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2023-2024 Ohio State Men's Basketball (apathy, depression, hope?)

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Mike80 said:
ehh...I don't think they've been consistent enough. They flipped from a team concept (2017-2020) to more of a off-dribble set up.

I think this year's team is the most talented he's had since EJ was a freshman. Their fatal flaw is when they go cold shooting, they go REALLY cold.

I do think the year that got cancelled was built for a tourney run but we'll never know.
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Yep. I've been saying that all year. I know basketball is a hot/cold game of runs, it happens to every team. But when this team hits the cold it's worse than about any other major conference team. Holtmann does NOTHING to try to adjust either when these stretches hit, just lets them keep doing their thing.
 
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Road games at Corn and Northwestern this week, both of whom are ahead of OSU in the conference standings.

Anyone feeling confident?
 
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OSU is a top 10-15 all-time basketball program. I don’t buy that that expectation shouldn’t be there. Basketball success is much more coach driven than football imo. The resources are there for the right coach to compete for the conference title and make it to the sweet 16 most years.
 
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Actually, go figure. I already started this exercise last February in Holt’s thread.

OHSportsFan said:
Fruitless exercise but I am a fan of the recent trend of getting a top assistant coach from a good/great program.

See- Tommy Lloyd, Arizona (former Gonzaga asst). Jerome Tang, Kansas St. (former Baylor asst). Not sure who else fits that bill - the guys at Kansas and other top 5 teams seem like lifers.

That said…

Dante Jackson (Xavier asst), former X player, young (34), Columbus native

Michael Lewis (Ball State head coach), former IU player late 1990s, coached at UCLA before coming back to midwest. Turning Cardinals around quick.

Dennis Gates (Missouri head coach), just hired at Mizzou after 3 years at Cleve State, won Horizon his last 2 years. Chicago native, 43 years old.

Bryan Mullins (Southern Illinois head coach), having a good 4th season, Illinois guy.

Can Groce handle the Big Ten a 2nd time? Go steal Drake’s coach or Toledo’s had a fun team recently. Heck, there’s a Sullinger on Kent State’s staff and they have a decent record.

I’m at the point where I’m thinking, do your worst because it has to be better than this year.

Or just hope Chris saves his own ass next year. Which, I would love to root for because I like him.
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