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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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The thing is, you are basically devoting four years to a Thompson, when the classes of 18 and 19 could be really strong. Young you take, Thompson is borderline....and I am more sold on Beverly than others. He will be a fine offensive PG; he's been playing a high level of basketball for two years now, and getting it done. Beverly, apparently, is already on campus.
 
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6. Marcus Bingham Jr., 2018 Forward, Catholic Central (Grand Rapid, Mich.)
This is the only big man on this list. He was not recruited by Ohio State, but he was strongly considered to be an eventual commit to Holtmann at Butler. Ohio State has two bigs on the roster right now in Kaleb Wesson and Micah Potter, and didn't appear to be recruiting any in 2018. That should change, because you'd like to have three.

If Holtmann's staff was that tight with 6-foot-10 Bingham at Butler, they should try to carry the relationship over to Ohio State and see if the four-star prospect and No. 76 player in the country would be interested in coming to Columbus.
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I wouldn't try to add to the team for the upcoming 2017-18 season from the Butler signees/commits. The Buckeyes are facing a big uphill battle regardless, and I don't know that any of those guys projects as a starter ideally. I'm cool with going after some of the 2018 recruits they were going for at Butler like Bingham and Weaver, they should definitely try and get those guys. Prioritizing Cohill over Weaver just because Cohill is from Ohio is faulty reasoning. I would call Weaver the top prospect for Holtmann right now - he can be the biggest difference-maker from a position and talent perspective.
 
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DZ83CK said:
I wouldn't try to add to the team for the upcoming 2017-18 season from the Butler signees/commits. The Buckeyes are facing a big uphill battle regardless, and I don't know that any of those guys projects as a starter ideally.
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nonsense. if you watch young play and can't recognize that he'd be a great fit at ohio state whether it's next year or beyond, then your scouting abilities are highly suspect.
 
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Oh8ch said:
We also need another guard. We absolutely need another guard.
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i think thompson stays with butler. if more than young switches to ohio state, i think it will be christian david. he's more of a 6'7" oversized shooting guard, whereas young is a 6'7" undersized power forward. i don't think david has the ballhandling skills to relieve jackson and/or beverly, though.

i do think beverly will prove to be adequate as a floor general.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
i think thompson stays with butler. if more than young switches to ohio state, i think it will be christian david. he's more of a 6'7" oversized shooting guard, whereas young is a 6'7" undersized power forward. i don't think david has the ballhandling skills to relieve jackson and/or beverly, though.

i do think beverly will prove to be adequate as a floor general.
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^^^this^^^
 
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At this point I would not take a guard just for the sake of taking one.

17-18 is a throw away year winning wise (though if the players buy into Holtmann right from the start I think they may end up better than we are predicting), they can wing it with what they have and be just fine.

Jackson & Beverly getting a lot of ball handling time will be beneficial experience for 18-19 which if recruiting goes right they could at least be a decent team.
 
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