Complacent Deac
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Point guard?
No, no, not at all.
No, no, not at all.
lolIt’s pretty clear that Woods point of emphasis was playing time and not the success of the team. At best Ohio State is an even step with Wake next year, but in reality they will be worse and playing time will be more available. My guess is that he saw that Crawford, Chill, and Brown were all locked in for major minutes and that Mucius was a threat (and even hoard potentially at the 3G. He went to the best program he could find guaranteed minutes.
I don’t blame him but he his a Buckeye now, not a Deac. Best of luck to him and I hope Michigan beats him by 30.
They are getting a senior guard that is career 47% shooter, 42% from three and 77% from the line. He has averaged 10.9 points, three rebounds and two assists a game while committing 1.5 turnovers during a 93 game career in arguably the toughest conference in college basketball. Imagine the elation of this board if the Deacs were gaining someone with this resume. KW is a big loss. His departure is not addition by subtraction.
http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20180107/mens-basketball--izzo-holtmann-heap-credit-praise-on-former-ohio-state-coach-matta
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-basketball/2018/01/90115/chris-holtmann-tom-izzo-give-credit-to-thad-matta-for-ohio-state-basketball-resurgence
JaQuan Lyle was shown the door by Matta (or he quit, depending on who you ask)
Matta recruited Bates-Diop, Tate, and Williams... The seniors from last season that had the biggest impact on OSU's performance
Big Ten POY Bates-Diop was injured in Matta's final season... The only season where he didn't win 20 games at OSU
Tate was out the year before that for the end of the season (including the B1G & NCAA tourneys)
No question that Holtmann did a great job last year, but Matta had some shit luck the last couple of years at OSU. He didn't do himself any favors, but OSU was left with plenty of talent on the roster for 2017-18 after Matta was fired.
When people say Matta left the cupboard bare, they were referring to 2017 & 2018 recruiting. Holtmann improved 2017 by bringing in Kyle Young (had originally committed to Butler). 2018 recruiting ended up OK... They missed on most of their targets and aren't bringing in anyone expected to make an immediate impact (with the possible exception of Luther Muhammad, who plays SG like Woods).
I understand giving them the benefit of the doubt this year, given OSU has been an elite program for over a decade now... But I think they will struggle next year (or at least be worse than Wake Forest). 100% agree that Holtmann is a good coach and can get his guys to exert effort on defense... but I'm not sure the roster this year is good enough for them to make the NCAAs.
Just my opinion.
How fun would it be if we got them in the ACC/Big10 challenge
How fun would it be if we got them in the ACC/Big10 challenge
Matta "leaving the cupboard full" for Holtmann is pretty misleading. They progressively got worse and worse from 2013 on, and were T10 in the lowly B1G (and lost to Rutgers in the B1G tournament) in Matta's final year. They had several transfers out, and only one proven player on the roster last year in KBD. I thought they'd finish near the bottom of the conference (so did the media), yet Holtmann took them to 15-3.
Despite their apparent roster deficiencies next year I'd give them a much better chance of making The Dance, primarily due to Holtmann and a weak conference.
if we're in it
Pitt missed last year and no ACC team has ever missed it in consecutive years
They can leave Ga. Tech out, Pastner sucks.
Point guard?
No, no, not at all.
I think GT not getting the ask is a real possibility if Okogie stays in the draft. They are going to be terrible next year.
I think GT not getting the ask is a real possibility if Okogie stays in the draft. They are going to be terrible next year.