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Ohio State Basketball: Buckeyes getting bigger and better

Coach Holtmann has addressed the weakness on his Ohio State basketball team with this year’s recruiting class. The Buckeyes will be bigger when they take the court next season and that will certainly make them better.

Last season Ohio State often struggled against taller Big Ten teams especially when Kaleb Wesson wasn’t on the floor. Yesterday, center Ibrahima Diallo committed to the 2019 class.

The seven-foot Diallo, along with the two forwards already signed, will give coach Holtmann three more guys who can play in the paint.

He joins 6 ft. 9, 190 pound small forward Alonzo Gaffney and 6 ft.