It was reported in April that Ayala would not reclassify after flirting with the possibility, but as is sometimes the case in basketball recruiting, individual situations change without much warning.
"It's still out there, I’m still open to it,” Ayala said after scoring 8 points on 3-for-4 shooting Wednesday. “I know if I go 2017, it's going to go a little bit faster. I'm going to have to take my visits. I don't want to commit having not taken visits. I want to get to know the school, the coaching staff on a personal level.”
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There has been a buzz lately regarding Ayala and the Buckeyes since Chris Holtmann took over last month. Ohio State is one school specifically looking to get Ayala on campus this fall, not a year from now.
“They were recruiting me at Butler, and it wasn’t really working out at the time, but when they got the job at Ohio State, things kind of clicked,” Ayala said. “They need a guard to come in right away and make things happen.
“Ohio State is pursuing ’17 more than ’18. All this really depends on who has a scholarship for ’17. Not all of them do.”
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With time being spent on the west coast this summer, Ayala says he would like to visit schools out there, naming Oregon and Arizona, specifically, before noting he does not have any official visits lined up yet.
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