Nice article (that's really worth reading) on a past head coach:

HAROLD OLSEN BUILT OHIO STATE BASKETBALL INTO A CONTENDER DURING HIS 24-YEAR TENURE AS BUCKEYES’ COACH​

As the final weekend of the 2024 NCAA Tournament begins, we take a look back at Harold Olsen, Ohio State’s longest-tenured basketball coach ever and the first to lead the Buckeyes to sustained success.

After guiding Ohio State to a 53-46 drubbing over heavily favored Northwestern to clinch the Big Ten championship in 1946, the triumphant Harold G. “Oley” Olsen told reporters that his squad performed at “near perfection” and that he “was never any prouder of any ball club I’ve been connected with.”

It was arguably Ohio State’s greatest hardcourt victory to that point and it happened in front of an overflow crowd of 22,822 in the old Chicago Stadium, the largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game at the time. It secured an unprecedented third consecutive bid to the NCAA tournament for OSU and capped what was unquestionably the most successful three-year run in Buckeye basketball history to that point.

Olsen called the upset the “highlight” of his coaching career. And then, as classes began in the fall, Oley abruptly resigned from a job that he’d held for 24 years.

Olsen took what had been a markedly mediocre program and built it into a nationally respected enterprise. Yet, despite a reputation that made him a part of the charter class of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame alongside some of the game’s greatest luminaries, Olsen’s name is all but forgotten from Ohio State’s hardcourt lore.

Olsen was hired in 1923 to transform Ohio State into a consistent contender. Buckeye cagers struggled during their first decade in the Big Ten, where they managed to win only 34 of their 103 games.

He was a two-time all-conference player at Wisconsin and led the Badgers to two conference championships. He was a disciple of coach Walter Meanwell, whose innovative concepts set basketball in motion in a way it hadn’t ever been before. In the “Wisconsin System,” players moved in criss-crossing patterns using screens to open the floor. As a coach, Olsen’s Ohio State teams posted a .570 winning percentage using the same offense.

TALENT EVALUATOR​

Columbus Dispatch sports editor Russ Needham said Olsen’s greatest gift was “recognizing latent talent in a flash, and the added skill of developing it to the utmost.” Needham pointed to Mel Shaw and Johnny Miner, two players who were cut during tryouts under Olsen’s predecessor. Shaw was “discovered” during spring open-gym workouts Olsen had introduced. Miner caught Oley’s eye while playing in an intramural game in the old Armory.



The 5’8” Miner led the Buckeyes to their first conference title in 1925. Local scribes dubbed him “the Chic Harley of Buckeye basketball” after overflow crowds filled the Fairgrounds Coliseum to watch OSU’s first All-American cager.

Ohio State became more competitive under Olsen, and his teams excelled when he had a roster laden with gifted athletes. If one of those athletes was a talented center, the Buckeyes were competing for championship rings.

The 1925 team was bolstered by a dominant big man named Harold “Cookie” Cunningham. A native of Mount Vernon, Cunningham was such a gifted athlete that he played both basketball and football professionally after leaving OSU.

The career of Wilmer “Bill” Hosket, Sr. may best illustrate how much better Oley’s teams fared with a top-notch man in the pivot. The Buckeyes thrived when the Dayton Stivers product was in the starting quintet. Unfortunately, eligibility issues cut short both his sophomore and senior seasons and those teams finished 9-9 and 8-12. During the 1932-33 season, his junior year, he was able to overcome his academic struggles and the Buckeyes finished 17-3 and won the Big Ten crown.
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Harold G. Olsen
Born: May 12, 1895
Coached at Ohio State: 1922 thru 1946
In 1922, Olsen followed George Trautman as head coach of the Ohio State University. In 24 years he guided the Buckeyes to a 259–197 record, as well as five Big Ten championships (1925, 1933, 1939, 1944, 1946). He served as a chair on the NCAA Basketball Committee. Olsen helped initiate the 10-second rule in 1937, which requires teams to advance the ball over the center line within 10 seconds of gaining possession. In 1939, Olsen spearheaded efforts to create the NCAA postseason national playoffs, now known as the NCAA tournament, one that could compete with the National Invitational Tournament, which started play in 1938 with games hosted at Madison Square Garden in New York. The first NCAA tournament in 1939 saw Northwestern University host eight teams. Oregon beat Ohio State to become the first tournament champion in a format that has expanded several times to go with its popularity as the premier tournament for college basketball.

Died: October 29, 1953

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OHSAA SPORTS REMOVES 7-ON-7 RESTRICTIONS FOR OHIO ATHLETES, NOW PERMITS COMPETITION BEFORE AND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASONS​

Amid a debate that has gone on for years in Ohio high school football circles, the Ohio High School Athletic Association is lifting 7-on-7 restrictions for Ohio prep athletes.

On Friday, the OHSAA announced 7-on-7 competition is now permitted any time before or after a high school athlete's football season with the exception of a 28-day no-contact window after their prep season ends.

Under previous guidelines, 7-on-7 competitions were not permitted until May 15. The OHSAA Board of Directors unanimously approved the change.

“We have been talking about the football 7-on-7 regulation for some time and we believe that football should be treated the same as our other team sports, essentially allowing football athletes the same opportunities as their peers in other team sports,” OHSAA executive director Doug Ute said in a statement. “Most other states already allow it, so there have been a growing number of situations when Ohio student-athletes have had to pass up opportunities in the winter and spring due to our regulations. We want to stress that hitting is still not permitted in the off-season, but this change expands what football players can do outside the season.”
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Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

Imagine a baby with Canseco and Manziel genes?

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Cray cray?

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If you never open them then they last forever.

TEAM COLLEGE BASKETBALL POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT, COLLEGE BASKETBALL CROWN, THAT WILL INCLUDE BIG TEN TEAMS​

FOX Sports will soon provide an extra postseason destination for teams that don’t make the NCAA Tournament.

This week, the network and its partner, AEG, announced their creation of the College Basketball Crown, a 16-team postseason tournament that will start in 2025.

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According to FOX Sports’ press release, the 16-team, single-elimination bracket will feature teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, and Big East and include other at-large bids. Two teams from each of the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East will receive automatic bids into the tournament, which is positioned to be a competitor to the NIT.
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MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will host the tournament. As of now, it is unclear if the new tournament will affect the selection process for the NIT.

“The Big Ten Conference looks forward to competing in the inaugural College Basketball Crown,” Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said in a statement. “It is sure to be an exciting post-season opportunity for our student-athletes, coaches and fans across the country.”

BuckBackHome said:

Completely on brand for him, which means he will go wherever he gets the biggest paycheck.

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I will admit, I watched it, and it was a pretty good talk

DZ83CK said:

Yeah, Scotty played well. I will say what we saw of his game at OSU was pretty limited to basically catch & shoot stuff, he was very good at it, but I doubt his role was going to expand much this upcoming season & perhaps he wanted a larger role. Plus, the family emergency in Miami might be real, so let's not ignore that completely. Also, no top-50 recruit wants to come off the bench, and it's exceedingly common for guys to transfer when their coach is fired. I don't put this transfer on Diebler at all. Honestly, with so many guys transferring in college basketball - well over 1,000 per year - as long as the whole team's not in the portal, I'm not raising an eyebrow.

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Definitely don't blame Diebler at all, but on transfers my two categories are "bummer" or "best of luck". Middleton and Gayle falls in the bummer category, whereas Hardman lands in the best of luck category. Getting Meechie helps temporarily negate Middleton leaving. But as you said, firing your coach almost guarantees some transfers now, so I can't say I'm surprised.

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No surprise

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Assistant coach Brandon Bailey leaving Ohio State for DePaul after one year​

After one year at Ohio State, assistant coach Brandon Bailey is leaving for a job at DePaul, a source said.

The move takes him back to his alma mater and also reunites him with Chris Holtmann, who hired him to be his defensive coach during the summer of 2023. A Chicago native, Bailey graduated from DePaul in 2009 with a degree in sociology and also started his coaching career there as a graduate assistant.

On3 and Rivals have him incorrectly to Oregon.

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Of course Georgia's Noah Thomasson lays an egg vs Seton Hall, going 0-5 in the first half after scoring 21 at OSU.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Sorry for your loss

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Everyone else had UCONN
I like being on the limb

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Thank you so much!

Absolutely FIRE

And it starts…..

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Bill Lucas said:

Let's get this money? Wrong kid for Ohio State putting it out there like that.

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Quick, don't look at literally any player on the roster.

buckeyebri said:

I have to believe someone leaves after Spring ball when things become a bit clearer. Who leaves wil be interesting.

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It could be no one oldly enough. With the Noises Brown is making the last 6 months he seems the type to fight to the bitter end. I guess maybe Kienholtz if one or both of the frosh pass him. But if someone doesn't leave this year I expect someone to leave next year after that battle is settled.