Chris Holtmann's Time With Ohio State Must Come To An End
It's never good when you call for someone to lose their job, but Ohio State basketball coach Chirs Holtmann must start packing his bags because it's no longer working in Columbus.
Holtmann is in his seventh year with the Buckeyes, and the last two have been an absolute mess. Last season, Ohio State missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time under Holtmann, and now it looks like it will happen for a second straight season if something crazy doesn't happen.
Ohio State got off to a hot 12-2 start this season but has been downhill since then. Since beating Rutgers on January 3rd, Ohio State has won exactly one game against Penn State, who is just as bad as them, and lost six games to Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Illinois.
The last three losses have come more than double digits, and the team is a disaster.
Ohio State is now 13-8 on the year and 3-7 in the BIG Ten. Ohio State has lost 14 true road games in a row, and their last win was over a year ago on January 1st, 2023.
Holtmann can not survive another season like the one he is having. Nothing has changed over the past year, and they have gotten worse.
Another thing that could be a factor in whether Holtmann stays or not is Gene Smith, the athletic director who hired him, is retiring at the end of this school year, and the former Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork will be stepping in as the school's new AD.
Bjork could want to bring in his own guy and could have many connections to other head coaches around the basketball world that he could think could do a better job than Holtmann.
I know Holtmann's seat is scorching, and I don't know if the university can give him another season. Ohio State is hands down a football school, but fans love their basketball, too, so who knows who they could hire? Ohio State has the money and resources to swing at a big-time name.
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