While both would tell you Ohio State winning on Thursday night against Minnesota is what matters the most, both head coach Chris Holtmann and forward E.J. Liddell are on the cusp of major milestones at OSU.
For Holtmann, a victory would be his 100th since taking over at Ohio State. He’s currently in his fifth season since taking over in 2017, having made the NCAA Tournament each year (not counting the COVID-19 shortened season).
For Liddell, he’s just 12 points shy of scoring 1,000 for his college career. He came to Ohio State as a four-star forward and Mr. Basketball in the state of Illinois as a part of the 2019 class. He had a slow start to his freshman season but began to show signs of his potential late in the 2019-2020 campaign.
