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April 21, 2012It was announced today that the Buckeye basketball team will get their first and possibly only recruit for the 2012 class, as Findlay Prep HS (Nev.) guard Amedeo Della Valle announced that he will be a Buckeye next season. Della Valle is a 6’5″, 185-pound guard with point guard experience at the high school level. Known as a sharpshooter, ADV also displays a strong handle and a quick first move to the basket. He is a 3-star prospect ranked as the 29th best shooting guard by Scout and 43rd by ESPN. Della Valle had offers from Texas A&M, Arizona, Michigan, and Gonzaga as well as the Buckeyes. He will be the team’s 10th scholarship player for next season, helping to alleviate the burden of losing guard Jordan Sibert and forward J.D. Weatherspoon to transfers. With any luck, the Italian-born guard who impressed at the Under-18 European Championships (15.1 ppg, 50% 3PT in 7 games) can provide some outside shooting to a team that struggled in that department last season.
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Rock me, Amedeo.
…sorry, had to be said.
If Matta loses his recruiting touch which it appears he has his job will be next. He is the John Cooper version for Buckeyes basketball. Recruit great, coach mediocre then get outcoached in big games resulting in a loss.
Sorry, Shamrock. I think you’re completely off base on this one. Matta’s the second best coach in OSU history behind Fred Taylor, and he’s brought them back to relevance. This year, with little to speak of in recruiting, they will rely on the freshmen from this season (Ross, Amir, Scott) taking a big step in year two with more playing time. They will be back in on big names in ’13, you can count on it.
He gets outcoached despite having talent, it’s just old. Those young guys you named should have played during the season had they perhaps the Buckeyes could have beat Kansas.
Can’t disagree with you more Shamrock.
He won a Big Ten championship with his best players being Terrence Dials and Je’kel Foster.
He took a team of freshmen to the National Championship game.
He
won a Big Ten championship with an inside presence of Dallas Lauderdale
and Kyle Madsen, while having to play a guy out of position at PG due
to the lack of a capable player on the roster.
I mean go back and
look at the rosters since Matta has arrived. He has won with literally
every type of assembled team you could have.
Some were offensive, some were defensive.
Some had star players, some had
none.
Sometimes he went solely zone defense some years solely man.
Large
rosters, short rosters.
I love what Coach has done with this program…count me in as one fan who appreciates having a relevant college basketball team.
In February, this team was headed for an early tournament exit. They were a mess. Matta kept them together, and got them one or two games deeper than a lot of people were expecting.
I don’t want to get into a an all-out battle here, but I just don’t think not playing those three freshmen ultimately did them in vs. Kansas. It would’ve been nice to have a little more depth, sure, but their two best players went ice cold in the second half (Thomas & Sully). Matta can’t go out there and make shots for them. You’re not going to bench those guys after they got you there, and you’re not going to go away from those guys on offense. If you want to criticize him for not going to the hot hand in Buford enough in the 2nd half, fine, I can understand that. Does Matta have his shortcomings? Of course he does, but attacking him for this year’s outcome is completely unfounded and narrow-minded.
Last year’s team was far more talented, and they did make way too early of an exit. This team was not as dominant, and he got them to the Final Four.
amen khdenn, i think matta has done a great job. i do wish he would play more players though, tired legs is why we shoot poorly at the end of some games… GO BUCKS
I totally agree with you comments on Matta. I wish that he would play more of his players, but before Matta, give me a break O’Brien, Ayers, Miller…. This man has done more of OSU basketball since the great Fred Taylor and may be able to make the program even better. GO BUCKS.