June 3, 2026

What Scotty Middleton’s commitment means to Ohio State basketball: Buckeyes Recruiting


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Scotty Middleton joined Devin Royal as Ohio State basketball commits over the past few days, and now the class might be in the hunt for a recruiting championship. The Buckeyes’ 2023 recruiting class features four players all in the top 105 forming the nation’s third-best class. Ahead of them are blue bloods Duke and Kentucky, with the Wildcats holding onto a 0.49-point lead. Chris Holtmann is starting to recruit at a higher level. Malaki Branham gave him his first on-and-done as a top 50 recruit in the 2021 class, then he followed that up with a 2022 class that ranked sixth nationally. That freshmen group features four top 70 recruits all expected to have roles this season. By adding Middleton in 2023, OSU’s put itself in a position to have back-to-back top 10 classes in over a decade. That success on the recruiting trail needs to be…

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