Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports Ohio State had a weird 2014-15 season. With the 2011 recruiting class primed for a break out senior season along with D’Angelo Russell (a show stopper in every sense of the term), Ohio State some how underachieved. After going 11-7 in the Big Ten one season ago, can Thad Matta take a team of unknowns to the top of the conference once again? The most important storyline (of many) going into Ohio State’s basketball season is how young and inexperienced this roster is for next year. There is raw, unchallenged talent up and down the bench and starting five that are extremely exciting and leave me full of hope. But hope and talent only gets a program so far. Deciding where Ohio State will end up in the Big Ten (and ultimately in March) with a slew of diaper dandies is a bit difficult and doing so is like peering through a smudged window. But when you consider that Ohio State has the best recruiting class in the Big Ten (according to 247Sports Composite) having pulled in five 4-star recruits (which also came in at 11th best in the country.), contention isn’t out of the realm of possibilities. If anything can be taken from Kentucky and Duke of late is that a program CAN contend with freshman and sophomores as leads. Yet, the question remains: Who will step up and become a game changer? Remember the name: JaQuan Lyle. Yup, that’s Ohio State’s newest shooting guard jumping off two feet to throw down a missed bunny by his high school teammate… and it was in front of college coaches. If you clicked on the link above, you saw how much I enjoy Lyle’s overall game. I’m booking the one time Oregon commit as a star without having seen him play in a real collegiate game…
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