There are a lot of parallels between Ohio State’s basketball recruiting classes of 2022 and 2023.
Both recruiting classes finished No. 8 in the 247Sports team composite rankings. Both classes featured four prospects with three stars or more next to their names, with four four-stars in the 2022 collective and another three four-stars in 2023.
One similarity the two groups don’t share, however – at least not yet – is in first-year production. While Bruce Thornton, Brice Sensabaugh, Felix Okpara and even Roddy Gayle Jr. carved out major roles by the end of the year in 2022-23, the contributions of this year’s crop of Buckeye freshmen have ranged from so-so to negligible.