{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Real Pod Wednesdays","title":"Ohio State Basketball’s Outlook for Next Season","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3991,"description":"Ohio State’s men’s basketball season came to an end last week, but not before the Buckeyes offered some hope for the future.Ohio State’s run to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals couldn’t save the Buckeyes from missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in six years and finishing with a losing record for the first time in 19 years, but it did give Ohio State some much-needed positive energy entering the offseason and gave Buckeye fans reason to be excited about Bruce Thornton, Roddy Gayle Jr. and Felix Okpara going into their sophomore seasons.As such, we spend a little bit of time talking about the season that just ended but most of our time looking ahead to next season as we focus primarily on Ohio State men’s basketball on this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays.With the NCAA Tournament set to begin without Ohio State on Thursday, we also make our predictions for who will make this year’s Final Four and the biggest upsets we expect to see in the first weekend of March Madness. We also preview the first weekend of NCAA Tournament action for Ohio State women’s basketball and Ohio State women’s hockey’s trip to the Frozen Four. Finally, we discuss what we heard from Ohio State’s wide receivers and linebackers during the most recent spring football interviews.The full rundown for this week’s show:0:34: Ohio State had a bad year, but Big Ten Tournament run gives them something to feel good about3:32: Freshman class growth is the biggest reason why Chris Holtmann will be back for another year5:37: Bruce Thornton will be Ohio State’s most important player entering next season7:46: Roddy Gayle Jr. and Felix Okpara needed time to grow, but their talent is clear to see now13:00: Justice Sueing and Sean McNeil stepped up their game to finish their collegiate careers strong15:30: Ohio State must bottle up what it did the last few weeks and play like that all season next year19:50: Is just making the NCAA Tournament next season enough for Chris Holtmann to keep his...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fOAiNTjxpPKA2nMsi97aVB_iarFZ9mcu19KvQWPokFY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1MzY5LzE2OTIy/OTU5NzctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}