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OHIO STATE'S POSTSEASON AWARDS SIGNIFY CHRIS HOLTMANN'S PROGRAM IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
When Chris Holtmann took the Ohio State job in June, the expectations, at least from outside of the program, were low.
Less than a year later, the Buckeyes not only finished second in the Big Ten, but took home a number of conference awards on Monday. Keita Bates-Diop was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, while Holtmann earned conference coach of the year, as Ohio State claimed the top two individual awards of the Big Ten postseason.
Not only did Bates-Diop and Holtmann come out on top of the conference award lists, Jae'Sean Tate and Kaleb Wesson also earned Big Ten honors, as they were named to the second-team and All-Freshman lists respectively.
Finishing second in the league and with the top coach and player in the Big Ten, the Buckeyes are clearly ahead of schedule from where most expected them to be just months ago, even by Holtmann's earliest estimations.
"We felt like potentially we could get to some type of postseason, whether it be NIT or if things went really well for us with some of the older guys, (the NCAA Tournament)," Holtmann said. "We also felt like we had some work to do in recruiting in the classes behind these guys just in terms of depth and numbers. I think what it says is that we are off to a good start. It affirms, or validates maybe in their mind, what we have been preaching. Not only are there great team accomplishments, but along with any kind of team accomplishments come exciting individual acknowledgements as well."
The crazy part of this season for Ohio State is that there is even more to accomplish. The Buckeyes sit at No. 2 in the Big Ten Tournament seeding and will take on the winner of the No. 7 Penn State and No. 10 Northwestern matchup after a double-bye. To show how far Holtmann has brought the program, the Buckeyes fell in the first game of the tournament a year ago, losing the No. 11 vs. No. 14 matchup to Rutgers, which ultimately ended their season.
Bates-Diop, who did not play but was in attendance for that game, said the loss is still fresh in the minds of the Buckeyes, who don't want to be one-and-done for a second straight year.
"It definitely sticks in our mind because that was the last experience we had in the tournament. First day, first round against Rutgers," Bates-Diop said. "I didn't get to play, but I watched the whole thing unfold. It was rough. It was hard and I don't want to experience that again."
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-chris-holtmanns-program-is-ahead-of-schedule
When Chris Holtmann took the Ohio State job in June, the expectations, at least from outside of the program, were low.
Less than a year later, the Buckeyes not only finished second in the Big Ten, but took home a number of conference awards on Monday. Keita Bates-Diop was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, while Holtmann earned conference coach of the year, as Ohio State claimed the top two individual awards of the Big Ten postseason.
Not only did Bates-Diop and Holtmann come out on top of the conference award lists, Jae'Sean Tate and Kaleb Wesson also earned Big Ten honors, as they were named to the second-team and All-Freshman lists respectively.
Finishing second in the league and with the top coach and player in the Big Ten, the Buckeyes are clearly ahead of schedule from where most expected them to be just months ago, even by Holtmann's earliest estimations.
"We felt like potentially we could get to some type of postseason, whether it be NIT or if things went really well for us with some of the older guys, (the NCAA Tournament)," Holtmann said. "We also felt like we had some work to do in recruiting in the classes behind these guys just in terms of depth and numbers. I think what it says is that we are off to a good start. It affirms, or validates maybe in their mind, what we have been preaching. Not only are there great team accomplishments, but along with any kind of team accomplishments come exciting individual acknowledgements as well."
The crazy part of this season for Ohio State is that there is even more to accomplish. The Buckeyes sit at No. 2 in the Big Ten Tournament seeding and will take on the winner of the No. 7 Penn State and No. 10 Northwestern matchup after a double-bye. To show how far Holtmann has brought the program, the Buckeyes fell in the first game of the tournament a year ago, losing the No. 11 vs. No. 14 matchup to Rutgers, which ultimately ended their season.
Bates-Diop, who did not play but was in attendance for that game, said the loss is still fresh in the minds of the Buckeyes, who don't want to be one-and-done for a second straight year.
"It definitely sticks in our mind because that was the last experience we had in the tournament. First day, first round against Rutgers," Bates-Diop said. "I didn't get to play, but I watched the whole thing unfold. It was rough. It was hard and I don't want to experience that again."
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-chris-holtmanns-program-is-ahead-of-schedule
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OhioState001
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Please just win 1 game in the tournament. Don't screw this up
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OhioState001
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We are going to be the hot upset pick. We are going to be a 5 seed and everyone is going to call us out as the 5/12 upset. Just warning everyone. Hopefully this team can play with energy for 40 minutes.
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Jake
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Tonight sucked, but in about 2 weeks it's a new season. The Bucks are going dancing - didn't expect I'd type that this season - and everyone starts with a clean slate.
It's all gravy at this point, and I like gravy. Go Bucks!
It's all gravy at this point, and I like gravy. Go Bucks!
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buckeyesin07
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
With the way the season ended (2-3 in the last 5 games, early exit in the BTT), I think the committee will knock us down a peg or 2. I expect they'll have us as a 6-seed.
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OhioState001
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It's possible. Lunardi has us a 4 seed currently (Kentucky is the 5 which would be fun) and Bracket Matrix has us as a 5
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buckeyesin07
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
Yeah, I saw that this morning, and was very surprised he (Lunardi) still had us at a 4 after Friday's loss. Jerry Palm has us as a 5, and we're still 16 in Ken Pom. All of those suggest a better than 6-seed. The only place we've gotten crushed from Friday's loss is on the RPI, where we're #25. I just have a feeling the committee doesn't really believe in this OSU team, and will seed it accordingly--again, a seed or two below what the pundits are saying.
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Today Lunardi has us as a 5 going against Middle Tennessee in round 1, thats a matchup I would not want to see to kick things off
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