Chris Holtmann declined to accept the invitation to grade his performance over his first three seasons at Ohio State, which may indicate he already knows the answer and humility dissuaded him. If not, he’s going to enjoy looking at the report card. One of 46 new hires in Division I college basketball prior to the 2017-18 season, Holtmann is one of only two coaches to get his team to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two years. The other is New Mexico State’s Chris Jans, who like Holtmann had his team in position for a third straight berth before the NCAA cancelled the even in mid-March over COVID-19 concerns. Jans, dismissed at Bowling Green for an off-court incident, is 0-2 in his two NCAA appearances, while Holtmann has coached OSU into the second round both of his seasons in Columbus. “I will really leave that up to other…
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