The Good morning buckler. It is Sunday July 15th, 2018. I am Dan Rubin. This is Buckbets Almost Live.

Glad to be back with you after a short break.

Got a great show coming for you today. We will be joined as always by Bill Kerlich, the dean of Ohio State Recruiting.

Who is left in 2019? What is being done to finish out the class?

Who could be in there? We'll take a look at Bill's remaining 2019 Crystal Ball

picks and then what needs Ohio State has, who will fill those spots possibly, and

then we'll be joined as always by Matt Baxendale for his unique take on the

Buckeyes.

But we would be remiss if we did not start the show today with basketball.

And when we do that, you know something good has happened.

Ohio State has secured a commitment from five-star point guards,

DJ Carton out of Bettendorf, Iowa for the class of 2019.

Just an unbelievable poll for Chris Holtman and crew. He spent the last several days at Ohio State. He was down to Michigan, Indiana and Ohio State.

D.J. Carton is a five-star six foot one player, kind of a late emerging prospect in the recruiting cycle as it went, but this is another

example that at Holtman, an early example in his tenure that this has just been a home run higher.

There's no question that Carton is a Mike Conley, D' Angelo, Russell level talent.

It's just an incredible deal to get the number one point card that you're targeting.

They put a ton of effort into getting this guy.

To get a five star like this in a direct battle against Archie,

Miller, Indiana, John Beeline at Michigan, really a true head-to-head, keep the last visit theory

of commitment going kind of deal biggest recruit they've gotten

in some time there's no question about that.

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