As soon as the season ended, we went through an exercise of projecting what Ohio State basketball’s starting lineup and key contributors could look like for the 2021-2022 season.
We followed up after some more changes. First, Musa Jallow transferred out of the program. The Buckeyes then brought in Penn State transfer guard Jabari Wheeler and Indiana transfer Joey Brunk. That was followed by Kyle Young surprising everyone by coming back for one more season.
That was all followed by both NBA decisions being made by E.J. Liddell (he’s returning) and Duane Washington (he’s not). But that wasn’t all. The last bit of news was the addition of Ragin’ Cajun guard Cedric Russell by way of transfer. So, now, finally, the roster is as set as it is going to be — barring any surprising and jarring news.
With all of that in mind, here is our fourth — and hopefully final effort — at projecting what the five starters for the next hoops season at Ohio State could look like, with a run through the rest of the key contributors.
As always, and as we’ve stated before, we reserve the right to change this and be wrong, because — well, college basketball. In fact, as mentioned, we’ve already changed it a few times.