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2024-2025 Ohio State Men's Basketball

Honest debate here, should we just decline playing in the NIT? I seriously think we might get bounced early and look even worse to recruits than we already do, plus the NIT is a joke and provides no value if we win it. There may be the argument to develop guys that are returning but we could just practice instead right? Being serious in saying that is an embarrassing look for a program like OSU to keep returning to the NIT and it may be a better look to just not play in it.
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Jake Diebler (Head Coach)

That’s an interesting question. They lost a number of games down the stretch. Did the team quit or did they just not have the horses.

I think more disappointing is they seemed like they were the same team as last year and no real improvement was made. No offensive identity, lack of rebounding, lose close games.

On top of that they got shellacked in a few games where I would say they did quit on him.
The loss to NW game would be the one I would refer to specifically on that category. There has to be a ton of improvement next season or he's out. Problem is that we don't have a ton of talent returning and the incoming recruiting class is thin on numbers, so I just don't see it happening unless we kill it in the portal. Even if we return the entire team, we return a a team that was barely above .500. Bottom line is that I don't see this working out absent a miracle next season.
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2024-2025 College Basketball General Discussion

Plus their fans pay money and they travel well. Thats the main reason. $$$$
I know I'm kind of reversing myself here, but once you get to at-large teams on the bubble, there's a decent argument for picking teams based on viewer interest. It's not like any of them are going to affect who the eventual champion is anyway. What's the point of a game that nobody will watch and will have no impact on the tournament?
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