It’s time to turn the page on the 2021-2022 Ohio State basketball season after the Buckeyes were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament by No. 2 seed Villanova.
It was a season that never quite materialized as anyone thought because of the injuries and COVID-19 pause, but when this team played to its potential, it was able to beat the likes of Duke, Illinois, and Wisconsin. At the end of it all, Ohio State went dancing for the fourth-straight year and had yet another 20-win season, something it has done every year under Chris Holtmann.
If you’ve ever played in any contest that had such a finality to it like what OSU experienced on Sunday, then you get how much disappointment can go along with it. At the same time, there is a sense of pride for what a group of competitors accomplished throughout a long season that had its share of tough workouts, disappointing losses, and exhilarating wins.
Some of the Ohio State players took to Twitter to commemorate and react to the abrupt end of the season and they are all worth a look. As you would expect from a Holtmann-coached team, the reactions were classy and sentimental in nature.
Here’s how some of the players reacted.