Category archive: Ohio State Buckeyes
All season, I've been updating my list of the toughest individual matchups in college hoops, and now that we've reached the Sweet 16, I'm looking at the one player in each game the opposing coach will have the toughest time devising a game plan against.
Here are my matchup nightmares for each of the Sweet 16 teams.
South Region
Kansas Jayhawks: Jeff Withey
Michigan is going to have to account for Withey on both ends of the floor Friday night. The Wolverines' defensive game plan needs to be centered on defending KU's high-low action, in which Withey is the key factor, and their offensive game plan needs to focus on pulling him away from the basket to allow for high-percentage looks near the rim.
To read Seth Greenberg's complete list of matchup nightmares for every Sweet 16 team, you must be an ESPN Insider.
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Fran Fraschilla is an analyst for ESPN and was previously the head coach at New Mexico, St. John's and Manhattan.
Joe Lunardi is the resident bracketologist for ESPN.
Seth Greenberg is an analyst for ESPN and was previously the head coach at Virginia Tech, South Florida and Long Beach State.
