Random thought but: Chris Holtmann has been at at OSU for four years, and the one constant in his tenure has been a severe collapse after reaching their peak.
In 17/18, OSU started the year 22-5 and got up #8 in the rankings. They lost 2 straight after that and 4/7, including a first game BTT exit as the 3 seed and loss in the Round of 32.
In 18/19, OSU started the year 12-1 and got up to #13 in the rankings. They lost 5 straight after that and 6/7, then fell even more after that losing 6/8 to end the regular season. They won 1 game in both the B1G and NCAA tourney before losing the 2nd game in both.
In 19/20, OSU started the year 11-1 and got up to #2 in the rankings. They lost 4 straight after that and 6/7. This was the first year they didn’t have a collapse to end the regular season though, even though they lost their last game vs MSU they won 4 straight before that. No postseason info for obvious reasons.
This year, OSU started the year 18-4 and got up to #4 in the rankings. OSU is currently on a 3 game losing streak, with a chance for it to extend to 4 to end the regular season.
Another thing about Holtmann: We’ll see how they do in the BTT and NCAA Tourney this year, but so far at OSU he’s 1-2 in the BTT and 2-2 in the NCAA Tourney. At Butler, Holtmann never won a Big East Tourney game (0-3) and went 4-3 in the NCAA Tourney, making 1 Sweet Sixteen in his 3 years and going to the Round of 32 the other 2. Of his 4 wins, the highest seed he beat was an 8 seed.
Earlier in the thread Dylan said that OSU was candidate for a first weekend loss and I think I agree. Chris Holtmann is a good coach, but he’s prone to prolonged collapses and poor tournament performances. Considering this season’s prolonged collapse is going to overlap with the tournaments, this makes me think he’s due for early exits in both. Or he’s going to prove me wrong and sweep his way to BTT and national titles.