A familiar face will be on the court Sunday night when Ohio State visits Penn State in State College, Pa., for each team’s Big Ten opener. However, Jamari Wheeler will be in the scarlet and gray of the Buckeyes (5-2), not the blue and white for the Nittany Lions (4-3). Wheeler is a graduate transfer guard who played the previous four seasons at Penn State, twice making the Big Ten’s all-defensive team. Taking advantage of a fifth season allowed by the NCAA because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he opted to look elsewhere when the Nittany Lions chose to hire Micah Shrewsberry after the 2020-21 season instead of interim coach Jim Ferry, who as an assistant had recruited Wheeler to Penn State. “I feel like my old coach that was there, we could’ve rocked out, but things happen for a reason and I’m glad I’m here (at Ohio State) now,” Wheeler…
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