There’s finally something positive to talk about with Ohio State men’s basketball.
After struggling through most of January and February in Chris Holtmann’s final weeks as head coach, the Buckeyes started Jake Diebler’s interim coaching tenure off with a bang by upsetting No. 2 Purdue, 73-69, to earn their biggest win of the season in their first game following Holtmann’s firing.
Could that win spark a late run back into NCAA Tournament contention for the Buckeyes? We assess what would need to happen for Ohio State to have a realistic shot at getting into the Big Dance, which certainly starts with snapping its 16-game road losing streak as it hits the road twice this week to play Minnesota and Michigan State.
As for the future of the program, could Diebler’s hot start make him a candidate to get the head coaching job permanently? We discuss why that’s probably still a long shot and what would need to happen for Diebler to make a real run at the job before evaluating some of the other potential candidates for the job including Doug McDermott, Chris Jent, Dusty May, Sean Miller and Jay Wright.
In the second half of the show, we turn our attention to Ohio State football and share our thoughts on why promoting James Laurinaitis was the right move to round out this year’s coaching staff and what stood out to us from Tuesday’s interview sessions with Laurinaitis and Matt Guerrieri.
The full rundown for this week’s episode:
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