#15 Oral Roberts vs #2 tOSU, Fri 3 ET on CBS

[HenryMuto]

March Madness is a lot of fun.....until it isn't.

No doubt man. It makes watching the rest of the tournament rough especially when you have a team you really believe can make at least the Elite 8 and possibly the Final 4.

It's one thing if your a 7 or 10 seed or something like some years past but this was supposed to be our year. At least Elite 8 I was expecting nothing less.

 

[Buckeneye]

What in the actual fuck was that?!?

 

[buckeyebri]

Holtman never struck me as an amazing hire, but I don't think he sucks either.

This^^^^

Holtmann will get them to a sweet 16, maybe an elite 8 but I don’t see anything beyond that.

 

[cmstophe]

I personally don’t think much of Holtmann. His teams to me seem undisciplined, unfocused, and immature.
I fully expected them to get ousted early, but not by a 15 seed.

Yeah. I expected round 2. Which still would have been a drastic underperformance.

 

[HenryMuto]

This^^^^

Holtmann will get them to a sweet 16, maybe an elite 8 but I don’t see anything beyond that.

I am still all in on Holtmann. I know everyone is hurting right now but I am not jumping the Holtmann bandwagon.

Duke has lost as a 2 seed to Lehigh and a 3 seed to Mercer. It happens to the best of them.

 

[JCOSU86]

Quick poll: Should I change Washington's official thread to

1. Duane "Brick" Washington, Official Thread
or
2. Duane "Clunk" Washington, Official Thread

Voting will go until midnight.

 

[Wells4Heisman]

This^^^^

Holtmann will get them to a sweet 16, maybe an elite 8 but I don’t see anything beyond that.

Had to give him a pass on his first two tourney appearances, this was a setback.

 

[Systems_id]

Maybe. Honestly I just think they're a team that is either completely tuned in and scoring, or they look like they're all on Xanax. Whether that's Holtman, or certain players, I have no idea.

Holtman never struck me as an amazing hire, but I don't think he sucks either.

There was that stretch before the SCUM loss where they were actually playing focused ball night in and night out for the most part. It’s almost like that last 4 minutes gave them PTSD or something.

 

[HenryMuto]

Had to give him a pass on his first two tourney appearances, this was a significant setback.

50% from the line, 21% from 3 and 15 turnovers not sure we can be putting that blame on coach.

 

[BB73]

Quick poll: Should I change Washington's official thread to

1. Duane "Brick" Washington, Official Thread
or
2. Duane "Clunk" Washington, Official Thread

Voting will go until midnight.

Neither, please.

Early in the game, he had outscored Oral Roberts 11-10. And he got taken out right after that. That might be the normal rotation, but why take out a guy who’s red hot like that?

 

[JCOSU86]

Of course we had to be the team to get Oral Roberts couldn't have got Iona or Grand Canyon or Drexel or something.

I never dreamed this possible this was the best Ohio State since the Craft and Sullinger days.

Pretty sure they lost to Iona, or maybe it was Sienna, doesn't matter.

 

[Systems_id]

Had to give him a pass on his first two tourney appearances, this was a setback.

No doubt this was a bad loss. Easily the worst of Holtmann’s short career here so far.

 

[Jake]

Getting sloppy. They've gone ice cold and we're not taking advantage.

We should be up 12-15 right now...

ORU shooting 28% and we only have a 5 point lead.

It should've never come down to the final minutes. Bucks could've slammed the door early, but let ORU hang around.

 

[buckeyebri]

50% from the line, 21% from 3 and 15 turnovers not sure we can be putting that blame on coach.

Why? Coaching is about fundamentals, discipline, preparation, subbing and sitting players when needed, This team struggled to close games and today it ended their season.

 

[JCOSU86]

Neither, please.

Early in the game, he had outscored Oral Roberts 11-10. And he got taken out right after that. That might be the normal rotation, but why take out a guy who’s red hot like that?

I'm not. Just frustrated. But not only was he awful, but he was awful in critical situations and continually put up bricks without looking to pass.