Rutgers Basketball: Steve Pikiell hiring gives hope to Scarlet Knights by Steven Massucci Ohio State basketball missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 – 08 season. The Ohio State Buckeyes were one of the youngest teams in the country in 2016-17. Other than junior Marc Loving, Thad Matta typically trotted out lineups consisting of multiple freshmen and sophomores. Some of these players began to develop and show some true talent (sophomores Jae’Sean Tate and Keita Bates-Diop come to mind), but mostly Ohio State was frustrating, inconsistent and occasionally brilliant. Let’s take a closer look at their season. 2015-16 Season Overall Record: 21 – 14 Conference Record: 11 – 7 (8th out of 14 teams) Postseason: Second round NIT loss to Florida (74 – 66). Individual Awards: All-Team Big Ten Honorable Mention: sophomore Jae’Sean Tate, sophomore Keita Bates-Diop and junior Marc Loving. Worst Loss: November 25th – home vs. Louisiana Tech (82 – 74). [embedded content] The pains of an inexperienced team. Louisiana Tech proved to be pretty good (23-10, 12-6 in CUSA), but this loss, along with one to UT-Arlington just days before was a shocking and disappointing development during OSU’s non-conference slate. LA-Tech used senior guard Alex Hamilton’s 24 points and some timely errors from the Buckeyes to pull off the defeat in Columbus. …
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