Ohio State's final moments of the 2022-23 season played out at Chicago's United Center in a Big Ten Tournament semifinal loss to Purdue.
Ohio State freshman guard Roddy Gayle Jr.'s full press conference after an 80-66 Big Ten Tournament loss to Purdue.CHICAGO – At the free-throw line, Ohio State’s Gene Brown III was in the process of scoring what would be the final points of the season. Finally out of gas, No. 13 Ohio State had made its way to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals with wins against No. 12 seed Wisconsin, No. 5 seed Iowa and No. 4 seed Michigan State on successive days, but No. 1 Purdue was a bridge too far.
Looking on, Holtmann put his arm around Thornton. There was no pointing out the upcoming action the Buckeyes might need to run or defend against, no urging to find a way to pull off a late rally or extend the game. There was just a coach, one of his primary hopes for better things ahead next year and the final 30 seconds of a 2022-23 season that started off with promise, took the most significant nosedive in nearly 30 years and ended on an uptick.
Although athletic director Gene Smith publicly lobbied on behalf of the Buckeyes to be considered despite a sub-.500 record heading into Saturday’s game “We have some injuries beyond kind of what's public that make it difficult right now, to be quite honest with you, that we have to really get -- we have to get some of our guys back,” Holtmann said. “They're not significant, but they need to be tended to, and they need some time off. So that might answer your question .”
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