0 Shares Print It’s never too early to look ahead to next season. Over the coming weeks, we will examine what comes next for each team in the Power 5 conferences and also those outside the Power 5 who could make noise on the national stage. Today: the Ohio State Buckeyes. You couldn’t quite call D’Angelo Russell underrated. It’s not like he was some overlooked, underrecruited Trey Burke-type story. After all, Russell was a five-star McDonald’s All-American, the top shooting guard in his class and the totem of Thad Matta’s strong 2014 haul. ESPN Recruiting Nation ranked him No. 13 overall in that class last summer, and our scouts, who praised him as a “sweet-shooting lefty” with great ballhandling and passing skills and a “high level” feel for the game — were more than familiar with his strengths. In other words, the expectations were high. Russell exceeded them. …
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