It will be interesting to see who has the better career between Young and Livers.
Too bad the rest of Ohio State transferred
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If we lose to them twice next year Iām gonna lose it. I have no clue how out of the last three years, the one time weāve beaten them was when they had a top 5 draft pick and we had whatever Beilein found in the Crisler broom closet.
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Who said it was surprising? My point was more one of frustration that a program which did not make the tourney and just picked up a new coach in the middle of the off season has a higher rated class than Michigan does.
But I am not even even sure what point you are responding to. Do you not expect OSU to recruit well and return to the upper half of the conference?
Agreed. I clearly favored Young but hoping Iām wrong.
Livers can play. Anyone who wins Mr. Basketball in their state is not exactly a bum. I was pro Livers for sure. Rankings in basketball outside of the one and done types donāt mean a damn thing in basketball. I have never seen a rankings service an at actual high school game in Michigan. They are all watching the prep school one and dones. Basketball is terribly underscouted IMO.
Maybe? Iām not sure that this is a data point that proves that is what I mean.
Things certainly havenāt been going very right for OSU hoops for a while now. I think Holtmann is a good coach, but I donāt necessarily think heās going to fix things overnight there.
Iām not sure the Holtmann ceiling is what Mattaās ceiling was, but maybe it is. Weāll find out soon enough.
Young was ahead of Livers going into last summer. He was pretty advanced skill wise but by the end of the summer Livers had mostly caught up and Livers is the better athlete with arguably the higher ceiling because of that. Young is a little undersized at the 4 but probably not quick enough to play the 3, but again, heās really skilled.
Neither will start right away (Young will be behind Tate and Bates-Diop) so we wonāt know for awhile but Iām happy UM got Livers in the end. He and Mathews bring athleticism and physicality to a team that hasnāt always had that in recent years.
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OSUās Funderburk now dismissed and incoming commit Beverly released from LOI.
I think theyāll have 8 scholarship players on the roster (2 being freshmen).
Well it looks like Kyle Young will see the floor A LOT!
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I am in the dark as anyone about what will happen early w/Holtmann at the helm for OSU. Iām good with Young coming back in state. Not a huge surprise but significant enough. At least some good news from a roster standpoint.
But Holtmann has a ton of work to do overall.
Thereās but a single PG on Ohio Stateās roster for next season. At this point JaeāSean Tate is the backup. I love JaeāSean but heās stop gap material as a PG.
Needs to pull Columbus Upper Arlington wing Dane Goodwin back into the fold after he reopened his recruitment. From a public relations standpoint needs to corral a superlative 2018 recruiting class. Turn around the culture of a program whose players appeared okay with losing these past two seasons and do it before practice opens in the fall. Show thereās a distinct difference between the product on court last season and this coming seasonās quality.
Not sure thereās a real chance for a quick turnaround for OSU. Got to do it from the ground up and gradually turn momentum around.
Wow. That program melted down fast. I expect a quick turnaround though. They should be able to recruit at a high level and they have a lot of playing time to sell kids on.
Looks like Dane Goodwin committed to Notre Dameā¦quick turnaround
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Looks like the Big Ten will have protected rivalries next year: Michigan - MSU, Indiana - Purdue and Illinois - Northwestern
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Yeah, this has been rumored for a little bit. Really strange how IU included it in the release in such a speculative tone. Sort of like Michigan just dropping the single plays in its non-conference release.
I like it. It sort of follows the NFL style of having division rivals and non-division games. In addition to MSU Iād like to have one more as well, Ohio State.
Maybe itās a move to force the Big Tenās hand? Or maybe itās just to reduce complaining from their fanbase, lol.