http://www.scout.com/player/208406-justin-ahrens?s=145 When Ohio State officially announced it hired Chris Holtmann as the new head coach of the men’s basketball team on June 9, it piqued the interest of Versailles, Ohio, small forward Justin Ahrens. Ahrens decommitted from Ohio State on June 6, a day after the Buckeyes parted ways with Thad Matta as the team’s head coach the last 13 years. Fortunately for Ahrens (6-5, 180), he is already familiar with Holtmann. Ahrens told Buckeye Sports that before he committed to Ohio State in August he garnered much attention from Butler, where Holtmann was the head coach the last three years. “(Ohio State) got a great coach – I know they would,” Ahrens said of Holtmann. “He was at Butler before and recruited me pretty hard before I committed (to Ohio State). I went on a visit once, and he was probably the coach that sat me down in his office the…
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