Just days after Upper Arlington shooting guard Dane Goodwin decommitted from Ohio State, Indianapolis shooting guard Eric Hunter has put Ohio State in his top 6. He tweeted out his contenders, which included Ohio State, Xavier, Purdue, Minnesota, Butler, and Nebraska. Hunter (6-3 165) plays for Charles A. Tindley Accelerated High School…
Mere days after head coach Chris Holtmann received a commitment from 2017 small forward Kyle Young, 2018 shooting guard Dane Goodwin has decommitted from Ohio State. The news was first reported by Zach Fleer of 270Hoops.com. Goodwin, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Upper Arlington, Ohio, is rated the…
The new Buckeye basketball coaching staff wasted little time in showing their work. Chris Holtmann took over for Thad Matta less than two weeks ago, and when he met with the media last week he emphasized the importance of recruiting in the state of Ohio. On Monday, the first result of that came in the commitment of Massillon small forward Kyle Young. Young had previously…
Kyle Young is the No. 18 small forward in the nation per the 247Sports Composite and the No. 77 player overall. A First-Team All-Ohio selection this season along with fellow Ohio State signee Kaleb Wesson, Young becomes new Buckeye head coach Chris Holtmann’s first commit. Holtmann and his staff hit the recruiting trail immediately…
When you consider the fact that it was recruiting that ultimately led to Thad Matta’s demise, it is understandable if the topic of the day when meeting the new Ohio State assistant coaches centered around recruiting. Those assistants — Ryan Pedon, Terry Johnson, and Mike Schrage — were all “over the moon”…
Ohio State introduced its three new men’s basketball assistant coaches on Thursday. Ryan Pedon, Terry Johnson, and Mike Schrage spoke with the media for nearly a half hour. Overall, the mood was one of excitement and eagerness at the opportunity to both recruit for Ohio State and build up and coach the…
Chris Holtmann, Ohio State head men’s basketball coach, completed his coaching staff Thursday with the additions of assistant coaches Mike Schrage, Terry Johnson and Ryan Pedon. All three were on Holtmann’s staff at Butler. “I am excited about the addition of Ryan, Mike and Terry to our coaching staff…”
Ohio State forwards Jae’Sean Tate and Keita Bates-Diop spoke with the media following Chris Holtmann’s introduction on Monday. The players spoke of how they found out about Thad Matta’s firing, the thought of a transition period, changing goals, and the future of Ohio State basketball.
Chris Holtmann spoke for approximately 28 minutes on Monday in his first meeting with the media as Ohio State’s new men’s head basketball coach. It was one of his first steps toward renewing a basketball program that was in desperate need of some rejuvenation. Over those 28 minutes, Holtmann thanked people…
It has been a hectic seven days for new Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann. On Tuesday morning, he was contacted for the first time by Ohio State, where OSU officially offered him the position. Since then his world has been a blur. After some back and forth, he met with Gene Smith in Dayton and accepted…
Ohio State officially introduced Chris Holtmann as its new head men’s basketball coach on Monday. Holtmann and OSU athletics director Gene Smith spoke with the media and answered plenty of questions about the future of Buckeye basketball. Here are the highlights. Gene Smith began by saying he was delighted to be…
Minutes after Ohio State announced Chris Holtmann as its new head men’s basketball coach, Holtmann took to Twitter to release a statement thanking Butler University and the fans who made his time there so memorable. Holtmann will officially be introduced in a press conference Monday at 11 a.m. We will have more…
Gene Smith, Ohio State senior vice president and Wolfe Foundation endowed athletics director, announced the hiring of Butler’s Chris Holtmann as the next head men’s basketball coach of the Buckeyes. Holtmann, who completed his third year with the Bulldogs in 2016-17, has agreed to an eight-year contract with Ohio State…
Butler’s Chris Holtmann was a name that was mentioned throughout the Ohio State search to replace Thad Matta, though it was rarely at the top of the discussion. Names like Brad Stevens, Sean Miller, and Billy Donovan echoed back and forth over the canyon, while mentions of Chris Holtmann rarely found themselves bouncing back.
For the second time in as many nights, ESPN is reporting that Ohio State has a favorite for its vacant head coaching position for the men’s basketball program. Wednesday night, it was Creighton’s Greg McDermott, who was reported to have been offered the job, but would later make a statement that he wasn’t going anywhere.
“Don’t worry, Gene Smith has a plan,” you were told. Nobody would fire Thad Matta after a single conversation without having somebody waiting to swoop in and save the Ohio State men’s basketball program. That would be crazy. You read the names. Billy Donovan! Brad Stevens! Sean Miller! Jay Wright! Get that trophy polish ready, boys. And get to sanding…
