The problems with Ohio State basketball, and the answer: Buckeye Talk Rants

Buckeye Talk: Ohio State podcast by cleveland.com

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🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 120 minutes

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On this Monday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means are here to take rants from Ohio State text subscribers and discuss the state of Buckeye basketball, after Ohio State fell to 11-12 overall and 3-9 in Big Ten play with a loss to Michigan on Sunday. First (0:30), Doug and Stephen look at things on the horizon, including how the incoming recruiting class should affect the view of Chris Holtmann and whether Bronny James can come save the Buckeyes. Then (22:19) it's rants and talk about this edition of the Buckeyes, how Holtmann built the roster and why it's not working in what is looking like a season that will produce Ohio State's worst Big Ten record in 25 years. Finally ( 1:21:47) Doug wraps it up with some solo rants about what should be done, other coaches the Buckeyes should look at, how Gene Smith has handled this, and what Holtmann's future really is. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, where you been, but got talk is about to begin, hey, hey, hey, come on in.
0:26.1	Welcome back to your Monday book. I talk from Cleveland.com, Doug Limerie,
0:29.8	so Stephen means we're talking basketball. But before you turn off the podcast,
0:34.8	we're going to talk about this basketball team, but the real issue is this basketball program.
0:40.0	And I do think even if you are not a huge fan of Ohio State basketball,
0:44.9	where the Ohio State basketball program fits into the athletic department, where it fits in
0:48.9	compared to football, how much Ohio State should or does care about basketball, how much the
0:54.1	fans should or do care about basketball, I do think there's a lot there. And I think you can
0:58.0	learn things about your athletic program through a discussion like this. So I understand there are
1:04.4	some of you who this is just not your thing. And I can't make you stay. I wouldn't want to make you
1:09.6	stay. We shouldn't tie you to stay. That's how you get through life, Stephen. You can't make people
1:13.8	do something. You have to encourage people to do something. And I will say we have a very interesting
1:19.6	survey from our tech subscribers. At the moment, there is a bit of an issue with getting people
1:24.7	excited about Ohio State basketball. So I think we're losing part of our audience, even who cares
1:28.8	about basketball because they're like, whoops, they stink, I'm out. Which frankly is one of the
1:33.6	issues we're going to talk about. But I get it like this ain't fun, man. This is not fun right now.
1:39.8	No, because it's like basketball is supposed to be this cool little thing that gets you away from
1:45.8	the stresses that can sometimes, well, that can always be the Ohio State football season regardless
1:51.1	of how it ends. And it feels like instead of being that kind of getaway, it's like you win all
1:57.6	vacation and then you're making it range your entire vacation. They lost your luggage.
2:02.2	Both of your flights got delayed. They actually gave you the worst hotel room in the hotel. And it
2:07.6	looks nothing like the picture. It's been the polar opposite of that. So if you've had an attitude
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