Chris Holtmann shares what will stick with him from this Ohio State team

While Ohio State finished the 2022-23 season on a memorable note with a surprise run to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals as the No. 13 seed, the Buckeyes did not have the years its players, fans or head coach Chris Holtmann would have imagined.

Ohio State finished the year with a 16-19 record and 5-15 mark in Big Ten play. During one horrific stretch of play, the Buckeyes won just one of 15 games.

However, the team did win five of its final seven games of the year, including three games in the Big Ten Tournament.

The highs and lows of the season were vast, and Holtmann said after his team’s loss to Purdue that he needs some more time away from the grind of the season to do a true evaluation.

“I think I’ll need some time to probably process that and think that through, and maybe I’ll have a better statement after I have a chance to kind of process all that went into this year,” Holtmann said. “Certainly you leave here feeling really proud of how we competed, and yet we also recognize the struggles. So I need some time to process it.”

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Justice Sueing, Bruce Thornton share their thoughts on the Ohio State season

Chris Holtmann wasn’t the only one reflecting on Ohio State’s season at the end of the Big Ten Tournament.

Justice Sueing and Bruce Thornton were also asked about their takeaways from the season.

“I think the biggest thing I’ll take away from this is that we finished it off the right way,” Sueing said. “We had our ups and downs through the season. We had a lot of downs, especially to start off the year 2023.

“What’s important is we were able to finish it strong together. We had our best play of basketball this past month-and-a-half, and I’m just really proud of the guys. I’m really proud of my teammates.”

Sueing has seen a lot in his college career, transferring to Ohio State from California, the Covid-19 pandemic, dealing with injuries and more.

Thornton, on the other hand, just finished his freshman year and has a lot more college basketball ahead of him if he wants it.

“We just showed what we were capable of playing,” Thornton said. “We didn’t show our true character throughout the season. We went through a drought where we didn’t play our best. At the end, we picked it up, and we were playing our best basketball.