These days, fourth-year head coach Chris Holtmann says he didn’t see the heights this Ohio State offense has reached coming. Sure, he imagined this team’s strength might be on that end of the court, but he hadn’t quite predicted an adjusted offensive efficiency putting the group third nationally behind only Iowa and Gonzaga. His Buckeyes have reached offensive heights neither he nor anybody else really forecasted.
However, Holtmann did anticipate an imperfect defense.
Several times in the lead-up to the season tipping off, he mentioned how Ohio State – which lost plus defenders in Kaleb Wesson, Andre Wesson and Luther Muhammad – needed to get better defensively.