Ohio State Postgame Thoughts

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

1) ohio state played a great game. They protected the ball, shot the ball great and played pretty solid D all around. They couldve beat a lot of teams today. Credit to them we ran into a good team.

2) Eugene is clearly feeling better. He had some nice bounce today and his footwork down low was extremely impressive. He was my MVP today.

3) Caleb needs more minutes. Kid is our most well rounded guard. He does pretty much everything well. He plays really good D, had 5 steals, hes long, can get into the lane and get to the bucket, can pull up and hit the mid range, his shot from 3 always looks smooth and is on line, and plays with an edge. Just a good all around player.

4) Peter kiss just slows down the flow on O and gets our D out of position. Unless hes catching and shooting and making them hes zero threat on O. He rarely if ever puts the ball on the floor, consistently gets shook on D and either gives up open shots or forces our D to rotate, and hes very tenative going for loose balls in traffic or battling for rebounds. He really should only play in absolute emergency scenarios. Ron and Caleb should eat up any of those minutes.

5) montez is in a funk. He was out of control and just wasnt there mentally today. Was taking very low % shots off balance and just did not have a good mental game. Once hes roped in, he will be fine.

 

[Scarlet Shack]

Well said

 

[RU MAN]

1) ohio state played a great game. They protected the ball, shot the ball great and played pretty solid D all around. They couldve beat a lot of teams today. Credit to them we ran into a good team.

2) Eugene is clearly feeling better. He had some nice bounce today and his footwork down low was extremely impressive. He was my MVP today.

3) Caleb needs more minutes. Kid is our most well rounded guard. He does pretty much everything well. He plays really good D, had 5 steals, hes long, can get into the lane and get to the bucket, can pull up and hit the mid range, his shot from 3 always looks smooth and is on line, and plays with an edge. Just a good all around player.

4) Peter kiss just slows down the flow on O and gets our D out of position. Unless hes catching and shooting and making them hes zero threat on O. He rarely if ever puts the ball on the floor, consistently gets shook on D and either gives up open shots or forces our D to rotate, and hes very tentative going for loose balls in traffic or battling for rebounds. He really should only play in absolute emergency scenarios. Ron and Caleb should eat up any of those minutes.

5) Montez is in a funk. He was out of control and just wasnt there mentally today. Was taking very low % shots off balance and just did not have a good mental game. Once hes roped in, he will be fine.

Good post. We lost this game with everything you stated above, plus mediocre shooting including 31% from beyond the arc, while OSU shot out of their minds, hitting 46% beyond the 3 point line. They never shoot the ball that well. We were also atrocious from the FT line, but that's because Kiss, Doorson, and Myles have trouble shooting from the charity stripe.

We also had untimely TO's when we could get back in the game, and that includes Geo, who was really off today, and Mathis who has had a second game in which he has disappeared. But this is to be expected. This is what you get from a young team.

Kiss went 0-4 beyond the arc and what's troubling about him, those 4 shots were not contested. He was wide open. If he can't stick a few of those, there is no need to keep him on the floor playing so many minutes.

Eugene was a monster today.

One last point: I thought Pike should have stayed in the 2-3 zone more. I thought he left it too much in the second half. The few times we were in a zone that had difficulty beating it. Yes, they made a few nice outside shots when we were in the zone, but they also missed a lot too. I was disappointed that we didn't play more zone against them in the second half.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Good post. We lost this game with everything you stated above, plus mediocre shooting including 31% from beyond the arc, while OSU shot out of their minds, hitting 46% beyond the 3 point line. They never shoot the ball that well. We were also atrocious from the FT line, but that's because Kiss, Doorson, and Myles have trouble shooting from the charity stripe.

We also had untimely TO's when we could get back in the game, and that includes Geo, who was really off today, and Mathis who has had a second game in which he has disappeared. But this is to be expected. This is what you get from a young team.

Kiss went 0-4 beyond the arc and what's troubling about him, those 4 shots were not contested. He was wide open. If he can't stick a few of those, there is no need to keep him on the floor playing so many minutes.

Eugene was a monster today.

One last point: I thought Pike should have stayed in the 2-3 zone more. I thought he left it too much in the second half. The few times we were in a zone that had difficulty beating it. Yes, they made a few nice outside shots when we were in the zone, but they also missed a lot too. I was disappointed that we didn't play more zone against them in the second half.

Great last point that I totally forgot about. I agree we shouldve went more 2-3, it really did slow them down

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

 

[RC85]

One of the post-game analysts also made a great point. He said every time RU made a push and got within 5-6 points we'd break down with a bad shot or sloppy t/o, many leading to run out points for them. I figure OSU wins even without those blunders but game could've been closer down the stretch.

 

[RU MAN]

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

This is a very salient point. It's nice to see Eugene play like a warrior out there, but too much of the offense became stagnated while Eugene was dribbling too much in the low post trying to score. We need a better flow and as you stated we need more touches for Carter, Johnson, as well as Harper from the outside.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

Fair point. Yeah harper didnt get a lot of offensive opportunities today. The 15 or so minutes that kiss got today shouldve all went to ron and caleb

 

[bac2therac]

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

this...I am not sure why Harper only had one shot...its really inexplicable, it also seemed his minutes were reduced. Seemed like the team was very content to let Eugene have the ball in the paint, many times I felt that they were not helping him when he got into trouble.

 

[RutHut_rivals]

Montez needs to get back to crashing the boards, fighting for loose balls and defense. Didn't see the normal agression in these aspects from him today.

I don't think Kiss is as big a liability on D as made out to be on this board, but agree his handle is suspect for a guard at this level. If he is not hitting open shots, he should be on the pine (still prefer him over Issa).

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

this...I am not sure why Harper only had one shot...its really inexplicable, it also seemed his minutes were reduced. Seemed like the team was very content to let Eugene have the ball in the paint, many times I felt that they were not helping him when he got into trouble.

Yes the ball didnt move when eugene got it, yes harper shouldve played more and got more shots, but euegen shot 7-11 from the floor, that is not a bad thing, we’ll take that every time. The problem is you cant have guys like kiss on the floor, theyre the ones who kill offense

 

[goru7]

This is a very salient point. It's nice to see Eugene play like a warrior out there, but too much of the offense became stagnated while Eugene was dribbling too much in the low post trying to score. We need a better flow and as you stated we need more touches for Carter, Johnson, as well as Harper from the outside.

Totally disagree. Eugene dished to Shaq and Myles for easy layups or they got fouled. Eugene was a beast and single handily for most of the day kept us in the game. Harper or Mathis or Geo had planets of opportunities to do something when they had the ball and did next to nothing.

 

[SJScarlet]

Totally disagree. Eugene dished to Shaq and Myles for easy layups or they got fouled. Eugene was a beast and single handily for most of the day kept us in the game. Harper or Mathis or Geo had planets of opportunities to do something when they had the ball and did next to nothing.

I agree. For the most part did not think Eugene was a ball hog today. Mathis and Geo need to find their own good shots, and Pikiell/staff need to help them do that.

 

[RU-ROCS]

Good observations. We had no answer for C. Wesson in the first half. He probably will never equal that shooting performance for the rest of the year. At one point he was 7-7 from the floor including 3-3 from three-point land. For a 6’-9”, 280 pound center that is quite a feat.

OSU took Geo out of his game with some great D and Mathis, Harper, and Kiss gave us very little. It is crucial that one of those three steps up and has a big game when Geo does not. McConnell was the only guard who came to play. And of course, Eugene, was terrific down low. Pretty good defense effort by RU; OSU was just better. And on offense, too many missed wide open looks, especially Kiss who had 2 wide-open threes in the first half, either one of which would’ve been huge to change momentum at the time.

 

[bac2therac]

Yes the ball didnt move when eugene got it, yes harper shouldve played more and got more shots, but euegen shot 7-11 from the floor, that is not a bad thing, we’ll take that every time. The problem is you cant have guys like kiss on the floor, theyre the ones who kill offense

agree...and you have Thiam who provides zero and you have Doucoure who is taking up a roster spot on the bench..we already have a transfer sitting on the bench taking a spot up. So when guys like Geo/mathis do not score I mean who will, Doorson/Myles/Shaq combo do not have any consistency to be legit scoring threats.

 

[RU-ROCS]

Totally disagree. Eugene dished to Shaq and Myles for easy layups or they got fouled. Eugene was a beast and single handily for most of the day kept us in the game. Harper or Mathis or Geo had planets of opportunities to do something when they had the ball and did next to nothing.

Agreed. Eugene played unselfishly and very well today. If others played like him, we’d have won.

 

[Pils86]

I think point 1 was the big story, OSU played really well and hit 46% of their 3's, they probably beat anyone outside the Top 10 today and maybe some Top 10. I thought we played ok and liked that we didn't quit, but for us Baker and Mathis combined 4/19 and that is tough to overcome. Kiss has hit a rough patch with his open 3's but I think he is still adjusting to the athletic ability of this level and has his game off, I think he will come around and offer some productivity.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

Totally disagree. Eugene dished to Shaq and Myles for easy layups or they got fouled. Eugene was a beast and single handily for most of the day kept us in the game. Harper or Mathis or Geo had planets of opportunities to do something when they had the ball and did next to nothing.

The team is very easy to defend when the ball doesn't move. There's no reason to not be in the game with Ohio State regardless of how many times the ball finds Eugene and it literally stops....it's one thing to try and make an offensive move and then a pass.

At the same time, it's not in any flow of offense and it's reactionary playing....and our bigs aren't finishers or skilled enough to always take advantage of some of these passes to get the plays made.

I am very happy Eugene is grinding it out and playing when he many others should be out with this type of injury. But we beat Ohio State the 1st time with ball movement and others getting opportunities to score, where they literally had no idea who was going to take a shot.

This is a delicate balance of player development and team improvement that has to continue to happen. It can't be the Eugene show 80% of the possessions, this roster has players who can score when they get touches consistently. Not going to win many more games with that high an amount of possessions going through Eugene.

 

[winfield102]

Wesson either scored or assisted on many of OSU's points. I'd guess 5-7 assists.

They didn't turn the ball over. Tough to beat a team that protects the ball.

We missed our 3's, our foul shots and we were sloppy in the 2nd half. Can't win with that combo.

Need more Caleb and Harper. Kiss and Thiam need to move to the bottom of the rotation. Mathis just throws the ball up when in the paint. I don't see him as a good finisher and he's a poor shooter from distance (never going to be effective with a knuckleball). He needs to put in more work than Caleb and Harper in the off-season.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

Also going back to my caleb point, he leads the team in free throw % @bac2therac . He probably is the most all around complete player we have. Does a little bit of everything and does it pretty well. Hes a heckuva rebounder for a guard too

 

[RU-ROCS]

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

I saw it differently today. Euguene had 19 pts., shooting almost 70% from the floor. He dished out 6 assists to only 3 TOs and should have had at least a couple of more assists if our big men hit some chippies or our guards knocked down a couple of wide open 3s. I had no problem with the offense flowing through Omoruyi today against OSU’s defense. His numbers suggest it was a good approach and that Eugene was not the problem.

 

[BOCA93]

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

Disagree. When the O is struggling, they need to feed EO. We must have been watching different games because he was a handful to defend, repeatedly getting his way and didn’t seem to be playing out of control. And he dished out 6 assists. It’s a high % play, given his FG % and chance of drawing the foul. He’s Also one of the few reliable FT shooters. And with the advantage on the O glass, I’d give it to him more.

 

[kcg88]

Game was lost defensively. We scored more points per possession against OSU than we did against PSU and Indy.

 

[Degaz-RU]

Disagree. When the O is struggling, they need to feed EO. We must have been watching different games because he was a handful to defend, repeatedly getting his way and didn’t seem to be playing out of control. And he dished out 6 assists. It’s a high % play, given his FG % and chance of drawing the foul. He’s Also one of the few reliable FT shooters. And with the advantage on the O glass, I’d give it to him more.

Yeah, I don’t know what game some others in this thread were watching. This is NOT the game to criticize the number of touches Eugene got. He was dishing the ball and scoring. And he only took 11 shots. Was unstoppable at times.

We didn’t lose the game because the offense ran through Eugene. We lost because we only hit 6 threes out of 19, shot 8-17 FTs, Wesson was unguardable, and OSU hit 13-28 from 3-pt range. Our offense actually functioned pretty well today, but we missed too many open looks, especially 0-4 by Kiss on wide open threes during critical junctures.

I’ll take 19 points (on an efficient 7-11), 8 rebounds, and 6 assists from our star forward any day of the week.

 

[RUBigFrank]

Even with our A game OSU wins. This was their best game this year. Wesson had his best offensive game today.

 

[CERU00]

Wesson either scored or assisted on many of OSU's points. I'd guess 5-7 assists.

They didn't turn the ball over. Tough to beat a team that protects the ball.

We missed our 3's, our foul shots and we were sloppy in the 2nd half. Can't win with that combo.

Need more Caleb and Harper. Kiss and Thiam need to move to the bottom of the rotation. Mathis just throws the ball up when in the paint. I don't see him as a good finisher and he's a poor shooter from distance (never going to be effective with a knuckleball). He needs to put in more work than Caleb and Harper in the off-season.

Montez's shots don't have rotation, ever? That gotta be incrediby rare at this level.

 

[richthedentist]

While all the points made here are accurate, the usage or touches for Eugene are way too many....too many touches, too many attempts to make a play, very easy to defend.

The chemistry of the team is fine, but this team isn't going to win many more games unless the ball moves, others get touches and shot distribution is better across the board.

Harper getting only 1 shot attempt, Carter very few touches and while Mathis or Baker didn't have it today, the team played better when Carter gets more touches and opportunities. That has to get fixed ASAP, this roster can't thrive with that much ball dominance by Eugene.

Ohio State did what they needed to do today to get off the deck on defense and Wesson set the tone early.

Agreed the offense ball completely stops when it gets into Eugene hand love him but kills the offense too many times

 

[Scarlet83]

Agreed the offense ball completely stops when it gets into Eugene hand love him but kills the offense too many times

How do you explain his 6 assists today?

 

[BigRnj]

Hawk you usually offer good insight, but today you’re dead wrong about EO on offense. He was our only credible threat today and was effective at finding the open man when doubled. We lose by 20 without him today.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

The Eugene today can’t have enough touches.

As far as Mathis. 4-24 from 2 last 3 games. B1G coaches are smart. We were all way too early (IU am very guilty) anoint him as something he hasnt proven yet.

Still has to show a role in a half court offense.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

How do you explain his 6 assists today?

He touched the ball almost every possession, it's impossible to not have 5+ assists if you have the ball 75% of the possessions on the court.

Too many fans don't interpret stats....7-11 from the floor with 6 assists is fine if he doesn't dribble and hold the ball trying to maneuver through the defense. That doesnt mean he forced up 20 shots as him dominating the ball, it just means when the ball got to him, it typically stops.

There's no gameplan that will win games against almost anyone left on our schedule, with Harper getting 1 shot attempt in 20 minutes, Shaq Carter getting 3 shots and very few touches. Feel free to disagree, it's not a formula for the others to get involved with ball movement.

Don't mistake shot attempts with "usage"....Usage is a measure that accounts for how much a player controls the basketball per possession, per shot clock etc. The 6 assists are not going to 3 point shooters like they did vs Indiana....Case in point, at end of the 1st half, Eugene zips a pass over the defenders in the corner to Harper, when he didn't have space to maneuver and instead moved the ball.....Harper found the spot in the corner and Eugene made the pass....3 pointer that helped the rally.

Today's Eugene was not making passes to shooters or if they were, it was after some defenders closed in and he found Doorson or others. But he can easily move the ball vs hanging onto it, he is an excellent/capable passer. It just isn't a formula most nights to have the ball stick to him, on so many possessions, where 2 players who can get into double figures, dont see the ball.

 

[Bob Chaewsky_rivals]

We lost this game for three major reasons - the inability to cover Caleb Wesson, we were brutal from the line, and Geo didn't show up. As far as Kiss goes, everyone liked him in our three consecutive wins when he hit big threes and all of his foul shots down the stretch. What have you done for me lately.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

He touched the ball almost every possession, it's impossible to not have 5+ assists if you have the ball 75% of the possessions on the court.

Too many fans don't interpret stats....7-11 from the floor with 6 assists is fine if he doesn't dribble and hold the ball trying to maneuver through the defense. That doesnt mean he forced up 20 shots as him dominating the ball, it just means when the ball got to him, it typically stops.

There's no gameplan that will win games against almost anyone left on our schedule, with Harper getting 1 shot attempt in 20 minutes, Shaq Carter getting 3 shots and very few touches. Feel free to disagree, it's not a formula for the others to get involved with ball movement.

Don't mistake shot attempts with "usage"....Usage is a measure that accounts for how much a player controls the basketball per possession, per shot clock etc. The 6 assists are not going to 3 point shooters like they did vs Indiana....Case in point, at end of the 1st half, Eugene zips a pass over the defenders in the corner to Harper, when he didn't have space to maneuver and instead moved the ball.....Harper found the spot in the corner and Eugene made the pass....3 pointer that helped the rally.

Today's Eugene was not making passes to shooters or if they were, it was after some defenders closed in and he found Doorson or others. But he can easily move the ball vs hanging onto it, he is an excellent/capable passer. It just isn't a formula most nights to have the ball stick to him, on so many possessions, where 2 players who can get into double figures, dont see the ball.

Eugene was great today, if we can get that eugene every day we’ll win a ton of games. He was great and efficient today, no one else really showed up though

 

[goru7]

The team is very easy to defend when the ball doesn't move. There's no reason to not be in the game with Ohio State regardless of how many times the ball finds Eugene and it literally stops....it's one thing to try and make an offensive move and then a pass.

At the same time, it's not in any flow of offense and it's reactionary playing....and our bigs aren't finishers or skilled enough to always take advantage of some of these passes to get the plays made.

I am very happy Eugene is grinding it out and playing when he many others should be out with this type of injury. But we beat Ohio State the 1st time with ball movement and others getting opportunities to score, where they literally had no idea who was going to take a shot.

This is a delicate balance of player development and team improvement that has to continue to happen. It can't be the Eugene show 80% of the possessions, this roster has players who can score when they get touches consistently. Not going to win many more games with that high an amount of possessions going through Eugene.

We lost today because our defense and intensity , especially defending the three point line was atrocious. Eugene was the only reason we were still in the game in the second half. He found other bigs for baskets as Shaq was 4-4 and I thought the other forwards Kiss and Harper did not cut enough to the hoop. He was also almost unstoppable on offense. If we would have gotten 2-3 stops in a row and someone,any one of Geo or Kiss hit a three or two , the game goes to the wire. There have been games that the ball sticks too much in Eugene’s hands. Today was not one of them.

 

[BigRnj]

Hawk you can double the length of your EO touches the ball diatribe, but you would just be doubling down on wrong. OSU D took our guys out of the action, it wasn’t because EO had too many touches. Nothing else was working when they did have their touches. MM was forcing again, GB couldn’t create or get to the rim, Junior was all perimeter, the game is too fast for Kiss, ... I think you know the game pretty well, so you know you take what the D gives you... they took most of our guys out of their game and gave us a bit more EO today. Maybe not so next game, but without EO’s touches today it’s over much earlier.

**** if our bigs had hands and could finish he would have had 4 or more additional assists.

 

[winfield102]

PK's first miss was a corner 3 on a pass from EO.

EO reminded me of Happ today.

 

[Scarlet83]

He touched the ball almost every possession, it's impossible to not have 5+ assists if you have the ball 75% of the possessions on the court.

Too many fans don't interpret stats....7-11 from the floor with 6 assists is fine if he doesn't dribble and hold the ball trying to maneuver through the defense. That doesnt mean he forced up 20 shots as him dominating the ball, it just means when the ball got to him, it typically stops.

There's no gameplan that will win games against almost anyone left on our schedule, with Harper getting 1 shot attempt in 20 minutes, Shaq Carter getting 3 shots and very few touches. Feel free to disagree, it's not a formula for the others to get involved with ball movement.

Don't mistake shot attempts with "usage"....Usage is a measure that accounts for how much a player controls the basketball per possession, per shot clock etc. The 6 assists are not going to 3 point shooters like they did vs Indiana....Case in point, at end of the 1st half, Eugene zips a pass over the defenders in the corner to Harper, when he didn't have space to maneuver and instead moved the ball.....Harper found the spot in the corner and Eugene made the pass....3 pointer that helped the rally.

Today's Eugene was not making passes to shooters or if they were, it was after some defenders closed in and he found Doorson or others. But he can easily move the ball vs hanging onto it, he is an excellent/capable passer. It just isn't a formula most nights to have the ball stick to him, on so many possessions, where 2 players who can get into double figures, dont see the ball.

And I know you realize how many good passes a player has to make to get credit for an assist. Especially on a scoring-challenged team like ours. Eugene either scored or made the pass for a score for a ton of our points. He rebounded. He defended. He led. Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct answer.

You are wrong. Eugene had a really strong game.

 

[Rutgers25]

We lost this game for three major reasons - the inability to cover Caleb Wesson, we were brutal from the line, and Geo didn't show up. As far as Kiss goes, everyone liked him in our three consecutive wins when he hit big threes and all of his foul shots down the stretch. What have you done for me lately.

Lol, you’re just straight making up stuff. Go watch the last 2 minutes vs IU. He was awful

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

And I know you realize how many good passes a player has to make to get credit for an assist. Especially on a scoring-challenged team like ours. Eugene either scored or made the pass for a score for a ton of our points. He rebounded. He defended. He led. Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct answer.

You are wrong. Eugene had a really strong game.

I disagree somewhat with NJH here, but I don't think he said Eugene had a bad game.

 

[bowlgoal]

Good observations. We had no answer for C. Wesson in the first half. He probably will never equal that shooting performance for the rest of the year. At one point he was 7-7 from the floor including 3-3 from three-point land. For a 6’-9”, 280 pound center that is quite a feat.

OSU took Geo out of his game with some great D and Mathis, Harper, and Kiss gave us very little. It is crucial that one of those three steps up and has a big game when Geo does not. McConnell was the only guard who came to play. And of course, Eugene, was terrific down low. Pretty good defense effort by RU; OSU was just better. And on offense, too many missed wide open looks, especially Kiss who had 2 wide-open threes in the first half, either one of which would’ve been huge to change momentum at the time.

OSU really covered geo like a blanket