June 26, 2026

Top-10 signing class brings great expectations for Buckeyes


Show Caption Hide Caption Ohio State’s Chris Holtmann discusses his top-5 2023 class Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann breaks down his 2023 recruiting class and the start of the season in this Nov. 9, 2022 press conference. Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch For the first five years of the Chris Holtmann era, Ohio State has recruited at a certain level. And with that, the Buckeyes have been an NCAA Tournament mainstay and an upper-echelon Big Ten team, albeit one without a deep March Madness run or conference trophy to add to the collection. In an era of the transfer portal and immediate eligibility, coaches have options in roster construction. Pursue highly rated prep players who will need time to develop, or mine the portal every spring for an annual roster refresh? Holtmann has doubled down on recruiting high school players while adding pieces as needed via the portal. When the…

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