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2019-2020 Ohio State Men's Basketball (Official Thread)

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lots o' nuggets

-“I think the feedback's always good,” Holtmann said. “I think Kaleb is bright and his family, I think, has a good and reasonable understanding of what this process is and kind of where he currently is. So I think all that's really helpful. I don't know what I would put odds on (him returning)."

-Unsurprisingly, Ohio State has targeted what Holtmann called an “interior backup guy for Kaleb.”

-Holtmann also said there’s a chance the Buckeyes add a different position, throwing out a “versatile guard/wing” as a possibility, but adding a big man who can play immediately next season behind Wesson is the top priority.

-Since Ohio State has two scholarships open, it could hypothetically add a pair of players to its team. However, Holtmann said the team will not add two players who are eligible to play the 2019-20 season due to a lack of space in the rotation.

-“You might add a guy who's going to sit out or whatever, but nine or 10 that think they're going to play,” Holtmann said. “Because what happens when you get into the guts of the Big Ten season, you're talking about eight to nine, sometimes 10-man rotation, but usually eight to nine in a lot of cases. So why would you have 13 guys on your roster that all expect to play and think to play? It's foolish. It creates a team dynamic that's not always healthy.”

-Though Holtmann doesn’t intend to add two players who can play right away, he said he’s open to add a transfer who has to sit out a year.

-Holtmann intimated on Wednesday that he almost had a second vacancy, hinting that either Ryan Pedon or Terry Johnson came close to leaving for another job, too.

-Holtmann said he hoped to fill the position Schrage left by “the first AAU weekend” at the end of April. In the interim, special assistant to the head coach Mike Netti has temporarily picked up many of Schrage’s responsibilities.

-“You have Mike Netti who has been an assistant at a high level, has experience, was at East Carolina,” Holtmann said. “[...]Obviously Scoonie Penn who has been a tremendous asset for us. I think we all love Scoonie, and we've loved having him around and a part of our program. So those two guys are always guys that you're looking at and evaluating.”

-“I think I'm looking for someone who can bring a level of experience in recruiting as well as on the floor coaching and who's shown the ability to do that effectively,” Holtmann said. “So there's a small pool of guys that I'm considering right now, and those two guys within the staff are a part of that.”

-If Holtmann decides to look at someone not currently in his program, Michael Lewis could be a candidate for the open assistant job.
 
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given the returning experience, incoming talent, increased expectations, and the overall brand-strengthening, i'm especially curious to find out how the 2019 schedule fills out.

what we know:

1. opening game versus cincinnati (in columbus)
2. acc-b1g challenge (probably away versus cuse/ncsu/vt)
3. kentucky in december (las vegas)
4. west virginia in december (cleveland)

osu will probably play in the gavitt games (b1g versus big east). though there are only 8 games, osu has played in the challenge only twice while 6 b1g teams have played in it 3 of 4 times. msu has never played in it and probably won't this year. if we do play in the gavitt games, i'm sure the administration will push for a home game. facing villanova, marquette, or seton hall in columbus will be pretty sweet since those teams will almost certainly start the season ranked. butler or xavier in columbus would also be cool for obvious reasons, but neither will be ranked going into the season.

all in all, kentucky and uc may end up being the only teams from the aforementioned five to start the season ranked. regardless, the name recognition of all those five will be pretty strong. i'd still like to see the administration schedule one more home game against what should be a decent team. perhaps a team from the middle or lower half of the b12/sec/pac12 for the first of a home-and-home.
 
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I see no reason to conclude a Gavitt game is probable. It is 50-50 every year based on ratio of games to teams. Of course, MSU is out of it every year, but there are 4 years of the event left, and most likely OSU will play one of the games in 2 of the 4 years. Based on OSU participating in the event last season, I feel the odds are the Buckeyes will not be participating this season.
 
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DZ83CK said:
I see no reason to conclude a Gavitt game is probable. It is 50-50 every year based on ratio of games to teams. Of course, MSU is out of it every year, but there are 4 years of the event left, and most likely OSU will play one of the games in 2 of the 4 years. Based on OSU participating in the event last season, I feel the odds are the Buckeyes will not be participating this season.
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like i said, it's probable because osu has played in only two games while 6 b1g teams have played in three games. i'm not saying osu will absolutely 100% play in the challenge, but i'd still put the odds at over 50-50... which is another way of saying "probably."

as far as osu playing last year and, therefore, that game diminishing our chances of playing in it this year, here are the teams who have played in the challenge in back-to-back years:

illinois
maryland (twice)
rutgers
iowa
purdue
wisconsin (twice)
northwestern
minnesota
indiana
nebraska

excluding msu, teams who have not played in the gg in back-to-back years:

osu
ttun
psu

oddly enough, those three teams are also ones who have not played in three gavitt games.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
like i said, it's probable because osu has played in only two games while 6 b1g teams have played in three games. i'm not saying osu will absolutely 100% play in the challenge, but i'd still put the odds at over 50-50... which is another way of saying "probably."

as far as osu playing last year and, therefore, that game diminishing our chances of playing in it this year, here are the teams who have played in the challenge in back-to-back years:

illinois
maryland (twice)
rutgers
iowa
purdue
wisconsin (twice)
northwestern
minnesota
indiana
nebraska

excluding msu, teams who have not played in the gg in back-to-back years:

osu
ttun
psu

oddly enough, those three teams are also ones who have not played in three gavitt games.
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I think they do try and skew participation to benefit the Big East slightly to make them look better. They are probably not going to get OSU in 5 of these games as a result, they could but it would take 3 of 4 (4 of 5 counting last year) to finish. My hypothesis is they want programs like Rutgers and PSU and Northwestern and Illinois to be in 5 times instead. I am thinking it will be just one every other year for OSU.
 
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DZ83CK said:
I think they do try and skew participation to benefit the Big East slightly to make them look better.
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yet depaul and st. john's are 2 of the 3 programs (along with creighton) who have already played in it 4 of 4 years. you'd think that if there were some conspiracy to benefit the big east, they'd choose better teams. and then why have northwestern and rutgers play in only 2 while wisconsin and maryland have played in 3?

oh, i get it. the powers that be are setting up the back end of the gavitt games to somehow benefit the big east. very crafty of those shady operators... despite the b1g being 1-0-3 to the big east's 0-1-3.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
yet depaul and st. john's are 2 of the 3 programs (along with creighton) who have already played in it 4 of 4 years. you'd think that if there were some conspiracy to benefit the big east, they'd choose better teams. and then why have northwestern and rutgers play in only 2 while wisconsin and maryland have played in 3?

oh, i get it. the powers that be are setting up the back end of the gavitt games to somehow benefit the big east. very crafty of those shady operators... despite the b1g being 1-0-3 to the big east's 0-1-3.
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Look more closely at league teams making the tournament and participating in the event. 8 B1G teams in the NCAA tourney last year, just 3 of those teams were in the Gavitt games and 5 of the 6 that missed the tourney were in it. All 4 Big East teams that made the NCAA tourney were in. It is crazy to me that an OSU team that lost 2/3 of their scoring had to win at a Creighton team that had just made the tournament for the B1G to win 5 games in this event last year. Very convenient for the Big East that MSU never plays as well. I haven't looked it up, but I would imagine bottom-half B1G teams comprise a majority of the entries.

Edit: I looked at 2017-18. There were only 4 B1G teams that made the tournament that season, but just 1 was among the 8 league teams in the Gavitt games, meaning 70% of the league teams that missed the tourney were included and 75% of the B1G teams that made the tourney were excluded.
 
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Men’s Basketball: Ohio State ‘ahead of schedule’ going into next season

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Entering his first season as Ohio State men’s basketball head coach in fall 2017, Chris Holtmann went to Barnes and Noble to pick up a preseason college basketball preview from a local publication. To his surprise, no Ohio State players were featured on the cover.

“To me, that was a statement about how relevant the program was at the time,” Holtmann said.

Now, going into his third season with the Buckeyes, Holtmann and the nation’s No. 9 recruiting class have been top 10 selections in both ESPN and Sports Illustrated’s “Way-Too-Early” Top 25 rankings for next year.

“I think we’re ahead of schedule,” Holtmann said. “I wasn’t sure, this quickly, we would be in a position to where we would have guys that have had early tournament success. Both getting there and competing.”

Finishing 20-15 overall and just 8-12 in the Big Ten, Ohio State squeaked into the NCAA Tournament as an 11-seed, but still managed a victory over No. 6 Iowa State in the Round of 64.

That upset was an impressive feat for a team without any All-Big Ten performers. To get there, it survived a five-game losing streak and a three-game suspension for sophomore forward Kaleb Wesson.

Still, Ohio State will be without a couple key pieces come next season.

Senior guard C.J. Jackson was the team’s second-leading scorer at 12 points per game and senior guard Keyshawn Woods nearly doubled his average of 8 points per game in four postseason games for the Buckeyes this year.

Taking their place, however, are three top-50, four-star recruits in DJ Carton, Alonzo Gaffney and E.J. Liddell.

The highest rated of the bunch is Carton, an athletic point guard hailing from Bettendorf, Iowa, who Holtmann said is “hard-nosed.”

Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2019/04/...ate-ahead-of-schedule-going-into-next-season/
 
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jake diebler's vandy profile:

Jake Diebler joined the Vanderbilt coaching staff as an assistant coach in April of 2016 after spending three years as the video coordinator for Ohio State basketball and the previous two seasons as an assistant coach on Bryce Drew’s staff at Valparaiso, where he helped Drew and the Crusaders to Horizon League regular season titles in 2012 and 2013.

“Coach Diebler has great experience in basketball well beyond his age,” said Drew. “The son of a coach, he has a passion for the game and in improving others, which our perimeter players will benefit from.”

While at Ohio State, Diebler helped the Buckeyes advance to two NCAA Tournaments and also helped mentor the National Defensive Player of the Year in 2014, Aaron Craft, and the 2nd overall pick in 2015 NBA Draft and 2015 first-team All-American, D'Angelo Russell. In the offseasons in Columbus, Diebler would train Craft, Russell, Evan Turner, Mike Conley, Jared Sullinger, Greg Oden, his brother Jon Diebler, Deshaun Thomas, Byron Mullins, and others in on-the-court workouts.

Prior to his stint with the Buckeyes, Diebler coached at Valparaiso with Bryce Drew, where he was part of a staff which helped lead Valparaiso to 22 wins and the regular-season championship in 2012, the first by Valpo since joining the Horizon League. Diebler also helped the Crusaders to a berth in the 2012 Postseason National Invitational Tournament. In the 2012-13 season, the Crusaders posted a 26-8 overall record, won the Horizon League regular season championship for consecutive years, and a berth in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

Diebler served as director of basketball operations during the 2010-11 season, helping the Crusaders to a 23-win season, finishing just one game out of the regular-season title, and a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. As a student assistant in 2009-10, Diebler helped guide the Crusaders to 15 wins and a fourth-place finish in the Horizon League standings.

"I'm blessed to be a part of the rich tradition at Vanderbilt University,” said Diebler. “Coach Drew has established himself as one of the best coaches in the country and I'm looking forward to reuniting with him and being a part of the future of Vanderbilt Basketball."

Known as one of the Crusaders’ hardest-working players on both ends of the court during his time as a player, Diebler set a Valpo Division I record by starting each and every one of the Crusaders’ 98 games over the final three seasons of his career. He also had a string of 278-consecutive minutes played over seven games in the final half of his senior season, believed to be a Valpo record as well.

Diebler ranked among the Horizon League Top 10 in a trio of categories as a senior, finishing fourth in minutes played (33.8/game), sixth in 3-pointers made (1.8/game) and eighth in steals (1.3/game). He finished his Crusader career 10th in Valpo history with 130 career steals and 16th all-time at Valpo with 229 career assists. He also holds the all-time Ohio high school career records in assists and steals.

Also a standout in the classroom, Diebler earned Academic All-League honors and Horizon League Academic Honor Roll mention during his career, as well as being named to the NABC Honors Court. Diebler graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Valparaiso in May 2009 and with an MBA in 2011. His brother Jon, played for the Buckeyes from 2008-11, and is the Big Ten All-time leader in made threes and the all-time leading scorer in Ohio High School basketball history. Jon was also the 51st pick in 2011 NBA Draft.

Coaching runs in the family for Diebler. His father Keith, coached high school basketball in the state of Ohio for almost 40 years, while his older brother Jeremiah coached high school basketball as well.

The Diebler File

High School: Upper Sandusky (Ohio)

College:

Valparaiso (2005-2009)
Valparaiso (2010-2011

Education: B.A., Marketing, 2009; Masters in Business Administration, 2011

Playing Experience:

2005-09 - Valparaiso

Coaching Experience:

2016-present - Vanderbilt Assistant Coach
2013-2016 (3 years)– Ohio State Video Coordinator
2011-2013 (2 years) - Valparaiso - Assistant Coach
2010-2011 (1 year) – Valparaiso – Director of Operations
2009-2010 (1 year) - Valparaiso - Student Assistant

Hometown: Upper Sandusky, Ohio
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