Watch Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Penn State Nittany Lions: TV channel, live stream info, start time​

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We've got another exciting Big Ten matchup on schedule as the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions are set to tip at 12:00 p.m. ET on January 20th at Value City Arena. Ohio State is limping into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.

It's hard to win when you make nine fewer threes than your opponent, a fact Ohio State found out the hard way on Monday. They fell 73-65 to the Wolverines. Ohio State has struggled against Michigan recently, as their match on Monday was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Despite the loss, Ohio State had strong showings from Bruce Thornton, who scored 19 points along with six rebounds and three steals, and Felix Okpara, who scored ten points along with nine rebounds and four blocks. Okpara has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last three times he's played.

Ohio State struggled to work together and finished the game with only six assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.

Even though Penn State has not done well against Wisconsin recently (they were 1-9 in their previous ten matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Nittany Lions secured a 87-83 W over the Badgers. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.

Penn State can attribute much of their success to Kanye Clary, who scored 27 points, and Ace Baldwin Jr., who scored 20 points along with five assists. Another player making a difference was Nick Kern Jr., who scored 15 points.

The Buckeyes bumped their record down to 12-5 with that defeat, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for the Nittany Lions, the win got them back to even at 9-9.

Fans should be in for an exciting game on Saturday as the pair are among the highest scoring teams in the league right now. Ohio State hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 76.3 points per game. However, it's not like Penn State struggles in that department as they've been averaging 76.9 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.

Ohio State couldn't quite finish off Penn State in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 and fell 83-80. Will Ohio State have more luck at home instead of on the road?

Penn State (9-9) vs. Ohio State (12-5)​

When: Noon ET Saturday

Where: Value City Arena, Columbus. Ohio

TV: Big Ten Network

Betting line: Ohio State is 10-point favorite, according to DraftKings

Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/pennstat...asketball-ohio-state-buckeyes-big-ten-preview

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Just sayin': Yeah, I know it is against Chattanooga, but still.....

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2025 OH QB Tavien St. Clair
2025 OH OL Carter Lowe
2025 OH OL Jake Cook
2025 OH LB Eli Lee
2025 TX LB Riley Pettijohn
2025 OH WR Bodpegn Miller
2026 CA WR Chris Henry Jr.
2026 CA WR Kayden Dixon-Wyatt
2026 OH WR Jaeden Ricketts
2026 SC WR Donovan Murph
2026 CA DL Shaun Scott
2026 OH DL Jamarcus Whyce
2026 MI LB Nathan Gersh
2026 GA DB Nassir McCoy
2026 OH DB Elbert Hill
2026 OH K/P Jonathan Hewitt
2026 OH DB Victor Singleton
2026 OH ATH Jakob Weatherspoon
2027 OH TE D'Angelo White

Western Michigan (9/7):
2025 OH QB Tavien St. Clair
2025 OH OL Carter Lowe
2025 OH TE Brody Lennon
2025 OH OL Jake Cook
2026 OH OL Sam Greer
2026 NJ DB Jordan Thomas
2026 NJ DL Jermaine Kinsler
2027 IL QB Trae Taylor
2027 OH OL Reed Gerken
2027 OH OL Mason Wilt
2028 FL QB Neimann Lawrence

Marshall (9/21):
2025 OH QB Tavien St. Clair
2025 OK TE Nate Roberts
2025 FL DT Jarquez Carter
2025 OH ATH Chaz Coleman
2026 IL TE Mack Sutter
2026 NY WR Messiah Hampton
2026 OH LB Cincere Johnson
2026 OH LB CJ Sanna
2026 OH DB Jakob Weatherspoon
2026 OH ATH Drew Bellisari
2026 OH RB Anthony McMullen
2026 OH QB Levi Davis
2026 NJ ATH Amari Sabb
2026 MO DL Titan Davis
2027 OH DL Jaiden Davis
2027 MI WR Dakota Guerrant
2027 NJ DB Xavier Sabb

Iowa (10/5):
2025 OH QB Tavien St. Clair
2025 OH WR Bodpegn Miller
2025 OH DB Cody Haddad
2025 OH OL Carter Lowe
2025 OH LB Eli Lee
2025 OH OL Jake Cook
2025 TX DB Devin Sanchez
2025 TX LB Riley Pettijohn
2025 FL LB Tarvos Alford
2025 NJ WR Dezie Jones
2025 NJ DB Deshawn Stewart
2025 NJ WR Quincy Porter
2025 OK TE Nate Roberts
2025 AL DL Zion Grady
2025 NC DL Trajen Odom
2025 IN K Dominic De Freitas
2026 OH OL Will Conroy
2026 OH OL Adam Guthrie
2026 OH OL Maxwell Riley
2026 OH RB Shahn Alston
2026 OH ATH Emoni Smith
2026 OH TE Cooper McCutchan
2026 OH OL Mason Wilhelm
2026 OH DB Kaden Gebhardt
2026 NJ DL Jermaine Kinsler
2026 NJ DB Jordan Thomas
2026 NC DL Rodney Dunham
2026 GA DB Dorian Barney
2026 GA LB Zach Weeks
2026 PA DL Cameron Brickle
2026 IA TE Evan Jacobson
2027 OH WR Jamier Brown
2027 OH WR Brayden Bryant
2027 OH RB Julian Baker
2027 OH DB Darius Dennis
2027 PA DB Larry Moon III
2027 CA QB Brady Edmunds
2027 AL LB Ellis McGaskin
2027 SC ATH Sequel Patterson

Nebraska (10/26):
2025 OH QB Tavien St. Clair
2025 OH WR Bodpegn Miller
2025 OH OL Carter Lowe
2025 OH OL Jake Cook
2025 PA RB Isaiah West
2025 PA DE Zahir Mathis (Official Visit)
2025 GA OL Damola Ajidahun (Official Visit)
2025 LA DL Jahkeem Stewart
2026 OH OL Sam Greer
2026 OH OL Maxwell Riley
2026 OH LB Storm Miller
2026 OH RB Favour Akih
2026 FL TE Corbyn Fordham
2026 AL RB Ja'Michael Jones
2026 MI TE Lincoln Keyes
2026 NC DL Zavion Griffin-Haynes
2026 NC OL J.B. Shabazz
2026 GA WR Ryan Mosley
2027 OH LB Antwoine Higgins Jr.
2027 IL QB Trae Taylor
2027 PA OL Maxwell Hiller
2027 MI WR Dakota Guerrant
2027 NC LB Quinton Cypher
2027 MS RB Mikel Stephen
2027 CA ATH Caden Jones
2028 FL TE Asher Ghioto

Purdue (11/9):
2025 OH QB Tavien St. Clair
2025 AL RB Anthony Rogers (official visit)
2026 VA RB Savion Hiter
2026 FL RB Derrek Cooper
2026 FL OL Da'ron Parks
2026 NJ DL Jermaine Kinsler
2026 NJ DB Jordan Thomas
2027 NY RB Elijah Kimble
2027 FL LB Kaden Henderson

Indiana (11/23):
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2025 OH TE Brody Lennon
2025 OH LB Eli Lee
2025 OH OL Jake Cook
2025 OH WR Bodpegn Miller
2025 CA WR Phillip Bell
2025 GA DB Jordyn Woods (official visit)
2025 MD DB Aydan West (official visit)
2026 OH DB Jakob Weatherspoon
2026 OH DB Elbert Hill
2026 OH LB Cincere Johnson
2026 OH QB Nathan Bernhard
2026 OH DB Amar'e Miller
2026 OH WR Shawn Fishwick
2026 PA QB Gavin Sidwar
2026 TN QB Jared Curtis
2026 IN WR Tayshon Bardo
2026 FL OL Micah Smith
2026 NY WR Messiah Hampton
2026 MI TE Lincoln Watkins
2026 NC DL Zavion Griffin-Haynes
2026 LA DB Blaine Bradford
2026 NJ DB Zaiden McDonald
2026 NV DB Jett Washington
2026 PA DB Joey O'Brien
2026 GA DL Duece Geralds
2026 GA WR Devin Carter
2026 GA TE Jude Cascone
2026 GA LB Tyler Atkinson
2026 CA DL Simote Katoanga
2027 OH DL Jeremiah Nash
2027 MI ATH Anthony Cartwright
2027 TN WR Eli Ferguson

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2025 TX DB Devin Sanchez
2025 FL LB Tarvos Alford
2025 FL DT Jarquez Carter
2025 NJ WR Dezie Jones
2025 NJ WR Quincy Porter
2025 NJ DB Deshawn Stewart
2025 AL DB Na'eem Offord
2025 AL DL Malik Autry
2025 LA DL Jahkeem Stewart (official visit)
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2026 OH OL Sam Greer
2026 OH LB Cincere Johnson
2026 OH TE Brayden Fogle
2026 MS DB Bralan Womack
2026 MD DB Jireh Edwards
2026 MD OL Immanuel Iheanacho
2026 NC DL Zavion Griffin-Haynes
2026 NC WR Brody Keefe
2026 GA LB Anthony Davis
2026 GA DB Dorian Barney
2026 NY WR Messiah Hampton
2026 NC DL Aiden Harris
2026 NC DL Andrew Harris
2026 FL ATH Derrek Cooper
2026 FL DB Jaelen Waters
2026 FL DB Simeon Caldwell
2026 NJ DL Jermaine Kinsler
2026 NJ DB Jordan Thomas
2026 VA OL Darius Gray
2026 TX OL Felix Ojo
2027 OH WR Jamier Brown
2027 MI WR Dakota Guerrant
2027 PA DB Larry Moon III

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OHIO STATE’S 2024 SPRING GAME SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 13​

Ohio State fans’ first opportunity to watch this year’s Buckeyes inside Ohio Stadium will come on April 13.

Per a graphic posted to social media on Tuesday by Ohio State defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Ohio State’s 2024 spring game is set for the second Saturday in April. Ohio State will hold its annual coaches’ clinic leading up to the spring game on April 11 and 12.

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"Ohio State is primed to make a run."

wild card weekend minus cowshits and cheeseheads

Multiple versions of each game

In the spirit of past efforts

Bucks head to that school up north for MLK Day basketball.

Hoping and rooting for the best. Prepared for the worst. Go Bucks.

This is the entire 2013 football season. Another user posted a near-complete 2013 season torrent, but it was missing the Orange Bowl vs Clemson. A user recently shared the Orange Bowl game with me. This torrent is in the same file structure as the other torrent - just with the Orange Bowl game added. I intend to seed this indefinitely. If you find a problem or have a better version of one of the games, let me know and I'll improve the torrent.

Remembering our beloved Jim Tressel expounding on the most important play in football, he declared that it was punting. Not entirely certain where this would go, but where is our next punter? After Mirco fled to Vandy, and looking at my well-thumbed pre-season football mag, there doesn't seem to be a successor that leaps off the page at me. So, given that tOSU will NOT score a touchdown on every play, who's gonna be that guy who 'kicks it away', flips the field, and let's our dominant defense put the squeeze on the opponents offense? Not quite a run-on sentence, but very close. Certainly not in the JT, Sawyer, or Trayveon category, but I'm still a Tressel-guy, so can someone help me out here? Thanks for clearing away the fog and Go Bucks! As my Dad used to say, Ohio State is going to be loaded!

Ohio State -- Michigan

EPA per Play: 0.19 (78th percentile) -- 0.13 (69th percentile)
Success Rate: 53% (93rd) -- 45% (69th)
Yards per Play: 7.05 (80th) -- 5.67 (46th)
EPA per Dropback: 0.26 (74th) -- 0.31 (78th)
EPA per Rush: 0.11 (67th) -- 0.02 (51st)
Yards per Dropback: 9.21 (89th) -- 8.27 (81st)
Explosive Play Rate: 5% (16th) -- 5% (16th)
3rd Down Success Rate: 60% (91st) -- 38% (39th)
Red Zone Success Rate: 88% (95th) -- 33% (31st)

Alabama -- Michigan

EPA per Play: -0.18 (19th percentile) -- 0.16 (74th percentile)
Success Rate: 44% (65th) -- 37% (32nd)
Yards per Play: 4.36 (13th) -- 5.53 (43rd)
EPA per Dropback: -0.42 (11th) -- 0.29 (76th)
EPA per Rush: 0.01 (49th) -- 0.04 (55th)
Yards per Dropback: 4.00 (16th) -- 7.89 (77th)
Explosive Play Rate: 5% (16th) -- 7% (36th)
3rd Down Success Rate: 29% (16th) -- 27% (14th)
Red Zone Success Rate: 38% (44th) -- 57% (78th)

Washington -- Michigan

EPA per Play: -0.24 (12th percentile) -- 0.12 (67th percentile)
Success Rate: 34% (19th) -- 37% (30th)
Yards per Play: 5.59 (45th) -- 7.77 (91st)
EPA per Dropback: -0.29 (19th) -- -0.23 (24th)
EPA per Rush: -0.12 (30th) -- 0.32 (90th)
Yards per Dropback: 4.90 (29th) -- 7.00 (65th)
Explosive Play Rate: 3% (4th) -- 11% (78th)
3rd Down Success Rate: 26% (13th) -- 9% (1st)
Red Zone Success Rate: 27% (23rd) -- 36% (39th)

Ohio State far and away outplayed both Alabama and Washington against Michigan, and unlike them they did it in Ann Arbor.

'Irrelevant Bowl' between college football's two worst teams has 'no chance' to receive waiver, per report​

It's unlikely that a Southern California-based promoter's bowl game proposal will become a reality​

A bowl game featuring the two worst teams in college football? That's exactly what a Southern California-based promoter wants to see happen in 2024, though sources told the Action Network's Brett McMurphy there is "no chance" the NCAA would issue the necessary waiver allowing for a proposed "Irrelevant Bowl."

Proposed by Newport Beach, California-based promoter Roy Englebrecht, the bowl game would feature a pair of college football teams that are either winless or close to it. Cities would put in bids within the first quarter of the year to host the "Irrelevant Bowl," according to the release. The city selected as the host site would retain all event revenue, including ticket sales, concessions and parking fees.

"No polls, no rankings, no controversy, just two winless or near winless teams looking for redemption and one elusive win," Englebrecht said in a press release. "Knowing that the NCAA has become more flexible with the number of team's wins to qualify for a bowl, I will petition the NCAA asking them to grant a waiver in 2024 so that two teams would be eligible to play in the inaugural Irrelevant Bowl."

While the proposed bowl game would provide a postseason opportunity for two teams who would otherwise be nowhere close to the six-win bowl eligibility mark, it immediately poses questions about the integrity of competition. As one source told Action Network, "a conference or team is not going to mock itself for going 1-11 or 2-10."

Just sayin': Probably one of the worst ideas (concerning the NCAA) ever. There will be no "Irrelevant Bowl" in 2024. Nobody would care who wins and/or watch it on TV and I doubt that very many of either team's fanbases would pay thousands of dollars traveling to the site to watch their "loser team" play another game.

College Football Top 133 Team Rankings for 2023 (After Week 14)​

132. ULM
133. Kent State

How interested would you have been in seeing Kent State vs ULM in a bowl game this past season?

OHIO STATE’S CORNERBACK UNIT BUILT TO BE BEST IN AMERICA IN 2024, ELITE FOR YEARS TO COME​

Going into the 2023 season, Tim Walton had reason to ponder whether Ohio State’s secondary really deserved to call itself the Best In America.

Ohio State’s defensive backs have proudly used “BIA” as a moniker for the past decade, but the Buckeyes’ secondary play was far from that standard from 2020-22.

Ohio State finished 122nd in the FBS in passing yards allowed per game in 2020, 96th in 2021 and 26th in 2022. So, while the Buckeyes’ secondary improved in Walton’s first year on the job in 2022, he knew the BIA standard was something Ohio State had to earn back this past season.

“The Best in America, that’s a big statement. I think we had that going for a while. I think we gotta get that back,” Walton said in a “Tradition Talk” video posted by Ohio State last June. “Get that standard back to where it used to be, man, where we have first-round draft picks, first-team All-Americans, first-team All-Big Tens, guys up for the Thorpe Award, things like that. That’s to me the standard of BIA, the absolute Best in America.”

Half a year later, it no longer feels like a stretch for Ohio State’s defensive backs – particularly its cornerbacks, the position Walton primarily coaches – to call themselves BIA once again.

Statistically, Ohio State’s pass defense was the Best in America in 2023, leading the nation in passing yards allowed per game (145.9) and passing yards allowed per attempt (5.0). Those efforts were led by elite secondary play, particularly from the starting cornerback trio of Denzel Burke, Davison Igbinosun and Jordan Hancock, who consistently covered up opposing receivers and made it difficult for opponents to pass the ball all year long.

Ohio State has every reason to believe it should have the best cornerback unit in America once again in 2024, as it now knows that it will have all three of those starting cornerbacks back. While Burke could have been an early-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft and Hancock played well enough in his first year as a starter to get himself drafted, both of them announced Wednesday that they would stay at Ohio State for their senior seasons. Igbinosun, who joined the Buckeyes via the transfer portal in 2023, is not yet draft-eligible and is entering his junior season.

After three years of substandard play at the position, Ohio State’s cornerbacks were arguably the team’s best unit in 2023, finishing the year with three of the team’s 12 best players. Burke bounced back from an injury-plagued 2022 season to become one of the nation’s top cover men in his third year as a starter. Igbinosun was a clear upgrade opposite Burke, providing physical coverage and excellent run support all season as Ohio State’s No. 2 cornerback. Hancock didn’t become a starter until midyear, when the Buckeyes moved to a three-cornerback lineup instead of starting Sonny Styles as a nickel safety, but he emerged as an excellent slot cornerback and one of Ohio State’s top defensive playmakers down the stretch of the season.

With Burke now set to be a rare fourth-year starter at Ohio State, Igbinosun having a full year of experience as a Buckeye under his belt, and Hancock now entrenched as a full-time starter, Ohio State’s cornerbacks should be even better in 2024, setting the foundation for the Buckeyes to have an elite defense.

“We’ll be the No. 1 defense coming into next year,” Burke said before the Cotton Bowl when asked about the defense’s potential if he returned to Columbus. “There’s a lot of guys that have played a lot of ball. Honestly, it would look scary.”
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OHIO STATE HIRES FORMER INDIANA CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, OSU SENIOR ADVISOR AND ANALYST MATT GUERRIERI AS SAFETIES COACH​

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A familiar face is back to coach safeties for Ohio State's defense.

Matt Guerrieri, who served as a senior advisor and analyst for the Buckeyes in 2022 before a year as Indiana's co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach, is back to replace the recently fired Perry Eliano. Ohio State officially announced Guerrieri’s hiring on Wednesday.

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Guerrieri has coached alongside Knowles for seven seasons between their time together at Duke and his year as an OSU analyst.

“He’s been everything,” Guerrieri said of Knowles in a September interview with Eleven Warriors. “I didn't know anybody in coaching, so I worked as many camps as I possibly could, and one of the camps that I worked was Duke’s camp. ... I just worked the camp with him, that's how I got to know him, on a Saturday in the middle of June. And anyways, built a relationship with him, was fortunate to shortly after that interview for a GA job there, and was fortunate to get that and then our relationship kind of took off from there. So since I've been with him, he put his arm around me and mentored me, and on and off the field, he's been a huge influence on my life.”

“HE PUT HIS ARM AROUND ME AND MENTORED ME, AND ON AND OFF THE FIELD, HE'S BEEN A HUGE INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE.”– MATT GUERRIERI ON JIM KNOWLES' INFLUENCE ON HIM



Matt Guerrieri
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(Pronounced: gurr-AIR-ee)

Guerrieri, the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Indiana in 2023, has Ohio and Ohio State ties. He is from Willoughby Hills, Ohio and is a graduate of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School, and he spent the 2022 season in Columbus as Ohio State’s senior advisor and analyst on defense. He has a seven-year history with Buckeye defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, stretching back to 2012 when the pair first worked together at Duke University.

Guerrieri has extensive experience – eight years – coaching safeties. He was a graduate assistant for three seasons at Duke before being named safeties coach prior to the 2015 season. He coached safeties for the Blue Devils from 2015-21 and, when Knowles left Duke after the 2017 season to go to Oklahoma State, Guerrieri became the team’s co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the next four seasons (2018-21).

While at Duke, Guerrieri was one of three finalists for the 2020 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Assistant Coach of the Year award, a nominee for the 2018 Broyles Award, and one of 247Sports’ Top 30 Coaches Under 30 in both 2018 and 2019. He mentored All-American Jeremy Cash and five additional all-conference honorees. Cash, the 2015 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, was also a finalist for the Nagurski Trophy, Thorpe Award and the Lott IMPACT Trophy.

Guerrieri also coached at Duke Michael Carter II, a fifth-round NFL Draft pick who has played in 47 games and started 20 times the past three seasons for the New York Jets.

Before joining the Blue Devils, Guerrieri spent the 2011 season as a defensive graduate assistant at Lenoir-Rhyne University, where he helped coach the secondary and the outside linebackers.

Guerrieri was a three-year letterman at Davidson College and a starting safety for the Wildcats. He was a senior captain and a three-time All-Pioneer Football League honor roll selection. He graduated from Davidson in 2011 with a degree in sociology. He earned his master's degree in Christian studies from Duke in 2014.

Guerrieri is married to the former Alex Thompson, from Asheville, N.C. The couple has two young sons, James and Max.

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PRESSER BULLETS: WISCONSIN “AS GOOD AND AS DEEP” AS CHRIS HOLTMANN HAS SEEN IT BE, FELIX OKPARA FEELS ADDED SIZE HAS HELPED WITH REBOUNDING​

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• A variety of players will guard star Wisconsin small forward AJ Storr, Holtmann said.
• Roddy Gayle Jr. needs to take a step in managing the offense when the ball is in his hands, Holtmann said. "It's decision-making combined with his ball skills growing and getting better. ... He's gotta make some corrections in terms of simplifying his attack, reading situations better."
• More on Gayle: "He needs to be more consistent. ... We need that from Roddy, we need to that to experience the kind of growth that he wants to experience."
• On Felix Okpara and whether his effort stood out where Ohio State's defense might have fallen short as a whole against Indiana: "He's got real gifts and we're different defensively when he's on the floor. ... It's gotta be a team effort, and I think we were good at times but not good enough. But at the end of the day, it was really turnovers that got us in that game."
• Gayle's also had difficulties now that teams have more film on him, Holtmann said. "His minutes weren't as consistent until the end of the year (last year). ... Now that's changed. Now there's more film on you, there's more tendencies. That's changed, so he needs to adjust."
• On Wisconsin: "I think it's probably as deep and as talented of a Wisconsin team as we've seen. ... They have a number of guys. The addition of a couple of freshmen has helped them."
• On Badger forward Tyler Wahl: "Really tough, tremendous motor and really smart."
• Wisconsin can be a threat from the perimeter, though Holtmann sees their attack as balanced overall. "We just need to have great awareness, they have a number of guys that can make shots."
• With Gayle and star point guard Bruce Thornton combining to shoot 7-of-34 against Indiana, Holtmann wanted to see other players step up. "We really needed to be a little better collectively across the board when two of your top players aren't shooting well and one is struggling."
• Devin Royal has missed time with an illness, but Holtmann said that he's recovering well and that it "thankfully" hasn't spread to other players yet.