Games on tonight at 9:00

[ohiostatesgreat]

On ESPN2. Will be interesting to see what this team looks like. I love college basketball as much as I love college football so I am thrilled that it is back.

[silverbullet97]

Well I saw a lot of positives and a few negatives.

On the negative side:

• We played only seven guys until we had a 30 point lead. Butler, Diebler, Lighty, Turner, Kuofos, Hunter, and Terwilliger.
  
• Diebler still doesn't have his shot.
  
• We stand around alot on offense.
  
• We are stuck in a zone D due to lack of depth.
  
• Kuofos fouls alot
  

On the Positive side:

• Butler found his shot last night.
  
• Terwilliger hit another 3
  
• Hunter is playing really aggressive
  
• Kuofos can really shoot and has real moves
  
• Lighty is a lot of fun
  

[ohiostatesgreat]

Good points here is what I am worried about:
1. We are going to live and die by the 3 this year. Yes Butler had his shot going down last night but look at the end of last seaon when he couldn't find it.

2. If Hunter gets in foul trouble. Terwilliger is still not good and Kuofus doesn't like playing down low.

3. If Butler gets in foul trouble who will be our Guard? Hill looked ok last night but he can't shoot worth anything.

I love watching Lighty play. He reminds me of Lewis. Go Bucks!

[victor2111]

I agree with what OSG said about #3. We will be in trouble if Butler gets in foul trouble in any game we play. It sucks we didn't get a good PG in the 07 class. Next year we got Anthony Carter coming in after Butler is done. Like you said..Hill looked ok last night.. None of the new players were that good to me besides Kuofos..but it is the first game. Wallace/Turner/Diebler couldn't buy a shot. I take that back..Kuofos and Lauderdale both played good.

I want to see if Diebler can hit his shot tonight!

GO Bucks!

[silverbullet97]

Does Dallas Lauderdale remind anyone else of Perry Carter? (except not anywhere near as cut)

[silverbullet97]

That Diebler kid is showing real effort out there. His shot is still pretty shaky but if he keeps playing aggressive I think he will find his shot.

I totally agree about our lack of depth at guard. PJ Hill is simply not ready for big time college basketball. The flip side of the coin is that it looks like we have some depth at the 4 and 5 spots. Hunter and Kuofos are solid starters, Terwilliger is fine as a spot player and I really think Lauderdale is going to help us out later in the season.

[ohiostatesgreat]

Do we have any plays? Seriesly every time we got the ball last night we would launch a 3. Run a play once in a while. And man do we need to work on our rebounding. I hope Diebler was just excited out there last night, which he probably was, because we heard a lot of good things about this kid and he looked a little shaky out there.