INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis-to-Ohio State-to-Indianapolis connection continues for Butler basketball.
Greg Oden and Jon Diebler, both former Ohio State players under coach Thad Matta, are joining Matta’s Butler staff, sources confirmed to IndyStar.
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Oden, 34, a former national player of the year at Lawrence North High School, was a graduate assistant at Ohio State last season under Chris Holtmann, the former Butler coach.
Diebler, 33, recently retired from a playing career in European leagues.
Roles of Oden and Diebler are indeterminate.