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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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'We want to get Coach Matta his first ring': Top center Daniel Giddens and rest of Ohio State's '15 class have big plans
COLUMBUS, Ohio – It's the things that Thad Matta has already accomplished with the Ohio State basketball program that had premier junior center Daniel Giddens sold on the Buckeyes long before he verbally committed on Friday.

It's the things Giddens envisions for the future of the program that has had Matta sold for months longer.

"We want to get Coach Matta his first ring," Giddens told cleveland.com in a phone interview Monday evening. "We believe we have the talent for it, and we're hungry. We want that national championship at Ohio State."

The "we" to which Giddens is referring is Ohio State's 2015 recruiting class, a group that was already good before it took a step toward dominant with the addition of 6-foot-10, 235-pound big man.

Rated by Rivals.com a four-star prospect and the No. 37 overall player in the class, Giddens bolsters a recruiting class that already included pledges from point guard AJ Harris of Dayton (No. 115 in the Rivals rankings), Texas shooter Austin Grandstaff (No. 30) and Mickey Mitchell (No. 67), a pass-first point forward who is the brother of former OSU linebacker Mike Mitchell.

So that championship talk, which seems like regular fodder you'd typically find from a recently committed prospect, could actually hold weight for the Buckeyes in two years when considering Matta brought in a top-15 class in 2015.

"I am confident we'll be able to do big things at Ohio State," Giddens said. "That's why it was so easy to see myself playing there. We have big goals, but we're ready to stay hungry and work for them."
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TampaBuckeyes said:
Am I correct that this closes out '15
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No. As Wigmon states, OSU can add another player if he is worth adding. And clearly the staff thinks Ahmad and Bragg are worth adding rather than banking a schollie for 2016. I think Ahmad will pick OSU, and Bragg must be OK with letting Ahmad take his spot at OSU, which probably means Bragg didn't really want to come to OSU that bad in the first place.
 
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Bill Lucas said:
Didn't know where else to put this.

Just lost to All Ohio Red 16U in the Myrtle Beach certified tournament 68-67. My kids played great and my four put up 23, 6 and 4 against them. Good athletes on that team. Number 23 and 44 were very good.
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Good stuff, Bill. Heartbreaker for your guys but that's some great competition.

'preciate the insight on the circuit.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Well, Esa can definitely come on down now.

Not to mention, Carlton Bragg could be pretty useful.
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Yeah, I would like to see them both added now, and there actually is some reason to think both can join up now which would be great. The potential of adding someone like Esa (who IMO is clearly a better college prospect than MM) without knocking you out of being able to get any recruits in 2016 makes the loss of Mickey easier to take. But they can't lose Grandstaff, too.
 
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DZ83CK said:
Yeah, I would like to see them both added now, and there actually is some reason to think both can join up now which would be great. The potential of adding someone like Esa (who IMO is clearly a better college prospect than MM) without knocking you out of being able to get any recruits in 2016 makes the loss of Mickey easier to take. But they can't lose Grandstaff, too.
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The possibility of losing Grandstaff is the first thing that crossed my mind when I read that the kid from Plano de-committed. I just hope my incling is way off.
 
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