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BuckTwenty
Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
Any chance with Ohio State's momentum on the hardwood that we see a recruit committed to someone else, say Jeremiah Francis, rethink his commitment and take a campus visit in Columbus? Or has that ship sailed for good?
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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
That was also the case before he made his verbal to UNC. I mean he was even quoted as stating how much he wanted to turn the Ohio State program around and go to the same school that his father attended and then he made his verbal to UNC. This is just pure speculation on your part. I guess that could be said about any recruit. Maybe hearing something from him would be a little bit more interesting than the fact that he still attends Ohio State games.
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OhioState001
Tressel Loyalist
We've seen what Holtmann can do with Butler level recruits and this Ohio State team. Imagine what he could do if he got Francis and Gaffney in one class
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wigmon
Heisman
To be clear, he's not doing it with "Butler level recruits". KBD was a top 30 national recruit, Tate was top 50ish, Kam around 70 and Wesson 75. These were all MAtta recruits and guys that never would have considered Butler. Young was going to be Holtmanns first top 100 recruit at Butler (and their first since 2012) and he's 10th man this year. Jallow, CJ and Andre are probably "Butler level recruits", so if if we are winning next year, then I think that would be a fair statement to make.
Make no mistake about it, Holtmann has done a fabulous job with this team and he's found ways to get much more out of players than Matta was, but its Mattas recruits that are leading the way this year.
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Tate at 50 is generous. Also, this isn't football. Being top 100 in basketball is a very different thing after the top shelf guys.
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HabaneroBuck
Non-Nike Design
I don't think Francis is going to reconsider Ohio State unless something happens on Carolina's end, but I think MaxBuck is correct in that Columbus is a lot more appealing now than it would have been before the season. Whatever Francis wanted that Carolina offered over Ohio State has been mitigated to some extent.
I'm thinking we need one or two Point/Combo Guards, and some Ohio options have already verballed elsewhere (Curtis to X and the injured McBride to WV). Don't know if Gordon or Davis are going to get offers. It looks like Armaan Franklin of IN is a high priority at this point, but I don't doubt that Holt is really hoping for a Francis reconsider.
I'm thinking we need one or two Point/Combo Guards, and some Ohio options have already verballed elsewhere (Curtis to X and the injured McBride to WV). Don't know if Gordon or Davis are going to get offers. It looks like Armaan Franklin of IN is a high priority at this point, but I don't doubt that Holt is really hoping for a Francis reconsider.
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nomatta
Hall of Fame
Maybe he was talking about "Butler level recruits" at, like, Butler, where they did well in a good conference and made the Dance every year he was HC there, a win in the Dance every time and a S16.
I agree about next season. Talking purely on-paper talent level, that will actually look like a Butler roster. We'll have just 3 composite T100 recruits (none T50, all between 70-100 and one of which isn't making much of an impact this year), our sole PG from JUCO, and a bunch of guys that were ranked in the 150-300 range coming out of HS (Andre, Potter, Jallow, Washington, Ahrens). Holtmann has done well with similar talent level at Butler but the problem for OSU next season is that they will also be very young, with CJ the only senior and our only two juniors, Andre and Potter, having been mostly role players off the bench in their careers.
We'll see if Holtmann can work even more magic than he worked this season just to get that team on the bubble, because on paper they will be the least talented roster OSU has had in a long time, and with very minimal experience to help mitigate that.
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nomatta
Hall of Fame
sorry, didn't see that Ledee has squeaked into the T100 composite recently, now at 92. (so 4 T100 composite guys between him, Kaleb, Luther, and Young).
as a true frosh I don't know that we can expect a ton from Jaedon next season, but we might need his help on the boards.
as a true frosh I don't know that we can expect a ton from Jaedon next season, but we might need his help on the boards.
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