Quick question: in what world is Ohio going to get a bench player from a power conference program just based on promises of more playing time? We literally just lost AJ Brown to Florida and a bag of cash and by all accounts even if he weren't injured wouldn't be playing.
The data might not be there yet, but two things are pretty obviously glaring: (1) these guys are going to make as much money as possible as they can playing basketball while they have the ability to do so and (2) 95% of them aren't going to go pro in the NBA or Europe, so it makes point #1 even more true. When the chips are down, they're probably going with the program that pays them more money. Doing it for the "love of the game" and "playing time" don't make the same sense like they used to. If they came to Ohio, IMO, they'd be using it as a stepping stone.
If anything, we'd need to get extremely lucky and find another guy like Pav, but I'd argue he's an outlier having spent time at a mid-major in his first stop before going to ISU.
Last Edited: 3/9/2026 3:54:58 PM by GoCats105