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March 31, 2012“For The Buckeye Fan Who Needs To Know More”“For The Buckeye Fan Who Needs To Know More”Vol.
31, No.
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PLEASE RUSH!!
Ohio State was labeled a 2012...
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CMYK
March 31, 2012“For The Buckeye Fan Who Needs To Know More”“For The Buckeye Fan Who Needs To Know More”Vol.
31, No.
19Vol.
31, No.
19
$2.
50PERIODICAL NEWSPAPER
CLASSIFICATION
DATED MATERIAL
PLEASE RUSH!!
Ohio State was labeled a 2012 Final Four team long
before even Thad Matta knew what to expect.
When
the head coach finally got a good enough look at his
team to come to his own conclusions, he disagreed
with the overwhelming sentiment from the
public.
That’s because the view Matta had was an
intimate one.
He watched the team intently
in practice, a time when the Buckeyes were
more than just how the public viewed
them.
They weren’t just a team with an
All-America big man, a dangerous senior
scorer, and one of the best on-ball defenders in college basketball.
Matta saw them as a collective unit.
The weaknesses were glaring, though he never spoke about
them publicly.
“As I watched them unfold, we struggled early
in terms of mental toughnes
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