Ohio State men’s basketball’s recent losing streak sucked for reasons beyond the obvious — the actual, you know, losing. In the wake of any losing streak, there’s always the public overreaction backlash of blindly calling for coaching changes (the “Anyone has to be able to do better than this!” crowd) or the brash declarations of how “[insert player’s name] should never set foot on the court again!”
Losing feels bad, and many of us don’t respond well to it, especially in the moment.
But the five straight losses by Chris Holtmann’s Buckeyes have also opened my eyes to new (and also distasteful) things.