From: doel@bae.bellcore.com (Michael Doel)
Subject: Re: tOSU 69 - IU 96
Organization: Bell Communications Research
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Date: 25 Jan 93 10:31:55


In article <1k0tcjINNa1j@lyre.cis.ohio-state.edu> atchison@cis.ohio-state.edu (mark edward atchison) writes:

> Not much to add to the score here.

nice report Mark.


I'd say Ohio State played better than expected for the first 25 minutes.  I
was really worried about the start, but they came out confident.  As is
usually the case when I watch OSU play at Indiana, I was convinced by half
time that the IU Athletic Boosters had made their annual contribution to the
referees.  Damn it's frustrating to watch call after call go in IU's favor.
They're probably the right calls most of the time, but through my admitedly
biased view it's tough to take.


> Bucks' 29 rebounds.  Lawrence Funderburke seems to me to be forgotten in the
> offensive scheme lately, but post-game comments stuck him in the coach's
> defensive doghouse, and that again limited his minutes.

Once Lawrence got the two fouls early, his day was done.  He was passive the
rest of the game.  Note, he finished the game with those same two fouls.  We
need him to be much more agressive if we're to have any chance to make the
NCAAs.  On the positive side, kudos to Lawrence for maintaining his
composure while being taunted by the fans.  I didn't see trash talking even
once.


>                                                        Speaking of limited
> minutes, soph Rickey Dudley continues to collect some of the most hideous fouls
> in history.  Maybe he's just too big to fit on a court with 9 other men, but
> Dudley fouled out in just over 8 1/2 minutes of court time on Sunday.

He's clearly spent too much time under the tutelage of one Bill Robinson :-)


> The bench outscored the starters again, 38-31, and Randy Ayers hinted that 
> starting lineup may shift as early as Tuesday night in Ann Arbor.  Look for the
> first new spot to go to frosh point guard Greg Simpson

Yup, I think this was Etzler's last start.  Simpson is just too talented to
keep off the floor.  The around-the-back move though has to go.  And while
we're on that play, it didn't look like travelling to me.  It would have
been fine from my perspective if they had called a turnover for stupidity,
but travelling?


> Finally, a breather!  Tuesday night in Crisler should be a cake walk.  I've
> heard that Michigan has several injured players ;-] (Roy Jackson and Chris 
> Weeber?), and I know they lost to Duke, and Duke can't win a game these days!
> Aaaaaarghh!  "I wanna go back to Ohio State, to old Columbus town..."

Amen.  Hell month is almost over.


By the way, I loved The General's move where he pushed the assistant aside
to have a few words with Greg Graham(?) and his reaction to Calbert
Cheaney's three point attempt that was clearly audible over the crowd noise.
Good to see Bobby hasn't lost any of the spice that makes him fun to root
against. 


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