By John ChandlerJonathan Wallace’s three hadn’t yet worked it’s way through the net before Thad Matta pulled Greg Oden up off the bench. With 9:00 to play in a 44-44 ballgame, the low post is the place for him, not the pine.
Especially with Hibbert heading to the bench, courtesy of a third foul. [...]
By John Chandler
Halftime Helpings…It crossed my mind, while making the long walk back to the Georgia Dome media room (about where Deion Sanders once performed his Primetime end zone dance)…* Georgetown blew a golden chance to coast into the Championship game. With Oden on the bench for 17 minutes, the Hoyas should’ve taken a [...]
By John ChandlerPaging Ron Lewis…A quiet first half for Ron Lewis, who has yet to score with 8:28 to play in the first half. Hasn’t even had a good look, just a forced drive to the hoop. In fact, the start of this game has Lewis and Conley flipping roles: with Lewis scoreless, [...]
By John ChandlerATLANTA - Hard to believe, sitting here at center court of the Georgia Dome, that Ohio State will run out of the tunnel in 10 minutes for a Final Four matchup with Georgetown. Shoulda lost to Xavier, shoulda lost to Tennessee–that’s what I’m hearing a lot of from just about every direction [...]
By John ChandlerATLANTA - I sprang up and out of bed early this morning, like a kid on Christmas Day, full of energy. Sure, it could’ve been the daily gallon of coffee catching up with me. But it’s Gameday. The wake-up call is on the money. The air is crisper. [...]
By John ChandlerATLANTA - I’m really glad I had that bagel at 7:30 this morning, and I really wish I hadn’t refused the pretzels from my lovely flight attendent. Who knew it was my last chance to eat all day?
Yes, we’re officially in Final Four mode down here in the Dirty South, where I’m pretty [...]
By John ChandlerSAN ANTONIO - Johnny Cash is big in Texas, but with all do respect to the country music legend, nobody walks the line quite like the Ohio State Buckeyes.
And it was a fine line, for sure. Let’s put it this way, a walk across a tightrope high above the circus must’ve felt [...]
By John ChandlerMemphis has junked the triple in favor of driving to the basket. And the Buckeyes are letting them… Chris Douglas-Roberts can move, that’s for sure.
12:20, 2nd half: OSU54, Memphis 56… we have our first Daequan Cook sighting, hitting a three from the corner to pull the Buckeyes within two.
Ready, Aim…Greg [...]
By John ChandlerA few halftime observations, while sucking down Diet Coke that’s flatter than Western Ohio…
* Turnovers might be the diffence in this game. Ohio State converted 9 Tiger T-O’s to 15 points in the first half.
* The three is again a factor. Memphis’ firm of Hunt, Kemp, and Mack combined to hit [...]
By John ChandlerJeremy Hunt is heating up, canning a three from the right win to put Memphis up 20-17 with just under 9:00 to play.
Foul PlayRobert Dozier is whistled for travelling. Wow, that might be the first walking call I’ve seen in any of Ohio State’s games so far. Don’t quote me on [...]
