Chris Holtmann has been coaching Division I college basketball since 2003, but he doesn’t think he’s ever coached against any other big man who’s as good as the one Ohio State will be playing on Thursday night.
When the Buckeyes play Iowa for the first time this season in a battle of top-eight teams on Thursday night, they’ll be going head-to-head with the center who many consider to be the Player of the Year frontrunner: Luka Garza, who leads all Division I players this season with 26.5 points per game and ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 8.