Man oh man oh man oh man!

I don’t know what it is about this team. How many times this year have they looked dead on the court only to come back and win it at the last moment?

So let’s review the Ohio State offensive plays:

Plan 1:
Oden sets up in the middle, the rest of the team sort of waits around the outside for the ball and then they throw up bricks. Yeah, it works great in theory and when it is going well, it looks good. The ball goes to Oden in the middle drawing the defense in and opening up players on the three point line. With everyone going for Oden, he just puts it back out to a teammate waiting patiently at the three-point line and in the words of that Brian Collins…”Boom goes the dynamite.”

The only problem is that way too often, the Buckeyes can’t seem to light the fuse.

Plan 2:

Give the ball to Conley and let him drive the net up the middle, give the ball to Lewis and let him drive up the baseline, give the ball to whoever and let them drive the net.

Personally, I like the latter. When Oden sets a pick it’s like driving a Mac truck onto the court opening up beautiful lanes for Conley. When we settle down and score two at a time, the three point opportunities open up and before you know it, the Bucks are back in the game.

How many game this year have we seen the Bucks slump at the threes only to make a dramatic comeback two points at a time.

It is also apparent that the Buckeye opponents have been studying their films. Both Xavier and Tennessee got Oden into foul trouble early and with the Vols at least, it was a designed plan.

In post-game interviews, Dane Bradshaw of the Vols said, “It was part of the game plan to get him [Oden] in foul trouble. We just really didn’t do a good job from the get-go (in the second half).”

And it appears that the way to get Oden in trouble is to just keep driving him and Tenn did a good job of that in the first half.

Sat. the Bucks meet up with Memphis. If the Buckeyes can start the game like they did the second half last night or play like they did in overtime against Xavier, Memphis doesn’t stand a chance.

The questions is, at what point will the Bucks show up to play. From this point on, I wouldn’t count on anybody letting us come back from 20 points.