Welcome back to Buckeye Talk in an empty, literally empty

Value City Arena, Doug Leamorese and Bill Landis, it's 1121 Sunday night. Ohio State several hours ago now,

beat the number one team in the country in basketball and we are here to do a

basketball podcast because this team deserves a podcast Bill, and I know you've done

some basketball podcasts along the way, but I would like to jump in, this was my first game of

the year for the basketball team, and I would like to jump in and is my first game of the year for the basketball team and I would like to

jump in and say and I wrote this they're back they're back they're back they're

back they're back I had been critical of Chris Holtman at times early on. I wondered if he could

recruit at the necessary level. I didn't think Thadmata should have been fired, but sitting here today watching the way this team played, watching

the way the fans reacted to this team, I want to do nothing but give big wet sloppy kisses to Holtman his assistance and this

entire team because they deserve it. Am I going too far?

Yeah, yeah.

I think maybe a little bit.

I mean, maybe not.

The thing is like, and maybe it's just from covering this team

the last three years and seeing them lose inexplicable games

and inexplicable fashion that like they're four and oh and they beat Michigan State

and that's awesome I think it's really good for Holtman and really good for the program

and I good for the program.

And I wrote after the game on Cleveland.com that like I feel like the expectations this season are starting to shift.

I don't think they totally have because there are still 14 big 10 games left. They play Maryland on

Thursday a short-handed Maryland down two players I believe two starters they

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