COLUMBUS, Ohio — D.J. Carton was a nod to the past and a hope for the future, and as the four-star point guard prepares to transfer from Ohio State after a single season, wish him well and do what we’re all doing with sports right now. Pretend. According to the 247sports.com basketball recruiting database, which goes back to 2003, Carton was the 11th-highest rated OSU recruit in the last 17 years. Of the 10 players rated above Carton, six also left Ohio State after a single season: Greg Oden, B.J. Mullens, Daequan Cook, Kosta Koufos, D’Angelo Russell and Mike Conley. Nothing in college basketball is promised beyond a year, especially among the best. The Buckeyes thought Russell was a two-year player when they signed him, and his one-year talent explosion made him the No. 2 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. I’ll never forget standing in the locker room after…
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