Jay Edwards moves in to steal the ball from Ohio State’s Jamaal Brown on Jan. 4, 1989. In Ohio State basketball circles, the story is a legendary one. The Buckeyes were putting together a strong recruiting class with coach Gary Williams in his second season at the helm. With Chris Jent, Mark Baker, Bill Robinson and Steve Hall already in the fold, Williams placed a letter on the desk of assistant coach Fran Fraschilla with a message: “Check this kid out. He’s probably not good enough, but he wrote us.” This wasn’t a novel situation. In a given year, letters from high school kids hoping to be recruited could number in the hundreds. This time, however, it was Brown who had sent a letter trying to jumpstart an under-the-radar recruitment since moving from New Jersey to the Dallas area. Ohio State basketball: Join the Ohio State basketball insider text group…
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