Final Four 2012: 10 Thoughts On A Wild Saturday In New Orleans
Rivalries, rematches and flying seat cushions. Mike Rutherford recaps a wild Final Four Saturday in New Orleans.
| Final - 3.31.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio St. Buckeyes | 34 | 28 | 62 |
| Kansas Jayhawks | 25 | 39 | 64 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio St. | 34 | 28 | 62 |
| Kansas | 25 | 39 | 64 |
| Ohio St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Sullinger | 39 | 5-19 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 11-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Deshaun Thomas | 24 | 3-14 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Aaron Craft | 40 | 4-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Lenzelle Smith Jr. | 34 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| William Buford | 35 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 7-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Sam Thompson | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Amir Williams | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Evan Ravenel | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| J.D. Weatherspoon | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jordan Sibert | DNP - | ||||||||||
| LaQuinton Ross | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Alex Rogers | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Trey McDonald | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Shannon Scott | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 20-59 | 8-22 | 14-15 | 30-10 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 17-0 | 62 | |
| .339 | .364 | .933 | Team Reb: 0 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Kansas | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Robinson | 35 | 8-18 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 8-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Jeff Withey | 34 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Tyshawn Taylor | 37 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Elijah Johnson | 28 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 10-1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Travis Releford | 38 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Conner Teahan | 17 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Kevin Young | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Anthony West | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jordan Juenemann | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Niko Roberts | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Naadir Tharpe | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Christian Garrett | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Merv Lindsay | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Ben McLemore | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Justin Wesley | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jamari Traylor | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 25-56 | 3-11 | 11-14 | 42-12 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 15-0 | 64 | |
| .446 | .273 | .786 | Team Reb: 1 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Jamie Luckie, Tom Eades, Pat Adams
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Officials: - Jamie Luckie, Tom Eades, Pat Adams
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