Tag: OSU Basketball recruiting

Report: Ohio State to host 2024 4-star Wisconsin small forward

A big visit for the Buckeyes

[autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] basketball is still searching for players that will fit well with their lone current 2024 commit, point guard Juni Mobley.

Head coach [autotag]Chris Holtmann[/autotag] is looking for versatile wings and they might have found a match in Wisconsin small forward [autotag]Kon Knueppel[/autotag]. The 6-foot, 5-inch and 205 forward is among the best players in the country, the 12th best at his position and 33rd nationally according to the 247Sports composite.

In a report by 247Sports Travis Branham, Knueppel told him that Ohio State is one of two visits that he will make in the month of June, along with Louisville.

Knueppel has really taken a step foward during the AAU season, and would be a massive recruiting win for the Buckeyes if he commits.

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Ohio State basketball offers top Georgia 2024 wing

The Buckeyes offer the versatile wing #GoBucks

[autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] basketball has done a great job at finding players who can play multiple positions, creating roster flexibility.

The interchangeability makes it much easier for head coach [autotag]Chris Holtmann[/autotag]to play his 4-out, 1-in offensive system. The roster is full of wing players, who can shoot from the outside and slash to the rim.

It should come as no surprise that Holtmann targets recruits with those traits, recently offering 2024 Georgia wing [autotag]Derrion Reid[/autotag]. The 6-foot, 7-inch and 180 pound wing has guard skills with a shooters touch. He is rated as the 8th best power forward and 53rd overall player by the 247Sports composite.

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Ohio State basketball offers another Ohioan, this time a 2025 power forward

The instate hoops focus continues for Holtmann #GoBucks

[autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] head coach [autotag]Chris Holtmann[/autotag] is trying to have the Buckeye future recruiting classes possess a big-time local flavor.

Recently the focus was on the 2026 class with instate offers to T.J. Crumble and Marcus Johnson. There’s another Buckeye caliber player in the state and that’s 2025 power forward [autotag]Nikola Bundalo[/autotag].

The Uniontown forward was offered by Ohio State recently as multiple other schools did the same. It was quite the day for the 6-foot, 9-inch Bundalo. The athletic big-man performed very well at multiple recent showcases that obviously has caught the attention of college coaches, Holtmann included.

Bundalo isn’t rated by any of the major services, but that should change when there is an update. A player with his size and ability who holds multiple Power Five scholarship offers is bound to be ranked.

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Ohio State basketball offers instate 2026 small forward

The Buckeyes are looking at keeping the best instate in 2026 #GoBucks

Over the last two recruiting classes, [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] basketball has signed 3 out of 9 players from their home state. If the offers going out to 2026 prospects are any indication, it seems like head coach [autotag]Chris Holtmann[/autotag] is trying to create a fence around the states top prospects.

Recently point guard Marcus Johnson was offered a scholarship and now another Ohioan from his class has been, small forward [autotag]T.J. Crumble[/autotag].

At 6-foot, 8-inches, and 195 pounds, Crumble brings an element of size that the Buckeye roster would love to have. Although he isn’t ranked at the moment, not many 2026 prospects are, he is still viewed as one of the best players in the country.

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These two offers are very big, especially considering how far out Crumble and Johnson are. The two know each other as well, as they are shown here working out together. Smart move by Holtmann offering both of them.

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Ohio State basketball offers instate 2026 rising star point guard

The Buckeyes are quick to offer the freshman star #GoBucks

It will be more than a few years until Garfield Heights, Ohio’s, [autotag]Marcus Johnson,[/autotag] will be able to sign with a collegiate team, but that didn’t stop [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] from offering the talented point guard.

Head coach, [autotag]Chris Holtmann,[/autotag] didn’t need much high school tape to be impressed by Johnson’s game. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise because his father Sonny, was named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball in 1998 and went on to play at Cleveland State.

Marcus is widely regarded as one of the best players in the country, ranking as the 16th overall play in the 2026 class via ESPN’s top 25 of that class.

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With Ohio State getting an offer out so early in Johnson’s recruitment, you have to think that he’s an extremely high-priority recruit for Holtmann.

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