averaged 40.5 minutes, absorbed countless body blows and
became the first player in tournament
history to post three
straight double doubles in points and rebounds.
Point guard Aaron Craft had two turnovers in
99 minutes on the floor and helped rescue the Buckeyes against Northwestern with 17 points
and a career high 7 rebounds.
Sullinger, the second freshman to be voted the
tournament's most outstanding player (Greg Oden was first in 2007). Sullinger set a
tournament record with 38 free
throw attempts. His 25 makes was the second most to the 29 made by Ohio State's Brent
Darby in 2003.
Sullinger's 42 rebounds in three
tournament games ranked 3rd in tournament history. Reggie
Evans of Iowa
has the top two with 51 in 2001 and 44 in 202, but both were in four
games as was Darby's made free throws.
NCAA TOURNAMENT 2010-11
SEASON
GAME 35- MAR 12 #1
Ohio State (32-2, 16-2) vs U. Texas at San Antonio (20-13) - OSU
wins 75-46
Light in front of crowd at Wisconsin game
Sullinger goes up for score
Buford on way for 2 of 18
points
Thomas scores 13 in 20 minutes
BUCKEYES ROLL INTO FIELD OF 32 WITH
OPENING ROUND 75-46 WIN
University Texas at San Antonio (UTSA),
a 23 point underdog stayed with OSU early leading 9-5 but OSU outscored
them 32-12 the remainder of the half to lead 37-21. OSU shot
lights out sinking 15 of 23 (65%) including 6 of 10 from three point
area. Buford scored 10 of the Buckeyes first 12 points and
finished the half with 15 points on 6 of 10, 4 boards and 3
assists. Sullinger had 9 points on 4 of 5 and 6 boards.
Diebler had 9 on 3 of 5 from downtown and 4 assists. OSU had 15
baskets on 14 assists and won the rebound battle 14-6.
OSU coasted in the second half leading by as
much as 38 points (70-32) before settling for a 75-46 win in the first
round of the NCAA tourney. OSU outshot UTSA 56 to 34%, 50 to 24 %
on 3's, out assisted UTSA by an amazing 26-6 margin, and won boards 33
to 24%. UTSA made 6 of 7 four shot and OSU made 5 of 8.
Buford led the scoring with 18 points on 7 of
12 from the floor including 3 of 5 from downtown, 6 boards and 5
assists. Diebler scored 14 points on 4 of 8 from long range, 4
rebounds and 5 assists. Thomas came off the bench to score 13
points on 5 of 7, 8 boards and 3 assists. Sullinger scored 11
points on 5 of 6, 9 boards and 3 steals. Lighty scored 8 on
3 of
5 and 5 assists. Craft didn't score but dished out 7 assists but
had 4 turnovers.
Diebler made a 3 pointer for the 51st
straight game. A heavily
scarlet-and-gray-clad crowd of 20,164 was a record for a college
basketball game in
the state of Ohio.
Five of the seven Big Ten teams making the
NCAA tournament won their first round game to advance to the final
32. The two tems losing (Penn State and Michigan State) both lost
by a point. All of the winning teams won by at least 11 points
and all five were ahead by at least 19 points in their first
tournd game. Seven of 11 Big East team advanced to round of
32.
OSU played 11 of the 64 teams in the
tournament and 7 of them advanced to the round of 32 and
five of 7 won by 11 or more points. OSU
was 10-2 vs the 7 teams remaining.
GAME 36- MAR 20 #1
Ohio State (33-2, 16-2) vs George Mason (27-6)
Sullinger Dunks - 18 points in 22
minutes
Lighty, 7 for 7 on 3's, high fives with Craft who had 15 assists
Diebler cans 4 more 3's to extend steak to 52 games with a 3.
In last 7 games
Diebler has sunk 32 of 54 3 pointers (59%).
OSU CRUSHES GEORGE MASON 98-66
George Mason, a 13 point underdog,
jumped to an 11-2 lead before the Buckeye unleashed their fury.
OSU out scored George Mason 50-15 the remainder of the half, led by as
much as 38 in the second half before settling for a 98-66
victory. OSU was deadly from long range making 16 of 26 (61.5%)
from three point land including 7 of 7 by David Lighty. In the
last 7 games OSU has made 70 of 134 (52%) shots from downtown.
OSU outshot George Mason 61 to 43% from
the field, 61.5 to 44% from 3 point line, won assists 23-13, boards
31-28, turnovers 9-17 and fouls committed 11 to 17. The Bucks
were outshot from the foul line 86% (6 of 7) to 56% (10 of 18).
The Bucks were led by Lighty with
25 points on 9 of 10 from the field including 7 of 7 from downtown with
4 boards and 3 assists, but was 0-2 from the foul line. In the
previous seven games Lighty was 6 of 14 from downtown!
Sullinger added 18 points on 7 of 10 from the floor with 8
bounds. Buford also scored 18 points on 7 of 14 including 4 of 7
from downtown and 5 boards and 2 steals. Diebler scored 13 on 4
of 8 from downtown with no turnovers. Thomas added 7 points in 13
minutes on 3 of 7 from the floor. Craft only shot 3 times making
2 for 6 points but had an amazing 15 assists.
Most experts have been saying
there are no great teams in college basketball. I have been
saying that Ohio State is a great team for weeks, and once again today
the Bucks continued to prove my point. Rick Pitino,
Louisville Coach, joined me today saying Ohio State is a great
team.
Crafts 15 assists was 3rd most in
tournmament play in the last three years as Mitch Johnson of Stanford
and Earl Watson of UCLA had 16 assists.
The OSU victory was the most
lopsided victory in school history
Lighty set a tournament record for most
makes without a miss from 3 point land going 7 for 7.
The 26 assists in the first
game set a turnament record and tied a season high against Tennessee
Martin. They added 23 assists today, 3rd most of any game this
season.
OSU is now in the
sweet 16 and play Kentucky in their next game. They are 5-0 vs
Kentucky in prior tournament games. They both played the same 4
opponents this season. Kentucky beat Indiana at home 81-62 (OSU
beat on the road 81-62 and 82-61 a home), South Carolina 67-58 on the
road and 90-59 at home (OSU beat SC 79-57 at home), lost to Florida on
the road 70-68, beat Florida at home 76-68 and beat Florida in their
tournament at a neutral site 70-54 (OSU won at Florida 83-65).
OSU was 4-0 on similar opponents with Kentucky 6-1. OSU played
Florida better than Kentucky but they were about the same on the other
3 opponents.
George Mason coach Jim Larranaga said William Buford - 7 of 14 from the
field and 4 of 7 on
three-pointers for 18 points - and Lighty, who finished with 25 points,
were priorities No. 3 and 4
for his defenders.
"First
it was (Jared) Sullinger. We began with how are we going to defend in
the post,"
Larranaga said. "The second was (Jon) Diebler because of his ability to
stretch the defense with
his three-point shooting ability. And then it was let's pray that
Buford and Lighty don't go off.
You don't think that will happen, but you do hope that at least one or
two of them will have an
off-night shooting. But instead they were on fire."
The result was a performance that left a lot of observers agape. Ohio
State, the top overall
seed in the tournament, led 52-26 at halftime and kept pouring it on;
at one point, before the
bench was emptied, the Buckeyes led 87-49.
It was a great day to be an Ohio State player or fan. But it was an
incredible day for a
Cleveland native who not only had the game of his life in front of the
hometown folks but also
graduated from college in a special morning ceremony staged for him and
three teammates at Quicken
Loans Arena.
"Coach would always tell us that once you get that diploma, there's no
greater feeling than to
have it in your hand," Lighty said. "You listen to him and it's like
OK, but when it actually
happens you find out he was right.
"Going
through the whole five years of me being here and actually graduating
is something that
no one can ever take away from me."
And the prolonged exit with his family? Well, that was special, too.
"It was
kind of emotional," Lighty said. "My mom had a couple of tears. It was
a special moment.
I just pretty much got to hold them and tell them how thankful of them
I am."
CRAFT AMAZES
Two George Mason players were trying to trap Ohio State's
Aaron Craft near
mid-court.
Most
players, certainly most freshman, would have been content to find an
exit. Craft has long
proved he's not a typical player, let alone freshman.
I n the midst of this peril, he detected Jared Sullinger near the
basket. Like a lacrosse player,
he whipped a pass through the defense to Sullinger for a layup.
Slag comment: Greatest pass I ever saw.
On the bench, Buckeyes junior William Buford couldn't believe it.
"Oh, my God," he said. "I asked him, 'How did you get that in there?'
That was crazy. I ain't
never seen a pass like that."
Ohio State has never had a performance like Craft's yesterday, at least
in terms of assists. His
15 in the Buckeyes' 98-66 victory set a school record and was the
fourth-most in NCAA Tournament
history. It was the most assists by a Big Ten Freshman in any
game (regular season and tournament).
The pass to Sullinger wasn't the only highlight-worthy assist. In the
second half, he lost the
handle on a ball and dived to retrieve it. He outfought a George Mason
player and flipped it to Jon
Diebler to avoid a traveling call as he rolled on the ground. Diebler
hit a three-pointer and was
fouled. Slag comment: maybe 2nd best pass I ever saw!
"
That was unbelievable," Diebler said.
Blending a freshman point guard on a veteran team can be a problem, but
that hasn't been an
issue with Craft.
"I
think it's just because of his personality," Diebler said. "He's
willing to be led. He's very
smart and mature for his age. He knew what his role was going to be
when he got here, and he
accepted that.
"All he wants to do is win. When you have guys like that, it makes it
easy."
Days gets first pointSenior walk-on Eddie
Days scored his first point when he made a free throw with 1:17 left.
"It was almost like a monkey off my back," he said. "Everybody's been
talking about it. It's
good to get it."
Days
had missed all seven of his career field-goal attempts. This was his
first trip to the
line.
Days was a walk-on as a freshman, then took time off because of a heart
condition. After two
years practicing with the OSU women's team, he returned to the men's
team this year.
Diebler hit a 3 pointer in the last 2 seconds
of the first half for the fourth time in about the last 8 games.
He also had his 2nd 4 point play in last 7 games.
Aaron Craft had a
school-record 15 assists, and the Buckeyes set or matched school
records for an NCAA Tournament
game with 16 three-point field goals, 26 attempts, a .615 three-point
percentage and 98 points
scored. The 98 points tied the 1960 record vs Western Kentucky.
Lighty's seven threes in as many attempts was the third-best
performance behind the arc in NCAA
Tournament history. Craft's 15 assists were the fourth-most in a
tournament game.
Numbers
for dummies
5:
Football games that OSU might want to start
Craft at quarterback to begin next
football season. The freshman showed in power passes to Sullinger and
Dallas Lauderdale that he has
the arm for the job.
4:
Players (Lighty, Lauderdale, Diebler and
Nikola Kecman) who missed OSU's
graduation yesterday but received their diplomas during a mock ceremony
on the Quicken Loans Arena
floor in the morning.
23:
Assists credited to Craft in two tournament
games, nearly half of OSU's 49
total.
GAME 37- MAR 20 #1
Ohio State (34-2, 16-2) vs #11 Kentucky (28-8, 10-6) - Kentucky wins
62-60
Harrellson fights for ball with Sullinger
WOMEN FALL TO TENNESSEE 87-75 IN SWEET 16 GAME
OSU (24-10 and 4th seed) lost to #1
seeded Tennessee (34-2) in a sweet 16 game as both men and women lost
in the same round. Both teams were last team in Big Ten remaining
when they suffered their loss. Lavendar finished her year with 19
points and 10 boards on 9 of 17 from the floor. Prahallis was
high scorer with 22 points on 9 of 18 from the floor and 7
assists. But the two players combined for 9 turnovers.
Tennessee outrebounded OSU 46-29
and won turnover battle 9 to 13.
OSU made 16 of 24 (67%) of
their shots in the first half and led 42-40 at the half..
Lavender recorded her 77th
double-double and scored in double figures in all 136 games she played
in during her four year career that saw her win Big Ten player of the
year 4 times, the only player in history to win player of the year in a
major conference all 4 years. Lavender
finished her career at Ohio State as the only four-time Big Ten player
of the year. She
earned her bachelor's degree in sport and leisure studies on March 20
and is the program's all-time
leading scorer (2,818) and the Big Ten's all-time leading rebounder
(1,432).
Lavender's new life started yesterday in Bristol, Conn., when the Los
Angeles
Sparks selected her with the fifth pick of the draft.
3*-25-11 Jim W, Jim A, Brutus, John and Nelson Slagle at
Jim A's for OSU 62-60 loss to Kentucky
WACKY 2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT
The 2011 NCAA Tournament final 4 teams
had the 2nd highest seed ever (adding 4 seeds together - 3,4,10, 11 or
28) The 2011 NCAA
Tournament final 4 teams combined record was a winning record was
76%. The worst winning record was 71% and the third worsst was
81%!!
Final 4 teams are all
east of the Mississippi River. Teams are Kentucky, Connecticut,
VMU (Virginia) and Butler (Indiana). Sixteen of the top 25
teams in final AP poll were east of the Mississippi.
Final 4 teams were ranked 9
Connicut, 11th Kentucky, 33 Butler and unranked
VMU (no votes).
VMU already has made most
amaZing run in NCAA tourney. Most thought they shouldn't have
been in tournament as they were 4th place team in a mid major
conference with a 12-6 record and 23-11 overall. They may have
been the 68th team in a 68 team field. They had to win a play-in
game over USC (Southern California) to make the final 64 and have
now won 5 straight games as underdogs vs teams in 5 different major
conferences and four have been double digit wins!
VMU wins were over 11th seed and
unranked USC 59-46, #6 seed and 26th ranked Georgetown 74-56, #3
seed and 13th ranked Purdue 94-76, #10th seed and unranked Florida
State 72-71 in OT, #1 seed and 2nd ranked Kansas 71-61.
FINAL POOLS
AP - PRIOR TO NCAA
TNY
ESPN/USA
RECORD
1- Ohio State (51)
1-
Connecticut
(30)
30-9
2- Kansas (14)
2-
Butler
27-9
3- Duke
3-
Kentucky
29.8
4-
Pittsburgh
4-
Kansas
35-3
5- Notre
Dame
5- Ohio State
(1)
34-3
6- San Diego State
6- Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) 28-11
7- North
Carolina
7-
Duke
32-5
8- Texas
8- North
Carolina
29-8
9-
Connecticut
9-
Arizona
30-8
10- Brigham Young
10-
Florida
29-8
11-
Kentucky
11- San Diego
State
34-3 -
As noted above the final AP poll was tallied
after the regular season and before the NCAA tourney started. The
ESPN/USA poll was taken after the NCAA tournament.
The ESPN/USA seems to rank primarily how
teams did in the NCAA tournament. As far as I know they were
rating the teams on who was best. Only one writer picked OSU
first and took a lot of heat in the press. As far as I am
concerned the 30 voting Connecticut as the best team should be taking
the heat and will take the heat from me!
The best team is the team who is
the best team based on the season of work. How can you rate a
team with 9 losses ahead of a team with 3 losses with both teams
playing in the best two conferences. The AP voted OSU first and
Connecticut 9th. Granted Connecticut won the NCAA over Butler in
the worst final game shooting exhibition in NCAA finals history.
But a win is a win. Yes Connecticut won their conference
tournament by winning 5 games in 5 days, very impressive but they were
9th in their conference, 9th!!!! OSU won their conference
tournament and finished first in their conference by 2 games.
There only two
regular season lossest were to two teams who were unbeaten at home this
season and ranked from 5th to 20th almost all season. OSU's
loss in the NCAA was to Kentucky on a tough shot with 5
seconds remaining then OSU missed a good look at a 3 pointer by a
44% shooter. You probably could say that one
shot that didn't go in cost OSU 4 places in the final ESPN/USA
poll. Makes no sense to this writer.
Most of the season the
experts were saying there were no great teams this year. After
the first two rounds of the NCAA several were saying there was one
great team including Rick Pitino (coach of Louisville) and Jim
Rome. One missed shot and they are all of a sudden 5th best teams
instead of class of basketball. Makes no sense to me.
Butler being voted 2nd
is even worse. They tied for first with Cleveland State
with a 13-5 record in conference. There losses included Milwaukee
(2), Valparaiso and Wright State. Kentucky, 3rd, had 8 losses and
finished 3 games behind Florida, a team OSU beat at Florida by 20
points. Kansas at least only had 3 losses and they and OSU should
have been the top two rated teams. VCU 6th is another joke.
They were 4th place in a mid level conference with 6 losses, two games
out of 3rd place! Enough said.
Another way to look at it is if
two teams played tomorrow who would the experts favor? I maintain
OSU would be favored vs any team ahead of them and by 10 or so vs
Butler and VCU. If that is the case they are the better
team. OSU would be about a 3 point favorite over Connecticut and
Kansas and 5 over Kentucky (were 6 point favorite in tourney match up)
on a neutral court in my opinion. Case closed.
OSU
UPSET BY KENTUCKY 62-60
Six point
underdog Kentucky used a beautiful 15 foot pull up jumper off a drive
by
freshman Brandon Knight to down the Buckeyes to reach the final 8 teams
in the 2011 NCAA tournament. Kentucky used a great defensive
effort and poor shooting by OSU to pull the upset of the #1 seed in the
tournament. OSU led by 7 early in the game, but for the last 30
minutes of the game neither team led by more than 4 points and in last
17 minutes the largest lead was 3 points in a tense 2nd
half. OSU called a timeout with 31 seconds remaining in the game
and down by 3. They ran a play for Diebler , but he had trouble
getting thru a screen but they still got the ball to him. He made
a couple of moves before sinking a 24 footer to tie the game with 21
seconds remaining. Kentucky put the ball in the hands of their
clutch player all year, Knight, and he ran the clock to 8 seconds
before driving by Craft and pulling up for the decisive 15 footer with
5.4 seconds remaining, his 2nd game winner of the tourney. OSU
rushed the ball down court and Buford was able to get a good look at a
3 pointer but it was just short for his 14th miss in 16 tries.
Knight was only 2 for 9 and forced into 6 turnovers by Craft before
becoming the hero for Kentucky.
Kentucky held the Bucks to 32.8%
shooting, their 3rd worst game of the year. The Buckeyes also
made only 6 of 16 three pointers, 4 of 7 by Diebler and 2 of 9 for the
remaining cast. The Wildcats also blocked a season high 11 shots
to 1 for OSU. Kentucky outshot OSU 46 to 33% and were 6 of 17 from
3 point land while winning assists 11-7 and rebounds 31-30 and made 12
of 14 free throws to 16 of 22 for OSU. OSU only made 7 of their
last 12 charity tosses. OSU won turnovers 7 to 11 and fouls
13 to 17
Liggins came off the bench to hit 5 of 8 shots for Kentucky and grabbed
6 boards. The Bucks bench were 0-6 for 2 points as 4 starters
scored 58 of the 60 points.
Sullinger had the best line for the Bucks with
21 points and 16 boards on 7 of 14 from the field and 7 of 9 from the
floor in 39 minutes. But he only had 0 assists and 4
turnovers. His counter part, Harrellson scored 17 points
and grabbed 10 boards. Sully out rebounded Harrellson in the 2nd
half 10-2 and outscored him 11-5 in the 2nd half. Diebler was the
only other Buckeye to shoot well making 5 of 10 including 4 of 7
from downtown on the way to 16 points in 40 minutes. But he only
had one board, no assists and no turnovers. Lighty was 5 for 12
for 12 points and 4 assists in 40 minutes. Buford was a woeful
2-16 for 9 points but did make all 4 foul shots in 37 minutes.
Craft was 0 for 5 but did have 6 bounds and 4 steals but only 2 points
and 2 assists in 36 minutes. Thomas was 0-1 in 3 minutes of
action and Lauderdale never shot in 5 minutes of action.
Sullinger became the only Buckeye
with at least 15 bounds and 20 points in the last 15 years of tourney
play for the Buckeyes.
Diebler made an amazing 114 of 227
three pointers (50.2%) for the season and also made 31 of 59 two
pointers (52.5%) and 81 % of his foul shots in his final season.
Last season he shot 44% overall, 42% from 3 point range, but made 87%
of his foul shots. He averaged 12.6 points a game down from 13.0 last
year and boards were down each of his final two seasons. He
had a career low in turnovers of 35 less than 1 a game while having his
best assist total of 88, an excellent 2.5 assists to turnover
ratio. His points per shot increased each year from 1.05 to .33
to 1.42 to a phenomenal 1.64 this season. In comparison Sullinger
was an excellent 1.55 due to drawing fouls, Lauderdale 1.54, Craft
1.41,
Lighty 1.35 and Buford 1.20.
FROM THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
This season is over because, for the second
year in a row in the Sweet 16, Ohio State (34-3) ran
into a Southeastern Conference team (Tennessee last year) whose
athleticism it not only could not
match but had not faced in the plodding, physical Big Ten Conference.
"That's the best team we played this year," coach Thad Matta said.
Buckeyes, the top seed in the East, were among the most athletic teams
in the Big Ten but
had not faced a team with fourth-seeded Kentucky's athleticism since
playing Florida State on
Nov.30.
The Seminoles blocked 10 shots, and the Buckeyes shot 32.2 percent from
the field in that game.
Ohio State won because it attempted 12 more shots from the field, made
nine more free throws, and
Florida State shot only 35.4 percent.
Kentucky blocked
11 shots, shot 45.8 percent and held Ohio State to 32.8 percent because
of its
size and athleticism. Five players blocked shots. Ohio
State's 60 points were a season low. The game was 30-30 each half
before Knight's game winner.
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Diebler finished with a made
three pointer in 53 straight games.
OSU won 34-3 games this season, 2nd to 35-4
in 2007
OSU won first 24 games, 2nd
best start in school history to the 1960-61 teams 27-0 start.
OSU won 24 straight games,
2nd longest streak to 1960-1 when Buckeyes on 32 straight.
OSU was #1 in polls 7 weeks
including final week and were #1 seed in the tourney.
OSU was a all time Buckeye
best of 20-0 on their home floor
Combined football record of
46-4 was third best all time
OSU won Big Ten regular
season title for 4th time in 7 years (I think)
OSU won Big Ten tournament
for 2nd straight year and 3rd time in 4 years. Each of last 2
years one of the victories was in overtime.
Sullinger was named Freshman
of the year in division 1 and was on 5 player All American team.
MORE DISPATCH:
You know the game stats by now. Let's recap the season.
Sullinger's 21 points and 16 rebounds were his 18th double-double,
tying Herb Williams' school
record for a freshman. Sullinger averaged 17.2 points and 10.2
rebounds; he's the first Ohio State
player to average a double-double since Brad Sellers (19.8/12.6) in
1985-86 and the first freshman
since Herb Williams (16.7/11.4) in 1977-78.
Senior Jon Diebler made a school-record 50.2 percent of his three-point
attempts, eighth-best in
Big Ten history, and finished with a conference-record 374 career
threes.
Buford's 44.2 was the
second-best three-point percentage in school history.
Senior David Lighty played in a school-record 157 games, won a record
129 and joined Jim Jackson
and Evan Turner as the only Buckeyes with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds
and 300 assists. He finishes
second in school history in steals with 191.
Craft's 177 assists and 73 steals were the second-most by an Ohio State
freshman, behind Mike
Conley Jr. (238/87).
The offense ranks as the most efficient in NCAA Division I and was the
best in Matta's seven
seasons. The Buckeyes' 42.3 three-point percentage and 587 assists are
school records. The defense
allowed 59.7 points per game, lowest in the Matta era.
Turner was
joined on the All-Big Ten first team by Lucas, E'Twaun and Robbie
Hummel of Purdue and high-school teammate Demetri McCarney of Illinois.
Turner and McCarney 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.
4A- BIG TEN TOURNAMENT 2009-10:
GAME 32 - Michigan
(7-11,
15-16) 68 vs Ohio
State 69 (14-4, 24-7)
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
played
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 Michigan 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 pointers 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
bracket 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 other 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 categories (3 point shooting %
and
foul shooting %) he ranks 4th. According to the stats Turner
should win Player of the Year by a landslide.
?
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.
5- NCAA TOURNAMENT 2009-10
SEASON:
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 Buckeyes 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 earlier 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
seed) 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.
6- PICTURES 2009-10 SEASON
Turner
Dribbling
Turner
scoring
vs
California
Lighty
scores
22
vs
Lipscomb
Hill replaces injured Turner as starterDiebler looks to pass
Lauderdale dunks on Howard of ButlerLauderdale dunks on Cleveland St.
Buford scores 16 in loss to Michigan
Diebler shoots a 3-pointer vs
Minnesota
Diebler
shoots
3
vs
Illinois
Turner
scores against
Illinois
Turner & OSU fans celebrate OSU clinching share of Big Ten Title
Graduating Seniors: Titus, Hill,
Simmons, Madsen & Peters
7-
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.
For his career,
Lucas averaged 22.2 points and 16.4
rebounds in the NCAA Tournament.
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.
See clips at link below of win over
California and losses to Wisconsin and Cincinnati: //www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=62258
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 Havlicek, 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.
8-JERRY LUCAS
Lucas shooting patent hook
shot for OSU
Lucas shooting for
Knicks Lucas dribbles by Kentucky defenderLucas dribbling for Knicks
Lucas at his home in Templeton,
California on December 30, 2009 beside his Gold Medal
Siegfried, Lucas and
Havelicek prior to first game against each other in 1963 in Cincinnati
9-
PICTURES FROM 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONOF 1960 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM ON 1-31-10
1960 OSU team picture on 1-31-2010
Havelicek and Lucas
Evan Turner and Jerry Lucas
David Lighty and John Havelicek
Dallas Lauderdale and Mel Nowell
William Buford and Larry Siegfried
Joe Roberts and Dick Furry
John Havelicek, Thad Matta, Bob Knight
and Jon Diebler after practice on 1-30-2010
10- 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
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 dead eye
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
Siegfried'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 corner back, 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-FamersJerry
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.
___
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.
11- JARAD SULLINGER PRE
COLLEGE STATS
JARAD SULLINGER
HIGH
SCHOOL STATS: Given the
hoops-addled household where he grew up, Sulllinger had no choice but
to grow up fast. His father, who coached at three different high
schools and worked a three-year stint at Oberlin College, first taught
Jared how to execute a drop step when he was 2 years old. At 3, Satch
had Jared shooting from the foul line with proper form. When Jared was
in seventh grade, his father told anyone who would listen that Jared
was going to be the best of his three sons. Jared later said he wished
his father hadn't said that, but he allowed that it taught him at an
early age how to deal with pressure Sullinger was 6th man on Northland's
high school team as a freshman
Third team all state in sophomore year As a junior in high school averaged
19.9 points and 14.8 rebounds a game. He led team to state title
winning the final game on two late free throws.
As a senior, Sullinger averaged
24.5 points,
12.3 rebounds, 3 blocked shots and 2.4 assists game while shooting 78
percent from the field, 38 percent on 3-pointers and 77 percent at the
line. He also led Northland to a regular-season Associated Press poll
title. The Vikings were ranked No. 1 in the USA Today national rankings
before an upset loss to unbeaten Gahanna Lincoln in a regional
championship game last March. Northland was 98-4 in Sullnger's 4
years with his dad, Satch the head coach. One of the 4 losses was
when his dad sat him out of a game in the State tournament for failing
to do
his homework! Sullinger’s
high school team finished 23-1 as a senior, 27-1 as a junior, 21-1 as
sophomore and 24-1 as a freshman Sullinger
finished his high school career with 1,910 career points and more than
1,200 rebounds His highest scoring game as a senior
was 44 points in a 97-46 win over Whetstone. Sullinger made 18 of
19 field goals including 1 of 1 3 pointers, 7 of 9 foul shots and 10
rebounds. Was ranked as 2nd, 4th and 5th best
high school senior by 3 publications Co MVP of McDonalds
All American game in 2010. He was high scorer in game with 22
points on 7 of 11 from field and 6 of 6 from the floor. Was James Naismith
Player of the Year as a senior Michigan State first offered Sullinger
a scholarship in the 8th grade. When Matta offered a scholarship
while in the 9th grade, Sullinger accepted He was 288-15 in summer games also coached by his
father Led
his team to three national AAU championships Was
player of the year in Ohio both his Junior and Senior seasons Was
5th
player to win multiple Ohio Player of the Year awards joining Lebon
James (won 3 times), OJ Mayo, Jimmy Jackson and Greg Simpson
WILLIAM BUFORD
• Named Mr. Ohio Basketball and Division II Co-Player of the Year in
2008,
• Earned his third-consecutive Toledo City League Player of the Year
honor as a senior after averaging 23 points and 11 rebounds
• Selected as a McDonald’s and Jordan Brand All-American ... recorded
six points, one steal and one assist in the McDonald’s All-American
game, while posting 12 points and three rebounds in the Jordan Classic.
• Also earned 2008 MaxPreps third-team All-America and Parade
All-America honors.
• A four-year starter for Toledo Libbey, led the Cowboys to a runner-up
finish in the Division II Ohio High School state tournament as a
senior. Buford scored a game-high 29 points, but Chillicothe made a
last-second shot to claim the victory, 70-69.
• As a junior, earned first team all-state honors and was a member of
the All-Toledo Blade squad ... averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds in
2007 as the Cowboys won the Toledo City League and finished No. 3 in
the state.
• Son of Arnetta and William Buford … He has a brother, Ryan and a
sister, Simon.
• Lists greatest sports thrill as his first dunk in a game. After
graduation, Buford plans to earn his master’s degree.
JON DIEBLER
Senior, Upper Sandusky 2006-07, 23-4
Points Per Game
40.8
Assists Per Game
6.7
Blocks Per Game
4.2
Rebounds Per Game
12.6
Steals Per Game
5.3
Points
1102
Scored at least 23
every game and at
least 31 points in 25 of 27 games. In four losses he scored 60 in
100-98 loss, 32 in 104-75 loss, 69 in 93-90 loss (9 of 24 on 2's, 11 of
22 on 3's and 18 of 19 foul shots, 11 bounds & 5 steals) and 48 in
85-78 loss. .
• As a
senior, averaged 40 points per game, 13 rebounds and 6 assists
to become Ohio’s all-time leading scorer with 3,208 points, topping New
Concord John Glenn’s and former Buckeye Jay Burson (2,958) for the top
spot.
• Began senior season with 2,106 points for the 27th-best career total
in the state of Ohio. After scoring 810 points in his first 19 games,
Diebler passed Ohio High School basketball greats, Jimmy Jackson
(2,328), Jamar Butler (2,412), Bob Huggins (2,438), Jerry Lucas (2,438)
and LeBron James (2,646). Diebler scored the record-breaking point
against Norwalk in a 90-64 win in February 2007.
• Also led the nation in scoring during senior season with a 41.2
points per game average and tallied 12.3 rebounds per game en route to
being named Rise Magazine’s Player of the Year.
• Set an Ohio High School state record for most free throws in a game
with 27 out of 28 attempts vs. Tiffin Columbia in January 2006. He
totaled 77 points vs. Tiffin Columbia and that stands as the most
points scored in a game by an Ohio player in 37 years.
• Playing under his father, Keith Diebler, Jon was named Mr. Basketball
in Ohio and the 2007 Division II Player of the Year. A first-team
All-Ohio and Northern Ohio League selection, Diebler captained the Rams
to a runner-up finish in the 2007 Ohio High School state championships.
• His 48 points in the championship game is the third highest in a game
in the state tournament. Diebler trailed former Buckeye greats Jerry
Lucas (53-1956) and Clark Kellogg (51-1979).
• As a sophomore, Diebler was a member of the 2004-05 Division II Upper
Sandusky state tournament championship team.
• Also was a three-time letter winner in cross country.
• Son of Keith and Renee Diebler ... Has two brothers, Jeremiah and
Jake. Jake played basketball at Valparaiso.
• Lists his greatest sports thrill as winning the state championship
and recording a 27-0 record during his sophomore year at Upper Sandusky.
As a sophomore, Diebler helped lead Upper Sandusky to a
D-II state championship with a 32-point, 14-rebound performance in the title game. He had 29 and nine
in a semifinal win over Dunbar.
DAVID LIGHTY
Lighty attended and played basketball at Villa Angela-St. Joseph
High School. He was named Cleveland Plain
Dealer player of the year in 2005. Lighty averaged 22 points per
game during his senior year and led VASJ to a state runner-up finish.
Rated No. 30 on SI.com’s list of 2006 Top 100 players
• Averaged 25.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals in 31
minutes of action in the final two games of the Division III state
finals in Columbus
• Named to The Associated Press D-III all-state tournament team in 2006
... also selected by the AP as a first-team all-state honoree in
Division III as a senior
• During the Roundball Classic game at the United Center in Chicago
(4/9/06), Lighty played for the first time with three of his future
Ohio State teammates (Oden, Conley and Cook). He contributed 14 points
in the West’s 118-102 victory
• An Associated Press Ohio Division III first-team honoree in his final
two years at Villa Angela-St. Joseph ... averaged 24.5 points and 11.8
rebounds a game as a junior after contributing 19.4 points a game
during his sophomore campaign
• Named the Cleveland Plain Dealer Player of the Year in 2004-05
• Played for Dave Wojciechowski
• Lettered in football as a freshman at Villa Angela-St. Joseph
• Son of David and Emily
AARON CRAFT
Aaron Craft made a name for himself with his stout defense and is
considered one of the best guard defenders for the Class of 2010. He is
heralded as an all-around point guard with the qualities that should
help him excel as a Buckeye, but can also create opportunities for
himself, averaging 19 points as a junior. Craft was a 2010 Ohio First
Team All-State in Division III and the 2010 Division III Player of the
Year in Ohio, following the same all-state selection in 2009. He led
Liberty-Benton High School to a state runner-up finish his freshman
season and was named First-Team All-Ohio as a junior.
Craft
led the scoring efforts in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and
averaged 26 points, seven assists and eight rebounds as a senior with
70 steals (3.2 per game). Though handling the point guard duties, he
scored on 57 percent of his shots from the field (164-288), 43 percent
from 3-point range (43-101) and 85 percent from the foul line
(120-141).
Craft
played for All-Ohio Red along with Sullinger and
Weatherspoon.
Craft
played football as well for Liberty-Benton as both a
quarterback and free safety. On the gridiron his LBHS was regional
champions in 2006 and 2009 and the state runner up in 2009. He was an
all-state QB in 2008 and 2009 while earning Ohio Division 5 Offensive
Player of the Year honor in 2009.
He is
the son of John and Wendy Craft with siblings Brandon
and Caitie. Craft played for Steve Williman at Liberty-Benton and would
like to continue basketball career after tenure at Ohio State. He
enjoys time with friends and video games in spare time and lists
participating with brother Brandon in both the state finals for
football and basketball as a high school athlete and watching sister
win a state championship is his biggest thrill in sports to date. Craft
was the valedictorian of his senior class, as well as the National
Honor Society president in 2009 and Spanish Club member (2007-10).
DALLAS LAUDERDALE
•
Helped Solon High School to the Ohio Division I and Western
Reserve Conference championships in each of his four seasons, as well
as two regional runner-up finishes his sophomore and junior years.
• Named the 2007 Western Reserve Conference Most Valuable Player and a
Division I second-team all-state, all-city and All-Western Reserve
recipient.
• Led Solon to an undefeated record in the WRC in four-consecutive
seasons.
• As a first-team Northeast Lakes All-District honoree, led the Comets
to the 2007 district title. In the semifinal game of the district
championship against Cleveland Heights, Lauderdale’s 3-point conversion
gave Solon the lead for good with 30 seconds left after both teams were
tied, 57-all.
• Was the team’s leading scorer as captain, with averages of 24 points,
12 rebounds, six blocks and two assists during high school career.
• As a sophomore, scored 21 points per game, while grabbing 9.9
rebounds per game en route to first-team all-state honors ... was part
of a lineup that helped the Comets advance to the Big School Regional
Finals vs. Canton McKinley that year.
• In 2007, Lauderdale was one of three high school students from the
Cleveland area nominated for the Outstanding High School Athlete award
presented by the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. Former Ohio State
wrestler Lance Palmer was one of the other nominees.
• Son of Dallas II and Carol Lauderdale and nephew of Jim Chones, who
played for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, and cousin of former WNBA
player Kaayla Chones.
But the
6-7, 220-pound Thomas, this year's Indianapolis Star
Indiana Mr. Basketball, hasn't always enjoyed the attention. When the
Bishop Luers star was in the third grade, childhood friend Tyrell Tubbs
asked him to play on his team at the YMCA. Over and over, Tubbs would
ask. Over and over, Thomas said, "No thanks."
"I
always told him that my grandma wouldn't let me," said
Thomas, a McDonald's All American recently named to the Parade magazine
All-America first team. "But she never said that. I never even asked
her. I just didn't like to play in front of crowds. I'd get nervous."
Thomas, who averaged 32.5 points a game, was named Mr. Basketball on
189 ballots. North Central's Terone Johnson had 41 votes; no one else
had more than seven
DeShaun
Thomas finished the season with 3,018 points, behind
the scoring record of Bedford North Lawrence's Damon Bailey (3,134) and
Lewisville's Marion Pierce (3,019).
rarely brought up his chase of Damon Bailey's career scoring record
this season, although talk of it swirled all around him. When Luers --
the two-time defending Class 2A champion -- lost to Southwood in the
regional semifinals, he finished with / MICHELLE PEMBERTON / The Star
Stay
with roundball: Thomas might have the appearance
of a tight end or defensive end, but don’t let him get near a football.
His sophomore year, while playing catch with some Luers football
players, he broke his finger attempting to catch a pass.
“I’ve never played football,” Thomas said. “And that was the end of
that.”
Hensley
said Thomas rarely brought up his chase of Damon
Bailey's career scoring record this season, although talk of it swirled
all around him. When Luers -- the two-time defending Class 2A champion
-- lost to Southwood in the regional semifinals, he finished with 3,018
points, behind Bedford North Lawrence's Bailey (3,134) and Lewisville's
Marion Pierce (3,019).
Thomas
said he was "disappointed" not to break the record, but
said falling short of a third consecutive championship was more
difficult to take.
JORDAN SIBERT
Averaged
18.7 points per game as a senior and named the Gatorade Player
of the Year in Ohio. Selected to play in the Ohio-Kentucky All-Star
Game and scored a game-high 17 points during Ohio's 92-84 victory.
Suffered fractures in his lower tibia and fibula during an AAU game in
April, 2009 and missed the summer as he recovered
January,
2010:
Jordan is a smooth wing scorer. He is still recovering from an injury
this past spring. He is almost all the way back. He is scoring, hitting
his jumper and slashing to the basket some though his exceptional
explosiveness has not returned yet. He is dunking the ball but his
lateral quickness is not yet back to normal. Sibert is a good shooter
with range to 22 feet. When healthy he is a good slasher and finisher
at the basket. He is also an above average defender, for a high school
player, when motivated. Some injuries take a little longer to get over.
I expect Jordan to be 100% by the time he suits up for Ohio State next
season.
Jordan Sibert led Princeton to a 19-5 record and Division I regional
semifinal appearance as a senior with 18.7 points per game. He was
named Associated Press Southwest District Division I player of the year
as a senior, as well as a 2010 Associated Press First Team All-Ohio
selection after being an honorable mention honoree in 2009. His team
won the Greater Miami Conference all four years during his tenure and
was an all-conference selection and league player of the year in 2010.
Sibert
also played for All-Ohio Red along with Jared
Sullinger, J.D. Weatherspoon and Aaron Craft. He led Princeton High
School to a state runner-up finish last season as a junior, losing in
the championship game to Sullinger and Weatherspoon’s Northland High
School squad. Known for his ability to slash between defenders and get
to the rim with his speed and athleticism, Sibert scored 21 points in
the title game and was named Honorable Mention All-Ohio.
He also
was selected the 2010 Gatorade Player of the Year in
Ohio, an award given annually in recognition of excellence on and off
the basketball court. Sibert maintained a “B” average in the classroom
and was an active member of his church community, while also
volunteering as a peer mentor at his school, and as a summer camp
counselor and youth basketball coach. He joins B.J. Mullens (2008) and
Jon Diebler (2007) as recent Buckeyes to have earned the Gatorade
honor.
He is
the son of Scott and Sheila Sibert with siblings Logan,
Scott and Gennise. He played for Josh Andrews at Princeton and enjoys
drawing and watching other sports. Sibert lists his greatest sports
thrill to date has been watching games featuring Cincinnati North
College Hill’s O.J. Mayo and Bill Walker play vs. Oak Hill Academy: “so
much excitement, so many dunks!” In spare time, Sibert has mentored
elementary school children and visits with elderly community members.
COACHING RECORDS BY SEASON
Overall Big Ten
Year W L W L Pl. Head Coach
1899 .................................12 4 – – – Unknown
1900 ...................................8 4 – – – Unknown
1901 ...................................1 3 – – – Unknown
1902
........................................................................................................No
Intercollegiate Basketball
1903 ...................................5 2 – – – D.C. Huddleson
1904 .................................10 4 – – – D.C. Huddleson
Totals 15 6
1905 .................................12 2 – – – Unknown
1906 ...................................9 1 – – – Unknown
1907 ...................................7 5 – – – Unknown
1908 ...................................5 6 – – – Unknown
1909 .................................11 1 – – – Thomas Kibler
1910 .................................11 1 – – – Thomas Kibler
Totals 22 2
1911 ...................................7 2 – – – Unknown
1912 ...................................7 5 – – – Lynn W. St. John
1913 .................................13 7 4 5 6th Lynn W. St. John
1914 .................................10 4 5 1 2nd Lynn W. St. John
1915 ...................................6 10 3 9 8th Lynn W. St. John
1916 ...................................9 13 2 8 8th Lynn W. St. John
1917 .................................15 11 3 9 7th Lynn W. St. John
1918 .................................13 7 5 5 T4th Lynn W. St. John
1919 ...................................7 12 2 6 9th Lynn W. St. John
Totals 60 69 24 43
1920 .................................17 10 3 9 10th George M. Trautman
1921 ...................................4 13 2 10 9th George M. Trautman
1922 ...................................8 10 5 7 T6th George M. Trautman
Totals 29 33 10 26
1923 ...................................4 11 1 11 T9th Harold G. Olsen
1924 .................................12 5 7 5 T4th Harold G. Olsen
1925 .................................14 2 11 1 1st Harold G. Olsen
1926 .................................10 7 6 6 T5th Harold G. Olsen
1927 .................................11 6 6 6 7th Harold G. Olsen
1928 ...................................5 12 3 9 T7th Harold G. Olsen
1929 ...................................9 8 6 6 T5th Harold G. Olsen
1930 ...................................9 15 1 9 9th Harold G. Olsen
1931 ...................................4 13 3 9 9th Harold G. Olsen
1932 ...................................9 9 5 7 6th Harold G. Olsen
1933 .................................17 3 10 2 T1st Harold G. Olsen
1934 ...................................8 12 4 8 T8th Harold G. Olsen
1935 .................................12 7 8 4 T4th Harold G. Olsen
1936 .................................12 8 5 7 T6th Harold G. Olsen
1937 .................................13 7 7 5 T5th Harold G. Olsen
1938 .................................12 8 7 5 T3rd Harold G. Olsen
1939• ...............................16 7 10 2 1st Harold G. Olsen
1940 .................................13 7 8 4 3rd Harold G. Olsen
1941 .................................10 10 7 5 T3rd Harold G. Olsen
1942 ...................................6 14 4 11 9th Harold G. Olsen
1943 ...................................8 9 5 7 T6th Harold G. Olsen
1944• ...............................15 6 10 2 1st Harold G. Olsen
1945• ...............................15 5 10 2 2nd Harold G. Olsen
1946• ...............................16 5 10 2 1st Harold G. Olsen
Totals 260 196 154 135
1947 ...................................7 13 5 7 T6th William H. H. Dye
1948 .................................10 10 5 7 T6th William H. H. Dye
1949 .................................14 7 6 6 T4th William H. H. Dye
1950• ...............................22 4 11 1 1st William H. H. Dye
Totals 53 34 27 21
Overall Big Ten
Year W L W L Pl. Head Coach
1951 ...................................6 16 3 11 T9th Floyd S. Stahl
1952 ...................................8 14 6 8 5th Floyd S. Stahl
1953 .................................10 12 7 11 7th Floyd S. Stahl
1954 .................................11 11 5 9 7th Floyd S. Stahl
1955 .................................10 12 4 10 10th Floyd S. Stahl
1956 .................................16 6 9 5 T3rd Floyd S. Stahl
1957 .................................14 8 9 5 T3rd Floyd S. Stahl
1958 ...................................9 13 8 6 T4th Floyd S. Stahl
Totals 84 92 51 65
1959 .................................11 11 7 7 T5th Fred R. Taylor
1960• ...............................25 3 13 1 1st Fred R. Taylor
1961• ...............................27 1 14 0 1st Fred R. Taylor
1962• ...............................26 2 13 1 1st Fred R. Taylor
1963 .................................20 4 11 3 T1st Fred R. Taylor
1964 .................................16 8 11 3 T1st Fred R. Taylor
1965 .................................12 12 6 8 6th Fred R. Taylor
1966 .................................11 13 5 9 8th Fred R. Taylor
1967 .................................13 11 6 8 T7th Fred R. Taylor
1968• ...............................21 8 10 4 T1st Fred R. Taylor
1969 .................................17 7 9 5 T2nd Fred R. Taylor
1970 .................................17 7 8 6 T2nd Fred R. Taylor
1971• ...............................20 6 13 1 1st Fred R. Taylor
1972 .................................18 6 10 4 2nd Fred R. Taylor
1973 .................................14 10 8 6 T3rd Fred R. Taylor
1974 ...................................9 15 4 10 8th Fred R. Taylor
1975 .................................14 14 8 10 6th Fred R. Taylor
1976 ...................................6 20 2 16 10th Fred R. Taylor
Totals 297 158 158 102
1977 ...................................9 18 4 14 10th Eldon Miller
1978 .................................16 11 9 9 6th Eldon Miller
1979x ................................19 12 12 6 4th Eldon Miller
1980• ...............................21 8 12 6 2nd Eldon Miller
1981 .................................14 13 9 9 T5th Eldon Miller
1982• ...............................21 10 12 6 T2nd Eldon Miller
1983• ...............................20 10 11 7 T2nd Eldon Miller
1984x ................................15 14 8 10 T5th Eldon Miller
1985• ...............................20 10 11 7 T3rd Eldon Miller
1986x ................................19 14 8 10 7th Eldon Miller
Totals 174 120 96 84
1987• ...............................20 13 9 9 6th Gary Williams
1988x ................................20 13 9 9 6th Gary Williams
1989x ................................19 15 6 12 T8th Gary Williams
Totals 59 41 24 30
1990• ...............................17 13 10 8 6th Randy Ayers
1991• ...............................27 4 15 3 T1st Randy Ayers
1992• ...............................26 6 15 3 1st Randy Ayers
1993x ................................15 13 8 10 7th Randy Ayers
1994 .................................13 16 6 12 T8th Randy Ayers
1995 ...................................6 22 2 16 10th Randy Ayers
1996 .................................10 17 3 15 10th Randy Ayers
1997 .................................10 17 5 13 9th Randy Ayers
Totals 124 108 64 80
1998 ...................................8 22 1 15 11th Jim O’Brien
&1999 .................................1 1 1 1 -- Jim O’Brien
&2000 ...............................11 3 5 1 -- Jim O’Brien
&2001 .................................0 0 0 0 -- Jim O’Brien
&2002 .................................0 0 0 0 -- Jim O’Brien
2003x ................................17 15 7 9 T8th Jim O’Brien
2004 .................................14 16 6 10 9th Jim O’Brien
Totals 51 57 20 36
2005 .................................20 12 8 8 6th Thad Matta
2006• ...............................26 6 12 4 1st Thad Matta
2007• ...............................35 4 15 1 1st Thad Matta
2008x ................................24 13 10 8 5th Thad Matta
Totals 105 35 45 21
109 years 1,414 978 673 643
• NCAA Tournament // x National Inv. Tournament // T Indicates tie
&113 games (82-31) vacated by NCAA from 1998-99 through 2001-02
TEAM RECORDS
SEASON FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 1,044 1959-60
.............................................................. 28 games
2. 1,029 2006-07
...............................................................39 games
3. 1,002 1988-89
...............................................................31 games
4. 998 1986-87
............................................................... 33 games
5. 987 1990-91
...............................................................31 games
6. 986 1998-99
...............................................................36 games
GAME FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 50 (86) Delaware 1/11/60 ......................... .581
2. 49 (85) Michigan State 1/30/60 .......................... .576
3. 48 (82) at Butler 1/6/69 ............................ .585
48 (81) Stetson 11/30/77 ........................ .592
5. 46 (92) Michigan 2/28/59 .......................... .500
46 (90) Illinois 2/24/62 .......................... .511
46 (79) Purdue 1/6/68 ............................ .582
46 (77) Chicago State 11/30/91 ........................ .597
SEASON FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED
1. 2,178 2006-07
...............................................................39 games
2. 2,066 1988-89
...............................................................34 games
3. 2,032 1986-87
.............................................................. 33 games
4. 2,108 1998-99
...............................................................36 games
5. 2,101 1959-60
...............................................................28 games
6. 2,052 2007-08
...............................................................37 games
7. 1,961 1961-62
............................................................. 28 games
TEAM RECORDS
SEASON FREE THROWS MADE
1. 687 1986-87
...............................................................33 games
2. 629 1987-88
...............................................................33 games
3. 602 1985-86
.............................................................. 33 games
4. 596 1988-89
...............................................................34 games
5. 560 2006-07
...............................................................39 games
6. 551 1990-91
...............................................................31 games
551 1955-56
...............................................................22 games
GAME FREE THROWS MADE
1. 38 Washington State ...............................................
12/21/68
2. 37 Akron
.....................................................................
12/5/85
3. 36 Northern Illinois
..................................................... 12/8/69
36 Pittsburgh
............................................................ 12/20/52
36 Indiana
.....................................................................
2/4/56
36 Pittsburgh
.............................................................. 12/3/57
36 Arizona State
....................................................... 12/18/82
36 Missouri-St. Louis ...............................................
11/28/87
SEASON FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED
1. 904 1986-87
...............................................................33 games
2. 854 1987-88
...............................................................33 games
3. 826 1998-99
...............................................................36 games
4. 804 1985-86
...............................................................33 games
5. 797 2006-07
...............................................................39 games
6. 795 2001-02
...............................................................32 games
GAME FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED
1. 56 at Wisconsin
.......................................................... 2/20/56
2. 54 Pittsburgh
............................................................ 12/20/52
3. 50 Pittsburgh
.............................................................. 12/3/57
4. 49 Northwestern
...................................................... 12/29/52
5. 47 Missouri-St. Louis
............................................... 11/28/87
SEASON FREE THROW PCT.
1. .808 1969-70
..................................................................452-559
2. .765 1983-84
..................................................................276-622
3. .762 1988-89
..................................................................596-782
4. .760 1986-87
..................................................................687-904
5. .759 1982-83
..................................................................506-667
GAME FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
1. 1.000 Michigan ............................................1/15/03
16-16
1.000 @Indiana .............................................2/3/79 14-14
1.000 Purdue ..................................................1/8/77
11-11
1.000 Indiana .................................................1/3/76
10-10
1.000 @Illinois ............................................2/17/73
10-10
CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 242 Jamar Butler
.............................................................. 2005-08
2. 153 Brent Darby
................................................................ 2000-03
153 Scoonie Penn
............................................................. 1999-00
4. 147 Sean Connolly
............................................................ 2001-03
147 Neshaun Coleman
...................................................... 1996-99
6. 144 Jamie Skelton
............................................................ 1991-94
7. 139 Je’Kel Foster
.............................................................. 2005-06
139 Tony Stockman
........................................................... 2004-05
9. 129 Ivan Harris
..................................................................
2004-07
10. 126 Michael Redd
............................................................. 1998-00
SEASON 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 104 Jamar Butler
....................................................................2008
2. 88 Scoonie Penn
...................................................................1999
3. 78 Doug Etzler
.......................................................................1995
4. 76 Jamar Butler
....................................................................2007
5. 77 Je’Kel Foster
....................................................................2006
6. 73 Tony Stockman
.................................................................2004
7. 67 Dennis Hopson
.................................................................1987
8. 66 Tony Stockman
.................................................................2005
66 Sean Connolly
..................................................................2003
10. 65 Scoonie Penn
...................................................................2000
GAME 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 9 Jay Burson vs. Florida
............................................... 12-27-88
2. 8 Doug Etzler vs. G. Mason
............................................. 1-8-95
3. 7 Je’Kel Foster vs. Minnesota
......................................... 2-4-06
4. 6 Jamar Butler vs. Purdue
.............................................. 1-12-08
6 Je’Kel Foster vs. Illinois
.............................................. 2-12-06
6 Je’Kel Foster vs. Iowa State .....................................
12-17-05
6 Je’Kel Foster at LSU
................................................... 1-15-05
6 Tony Stockman vs. Delaware ....................................
11-19-04
6 Tony Stockman vs. N’western .......................................
2-4-04
6 Sean Connolly vs. Radford ........................................
12-23-02
6 Scoonie Penn vs. Wisconsin .......................................
2-24-99
6 Scoonie Penn at Iowa
................................................. 2-13-99
6 Michael Redd vs. Fla. Atl. .........................................
12-17-98
6 Michael Redd vs. Oakland ........................................
11-13-98
6 Doug Etzler at Indiana
................................................. 1-28-95
6 Doug Etzler at Iowa
.................................................... 2-18-95
CAREER 3-POINT
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED
1. 650 Jamar Butler
.............................................................. 2005-08
2. 437 Scoonie Penn
............................................................. 1999-00
3. 436 Neshaun Coleman
...................................................... 1996-99
4. 423 Brent Darby
................................................................ 2000-03
5. 422 Jamie Skelton
............................................................ 1991-94
6. 404 Tony Stockman
........................................................... 2004-05
7. 395 Michael Redd
............................................................. 1998-00
8. 368 Sean Connolly
............................................................ 2001-03
9. 337 Je’Kel Foster
.............................................................. 2005-06
10. 324 Ivan Harris
..................................................................
2004-07
SEASON 3-POINT
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED
1. 271 Jamar Butler
....................................................................2008
2. 229 Scoonie Penn
...................................................................1999
3. 208 Scoonie Penn
...................................................................2000
4. 202 Jamar Butler
....................................................................2007
202 Tony Stockman
.................................................................2005
202 Tony Stockman
.................................................................2004
7. 192 Je’Kel Foster
....................................................................2006
8. 186 Ron Lewis
.........................................................................2007
9. 178 Doug Etzler
.......................................................................1995
10. 174 Jamie Skelton
..................................................................1994
GAME 3-POINT
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED
1. 14 Jon Diebler vs. North Carolina .................................
11-28-07
14 Scoonie Penn vs. Penn State ......................................
3-10-00
3. 13 Tony Stockman vs. Penn State
...................................... 3-3-04
13 Tony Stockman at Michigan ........................................
2-29-04
13 Jamie Skelton vs. Penn State ......................................
1-6-93
13 Jay Burson vs. Florida
.............................................. 12-27-88
7. 12 Scoonie Penn at Iowa
................................................. 2-13-99
12 Doug Etzler at Iowa
.................................................... 2-18-95
12 Jamie Skelton vs. Iowa
................................................ 1-9-93
10. 11 Ivan Harris at Wisconsin
............................................... 1-9-07
11 Tony Stockman at LSU
................................................ 1-15-05
11 Tony Stockman vs. Iowa
.............................................. 2-18-04
11 Scoonie Penn vs. Iowa
.................................................. 2-9-00
11 Neshaun Coleman vs. Iowa .......................................
2-22-97
11 Damon Stringer vs. SDSU ........................................
12-13-96
11 Doug Etzler vs. G. Mason
............................................. 1-8-95
11 Doug Etzler at Indiana
................................................ 1-28-95
11 J. Skelton Miami, O.
.................................................. 3-17-93
11 M. Redd vs. N. Mexico St. .......................................
12-29-97
CAREER 3-POINT
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
1. .446 Doug Etzler, 1992-95
.................................................. 107-240
2. .412 Je’Kel Foster, 2005-06
............................................... 139-337
3. .399 Sean Connolly, 2001-03
............................................. 147-368
4. .398 Ivan Harris, 2004-07
................................................... 129-324
5. .388 Jamaal Brown, 1989-92
............................................. 109-281
6. .382 Chris Jent, 1989-92
.................................................... 112-293
7. .378 Brian Brown, 1999-02
................................................ 107-283
8. .372 Jamar Butler, 2005-08
................................................ 242-650
9. .361 Brent Darby, 2000-03
................................................. 153-423
10. .350 Scoonie Penn, 1999-00
.............................................. 153-437
SEASON 3-POINT
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
1. .438 Doug Etzler, 1995
......................................................78-178
2. .430 Damon Stringer, 1997
...............................................55-128
3. .428 Je’Kel Foster, 2005
....................................................62-145
4. .419 Dennis Hopson, 1987
................................................67-160
5. .415 Daequan Cook, 2007
.................................................54-130
6. .407 Sean Connolly, 2003
.................................................66-162
7. .401 Je’Kel Foster, 2006
....................................................77-192
8. .392 Ivan Harris, 2007
.......................................................58-148
9. .384 Scoonie Penn, 1999
..................................................88-229
10. .3837 Jamar Butler, 2008
..................................................104-271
GAME 3-POINT
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN. 5 ATT.)
1. 1.00 Brian Brown vs. Fla. St., 11/23/00
................................... (5-5)
1.00 Rick Yudt vs. Morgan St., 12/22/94
................................. (5-5)
3. .875 Je’Kel Foster vs. Minnesota, 2/4/06
............................... (7-8)
4. .856 Je’Kel Foster at LSU, 1/15/05
......................................... (6-7)
5. .833 Jamar Butler vs. Purdue, 3/4/08
...................................... (5-6)
.833 Jon Diebler at Cleveland State, 12/18/07) ......................
(5-6)
.833 Je’Kel Foster at Michigan, 2/9/06
................................... (5-6)
.833 Damon Stringer vs. N’western, 1/17/96 .........................
(5-6)
.833 Jamaal Brown at USC, 12/21/91
..................................... (5-6)
10. .800 Jamar Butler vs. Northwestern (1/17/07)
....................... (4-5)
.800 Je’Kel Foster vs. Chicago St., 11/20/05 ..........................
(4-5)
.800 B. Brown vs. Mich. St., 2/26/02
...................................... (4-5)
.800 Michael Redd vs. UT-Martin, 12/14/98 ...........................
(4-5)
.800 Michael Redd at Penn St., 2/27/99
................................. (4-5)
.800 Jon Sanderson vs. Tenn. Tech, 11/24/98 .........................
(4-5)
.800 M. Redd vs. Vanderbilt, 11/29/97
.................................... (4-5)
.800 Jim Jackson vs. American , 12/29/91 .............................
(4-5)
.800 Dennis Hopson vs. Wisconsin, 1/17/87 ..........................
(4-5)
SEASON 3-POINT
FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 287 2006-07
....................................................................39
games
2. 262 2005-06
....................................................................32
games
3. 259 2004-05
....................................................................32
games
4. 252 2007-08
....................................................................37
games
5. 218 1998-99
....................................................................36
games
6. 175 2001-02
....................................................................32
games
7. 169 2000-01
....................................................................31
games
8. 160 1994-95
....................................................................28
games
9. 156 2002-03
....................................................................32
games
10. 151 1991-92
....................................................................32
games
GAME 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
1. 18 at LSU
..........................................................................1/15/05
2. 17 Chattanooga
..............................................................11/27/04
3. 15 at Michigan
...................................................................2/9/06
15 at Clemson
..................................................................12/1/04
5. 14 Norfolk State
.............................................................12/12/05
6. 13 at North Carolina
......................................................11/29/06
13 vs. Youngstown State
...............................................11/24/06
13 Kent State
.................................................................11/12/06
13 Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
................................11/10/06
13 Illinois
..........................................................................2/12/06
13 Florida A&M
................................................................1/30/06
13 Purdue
.........................................................................2/23/02
13 Santa Clara
...............................................................12/12/01
13 Oakland
.....................................................................11/13/98
SEASON 3-POINT
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED
1. 794 2006-07
....................................................................39
games
2. 748 2007-08
....................................................................37
games
3. 718 2005-06
....................................................................32
games
4. 716 2004-05
....................................................................32
games
5. 611 1998-99
....................................................................36
games
6. 466 2001-02
....................................................................32
games
7. 458 1997-98
....................................................................30
games
8. 456 1999-00
....................................................................30
games
9. 453 2003-04
....................................................................32
games
10. 443 2000-01
....................................................................31
games
GAME 3-POINT
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED
1. 36 Florida A&M
................................................................1/30/06
2. 35 Chattanooga
..............................................................11/27/04
3. 34 Virginia Military Institute (VMI)
................................11/10/06
34 at LSU
..........................................................................1/15/05
5. 33 North Carolina
...........................................................11/28/07
6. 32 Norfolk State
.............................................................12/12/05
7. 31 vs. Penn State
.............................................................3/10/05
8. 30 vs. Penn State
.............................................................3/10/06
30 Santa Clara
...............................................................12/12/01
10. 29 vs. Youngstorwn State
..............................................11/24/06
29 at Illinois
.......................................................................1/6/07
29 Michigan State
...........................................................1/15/06
29 New Hampshire
........................................................12/28/04
SEASON 3-POINT
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
1. .429 1982-83
........................................................................
45-105
2. .418 1986-87
......................................................................
119-285
3. .396 1994-95
......................................................................
160-404
4. .394 1991-92
......................................................................
151-383
5. .388 1988-89
......................................................................
118-304
GAME 3-POINT
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
1. 1.000 Youngstown State ....................................12/16/82
1-1
1.000 Indiana
.........................................................1/8/83 2-2
1.000 Northwestern .............................................2/17/83
2-2
1.000 Purdue
..........................................................3/5/83 3-3
1.000 Minnesota
..................................................1/23/88 1-1
YEARLY 3-POINT FIELD GOAL
PCT. LEADERS (min 50 atts.)
Year Name Pct. FG-A
1987 Curtis Wilson .......................... .462 30-65
1988 Jay Burson .............................. .462 24-52
1989 Jay Burson .............................. .365 27-74
1990 Alex Davis ............................... .358 38-106
1991 Chris Jent ................................ .405 32-79
1992 Jamaal Brown ......................... .423 41-97
1993 Greg Simpson ......................... .378 28-74
1994 Greg Simpson ......................... .418 38-91
1995 Doug Etzler .............................. .438 78-178
1996 Rick Yudt ................................. .375 33-88
1997 Damon Stringer ....................... .430 55-128
1998 Neshaun Coleman .................. .344 43-125
1999 Scoonie Penn .......................... .384 88-229
2000 Brian Brown ............................ .327 17-52
2001 Sean Connolly ......................... .417 45-108
2002 Brian Brown ............................ .386 34-88
2003 Sean Connolly ......................... .407 66-162
2004 Tony Stockman ........................ .361 73-202
2005 J.J. Sullingers ......................... .446 25-56
2006 Jamar Butler ........................... .414 42-124
2007 Daequan Cook ......................... .415 54-130
2008 Jamar Butler ........................... .384 104-271
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
1,000 POINT SCORERS
JIM CLEAMONS — 1,335
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1968-69 24 137 125 399 16.6
1969-70 24 211 96 518 21.6
1970-71 24 157 104 418 17.4
Totals 72 505 325 1,335 18.5
JAMAR BUTLER — 1,313
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
2004-05 32 36 28 114 3.6
2005-06 31 96 74 314 10.1
2006-07 39 104 47 331 8.5
2007-08 37 184 82 554 15.0
Totals 139 420 231 1,313 9.4
CLARK KELLOGG — 1,285
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1979-80 29 136 63 335 11.6
1980-81 27 190 88 468 17.3
1981-82 30 213 56 482 16.1
Totals 86 539 207 1,285 14.9
RONNIE STOKES — 1,240
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1981-82 31 62 77 201 6.5
1982-83 30 74 123 274 9.1
1983-84 29 120 109 349 12.0
1984-85 30 165 86 416 13.9
Totals 120 421 395 1,240 10.3
LARRY SIEGFRIED — 1,228
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1958-59 22 148 136 432 19.6
1959-60 28 145 81 371 13.3
1960-61 28 151 123 425 15.2
Totals 78 444 340 1,228 15.7
JOHN HAVLICEK — 1,223
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1959-60 28 144 53 341 12.2
1960-61 28 173 61 407 14.5
1961-62 28 196 83 475 17.0
Total 84 513 197 1,223 14.6
LUKE WITTE — 1,211
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1970-71 26 202 88 492 18.9
1971-72 23 153 84 390 17.0
1972-73 24 137 55 329 13.7
Totals 73 492 227 1,211 16.6
LAWRENCE FUNDERBURKE — 1,179
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1991-92 23 115 51 281 12.2
1992-93 28 186 84 457 16.3
1993-94 29 188 63 441 15.2
Totals 80 489 198 1,179 14.7
FRANK HOWARD — 1,147
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1955-56 22 122 89 333 15.1
1956-57 22 170 102 442 20.1
1957-58 22 153 66 372 16.9
Totals 66 445 257 1,147 17.4
JAMAAL BROWN — 1,139
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1988-89 34 72 51 217 6.4
1989-90 30 80 62 234 7.8
1990-91 31 126 85 371 12.0
1991-92 32 110 56 317 9.9
Totals 127 388 254 1,139 9.0
RICHARD SCHNITTKER — 1,129
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1946-47 2 1 0 2 1.0
1947-48 20 116 90 322 16.1
1948-49 19 125 86 336 17.7
1949-50 22 158 153 469 21.3
Totals 63 400 329 1,129 17.9
BRAD SELLERS — 1,122
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1984-85 30 186 97 469 15.6
1985-86 33 234 185 653 19.8
Totals 63 420 282 1,122 17.8
CURTIS WILSON — 1,120
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1983-84 27 12 53 173 7.9
1985-86 33 89 70 248 7.5
1986-87 33 160 121 471 14.3
1987-88 33 125 89 368 11.3
Totals 126 386 292 1,120 8.9
RON SEPIC — 1,107
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1964-65 24 150 63 363 15.1
1965-66 24 155 61 371 15.5
1966-67 24 146 81 373 15.5
Totals 72 451 205 1,107 15.4
MEL NOWELL — 1,100
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1959-60 28 156 56 368 13.1
1960-61 28 155 70 380 13.6
1961-62 28 140 72 352 12.6
Totals 84 451 198 1,100 13.1
SCOONIE PENN — 1,076
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1998-99 36 202 117 609 16.9
1999-00 30 147 108 467 15.6
Totals 66 349 225 1,076 16.3
CARTER SCOTT — 1,073
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1977-78 26 78 36 192 7.4
1978-79 31 112 68 292 9.4
1979-80 28 123 46 292 10.4
1980-81 27 123 51 297 11.0
Totals 112 436 201 1,073 9.6
JAMIE SKELTON — 1,055
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1990-91 29 45 22 131 4.5
1991-92 29 45 22 131 4.5
1992-93 28 135 73 398 14.2
1993-94 29 157 165 433 14.9
Totals 117 373 165 1,055 9.0
richard schnittker
KEN JOHNSON — 1,055
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1997-98 30 79 45 203 6.8
1998-99 36 98 35 231 6.4
1999-00 30 94 47 235 7.8
2000-01 31 145 96 386 12.5
Totals 127 416 223 1,055 8.3
BILL ANDREAS — 1,023
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1972-73 22 73 15 161 7.3
1973-74 22 156 33 345 15.7
1974-75 27 210 97 517 19.1
Totals 71 439 145 1,023 14.4
JASON SINGLETON — 1,022
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1995-96 27 65 18 149 5.5
1996-97 27 94 57 245 9.1
1997-98 29 137 35 309 10.7
1998-99 36 129 61 319 8.9
Totals 119 425 171 1,022 8.6
CHRIS JENT — 1,007
Year G FGM FTM Pts Avg.
1988-89 30 53 27 148 4.9
1989-90 30 76 23 205 6.8
1990-91 31 90 38 250 8.1
1991-92 32 152 65 404 12.6
Totals 123 371 153 1,007 8.2
REBOUND RECORDS
CAREER REBOUND LEADERS
1. 1,411 Jerry Lucas
..............................................1960-62
2. 1,111 Herb Williams .........................................1978-81
3. 989 Perry Carter .............................................1988-91
4. 910 Bill Hosket Jr. ..........................................1966-68
5. 876 Terence Dials ..................................... 2002/04-06
6. 872 Clark Kellogg ...........................................1980-82
7. 819 Luke Witte ...............................................1971-73
8. 761 Dave Sorenson ........................................1968-70
9 739 Ken Johnson ...........................................1998-01
10. 720 John Havlicek ..........................................1960-62
SEASON REBOUND LEADERS
1. 499 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1962
2. 470 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1961
3. 442 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1960
4. 416 Brad Sellers
..................................................1986
5. 336 Frank Howard ...............................................1957
6. 332 Bill Hosket Jr.
...............................................1968
7. 331 Luke Witte
....................................................1971
8. 325 Herb Williams ..............................................1979
9. 324 Clark Kellogg
................................................1981
10. 322 Gary Bradds
..................................................1964
GAME REBOUND LEADERS
1. 32 F. Howard vs. BYU .......................................12/29/56
2. 30 Jerry Lucas vs. Indiana .................................3/10/62
30 Jerry Lucas vs. Kentucky ..............................3/18/61
30 Jerry Lucas vs. UCLA ..................................12/28/61
5. 28 Jerry Lucas vs. W. Forest ..............................12/1/59
6. 25 Jerry Lucas vs. W. Ky. .................................11/11/60
25 F. Howard vs. Manhattan ............................12/28/56
1. 32 Frank Howard vs. BYU ..........................12/29/56
2. 30 Jerry Lucas vs. Indiana ...........................3/10/62
30 Jerry Lucas vs. UCLA ............................12/28/61
30 Jerry Lucas vs. Kentucky .........................3/18/61
5. 28 Jerry Lucas vs. Wake Forest ...................12/1/59
6. 25 Jerry Lucas vs. Western Ky. ..................11/11/60
25 Frank Howard vs. Manhattan ..............12/28/56
8. 24 Dick Furry vs. Wisconsin ...........................2/7/59
24 Frank Howard vs. Illinois .........................2/25/56
10. 23 Bill Hosket vs. Hardin-Simmons .............1/29/66
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ......................2/25/61
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Illinois ...............................1/4/60
23 Dick Furry at Kentucky ..........................12/19/58
23 Frank Howard vs. Purdue ........................1/27/58
15. 22 Gary Bradds vs. Iowa ..............................2/23/63
22 Jerry Lucas vs. Detroit ..........................12/22/60
22 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ......................2/27/60
22 Paul Ebert vs. Purdue ................................1/9/54
19. 21 Bill Hosket at St. Louis ..........................12/18/65
21 Gary Bradds vs. Illinois ...........................2/10/64
21 Jerry Lucas vs. Washington ..................12/27/61
21 Jerry Lucas at Michigan State ............... 2/11/61
21 Jerry Lucas at Wichita ..........................12/17/60
8. 24 Dick Furry vs. Wisconsin .................................2/7/59
24 F. Howard vs. Illinois .....................................2/25/56
10. 23 Bill Hosket vs. Har.-Simm. ............................1/29/66
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ............................2/25/61
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Illinois ....................................1/4/60
23 Dick Furry at Kentucky ................................12/19/58
23 F. Howard vs. Purdue ....................................1/27/58
CAREER REBOUNDING AVERAGE
1. 17.2 Jerry Lucas
..............................................1960-62
2. 12.3 Bill Hosket Jr. .........................................1966-68
3. 11.2 Luke Witte
...............................................1971-73
4. 10.8 Brad Sellers
.............................................1985-86
5. 10.1 Clark Kellogg ..........................................1980-82
6. 9.9 Dave Sorenson ........................................1968-70
7. 9.7 Herb Williams ........................................1978-81
8. 9.6 Greg Oden
....................................................2007
9. 9.6 Frank Howard ..........................................1956-58
10. 9.5 Gary Bradds .............................................1962-64
SEASON REBOUNDING AVERAGE
1. 17.8 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1962
2. 17.4 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1961
3. 16.4 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1960
4. 15.3 Frank Howard ...............................................1957
5. 13.6 Frank Howard ...............................................1958
6. 13.4 Gary Bradds
..................................................1964
7. 13.1 Bill Hosket Jr.
...............................................1966
8. 13.0 Gary Bradds
..................................................1963
9. 12.7 Luke Witte
....................................................1971
10. 12.6 Brad Sellers
..................................................1986
21 Jerry Lucas vs. Army .............................12/10/60
21 Frank Howard vs. Princeton ......................1/1/57
21 Frank Howard vs. Pittsburgh ...................12/3/56
21 Ken Sidle vs. Pittsburgh ..........................12/3/56
28. 20 Bill Hosket vs. East Tennessee ..............3/15/68
20 Bill Hosket vs. Illinois ................................3/6/67
20 Bill Hosket vs. Minnesota .........................3/5/66
20 Bill Hosket at Missouri ..........................12/1/65
20 Ron Sepic vs. Wisconsin ...........................1/3/65
20 Gary Bradds vs. West Virginia ................12/8/62
20 Jerry Lucas at Michigan State ................2/17/62
20 Jerry Lucas vs. Michigan ........................1/13/62
20 Jerry Lucas at Wake Forest ....................12/9/61
20 Jerry Lucas vs. Michigan State ................3/4/61
20 Jerry Lucas at Indiana .............................2/29/60
20 Jerry Lucas at Wisconsin ..........................2/8/60
20 Jerry Lucas vs. Memphis State ..............12/3/59
20 Frank Howard vs. Michigan ....................2/23/57
20 Frank Howard vs. Temple ......................12/26/56
20 Frank Howard vs. Northwestern .............2/23/56
20 Frank Howard at Tulane ........................12/19/55
20 Paul Ebert vs. Indiana .............................2/27/54
YEARLY REBOUND LEADERS
Year Name Reb. Avg.
1957 Frank Howard ...........................336 15.3
1958 Frank Howard ...........................299 13.6
1959 Dick Furry ..................................235 10.7
1960 Jerry Lucas ...............................442 16.4
1961 Jerry Lucas ...............................470 17.4
1962 Jerry Lucas ...............................499 17.8
1963 Gary Bradds ..............................312 13.0
1964 Gary Bradds ..............................322 13.4
1965 Ron Sepic .................................206 8.6
1966 Bill Hosket ................................314 13.1
1967 Bill Hosket ................................264 12.6
1968 Bill Hosket ................................332 11.4
1969 Dave Sorenson .........................255 10.6
1970 Dave Sorenson .........................217 9.0
1971 Luke Witte ................................331 12.7
1972 Luke Witte ................................289 12.6
1973 Luke Witte ................................199 8.3
1974 Steve Wenner ..........................201 8.7
1975 Craig Taylor ..............................251 9.0
1976 Craig Taylor ..............................197 9.9
1977 Jim Ellinghausen ......................173 6.4
1978 Herb Williams ..........................308 11.4
1979 Herb Williams ..........................325 10.5
1980 Herb Williams ..........................244 9.0
1981 Clark Kellogg ............................324 12.0
1982 Clark Kellogg ............................316 10.5
1983 Tony Campbell ..........................250 8.3
1984 Tony Campbell ..........................215 7.4
1985 Brad Sellers ..............................264 8.8
1986 Brad Sellers ..............................416 12.6
1987 Dennis Hopson .........................269 8.2
1988 Perry Carter ..............................237 7.2
1989 Perry Carter ..............................266 8.1
1990 Perry Carter ..............................227 7.8
1991 Perry Carter ..............................259 8.4
1992 Jim Jackson .............................217 6.8
1993 L. Funderburke ..........................190 6.8
1994 L. Funderburke ..........................190 6.0
1995 Rickey Dudley ...........................143 7.5
1996 Jermaine Tate ..........................187 6.9
Shaun Stonerook ......................185 6.9
1997 Shaun Stonerook ......................207 7.7
1998 Michael Redd ...........................194 6.4
1999 Ken Johnson .............................204 5.7
2000 Michael Redd ...........................196 6.5
2001 Ken Johnson .............................226 7.3
2002 Zach Williams ..........................125 5.8
2003 Velimir Radinovic ......................183 6.1
2004 Terence Dials ............................198 6.6
2005 Terence Dials ............................253 7.9
2006 Terence Dials ............................257 8.0
2007 Greg Oden ................................306 9.6
2008 Kosta Koufos ............................247 6.7
OHIO STATE’S 20 REBOUND CLUB
1. 32 Frank Howard vs. BYU ..........................12/29/56
2. 30 Jerry Lucas vs. Indiana ...........................3/10/62
30 Jerry Lucas vs. UCLA ............................12/28/61
30 Jerry Lucas vs. Kentucky .........................3/18/61
5. 28 Jerry Lucas vs. Wake Forest ...................12/1/59
6. 25 Jerry Lucas vs. Western Ky. ..................11/11/60
25 Frank Howard vs. Manhattan ..............12/28/56
8. 24 Dick Furry vs. Wisconsin ...........................2/7/59
24 Frank Howard vs. Illinois .........................2/25/56
10. 23 Bill Hosket vs. Hardin-Simmons .............1/29/66
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ......................2/25/61
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Illinois ...............................1/4/60
23 Dick Furry at Kentucky ..........................12/19/58
23 Frank Howard vs. Purdue ........................1/27/58
15. 22 Gary Bradds vs. Iowa ..............................2/23/63
22 Jerry Lucas vs. Detroit ..........................12/22/60
22 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ......................2/27/60
22 Paul Ebert vs. Purdue ................................1/9/54
19. 21 Bill Hosket at St. Louis ..........................12/18/65
21 Gary Bradds vs. Illinois ...........................2/10/64
21 Jerry Lucas vs. Washington ..................12/27/61
21 Jerry Lucas at Michigan State ............... 2/11/61
21 Jerry Lucas at Wichita ..........................12/17/60
8. 24 Dick Furry vs. Wisconsin .................................2/7/59
24 F. Howard vs. Illinois .....................................2/25/56
10. 23 Bill Hosket vs. Har.-Simm. ............................1/29/66
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ............................2/25/61
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Illinois ....................................1/4/60
23 Dick Furry at Kentucky ................................12/19/58
23 F. Howard vs. Purdue ....................................1/27/58
CAREER REBOUNDING AVERAGE
1. 17.2 Jerry Lucas
..............................................1960-62
2. 12.3 Bill Hosket Jr. .........................................1966-68
3. 11.2 Luke Witte
...............................................1971-73
4. 10.8 Brad Sellers
.............................................1985-86
5. 10.1 Clark Kellogg ..........................................1980-82
6. 9.9 Dave Sorenson ........................................1968-70
7. 9.7 Herb Williams ........................................1978-81
8. 9.6 Greg Oden
....................................................2007
9. 9.6 Frank Howard ..........................................1956-58
10. 9.5 Gary Bradds .............................................1962-64
SEASON REBOUNDING AVERAGE
1. 17.8 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1962
2. 17.4 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1961
3. 16.4 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1960
4. 15.3 Frank Howard ...............................................1957
5. 13.6 Frank Howard ...............................................1958
6. 13.4 Gary Bradds
..................................................1964
7. 13.1 Bill Hosket Jr.
...............................................1966
8. 13.0 Gary Bradds
..................................................1963
9. 12.7 Luke Witte
....................................................1971
10. 12.6 Brad Sellers
..................................................1986
REBOUNDERS OVER 20 FOR A GAME
1. 32 Frank Howard vs. BYU ..........................12/29/56
2. 30 Jerry Lucas vs. Indiana ...........................3/10/62
30 Jerry Lucas vs. UCLA ............................12/28/61
30 Jerry Lucas vs. Kentucky .........................3/18/61
5. 28 Jerry Lucas vs. Wake Forest ...................12/1/59
6. 25 Jerry Lucas vs. Western Ky. ..................11/11/60
25 Frank Howard vs. Manhattan ..............12/28/56
8. 24 Dick Furry vs. Wisconsin ...........................2/7/59
24 Frank Howard vs. Illinois .........................2/25/56
10. 23 Bill Hosket vs. Hardin-Simmons .............1/29/66
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ......................2/25/61
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Illinois ...............................1/4/60
23 Dick Furry at Kentucky ..........................12/19/58
23 Frank Howard vs. Purdue ........................1/27/58
15. 22 Gary Bradds vs. Iowa ..............................2/23/63
22 Jerry Lucas vs. Detroit ..........................12/22/60
22 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ......................2/27/60
22 Paul Ebert vs. Purdue ................................1/9/54
19. 21 Bill Hosket at St. Louis ..........................12/18/65
21 Gary Bradds vs. Illinois ...........................2/10/64
21 Jerry Lucas vs. Washington ..................12/27/61
21 Jerry Lucas at Michigan State ............... 2/11/61
21 Jerry Lucas at Wichita ..........................12/17/60
8. 24 Dick Furry vs. Wisconsin .................................2/7/59
24 F. Howard vs. Illinois .....................................2/25/56
10. 23 Bill Hosket vs. Har.-Simm. ............................1/29/66
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Wisconsin ............................2/25/61
23 Jerry Lucas vs. Illinois ....................................1/4/60
23 Dick Furry at Kentucky ................................12/19/58
23 F. Howard vs. Purdue ....................................1/27/58
21 Jerry Lucas vs. Army .............................12/10/60
21 Frank Howard vs. Princeton ......................1/1/57
21 Frank Howard vs. Pittsburgh ...................12/3/56
21 Ken Sidle vs. Pittsburgh ..........................12/3/56
28. 20 Bill Hosket vs. East Tennessee ..............3/15/68
20 Bill Hosket vs. Illinois ................................3/6/67
20 Bill Hosket vs. Minnesota .........................3/5/66
20 Bill Hosket at Missouri ..........................12/1/65
20 Ron Sepic vs. Wisconsin ...........................1/3/65
20 Gary Bradds vs. West Virginia ................12/8/62
20 Jerry Lucas at Michigan State ................2/17/62
20 Jerry Lucas vs. Michigan ........................1/13/62
20 Jerry Lucas at Wake Forest ....................12/9/61
20 Jerry Lucas vs. Michigan State ................3/4/61
20 Jerry Lucas at Indiana .............................2/29/60
20 Jerry Lucas at Wisconsin ..........................2/8/60
20 Jerry Lucas vs. Memphis State ..............12/3/59
20 Frank Howard vs. Michigan ....................2/23/57
20 Frank Howard vs. Temple ......................12/26/56
20 Frank Howard vs. Northwestern .............2/23/56
20 Frank Howard at Tulane ........................12/19/55
20 Paul Ebert vs. Indiana .............................2/27/54
CAREER REBOUNDING AVERAGE
1. 17.2 Jerry Lucas
..............................................1960-62
2. 12.3 Bill Hosket Jr. .........................................1966-68
3. 11.2 Luke Witte
...............................................1971-73
4. 10.8 Brad Sellers
.............................................1985-86
5. 10.1 Clark Kellogg ..........................................1980-82
6. 9.9 Dave Sorenson ........................................1968-70
7. 9.7 Herb Williams ........................................1978-81
8. 9.6 Greg Oden
....................................................2007
9. 9.6 Frank Howard ..........................................1956-58
10. 9.5 Gary Bradds .............................................1962-64
SEASON REBOUNDING AVERAGE
1. 17.8 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1962
2. 17.4 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1961
3. 16.4 Jerry Lucas
...................................................1960
4. 15.3 Frank Howard ...............................................1957
5. 13.6 Frank Howard ...............................................1958
6. 13.4 Gary Bradds
..................................................1964
7. 13.1 Bill Hosket Jr.
...............................................1966
8. 13.0 Gary Bradds
..................................................1963
9. 12.7 Luke Witte
....................................................1971
10. 12.6 Brad Sellers
..................................................1986
TEAM RECORDS
SEASON REBOUNDS
1. 1,418 1960-61 ..................................................28
games
2. 1,415 1959-60 ..................................................28
games
3. 1,391 1961-62 ..................................................28
games
4. 1,390 2006-07 ..................................................39
games
5. 1,380 1967-68 ..................................................29
games
6. 1,303 2007-08 ..................................................37
games
1,303 1998-99 ..................................................36 games
GAME REBOUNDS
1. 75 vs. Seton Hall .........................................12/27/60
2. 74 vs. Bradley ..............................................12/29/67
3. 72 @Detroit .................................................12/22/62
72 Wisconsin .................................................1/30/65
5. 69 @Loyola, Ill. ............................................12/19/60
Regular Season
Stats - s
SIEGFRIED - NBA Click on column header to
sort
AND OSU MARCH TO NCAA TITLE
Given the
hoops-addled household where he grew up, Sulllinger had no choice but
to grow up fast. His father, who coached at three different high
schools and worked a three-year stint at Oberlin College, first taught
Jared how to execute a drop step when he was 2 years old. At 3, Satch
had Jared shooting from the foul line with proper form. When Jared was
in seventh grade, his father told anyone who would listen that Jared
was going to be the best of his three sons. Jared later said he wished
his father hadn't said that, but he allowed that it taught him at an
early age how to deal with pressure