June 25, 2026

Ranking college basketball's best freshmen: Ohio State's Brice Sensabaugh earns Freshman of the Week honors

USATSI In the 2022 recruiting class, there were 85 players ranked higher than Brice Sensabaugh when he put pen to paper and signed with Ohio State. Twenty-one forwards were ranked higher than him. Even in his own recruiting class with the incoming Buckeyes, he was just the third-highest ranked signee. Yet Sensabaugh has flourished immediately upon arrival in Columbus, Ohio, proving himself vastly more important than his four-star credentials and rocketing into one-and-done territory as a potential lottery pick. That surprising star turn culminated this week with Freshman of the Week honors from USBWA and CBS Sports after two huge conference outings capped by a career-high 27 points in a home win over Iowa. Sensabaugh has the length to be a talented two-way player in the league for a long time and at Ohio State this season, he has bolstered his first-round credentials with a stellar shot to boot. After…

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