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Message: [QUOTE="cap2nine, post: 245065, member: 1855"] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]There's no doubt that OSU is a very good team but there is plenty to disagree about with your post.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]Regardless of Melo's suspension I don't think it’s fair to say that "they are better than we are". Even if we would have been seeded differently (which is debatable) with an earlier announcement regarding Melo, the seeding doesn't always indicate the better team. MSU lost because they played a better team, as did G'town. In the record books these may look like upsets but upon examination and in my estimation, the better team was simply seeded lower.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]"They can score inside and out." This is true. "They come from the toughest conference in the country." This is not. Despite popular reports of the BE's demise, ours is still the most difficult conference and the toughest regular season grind. You say "Nobody goes 17-1... in the Big Ten." but do you really believe OSU would have gone 17-1 in the Big East? A rhetorical question obviously but I would be more than a little surprised if ANY sport analyst believes they would have.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]"Christmas and Keita had 8 fouls in 39 minutes Thursday night" Another true statement, but please consider that the last 2 fouls on Keita were quite deliberate, to deny easy baskets down low. It was a calculated decision by Boeheim to prevent interior scoring by Wisconsin, at all costs, in the final minutes of the game... and it worked.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]"Our famous zone didn’t look like much vs. Wisconsin." Perhaps not but against Wiscy, we were forced to play their tempo and style of game and they had to shoot incredibly well from long range to make a real game of it. It is highly unlikely, although granted not impossible, that OSU will have anywhere near that kind of 3pt. success, nor will they play such a controlled possession style. Both factor in to make this a less difficult defensive game for us.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]" The guys chasing us in their man for man will be just as fast as the guys they are chasing." You mean GUY, not guys. Craft is a fantastic defender and he will nullify Scoop when he is playing point and give Waiters great fits too when defending him. Luckily, unless he's magical on top of good, he can only defend one at a time. And, Triche will get plenty of run too to make sure we are relatively fresh at Point throughout the game.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia]I'm not saying that the absence of Melo does not hurt our chances nor that OSU is incapable of beating us. What I am saying is that this is a good matchup and we have the opportunity to dictate the tone and tempo. Our keys are to play 40 intense minutes, take it right to them on offense, and stick with the defense that got us here. It doesn't matter who we beat to get here or who we will play next weekend. It's become a one game season and against OSU, I definitely like our chances. LGO!!![/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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