Sitting at the podium Thursday night, Chris Holtmann couldn’t help himself. He looked a bit irritated as he answered questions about Ohio State’s 81-63 exhibition win against UNC Pembroke.
Did that have something to do with the fact that in less than a week, the Buckeyes will travel to Cincinnati to take on the Bearcats in a packed Fifth Third Arena to begin the regular season?
“Probably,” Holtmann said after the exhibition. “Yeah. Do I seem irritable?”
Yes. Yes, he did.
“I think it's the schedule. It's the season coming,” Holtmann said. “Frustrated, probably, to some degree because the turnover issue is something we've dealt with with some returners.