Ohio State basketball in the NCAA Tournament: Bruce Thornton, Jake Diebler legacies, plus matchups
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What is the significance of Ohio State basketball's matchup against TCU?
Welcome back to the Bill & Doug Show, talking about Ohio State basketball. Through the magic of the interwebs, Bill Landis is actually in a car on his way to South Carolina, as you are watching and listening to this, because Bill will be going to cover for the Bill & Doug sub stack for this YouTube channel, this podcast feed, cover the basketball bucks. They're in the 8-9 game versus TCU, and you're going to be there, Philly Billy. I will be there. Yeah, looking forward to it. We did not. Yeah, it's a it's kind of we did the thing that a lot of Ohio State outlets do, I think, which is like didn't do anything with college basketball until the football season was firmly over. So this is a bit of a new experience for me because the previous times I've gone to cover the tournament, I have been like a kind of like full board basketball beat writer.
for the whole season. But I've been covering them pretty steadily since the middle of January, and I feel like I have a pretty good handle for this team and who they are and where they want to go and what they're capable of. So I'm excited to be down there in Greenville, get a little bit of open locker room access, talk to some guys that maybe aren't always made available for interviews, and then, yeah, watching them play 12-15 Thursday in the opener of the main bracket on CBS against TCU. So we will expect that we'll have another show on this feed, probably Wednesday afternoon, where I think we will make our picks for that game. We'll give you our final four picks, our national championship picks.
We're also going to do a big Wednesday show on our sub stack for our sub stack subscribers, digging in more on how sort of football powers are doing in who made the NCAA tournament for teams that really play major college football at the highest level.
How do Bruce Thornton's achievements impact his legacy?
So we'll have a big, meaty two-hour show with Bill from South Carolina. Come join us at billanddougosu.substack.com. We're going to keep writing football. We're going to have basketball, great written stories from South Carolina by Bill. We're going to be podcasting over there, and plus you're getting 18% off right now because we're doing a deal for spring football. Just remind the good folks, Bill, how they can get the cheaper annual subscription. Yeah, billanddougosu.substack.com is the website, slash spring18 will get you there. If you don't want to remember all those letters, that is pinned to my Twitter profile, at billandus25, the link will be right there. And I also believe if you just go to our main subscription tab, that's right there at the top of the page.
If you go on desktop, it should be there automatically. But yeah, that's 18% off an annual subscription, and that'll be available through the end of spring football. So we'll talk a little bit about what we know so far. Obviously, Ohio State got in on Sunday. They're an eight seed against number nine TCU. They're opposite number one dude in Greenville, South Carolina.
What challenges does Jake Diebler face as a first-time head coach?
Is it not true that this NCAA tournament appearance for the basketball Buckeyes is primarily about two people? And those two people are Bruce Thornton as a crowning achievement for the greatest scorer in Ohio State basketball history who is finally getting his chance to play in the NCAA basketball tournament. And Jake Diebler, the second-year coach who was promoted from within after the firing of Chris Holtman. And after a not great year last year, like, okay, but this season is like, how's it going? And for the two of them, this is a pretty huge deal for... I think how like Thornton may be remembered and just that he gets this opportunity. And also it's like for like almost for the legacy and kind of the past of Thornton, but then for the future of Diebler, like this, how big of a deal do you think this is for those two guys?
Yeah, it's a huge deal for both of them. I do think Bruce has had a remarkable career at Ohio State. To be so productive and so important and to be primarily defined by losing more than anyone would have liked is a difficult spot to be in, but I also give him sort of a...
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of Ohio State basketball's matchup against TCU?
0:05–1:48
2
How do Bruce Thornton's achievements impact his legacy?
1:48–2:49
3
What challenges does Jake Diebler face as a first-time head coach?
2:49–4:48
4
What are the expectations for Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament?
4:48–6:07
5
How has Ohio State's season trajectory influenced their tournament chances?
6:07–7:44
6
What key players will impact the Ohio State vs. TCU game?
7:44–8:54
7
How does TCU's defensive strategy affect Ohio State's game plan?
8:54–9:41
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What insights can we gain from the history of Ohio State basketball in tournaments?
9:41–29:25
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