Ask any college basketball coach about what it’s like to maneuver the month after the season ends, and they’ll probably need to either take a deep breath or grab a drink. These days, roster management in the weeks after a team plays its final game is as stressful as anything else they do.
Yet, former Ohio State guard and current program assistant Andrew Dakich has found something in the same realm possibly more difficult: Putting a team together for The Basketball Tournament during a pandemic. He says it hasn’t been much of a challenge as it might seem – “everyone had a helping hand in this” – but the churn of Big X’s roster has been constant.