Chris Holtmann now has three seasons under his belt as the head coach of the Ohio State men’s basketball program. By all accounts, his first three years have been successful, if not a little surprising, too.
While the cupboard was by no means bare when he arrived, (Jae’Sean Tate, Kaleb Wesson, Keita Bates-Diop, etc.), the Buckeyes had not made the NCAA Tournament in two seasons, and the general outlook of the program was trending downward.
Having been hired mid-summer, Holtmann was not given much time to recruit a class of incoming freshman. Still, he was able to hang on to Wesson, persuade Kyle Young to follow him to Ohio State after originally committing to play for him at Butler, and get a commitment from Musa Jallow, who also reclassified to 2017 so he could play for the Buckeyes that fall.