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I get it. But even on the West Coast there were a couple games & they do give you the schedule in advance. I personally went to two, one at home and one not at home. I'm sure many of us would go to more games if we were liking the product more.

Interesting point. @buckeyemania11 how many games did you attend this season?

That's funny, of the three I get the sense most fans feel Royal will be hardest to retain. Thompson is coming and he best fits at SF, which is where Royal wants to play.

Not hard if you pay a lot. If you don’t pay, you don't get helpful bench players. For OSU it's almost as if they have to have their bench being high school recruits they're trying to develop. The portal should be used for adding starters & emergency depth.

AJ Dybantsa was one of the premier freshmen in the country, is projected to be a high lottery pick, scored 35 against Texas, and BYU still struggled to keep up with Texas. Hmm.

BYU sent packing in the Round of 64 in spite of spending countless millions on NIL, including winning a bidding war for Kennard Davis Jr (who, while a starter, was not even one of their top players).

Yeah, the bench this year did not really come out to be what the team needed. Chatman proved capable at times, although he did not play well in the postseason. Of course Noel missed almost the entire B1G season and by the time he came back he was basically out of the gameplan - even so, his...

Yeah, the losses in the portal last season obviously have to impact your grade of the team. The fact is they didn't land top targets like Williams, Swain or Davis Jr. Basically, it seemed like any transfer that other high majors really wanted didn't come to OSU. With the understanding that...

I think in hindsight, much of Punch's confidence & comment was based on the expectation of matching up against Tilly. He owned Tilly in this game & OSU played right into his hands by not changing the lineup more.

I mean, it's not even something you had to adjust on the fly. I said before the game, this looked like a game where a Devin Royal small ball lineup would work. I don't know if that's a coaching decision or it may be they made promises to Royal that he would play the 3 this season and didn't...

Yeah, that's what worries me the most, NIL. The best players are expensive, and I don't think OSU is going to provide NIL that allows for them to get those types of players. So the coaches have to outsmart the competition - you could say maybe they did that with Amare Bynum, but no one else...

Alright. The season is over. Would you say the overall performance was below, met, or exceeded expectations? I would say this was a "meets expectations" season based on preseason projections, but certainly you'd like to have seen a little more success. Ideally, you get a couple real assets in...

IMO it was a strategic error to play Tilly 31 minutes in this game. TCU is not a big team, they played bigger than their size but this was the textbook example of a team you can play with a small ball lineup against. OSU went on a huge run when Tilly was on the bench in the second half, then...

We definitely need a strong portal season. There's potential for a good core group coming back, and when you add in Thompson, they have the makings of a decent team, but it's really easy to slip and take a step back if they make the wrong choices. They need to add at least two big-time...

Tilly should have been a backup at OSU, as he obviously is the type of player that is not capable of consistent success at the highest level in college basketball. He had a skillset that fit, just not the strength and athleticism to excel when the going got tough. Moving towards next season...

For sure. They need some dawgs, no more puppies.

You gotta blame Diebler for that game, right? Jon was there ...

Tilly was really not what the team needed this last offseason, but they clearly had ZERO NIL funds to spend on the team last offseason. Some of the team's struggles today can be traced back to not having invested in Big Ten-caliber depth and talent last spring. Again, TCU is a system team, it...

They bought from the bargain basement clearance rack for NIL last offseason and paid a price in terms of quality. I say let's give him a chance with real NIL funds for the portal before we write him off.

Thank you, Bruce. Forever a Buckeye Legend. :oh::io: