** Fertile territory … We have been tracking the largesse of basketball talent about to be harvested in the great state of Ohio. It seems like an unprecedented crop of top-50 players with guards Darryn Peterson, Dorian Jones and Jerry Easter and forward Niko Bundalo in the 2025 class and national top-20 prospects Marcus Johnson and T.J. Crumble in 2026. Add in 2025 center Jayden Quaintance, who preps in North Carolina but has ties to Cleveland, and that’s seven top-50 players over a two-year period.
“This is as good as it has ever been,” one basketball recruiting guru noted. “I mean you had some highly rated guys in the past. B.J. Mullens and William Buford were both McDonald’s All-Americans in 2008 and Jared Sullinger was ranked up there in 2010. But to have this many guys ranked that highly, we’ve never had something like this in a two-year period
Will the Buckeyes land Aaron Scott and KJ Bolden over the next month? What are the four toughest games in order for OSU this year? The midweek 5ish has that and much more.
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“And it’s on Chris Holtmann to sign as many of them as possible. I think Darryn Peterson is probably a one-and-done guy. The thing is, you almost have a perfect five-man lineup with those 2025 guys. Jerry Easter can play the point. Dorian Jones is a playmaker but also a catch-and-shoot three-point guy and a strong...
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