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Two-Minute Drill: Holtmann, Buckeyes Preview Northwestern
Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann and Buckeyes CJ Jackson and Kyle Young spoke with reporters on Tuesday to preview their game Wednesday night against Northwestern.
Ohio State hosts the Wildcats for an 8:30 pm tip-off on BTN.
Here are the highlights of what Holtmann and his players had to say.
Chris Holtmann
+ Northwestern has a veteran group of talented players. The team is disciplined on both offense and defense. They added some graduate transfers who have helped them. They have also had some young guys step up and contribute.
+ “It’ll be a typical Big Ten game. It’ll be a grind and we’ll have to play well.”
+ OSU is always trying to score in transition. They try to score in the first 7 or 8 seconds of the clock. But depending on how fast your team is and how fast your bigs are and how good your finishers are, it fluctuates.
+ They have talked about pulling back on transition attempts because they aren’t finishing well this year. “The make up of our team isn’t guys like [Jae’Sean Tate].” If there is an opportunity and an advantage, he’s never going to ask them to pull the ball back. It goes against who he is to tell his guys to back it out on a numbers advantage.
+ What Holtmann loves about CJ Jackson is “that he really cares about the team. He cares about Ohio State winning. Out of that comes a lot of really good stuff.” Holtmann does also wish he could be more assertive and be more demonstrative in his leadership.
+ It would have certainly helped to have a healthy CJ Jackson in the second half against Michigan State, on both ends. MSU did a good job of attacking the young guards defensively. They also missed Jackson’s ability to hit big shots.
+ Jackson has had moments where he has really, really helped the team, and moments where he has struggled. But most of the time, you’re going to rely on your older guys to get the job done.
+ Holtmann believes the wear and tear of the season has worn a bit on Kaleb Wesson. “It’s hard for a guy who is that big.” Wesson has worked hard to improve his fitness and they will continue to “keep our thumb on that.”
+ Northwestern generally starts two bigs and they are physical. Wesson will have to fight. These are veterans he’ll be battling against.
+ Shooting this time of year is a lot of times about confidence. Holtmann coaches “the quality of the shot” and eventually the shots should start falling. Players work on shots and sometimes they’re just not falling. What you can control is the shot quality. The shot quality has been good “for the most part” this season. It has improved with certain guys, but overall it has been pretty good.
+ “The dog days of February” can often take its toll on freshmen, which it may be doing with Luther Muhammad and Duane Washington. They have played about a season and a half compared to high school basketball, so there is going to be fatigue. They feel it as a team when Muhammad struggles.
+ Holtmann doesn’t know what the benefit would be of talking to his team about the NCAA Tournament right now. They need to limit turnovers against Northwestern and be in a positive frame of mind. The focus is on preparing today to be better tomorrow. “It sounds boring. I’m okay with that.”
+ On Muhammad: “I’m sure he’s frustrated” with his shots not falling. What Muhammad needs to stay focused on is doing things to help the team win on both sides of the ball. You have to fight the frustration and figure out what you can do to impact the game.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2019/02/holtmann-buckeyes-preview-northwestern/
Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann and Buckeyes CJ Jackson and Kyle Young spoke with reporters on Tuesday to preview their game Wednesday night against Northwestern.
Ohio State hosts the Wildcats for an 8:30 pm tip-off on BTN.
Here are the highlights of what Holtmann and his players had to say.
Chris Holtmann
+ Northwestern has a veteran group of talented players. The team is disciplined on both offense and defense. They added some graduate transfers who have helped them. They have also had some young guys step up and contribute.
+ “It’ll be a typical Big Ten game. It’ll be a grind and we’ll have to play well.”
+ OSU is always trying to score in transition. They try to score in the first 7 or 8 seconds of the clock. But depending on how fast your team is and how fast your bigs are and how good your finishers are, it fluctuates.
+ They have talked about pulling back on transition attempts because they aren’t finishing well this year. “The make up of our team isn’t guys like [Jae’Sean Tate].” If there is an opportunity and an advantage, he’s never going to ask them to pull the ball back. It goes against who he is to tell his guys to back it out on a numbers advantage.
+ What Holtmann loves about CJ Jackson is “that he really cares about the team. He cares about Ohio State winning. Out of that comes a lot of really good stuff.” Holtmann does also wish he could be more assertive and be more demonstrative in his leadership.
+ It would have certainly helped to have a healthy CJ Jackson in the second half against Michigan State, on both ends. MSU did a good job of attacking the young guards defensively. They also missed Jackson’s ability to hit big shots.
+ Jackson has had moments where he has really, really helped the team, and moments where he has struggled. But most of the time, you’re going to rely on your older guys to get the job done.
+ Holtmann believes the wear and tear of the season has worn a bit on Kaleb Wesson. “It’s hard for a guy who is that big.” Wesson has worked hard to improve his fitness and they will continue to “keep our thumb on that.”
+ Northwestern generally starts two bigs and they are physical. Wesson will have to fight. These are veterans he’ll be battling against.
+ Shooting this time of year is a lot of times about confidence. Holtmann coaches “the quality of the shot” and eventually the shots should start falling. Players work on shots and sometimes they’re just not falling. What you can control is the shot quality. The shot quality has been good “for the most part” this season. It has improved with certain guys, but overall it has been pretty good.
+ “The dog days of February” can often take its toll on freshmen, which it may be doing with Luther Muhammad and Duane Washington. They have played about a season and a half compared to high school basketball, so there is going to be fatigue. They feel it as a team when Muhammad struggles.
+ Holtmann doesn’t know what the benefit would be of talking to his team about the NCAA Tournament right now. They need to limit turnovers against Northwestern and be in a positive frame of mind. The focus is on preparing today to be better tomorrow. “It sounds boring. I’m okay with that.”
+ On Muhammad: “I’m sure he’s frustrated” with his shots not falling. What Muhammad needs to stay focused on is doing things to help the team win on both sides of the ball. You have to fight the frustration and figure out what you can do to impact the game.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2019/02/holtmann-buckeyes-preview-northwestern/
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Oh God! Now if we get beat we have to go around saying we were beat by a bunch of Nerds! How Embarassing........
Favored by 7 and really scared.
Favored by 7 and really scared.
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ShowMeBuck
You know what? Chicken butt.
Bucks by 12.
We see a loose and energized squad looking to have fun. It’s not about making the tourney right now, it’s just about letting the game flow and having fun and the boys pull that together tonight. That’s my call.
We see a loose and energized squad looking to have fun. It’s not about making the tourney right now, it’s just about letting the game flow and having fun and the boys pull that together tonight. That’s my call.
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OhioState001
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What the heck has Muhammad been doing on offense the last few games?
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OHSportsFan
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3-2 Wildcats going into the bottom of the 2nd inning.
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Fungo Squiggly
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Pull up the boxscore. Down 3-2 6 minutes in. Close box score.
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OHSportsFan
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It’s almost like they are trying to dribble into worse shots
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