2016-17 OSU Men's Basketball

[dazed&confused]

Well 2017 is in the books. Might not make NIT and they shouldn't. One more year for Thad to prove he's still got what it takes. B1G isn't necessarily a juggernaut.

[noreply66]

Bucks with a big win over the Badgers last night

[Chieftain2009]

Even though the final score it shows they won by 10, the Buckeyes (16-13) earned a surprising and dominant victory of #16 Wisconsin (22-6) in Columbus, 83-73. The Buckeyes got a huge performance from Jae'Sean Tate, who had a double-double in the first half and finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds, CJ Jackson also had a huge game with 18 points. Bronson Koenig led the Badgers with a huge 27 point game. This was by far the biggest win of the season for the Buckeyes.

The next game for OSU is Tuesday when they travel to Penn State.

[Chieftain2009]

On Tuesday, in a back and forth game, the Buckeyes (17-13) came out on top on a layup with 3 seconds left on a Jae'Sean Tate layup on the road at Penn State (14-16), 71-70. This was a major game for the Buckeyes and a must win. On the night, JaQuan Lyle led OSU with 17 points. Tony Carr poured in a game high for Penn State with 21 points.

OSU plays in their last regular season game on Saturday when they host Indiana.

[Chieftain2009]

Trying to wrap up the regular season with a win, the Buckeyes (17-14) were unable to pull off a win against Indiana (17-14) in a high scoring affair, 96-92. Leading the Buckeyes was Jae'Sean Tate with 20 points and Trevor Thompson with a 19 point and 11 rebound double-double. Robert Johnson led the Hoosiers with 26 points and James Blackmon with 22 points.

The Buckeyes will await the official bracket for the B1G Tournament to see who they will play in the first round.

[Chieftain2009]

OSU will play Rutgers in the 1st Round on Wednesday at 7pm in DC for the Big Ten Tournament.

[cbolt]

Another dismal loss and another dismal year comes to a close! They say Matta is coming back

[smurray]

The most agonizing game I've ever witnessed out of an Ohio State team.
It was a pathetic uninspired walk through the motions performance.
It was very clear Rutgers had way more energy, fight and desire to win.
No one and I said NO ONE stepped up for the Buckeyes to do anything to win.
Foul shooting was horrendous, rebounding was non existent, and the offense couldn't create anything. Rutgers? Are you serious?
Matta has a problem and he better figure it out. At least he has some time to do that - the Buckeyes shouldn't be invited to the NIT.

[Chieftain2009]

Poor is the only word to describe last nights game for Ohio State (17-15) as they fell to Rutgers (15-17) in just the 1st round of the Big Ten Tournament. Just the second time ever that a Thad Matta OSU team has not made at least the Big Ten Quarterfinals. Jae'Sean Tate looked like the only player who wanted to be there, he scored a team high 18 points also adding 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Nigel Johnson had a big game for the Scarlet Knights with a game high 21 points.

The Buckeyes will not make the NCAA Tournament, it's just wait and see if they will make the NIT, but it would be a surprise.

[smurray]

Poor is the only word to describe last nights game for Ohio State (17-15) as they fell to Rutgers (15-17) in just the 1st round of the Big Ten Tournament. Just the second time ever that a Thad Matta OSU team has not made at least the Big Ten Quarterfinals. Jae'Sean Tate looked like the only player who wanted to be there, he scored a team high 18 points also adding 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Nigel Johnson had a big game for the Scarlet Knights with a game high 21 points.

The Buckeyes will not make the NCAA Tournament, it's just wait and see if they will make the NIT, but it would be a surprise.

They don't deserve to play in the NIT. Maybe no tournament invite what so ever will shake things up.

[Truth&fiction]

Ohio State looked terrible for sure but I was not surprised. They need to start looking at the State of Ohio to recruit . Every year there are tons of really good players thru out the State , Good players . Smart players that can be molded into a team concept. Role players that have the desire to do what ever is needed to make Ohio State great again . Recruiting has taken a turn that's not working . The haze over recruiting is apparent .The Ohio State will not venture far in the state to find the real gems . Matta needs to travel the state and see real basketball players and get a team that will work together as a unit . Just because players appear to have great ability does not mean that they will gel as a team . Team beats I any day. Been a Ohio State fan for many years and it pains me to see this type of play . The Ohio State is better than this with its facilities and resources there is no reason they should not return to championship caliber team with the right players . IMO

[smurray]

Ohio State looked terrible for sure but I was not surprised. They need to start looking at the State of Ohio to recruit . Every year there are tons of really good players thru out the State , Good players . Smart players that can be molded into a team concept. Role players that have the desire to do what ever is needed to make Ohio State great again . Recruiting has taken a turn that's not working . The haze over recruiting is apparent .The Ohio State will not venture far in the state to find the real gems . Matta needs to travel the state and see real basketball players and get a team that will work together as a unit . Just because players appear to have great ability does not mean that they will gel as a team . Team beats I any day. Been a Ohio State fan for many years and it pains me to see this type of play . The Ohio State is better than this with its facilities and resources there is no reason they should not return to championship caliber team with the right players . IMO

Totally agree

[dazed&confused]

It's all good. Spring game coming up soon! Who needs roundball.

[Chieftain2009]

The Buckeyes season is now officially over, as the brackets for the NCAA, NIT, CBI and CIT have been released and OSU is not on them.

[Chieftain2009]

Announced that Trevor Thompson will pass on his senior season and enter the NBA Draft. Now that players can declare, go through the combine and elect to come back, it is unsure whether Thompson will come back or not.

[Bleeding Red]

The basketball program has regressed tremendously over the past few years. Lack of talent from terrible recruiting, lack of effort and desire. Not seeing the good players get coached into great players. Lyle was the laziest player I have ever watched at OSU. Matta continued to play him. All of these things are a sign that the leader has lost the team, which Matta clearly has done at this point.

I am/was a Matta fan but holy all beat hell how does the university bring him back after how this season ended?

Matta is also the highest paid employee of tOSU. They can save a few bucks and bring in new enthusiasm.

Dont look for next year to be better.....recruiting has been a major let down and not much coming back in the way of talent.

[Chieftain2009]

Matta did kind of bench Lyle towards the end of the season. He stopped putting him in the starting lineup, started CJ Jackson (a true point guard, at least to some extent) at the point.

[Chieftain2009]

Ohio State's record against teams in the NCAA Tournament: 6-9

Wins: North Carolina Central, Providence, Michigan State, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin
Losses: Virginia, UCLA, Purdue, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Maryland (x2), Michigan State

[noreply66]

Wasn't this Matta's first year at OSU with under 20 wins?

[Chieftain2009]

I believe so, I also think it was his first season with less than 10 conference wins