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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 244915, member: 289"] - Because they are better than we are. If Fab Melo’s suspension had been announced prior to the seeding, they would have been the #1 seed, not us. They are the first team we’ve played with comparable depth, (9 guys average 10+ minutes per game), and talent to ours. Sure Kansas State and Wisconsin were famous for their tough man-to-man defenses but they didn’t have the athletes we have and couldn’t keep up with our guys. The Buckeyes can. And they have more firepower than we do. Sullinger, Thomas and Buford are the best 1-2-3 punch in the country. They can score inside and out. They come from the toughest conference in the country. Nobody goes 17-1 and in the Big Ten. They are built to take out Syracuse. Frankly, I’d rather be playing Kentucky right now. I’d feel better about our chances. - Christmas and Keita had 8 fouls in 39 minutes Thursday night guarding air. Sullinger will foul them both out, maybe by halftime. Then he’ll start fouling out the forwards. We may wind up with nothing but guards or walk-ons out there. Matt Tomaszewski’s career may not be over after all. - Our famous zone didn’t look like much vs. Wisconsin. They had no inside game at all yet we got suckered in every time by a pass inside and then back out. They are passing inside to Sullinger and then back out to Thomas or Bedford. The shooting percentage on threes is always higher when the pass is from the inside out. Last year Ohio State had a game in which they made 14 threes- in 15 attempts. They could do it again. - The guys chasing us in their man for man will be just as fast as the guys they are chasing. Tom Izzo called Aaron Craft the best man-to-man defender he’s ever seen. He can make your star player disappear. Or make your point guard stink up the joint, something ours often needs no help to do. - Hurray! We are finally back in the Elite 8! Who did we beat to get here? UNC-Ashville, a 16 seed that made us look bad. Kansas State, a team without perhaps it’s best player that couldn’t shoot. Wisconsin, a team with no inside game that was too slow to guard us that we were lucky as hell to survive against. How impressive is that, really? What does that have to do with beating Ohio State? Or North Carolina? Or Kansas? Or Kentucky? - We have been fooling ourselves that we can overcome the loss of Fab Melo and still win the national championship. We just haven’t played a game where his absence mattered. It matters now. I hope you enjoy watching this, Fab, wherever you are. - Sorry folks, but it ends tonight. [/QUOTE]

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