Saturday, March 31st
6:07 PM, CBS (HD)
Georgetown vs. Ohio State
Final Four
Winner plays Florida or UCLA on Monday
With the win over Memphis last Saturday, Ohio State won the South Regional and has advanced to the Final Four. Ohio State will play #2 seed Georgetown from the East Regional. If you recall, Georgetown embarrassed Ohio State last year in the second round. In fact it was Ohio State's worst tournament loss, 70-52.
Georgetown runs the Princeton offense, and we all remember how much trouble that gave us when we played Northwestern. Both Georgetown coach John Thompson III and Northwestern coach Bill Carmody run the motion offense. Below is a description of the Princeton Offense, which I posted back in January for the Northwestern game. Having Roy Hibbert, 7'2" at center helps run this half-court offense. The Hoyas showed that their zone defense can suffocate an offense, as North Carolina shot 1 of 23 in a 15 minute span that included the overtime. Ohio State must have fast breaks and hit some threes to break the zone defense. Oden will have a difficult game matching up against Hibbert, so he has to be careful with the fouls. I believe Conley will be the difference maker yet again, splitting defenders with his drives to the basket.
From January 17, 2006 post.
Princeton Offense
Coach Bill Carmody runs the Princeton offense, which is an offense that is always moving, full of passes and cuts. It is rare in college basketball because all five players must be able to handle the ball, pass and shoot. The ball is passed until a mismatch is found and a player either drives the ball to the basket or an open player gets the pass.
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