ROSEMONT, Ill. – From radio interviews, to a live appearance on the Big Ten Network, to a 50-minute sit-down interview with reporters, Chris Holtmann went through the ringer at Big Ten media day in Chicago on Thursday.
After spending the entire morning and early afternoon discussing the outlook of the 2018-19 Ohio State team, he heard nearly every possible question.
But over and over, he heard different iterations of the same two queries: Do you care about being picked toward the bottom of the Big Ten for the second year in a row? And will your team replace the lost production of Keita Bates-Diop, Jae’Sean Tate, Kam Williams and Andrew Dakich?