As Chris Holtmann told the story on April 10, he spoke with the same incredulity he felt in the moment.
In the fall of 2017, he went to a Barnes & Noble bookstore to grab a coffee, and naturally he stopped by the sports magazine rack to take a peek at the college basketball preseason editions of Athlon Sports, Lindy’s Sports and whatever else was on sale. Pointing his index finger at the podium with each word, Holtmann said he was “in Columbus, in my neighborhood.”
But he didn’t see any of his players looking back at him.