There’s a certain allure that comes with every Top 50 recruit, but there’s also a benefit in the stability afforded by a graduate with the resume Ohio State gains via the transfer of Abel Porter from Utah State. That’s been evident in the past when OSU coach Chris Holtmann added Andrew Dakich from Michigan and Keyshawn Woods from Wake Forest. Porter is closer to Dakich and Woods in workmanlike efficiency than he is either D.J. Carton or Alonzo Gaffney, headline recruits who left the Buckeyes after one season, or Luther Muhammad, who also departed despite starting for two years. In Porter, OSU adds a two-year starter from a team that won the Mountain West Conference Tournament both years. Off the court, Porter is a married, 24-year-old with a master’s degree, who earned a scholarship after walking on in the aftermath of serving a two-year Mormon mission in southern Russia and…
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