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“As of now, it’s going to be Arizona, North Carolina and Ohio State, but I’m still working on a couple more to see which other ones I want to take a look at,” he said. “I’m taking this unofficial (visit), and I’m taking an official. We’re just trying to set up the time, but I’m definitely going to take an official mostly because I know coach (Chris Holtmann) has wanted me down there for a while. It seemed like a good opportunity to come down.”
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A native of the Pittsburgh area, Johnson said he grew up watching Ohio State basketball in addition to his father’s alma mater, Pitt. When the Buckeyes began recruiting him at the beginning of his junior season at Coraopolis Moon Area, it caught him by surprise.
“I grew up watching Ohio State and (thought) how crazy would it be to go there,” he said. “When the coaches reached out to me, I was in shock. I definitely watched a lot of Ohio State. They were about the same as Pitt, but it’s close to my hometown and it was a good time watching Greg Oden and Mike Conley and Even Turner and Deshaun Thomas. All of them were really good and I thought it would be crazy if I was there one day.”
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