It’s been a year of transition for the Ohio State basketball roster. Gone are the Wesson brothers. In addition, talented freshmen Alonzo Gaffney and D.J. Carton left the program after just one season in Columbus. In the case of Gaffney, he is reportedly looking at professional options, while Carton transferred to Marquette.
Because of the departures, head coach Chris Holtmann and staff had to fill some holes with non-traditional methods. He went after some transfers and landed three of them. And now, all three have their jersey numbers according to a release on Twitter Monday.
That’s right. The trio of Seth Towns, Abel Porter, and Jimmy Sotos can now begin advertising to family and friends what they’ll be performing athletic feats in on the banks of the Olentangy.
Seth Towns is a Columbus native that went to Harvard to get smarter. He is a graduate transfer and will have two years of eligibility left. He was the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2018 and will wear No. 31, the same digits he paraded around in with the Crimson.
Abel Porter will come to Ohio State from Utah State as another graduate transfer with just one year remaining. He can practice drawing the No. 0, which is a lot like drawing a circle, so all good there. He wore the No. 15 as an Aggie.
Lastly, Jimmy Sotos is on his way from Bucknell as an undergraduate transfer. He’ll have to sit out one year unless he gets a waiver from the NCAA before he dons the number numero uno. As a bison, he ran around in the No. 4.
