Thad Matta
Thad Matta
Thad Michael Mattais an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team. He was hired as the 13th head coach in Ohio State history on July 7, 2004 after the school had fired previous coach Jim O'Brien. He has posted 20 or more wins per season all throughout his career a head coach. On March 12, 2015, he set a school record for victories, winning his 298th game for OSU after...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 July 1967
CityHoopestown, IL
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I think he's in the best shape of his life. He's finishing much better than earlier in the season. I thought, as well as he scored and rebounded, his defense was 100 times better than it was at Michigan. He got a real film session lesson (Friday) before practice on what he had to do. To his credit, he came out and took care of business.
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I have always said I take so much more pride in where we finish in the two months of going through the Big Ten. That to me is far more important than four days in one city. Now, I do like the atmosphere here and chance for rejuvenation for teams and kids.
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He's finishing better than he was earlier in the season. His defense was 100 times better than the last time we played Michigan.
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It was June last year, and we were finishing our conditioning drills. We were running around the top of the building and I told the guys if they take care of their business, when the season ends every seat in this house is going to be filled.
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We went in and were very focused on playing our game, because we knew when you lose you go home. That motivates guys to play their best basketball. Fortunately for the team I was coaching, it was on a great roll both offensively and defensively.
happy ohio
I've said this before, I'm as happy as I've ever been, at Ohio State.
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I've been beating the drum for defense all season. That is something that as we go down the stretch we need to be able to hang our hat on.
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Quite honestly, this is exactly what we told the kids was going to happen. We knew kids that were in the third grade when this happened probably weren't going to be punished. We had great confidence in that. It would have been a devastating blow had it gone the other way.
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That was probably the lift we needed. In both of our games against Michigan, our bench has been the biggest difference.
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That was one of the toughest games I've ever been involved in. It was a game of crazy plays and, fortunately, we got the last crack at it.
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I have been a 16 seed, a 14 seed and a 12 seed, so I understand that when the ball gets thrown up you can throw those seeds out the window. With Davidson, the first thing is their experience. Offensively they want to push the ball. I think getting back and not giving up easy baskets is key.
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We've been on probation since I've been here, so it hasn't affected our team at all.
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That's one of the toughest games I've ever been involved in.
ball chasing looked soccer
It looked like a kids' soccer game, with (everyone) chasing the ball around for awhile.