Ohio State has hit the NCAA transfer portal with a purpose entering the 2021-22 college basketball season, landing a pair of experienced Big Ten veterans in Penn State guard Jamari Wheeler and Indiana center Joey Brunk. Before the Buckeyes received a commitment from a coveted target in Louisiana guard Cedric Russell, softening the blow of Duane Washington Jr.’s 2021 NBA Draft decision while adding to forward EJ Liddell’s return, fifth-year head coach Chris Holtmann provided a closer look at how Wheeler and Brunk fit into OSU’s upcoming campaign. “We brought in Jamari because we did think he would be a great complement to some of the scoring that Duane and (sophomore guard) Meechie (Johnson), some of those guys — kind of a balance to that, given what Jamari’s strengths are,” Holtmann said last Thursday on The Buckeye Show via 97.1 The Fan in Columbus, Ohio. “So his role will still…
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