Ohio State 73, Miami 68
Nice road win for Ohio State, though it was probably in large part due to Miami's Jack McClinton being ejected midway through the first half for taking an open-handed swing at Buckeye Anthony Crater (video contained in above link).
Big games from Jon Diebler (first one of his I've ever seen) and Evan Turner keyed the victory, but I'm more interested in talking about the Buckeyes' post players. Specifically, B.J. Mullens, the freshman center projected by many to be a top-5 pick in next summer's NBA draft if he leaves school.
Mullens' rep is a big guy with a good shooting touch, and I can see it, though he went just 2-for-6 Tuesday night. He's got good form on his jumper, and I saw a nice little turnaround J.
He needs to get tougher and more assertive, though. The box score has him down for three offensive rebounds, but I only remember two. On the first, he got the board and had a relatively easily putback if he wanted it, but he didn't even turn to look at the basket. (I noticed Dallas Lauderdale and Kyle Madsen do the same thing at least once, too). On the second one, he got the tip-in, but he was boxed out; his superior length allowed him to reach over the Hurricanes player and tap it in. On the third, he was left free underneath due to Miami's defensive rotation or a blown check-out assignment, and missed a one-handed follow-up jam.
Mullens uses his hands too much to try to get position on his opponents, rather than his body. He's a big guy and he's not using that size to his advantage yet. He's strong enough that he probably didn't need to in high school, but college is a different game.
Miami got 15 offensive rebounds in the game. ACC teams are not supposed to push BigTen teams around like that.
On one, he missed a thunderous follow up jam after a missed boxout from Miami. On the other, he got a tip in, but he was out of position; his length allowed him to reach up over a Hurrican and tip it in.
Big games from Jon Diebler (first one of his I've ever seen) and Evan Turner keyed the victory, but I'm more interested in talking about the Buckeyes' post players. Specifically, B.J. Mullens, the freshman center projected by many to be a top-5 pick in next summer's NBA draft if he leaves school.
Mullens' rep is a big guy with a good shooting touch, and I can see it, though he went just 2-for-6 Tuesday night. He's got good form on his jumper, and I saw a nice little turnaround J.
He needs to get tougher and more assertive, though. The box score has him down for three offensive rebounds, but I only remember two. On the first, he got the board and had a relatively easily putback if he wanted it, but he didn't even turn to look at the basket. (I noticed Dallas Lauderdale and Kyle Madsen do the same thing at least once, too). On the second one, he got the tip-in, but he was boxed out; his superior length allowed him to reach over the Hurricanes player and tap it in. On the third, he was left free underneath due to Miami's defensive rotation or a blown check-out assignment, and missed a one-handed follow-up jam.
Mullens uses his hands too much to try to get position on his opponents, rather than his body. He's a big guy and he's not using that size to his advantage yet. He's strong enough that he probably didn't need to in high school, but college is a different game.
Miami got 15 offensive rebounds in the game. ACC teams are not supposed to push BigTen teams around like that.
On one, he missed a thunderous follow up jam after a missed boxout from Miami. On the other, he got a tip in, but he was out of position; his length allowed him to reach up over a Hurrican and tip it in.
Labels: B.J. Mullens, Dallas Lauderdale, Evan Turner, Jack McClinton, Jon Diebler, Kyle Madsen, Miami, Ohio State
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