What a difference four years makes. The Ohio State Buckeyes 2015 recruiting class was projected by many to be one of the best in the country. The five-player class, which consisted of shooting guards JaQuan Lyle and Austin Grandstaff, center Daniel Giddens, point guard A.J. Harris, and small forward Mickey Mitchell, was ranked No. 5 in the country and atop the Big Ten in that year’s recruiting cycle. The group was supposed to help the Buckeyes reload rather than rebuild; one that many believed would re-stockpile the program with plenty of talent, much like Thad Matta’s 2006 class did. That five-player class — guards Mike Conley and Daequan Cook, forwards David Lighty and Othello Hunter, and center Greg Oden — Matta inked in his third offseason with Ohio State was the best in the Big Ten and No.2-ranked class in the country. They lived up to those expectations. The 2015 class…
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