Chris Holtmann might have known what was going to happen. At the very least, he had an inclination.
Sitting at the same podium that he answered questions at following Ohio State’s 86-77 loss to Michigan State on Saturday, he called the Spartans “as impressive as any team I've seen in my short time here” before saying “this team right now is not quite there yet.”
“You can take video from our games and see that, recent games where we've got a ways to go,” Holtmann said on Friday.
He doubled down after his team’s second loss of the season and first to a Big Ten opponent.