The big news this week as Ohio State's Cinderella basketball season raged on came Monday as Chris Holtmann won Big Ten Coach of the Year honors and Keita Bates-Diop snagged the Big Ten Player of the Year award while teammates Jae'Sean Tate and Kaleb Wesson each earned conference accolades.
The recognition came a day after the Buckeyes learned they would have to settle for a second-place finish in the Big Ten regular season standings. Of course that wasn't devastating news considering the preseason saw the experts predict Ohio State to finish no better than ninth in the conference race.