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Chris Holtmann Instilled Confidence and Patience In Ohio State Coaching Staff During Recruiting Lull

Less than two weeks ago, Ohio State's basketball program did not have one recruit in the 2018 recruiting class.

Now, it has four.

Chris Holtmann and his coaching staff received verbal commitments from Jaedon LeDee, Duane Washington, Luther Muhammad and Justin Ahrens all within a week and as of Thursday evening, had the ninth-ranked 2018 class in the country according to 247Sports.

The September surge didn't come as a complete surprise to Holtmann, despite the slow start with the 2018 cycle.

"I wasn't panicking a month ago.