With the start of college basketball season on the horizon, we’ll be taking a long look at the conference at large as well as Indiana’s roster over the next month. Today, our Big Ten team previews continue with a look at Ohio State.
After 13 seasons, 337 wins, a national championship game appearance and multiple Final Fours and Big Ten titles, Thad Matta was fired by Ohio State in June.
It was an odd ending for a coach who stumbled his last few seasons in Columbus because of several recruiting missteps. The most notable of those missteps was the 2015 recruiting class, which was ranked in the top five nationally and had four players transfer after their first season.