According to Dick Vitale, the Buckeyes have a shot at a #1 seed:
“I really believe Thad Matta and his kids, if they make it to at least the semifinals, will end up as a No. 1 seed,” he said Tuesday in Dayton. “You can look at Memphis, but I give the edge to Ohio State (because) winning the regular-season title in the Big Ten shows you have durability.”
Duke, UConn and Villanova are virtual locks, so it might come down to Ohio State and Memphis for the final slot.
A judge ruled that Ohio State improperly fired head basketball coach Jim O’Brien, despite ruling that O’Brien violated his contract when he gave $6,000 of his own money to a foreign player.
Clark wrote in the ruling that the possible NCAA sanctions and damage to Ohio State’s reputation from the loan would have been relatively minor, while O’Brien’s loss of salary and benefits was substantial.
This ruling shows how ridiculous the whole system has become. Despite the judge’s opinion on how the NCAA would have ruled, Ohio State simply did not have the luxury of taking any chances.
Let’s hope the NCAA doesn’t go any further next week when a final ruling on penalties is expected so the Buckeyes can play in the NCAA tournament this year and welcome their awesome recruiting class in the fall.
This sucks. Larry Hughes had to have surgery performed again on his injured hand. As a result, he will miss the rest of the regular season.
Hughes, the team’s second-leading scorer, was supposed to miss six to eight weeks after having surgery Jan. 6. However, doctors concluded last week that the finger hadn’t healed as quickly as the team had hoped. The team said he will now miss an additional eight to 10 weeks.
“If all goes well for him and all goes well for our team … he could possibly be back and participate in the postseason,” Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry said.
The Cavs should still make the playoffs, but this team will never gel if guys like Hughes are gone for so long. It will be tough for him to contribute in the playoffs. It will be interesting to see if the Cavs make a trade.
This team is really strange. They dominate at home when facing good teams, yet they blow it against the weak teams. Basically, they have talent, but they still need to put it all together. Tonight Lebron dominated agaist the Spurs, scoring 44 points in a 101-87 victory.
Cleveland is 14-2 at home against teams over .500, and 5-5 against teams under .500. The win over the Spurs came two days after a lackluster home loss to Golden State.
“We have to grow up,” James said. “We can’t keep beating Phoenix, Detroit and San Antonio and then lose to sub-par teams.”
That pretty much sums it up.
After a terrible West Coast trip, the Cavs are on fire and LeBron is leading the way. LeBron scored a triple-double as the Cavs beat the Nets, 91-85, for the first time this season. The Cavs are now 10 games over .500.
Sasha Pavlovic added 14 points in 36 minutes. Sasha could be a big help now that Damon Jones has established himself as a complete bust.
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