The Ohio State men’s basketball team endured perhaps the most hectic week in years when the team agreed to fire head coach Chris Holtmann on Wednesday after seven seasons leading the program, and that week will culminate with their most difficult challenge on the court this season.
Jake Diebler’s interim Read More
Speaking to the media just two days after the firing of former Ohio State men’s basketball head coach Chris Holtmann, sophomore guard Bruce Thornton acknowledged on several occasions that college basketball is a “business,” and that the decision to let go of the man that recruited him and his teammates Read More
When Jake Diebler walked out of a one-on-one meeting with Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith on Wednesday — a meeting that resulted in Smith anointed Diebler as the Buckeyes’ interim head coach for the remainder of the 2023-24 season — the longtime Ohio State assistant was struck with a Read More
Speaking in front of the media on Wednesday just hours after firing now-former head men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said he felt a change in leadership was needed in order to best bring out the talents and abilities of the young men on the Read More
Ohio State’s decision to fire head men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann on Wednesday came at a time of massive change for the university at both the academic and athletic level, with athletic director Gene Smith handing over the reins after 19 years of service to Ross Bjork on July 1, Read More
Just hours after the school officially announced the firing of head men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann, athletic director Gene Smith took the lectern in the press conference room in Value City Arena on Wednesday night to offer his first comments on the matter. Speaking with a large set of reporters, Read More
Former Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann reportedly received unexpected news about his job security on Wednesday, which came one day after the Buckeyes dropped their 16th-straight road game and ninth game in their last 11 attempts. A source close to the situation told The Athletic that the seventh-year head Read More
Ohio State and athletic director Gene Smith sent shockwaves through Columbus and the entire college basketball landscape on Wednesday when they parted ways with former head coach Chris Holtmann after seven seasons leading the program, a move that comes after the Buckeyes dropped their 16th-consecutive road game and their 25th Read More
Ohio State officially announced on Wednesday afternoon that they are parting ways with head men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann, ending his seven-year tenure leading the Buckeyes. The move comes after the Buckeyes dropped their 16th-straight road game Tuesday night at the Kohl Center, falling to Wisconsin 72-64.
Associate head coach Jake Read More
Ohio State’s second-half comeback fell short Tuesday night at the Kohl Center, with the Buckeyes succumbing to poor shooting and sluggish offensive play down the stretch to fall to No. 20 Wisconsin 62-54 and lose their 16th-consecutive road game.
The Buckeyes (14-11, 4-10) found themselves trailing the Badgers (17-8, 9-5) Read More
