This is March.
They never recovered from losing to the worst Power 5 team outside of Louisville, which is an indictment of both coaching and culture. They couldn't beat the otherwise-winless Gophers in Columbus, and unfortunately there are too many other data points to chalk that evening to being justSo now the Hoosiers are 20-10 while the Buckeyes are 11-17 , and both teams will still conclude their seasons with a loss this month.
This is March. Where every single story except one regresses to the same unsatisfying ending. We were only denied an enjoyable middle. Sixty-seven of the 68 teams that make the NCAA tournament - your team won't be among them - will conclude their seasons with a loss this month. Three lucky programs will finish with crushing losses in early April at the Final Four in Houston. And one program will secure the exclusive Shining Moment™. There are no December Bowl games in March Madness, and even if there were this year's Buckeyes aren't anywhere close to bowl eligibility. College basketball's structural flaw is why the quality of journey is so important. Feb 26, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes forward Justice Sueing takes the shot over Illinois Fighting Illini forward Matthew Mayer during the second half at Value City Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports This season, Ohio State excused its fans from dreaming too hard. Silver lining, it's almost over. Good news, they'll try again later this year with what has to be the program's bottom as a muse. As for this month, the Buckeyes are heading toward the same crowded bin as the higher-quality Hoosiers, albeit on dramatically different paths. If IU can finally win the conference tournament for which it always hold home court advantage, its season will hold some differentiation against all of the others. It's not the banner they want, but it definitely is the one they need. Ohio State's issues run deeper than just having the simple but important capability of avoiding nine-game losing streaks. This year's Buckeyes provided a glimpse back to Thad Matta's decline, when chronic underperformers like Marc Loving and Amir Williams were always on the floor, consistently making the same mistakes and ultimately losing games a program like Ohio State should win - with seemingly no one available or capable to relieve them. On Saturday while the Buckeyes were upsetting Illinois and ending a nine-game slide play-by-play announcer Paul Keels could be heard on the broadcast talking around the chronic issues plaguing the Buckeyes in his imitable deadpan: Justice Sueing shoots...and it's too late. Shot clock violation. He had no idea what the shot clock was. Sueing has played college basketball since 2017. Former Villanova coach Jay Wright provided color for the broadcast, pointing out several flaws in Sueing's strategy for attacking the basket. His technique and mechanics were all but eliminating the possibility of drawing a foul. He was missing those shots while putting himself in suboptimal position for success. Wright made simple suggestions to the television audience of what Sueing could do differently to be more successful. It's unclear if Holtmann could hear what he was saying from his end of the sideline, but it's also mystifying that that color commentary could be outpacing Ohio State's technical coaching. Wright won multiple national championships and was unable to contain the coaching from spilling out of his mouth, which is what makes his color contributions so good. He concluded the broadcast by lauding Holtmann forduring its latest losing streak, which is a curious way to land the plane he had been professionally ransacking the previous two hours. The Buckeyes still defeated the Illini on the strength of their freshmen, similar to how Indiana has benefited from the talents of freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino. He and Buckeye star freshman Bryce Sensabaugh will either share the Freshman of the Year award at the conclusion of the season or finish 1-2 in the voting. If they stick around another year or two, their programs' respective journeys should gain quality points in the future. Indiana left a lot of them on the floor this season. Ohio State forfeited most of them.The Buckeyes' forgettable season will not be remembered for the wins over Rutgers, Northwestern, Iowa and Illinois - all of whom will meet Indiana's fate later this month away from campus. They'll be dancing, which is the baseline expectation. The Hoosiers will make it into the tournament, where they'll go out the same way as 66 other teams. Alas, the Buckeyes won't be a part of it. Silver lining, they weren't close to getting in.
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