To Kalen Etzler, it was a bit like Déjà vu.
He watched as Bowen Hardman, a three-star 2022 shooting guard from Cincinnati, pulled the trigger and made an early commitment to Ohio State on May 13. Exactly 366 days before, Etzler had done the same, pledging to play for the Buckeyes even though he was 18 months away from even being able to sign a National Letter of Intent at the time.
“I thought that was a little funny,” Etzler told Eleven Warriors. “Because I see a lot of myself in him, even though our builds really aren't the same.