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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
As of Dec 2018 I think there still is some doubt; but he still has time to elevate his "draft status". Mike Conley really did just in the NCAA tournament. There are only 60 players drafted and quite a few of those are players from a foreign country too. The big money is in the NBA; however, some American players have gotten good six figure contracts in European leagues.
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OSU_Buckguy
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12/21 for 32 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1 block against the #1 team?
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Fanfreakingtastic basketball game young man. All over the floor and doing it with leadership.
Who knows what might happen if his leadership gets better and everyone starts to follow.
Who knows what might happen if his leadership gets better and everyone starts to follow.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Holtmann Gives Credit to Matta For Success of Bates-Diop
The Chris Holtmann Era is underway at Ohio State and so far the Buckeyes are surpassing initial expectations. Most recently, the Buckeyes shocked the nation with their 80-64 upset win over No. 1 Michigan State.
Arguably the best player on the court that game was fourth-year junior forward Keita Bates-Diop, who recorded a career-high 32 points against the Spartans. Bates-Diop earned his second Big Ten Player of the Week award of this season. After sitting out most of last season due to a stress fracture in his left leg, Bates-Diop looks like a completely different player coming back this season.
Even though this win over No. 1 Michigan State led by Bates-Diop goes on Chris Holtmann’s record, the Buckeye head coach has no desire to take all of the credit. The development of the players is key, but bringing in the right kind of people is the important part, and that credit goes to former head coach Thad Matta.
“I will probably call [Thad] this week,” Holtmann said after the MSU win. “I think Thad and his coaching staff — and I want to make very clear on this and I want to make sure this is said and spoken and tweeted — Thad and his coaching staff deserve a ton of credit for recruiting a young man like Keita Bates-Diop and Jae’Sean Tate. And Kam Williams is really coming into his own.
“People ask me all the time what makes guys like Keita and J.T. good players, and first of all they are exceptional people. Coach Matta and his staff deserve a ton of credit for recruiting those kind of people because they’ve embraced a new coaching staff, and they’ve done it the right way.”
Coming in as a new coach, Holtmann did not know exactly what he would get with this team. After Sunday’s win he even expressed how surprised he was with the performance against Michigan State and how much the team has progressed ahead of schedule so far.
“I think our connection and our chemistry has been above and beyond maybe what I anticipated,” he said. “And you never know as a coach what the buy in is going to be. You just don’t know that. And our players deserve a ton of credit because we got here as a coaching staff in June and we’re not tyrants, but we haven’t coached them with kid gloves either. And they’ve accepted that and embraced that.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/01/holtmann-gives-credit-matta-success-bates-diop/
The Chris Holtmann Era is underway at Ohio State and so far the Buckeyes are surpassing initial expectations. Most recently, the Buckeyes shocked the nation with their 80-64 upset win over No. 1 Michigan State.
Arguably the best player on the court that game was fourth-year junior forward Keita Bates-Diop, who recorded a career-high 32 points against the Spartans. Bates-Diop earned his second Big Ten Player of the Week award of this season. After sitting out most of last season due to a stress fracture in his left leg, Bates-Diop looks like a completely different player coming back this season.
Even though this win over No. 1 Michigan State led by Bates-Diop goes on Chris Holtmann’s record, the Buckeye head coach has no desire to take all of the credit. The development of the players is key, but bringing in the right kind of people is the important part, and that credit goes to former head coach Thad Matta.
“I will probably call [Thad] this week,” Holtmann said after the MSU win. “I think Thad and his coaching staff — and I want to make very clear on this and I want to make sure this is said and spoken and tweeted — Thad and his coaching staff deserve a ton of credit for recruiting a young man like Keita Bates-Diop and Jae’Sean Tate. And Kam Williams is really coming into his own.
“People ask me all the time what makes guys like Keita and J.T. good players, and first of all they are exceptional people. Coach Matta and his staff deserve a ton of credit for recruiting those kind of people because they’ve embraced a new coaching staff, and they’ve done it the right way.”
Coming in as a new coach, Holtmann did not know exactly what he would get with this team. After Sunday’s win he even expressed how surprised he was with the performance against Michigan State and how much the team has progressed ahead of schedule so far.
“I think our connection and our chemistry has been above and beyond maybe what I anticipated,” he said. “And you never know as a coach what the buy in is going to be. You just don’t know that. And our players deserve a ton of credit because we got here as a coaching staff in June and we’re not tyrants, but we haven’t coached them with kid gloves either. And they’ve accepted that and embraced that.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/01/holtmann-gives-credit-matta-success-bates-diop/
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