Point guard Brock Harding, who transferred from Iowa this offseason, leads the crew by a large margin with 5.7 assists per recreation, third-best within the Big 12. The junior can also be pesky defensively with a team-high 1.7 assists per recreation. Harding has a powerful 3.8 to 1 assist-to-turnover ratio this season.
The Buckeyes will do effectively to win the guard battle on this recreation, one thing Diebler ought to be assured in after just lately saying he believes the Scarlet and Gray have “one of the best backcourts in the country,” with starters Bruce Thornton and John Mobley Jr. and backups Taison Chatman and Gabe Cupps.
EXPERIENCED HEAD COACH
While Diebler is in his second season as a head coach, Dixon has led a program for over twenty years. After holding a number of assistant teaching positions, Dixon was promoted to head coach at Pittsburgh in 2003, following Ben Howland‘s departure for UCLA. During his 13 seasons with the Panthers, Dixon went 328-123, making the NCAA Tournament 11 instances, together with three Sweet Sixteen appearances and one journey to the Elite Eight. He gained the Big East regular-season championship twice and the Big East Tournament as soon as, and he was named the Big East Coach of the Year in 2004 in addition to the Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2009.
Dixon moved from Pitt to TCU, the place he performed from 1983 to 1987, prior to the 2016-17 season. During his 10 seasons in Fort Worth, Dixon has led the Horned Frogs to a 198-137 total document, together with 5 appearances within the NCAA Tournament.
