Ohio State didn’t sign a transfer center over the offseason. Not even a scholarship power forward.
That was a conscious decision by Chris Holtmann and the Buckeye coaching staff, and it speaks to the confidence it has in the two true big men on the roster for the 2022-23 season. For the most part, Ohio State already knows what it has in returning junior Zed Key, although his full potential may not be fully realized just yet. What true freshman Felix Okpara will bring to the table, though, will be more of a mystery.
The 6-foot-11 first-year center certainly possesses the type of length and athleticism that scouts at every level fawn over, but if you ask Okpara himself, he’s still got a ways to go before he can impact the game to the extent he wants to.