COLUMBUS, Ohio — The sport has dominated the headlines for the past week, but nobody ever would contend that Ohio State is a basketball school. And for new Buckeyes basketball coach Chris Holtmann, that’s just fine. Holtmann was only midway through his introductory press conference Monday when the topic of the large shadow cast by his new football counterpart came up. The reporter couldn’t finish his question before Holtmann let his thoughts on the subject be known. “I love it,” the coach proclaimed. “Love it. I think it’s great. I think it adds to this place. It was exciting quite obviously.” Perhaps Holtmann is excited to be in the presence of one of college football’s premier football programs after having spent the past four years at Butler, known as a basketball school. Or maybe the Nicholasville, Ky., native really is just a fan of the gridiron. Chris Holtmann spent the past four years at a ‘basketball school’ in…
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