June 13, 2026

Basketball Recruiting Update: Top 2021 Targets for Ohio State

The Ohio State men’s basketball program still maintains a pair of in-state commits for the class of 2021 thus far, coming in the form of combo guard Meechie Johnson (Garfield Heights) and power forward Kalen Etzler (Convoy Crestview). Head Coach Chris Holtmann, priming for his fourth season at the helm, and staff are still looking to add more firepower to the class. As the summer recruiting trail rolls on, albeit in some modified fashions due to the pandemic, we take a look at our top-20 targets for the Buckeyes. HIGH PRIORITY (9, by position): C – Chet Holmgren (Minneapolis, Minn.) C – Efton Reid (Richmond, Va.) C – Charles Bediako (St. Catharines, Ontario) PF – Mason Miller (Germantown, Tenn.) SF – Kendall Brown (Wichita, Kan.) SF – Malaki Branham (Akron, Ohio) SG – Trevor Keels (Fairfax, Va.) SG – Dallan Coleman (Callahan, Fla.) SG – Blake Wesley (South Bend, Ind.)…

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