With the 2021-22 Ohio State basketball season in the books, star forward E.J. Liddell recently announced his unsurprising decision to enter the NBA Draft while a host of other guys from this year's squad will also be exiting the program.
Heavy contributors Kyle Young and Jamari Wheeler are also gone along with reserves Justin Ahrens, Joey Brunk, Jimmy Sotos and Cedric Russell.
And of course there's the huge unknown as to whether either Malaki Branham or Justice Sueing will opt for one more season in Columbus.
That means Holtmann must replace no less than seven guys and that number could swell to nine if both Branham and Sueing move on.