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PHATBUCK13 · 10-19-2011, 04:35 PM

Goodman Preseason Tour: Thoughts from Ohio State - CBSSports.com

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- Ohio State assistant Chris Jent is a huge addition to this coaching staff, replacing Brandon Miller - who left the business. Jent said he wouldn't have left the Cleveland Cavs if it wasn't for the combination of Matta and being at his alma mater. He also said it'll allow him to be a more well-rounded coach. "It's an opportunity to coach the other side of the ball," said Jent, who was coaching the defense with the Cavs.

McKraut · 10-19-2011, 04:43 PM

I'm stoked that Jent is back at Ohio State. He's a great coach and these kids can learn a lot from him.

PHATBUCK13 · 10-19-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by McKraut

I'm stoked that Jent is back at Ohio State. He's a great coach and these kids can learn a lot from him.

He's a really big addition to Matta's staff.

I think he probably came to OSU because he would rather teach college kids that want tonlearn than deal with NBA a-holes and also because he knew the lock-out was coming.

I'm sure his love for OSU and Thad Matta were factors too.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 10-23-2011, 11:33 AM

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A world of experience

Men's basketball: Jent brings knowledge of the NBA and overseas basketball to his teaching of OSU players

Assistant coach Chris Jent will work with Jared Sullinger, left, and other OSU players to help develop their skills.

By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch
Sunday October 23, 2011 7:45 AM

Thad Matta and his newest assistant coach, Chris Jent, were watching video of a game from last season when Jent piped up that he remembered his coach with the Panionios team in Greece having guarded a play a certain way.

“And it was effective for the whole game,” Jent said.

Matta looked at him in amazement.

“Greece?”

That was 12 years ago, and one of 18 locales in which Jent worked in 15 years as a professional basketball player and coach.

“That’s the beauty of what he has,” Matta said last week. “He’s seen everything.

“I think he’s one of those guys born to coach, and he was always taking it in.”

Jent, 41, joined the Ohio State men’s basketball staff this summer after working for the Cleveland Cavaliers for five years as an assistant coach responsible for player development. He said this is the only job he would have left the NBA for, a chance to coach at his alma mater and work for a successful and respected coach in Matta, who is three years older.

Jent played for the Buckeyes from 1988 through ’92, led them in floor burns and helped them reach the NCAA Tournament three times. Matta mentioned his “passion” for the university in announcing his hiring. But there was more to it.

“He’s the best I’ve ever seen at making players better,” said Matta, who envisions the NCAA soon allowing coaches more time with their players in the offseason to work on skill development.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 11-10-2011, 06:43 AM

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Chris Jent ASSISTANT COACH

Jent, 41, returns to his alma mater after working as an assistant with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, specializing in player development, for the past five years. He scored more than 1,000 points as an Ohio State player from 1988 to ’92 and helped the Buckeyes reach the NCAA Tournament three times. He played in the NBA and in Europe for nine seasons before his former coach at Ohio State, Randy Ayers, added him to the Philadelphia 76ers staff in 2003.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 11-23-2011, 08:33 AM

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Michael Arace commentary: Jent learns the ropes to one day call the shots

By Michael Arace
The Columbus Dispatch
Wednesday November 23, 2011 5:32 AM

Some of Ohio State’s sharpest and sanest sports fans focus on men’s basketball and, among them, there is a murmuring about Chris Jent being a potential heir to coach Thad Matta.

The thinking goes like this: Matta’s history of back problems might compel him to step away from the bench before he wants to and, if he is thinking about a successor, Jent fits.

All of this is speculative. Understand that. It is impossible to peer beyond the horizon, but there is no law against squinting.

A place opened up on Matta’s staff after last season. He reached out to Jent — and Jent made a surprising leap from the NBA back to his alma mater. Matta half-joked, “This could be the best recruit I’ve ever gone after.”

On the eve of the season, Matta told reporters he wanted Jent because of his allegiance to Ohio State, his professional experience as a player and his coaching resume — which includes an interim stint as an NBA coach in Orlando and, more recently, a five-year run as a well-regarded assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

When Dispatch beat writer Bob Baptist asked Matta whether his back had him thinking about contingencies when Jent was hired, Matta made another half-joke: “I don’t think that far down the road. I operate in five-minute compartments.”

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PHATBUCK13 · 01-24-2012, 11:51 PM

OSUBasketballJunkie · 03-28-2012, 05:45 PM

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Jent Headed To Final Four 20 Years Later.............Chris Jent was one shot away from sending the 1992 Buckeyes to the Final Four. Haunted by the shot that missed for the past 20 years, Jent is now heading to the Final Four with this version of the Buckeyes 20 years later.