For now, all eyes and attention have been on the hope and subsequent despair of a Big Ten football fall schedule for 2020 that’s been shelved, but beyond that, there is college basketball to think about.
There’s a lot of unknowns for the Ohio State basketball team heading into the 2021-2021 season, but there’s also reason to believe that the team is better than what many think and could surprise a lot of folks. One of those reasons is the arrival of graduate transfer Seth Towns.
Towns is a Columbus native who went to Harvard for his schooling (can’t blame him there), but now that he’s graduated, he’s ready to give it a run with his hometown university. And if you don’t know much about the 6-foot, 8-inch swingman, you will.
Towns has been rehabbing an injury over the better part of two seasons but is on schedule to be ready to go this winter. He was the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2017-2018 and brings a combination of length and shooting ability that can create matchup nightmares.
And the basketball world is taking notice.
Towns just landed on Andy Katz top returning college basketball players for the upcoming season, checking in at No. 12 overall.
“He will blend seamlessly in with Ohio State, the Columbus native coming back home,” said Katz on his March 365 podcast.
🗣️"He will blend seamlessly in with Ohio State, the Columbus native coming back home."@Seth_Towns17 ranks among the nation's top returning players in college basketball according to @TheAndyKatz.#GoBuckeyes #Team122 pic.twitter.com/D07n65Uyek
— Ohio State Hoops (@OhioStateHoops) August 14, 2020
With Towns in the lineup along with proven scorer Justice Sueing becoming eligible this year, it’ll add some punch to returning players like Kyle Young, C.J. Walker, Duane Washington, and E.J. Liddell.
As long as the season can get off the ground, look for Ohio State hoops to make a move in 2020-2021.
