Ohio State Basketball: What Mickey Mitchell Will Bring to 2015-16 Buckeyes

Head coach Thad Matta and the Ohio State basketball program landed the versatile forward they needed in the class of 2015—for the second time.

Mickey Mitchell, who originally committed to Matta and the Buckeyes early in the recruiting process before decommitting, announced that he was back in the fold on Twitter.

He decommitted to be closer to his family in Texas, but he still took a visit to Ohio State’s campus to watch the football game against Virginia Tech. The combination of the more than 107,000 people in the stands, being on campus with his fellow classmates and future teammates, spending time with the coaching staff and even seeing LeBron James in scarlet and gray must have made an impact.

Now that Mitchell is once again part of the Buckeyes’ 2015 recruiting class, it is worth delving into what he brings to the table.

There is a reason why this is such a critical commitment for Matta. Per 247Sports’ composite rankings, the 6’7″, 210-pound Mitchell is a 4-star prospect who is rated as the No. 103 player nationally, No. 16 small forward and No. 10 recruit from the state of Texas. Teams like SMU, Baylor and Florida were all in on his recruitment at some point.

When discussing what Mitchell brings to the Buckeyes for the 2015-16 season, we have to look at the rest of the 2015 class that will be hitting campus with him and the roster as a whole.

Matta has accumulated the No. 5-ranked class, according to 247Sports, that features a 4-star…

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