It’s the new norm of college basketball, and it seems most especially Ohio State over the last few seasons. The transfer portal — the gift that keeps on, um — giving I guess.
It used to be, that roster construction consisted of recruiting guys and then either keeping them for a few years or having them be a one-and-done prospect. Sure, you could add a guy every once in a while as a grad transfer, but that was few and far between.
Now, with the brave, new world of players falling into the transfer portal left and right, you need a flow, chart, protractor, and a little pixie dust to pull off some secondary recruiting to either keep a guy or go get one spit out of the portal towards your program.
That looks to be the same case for OSU hoops this offseason as well. The Buckeyes have already tapped former Wright State guard Tanner Holden to come join the scarlet and gray, and it has been linked to several others. We’re quite sure there are some names out there that we just don’t know about, but thanks to the Columbus Dispatch, here is everyone that we have heard about so far.
We go on this journey in alphabetical order.