January 7th, 2018 at 7:47 PM ^
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January 7th, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
I get the whole thing about sending a message. And obviously he's good at his job overall. But honestly, calling a timeout at that point is being a control freak.
January 7th, 2018 at 9:16 PM ^
Most coaches are control freaks by nature but Izzo is one of the worst.
I'm still amazed that he was finally assessed a technical for being so far out on the court. He's practically a sixth defender sometimes.
January 8th, 2018 at 1:22 AM ^
to tell his team to stop fouling so they can just get the fuck out of there. Langford fouled someone with 53 seconds to go. The game is over dude. Just. Stop. Fouling.
January 7th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
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January 7th, 2018 at 6:37 PM ^
but I wish it was at our hands. Pretty much no chance we beat them now
January 7th, 2018 at 6:48 PM ^
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January 7th, 2018 at 6:49 PM ^
I will be ecstatic if we win by a point
January 7th, 2018 at 6:38 PM ^
January 7th, 2018 at 6:40 PM ^
Well that's something.
January 7th, 2018 at 6:47 PM ^
one of those years, where there isn't a clear 'best team in the county'. March Madness is looking really wide open.
And I really like JB's teams in March.
January 7th, 2018 at 6:52 PM ^
January 7th, 2018 at 7:16 PM ^
Matta, what a bum. 337-123 at OSU.
By the way, those are his players.
January 7th, 2018 at 7:20 PM ^
January 7th, 2018 at 9:10 PM ^
Clearly the medical issues he was dealing with were affecting him physically and mentally and his teams starting fading in his last four seasons, with consecutive first weekend exits followed by two missed Dances. That Holtmann is having the success he is today points to OSU's recent underchievement as an issue with Matta and not the players.
January 8th, 2018 at 4:03 AM ^
Not having Bates-Diop for most of last year and a weaker Big Ten seems to be the most reasonable explanation. Keita Bates-Diop is their best player. He was hurt for most of last year. Take him off this year's team, and I think the results and your assessment of the situation would be much different.
January 8th, 2018 at 7:59 AM ^
I forgot about KBD being lost for the year so you're right that him being around probably would've changed the trajectory of last season. However, I still think Matta was fading as a coach as OSU was hemorrhaging players to transfer, and there was that incident at a booster event where Matta trashed the outgoing guys. I mean, OSU lost their entire 2015 five man recruiting class (four to transfer, one quit the team). Seemed like the culture of the basketball program had gotten a little toxic under him.
January 8th, 2018 at 9:19 AM ^
I think both of you are right. Losing KBD was a big blow last year, but even if he was playing, that OSU team is a 9 or a 10 seed at best. Unfortunately for Matta, OSU basketball had a 5 year trend of having a worse record than the year before. Two or three years in a row, and ok, fine, keep him around and let him fix it, but five years in a row? He wasn't fixing it. OSU had the No. 2 draft pick in the country three years ago and barely made the tournament, then got washed out in the second round. And that was OSU's best season in the last five years. Matta pushed OSU basketball to the top of the mountain, but it started to slide back down the hill and he was unable to stop it. At some point your accomplishments from 2007-2012 matter less and what you're doing right now seals your fate. Matta is probably the second best coach in OSU basketball history. It sucks it ended the way it did.
January 7th, 2018 at 6:55 PM ^
Didn't get to see the game but glanced at the box score. Interesting that, as in their Duke game, they just got abused by the opponent's top player - couldn't hold him in check at all.
January 7th, 2018 at 7:13 PM ^
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January 8th, 2018 at 1:27 AM ^
and with 3 TOs, woof. Rough game for Ward indeed.
January 7th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
But was MSU defeated with dignity?
January 7th, 2018 at 7:59 PM ^
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January 7th, 2018 at 8:10 PM ^
We lost. Like we seem to do a lot against that school. Get over it and move on.
January 7th, 2018 at 7:42 PM ^
January 7th, 2018 at 8:05 PM ^
is going to be a key win for us
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January 7th, 2018 at 8:59 PM ^
to go spend a bit of time on theonlycolors. Lovely way to wrap up the weekend!
January 8th, 2018 at 7:37 AM ^
January 8th, 2018 at 6:05 PM ^
It was awesome. Sparty tears are so tasty!
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January 8th, 2018 at 4:41 AM ^
FYI to our rookie devil dog, some years ago, some fuckface claimed insider knowledge pertaining to the destination of a much sought after football recruit that he learned from some other fuckface he was playing counterstrike with. Both fuckfaces were full of shit and wrong. So it has become a tradition around here for everyone to check with their counterstrike sources when rumors get floated....