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Beyond the arc: Holtmann hitting recruiting trail hard — and it's paying dividends

There’s really no true offseason for college basketball. Here are three things that caught our college basketball writer and AP Top 25 voter’s attention in the last week:

Buckeyes' bounty

The rest of the Big Ten should be keeping an eye on Chris Holtmann and Ohio State. He's making moves. The Buckeyes added a second top 30 recruit in the 2019 class after landing a commitment from Iowa point guard D.J. Carton — beating out Indiana and Michigan in the process. Holtmann is in the mix for more, too, including E.J. Liddell and Zeke Nnaji.