We all know about Ohio State head coach Thad Matta’s heralded recruiting class of 2006, since we have seen four out of the five in action so far this season. There’s one other player, a really tall guy who sits on the bench in street clothes, who I hear is pretty good, too. He will get a chance to play within the next month.

On Monday, Coach Matta added another five-star recruit to the class of 2008 when 6-foot-1 Anthony Crater, a junior at Flint Southwestern Academy in Flint, Michigan, issued a verbal commitment to play for the Buckeyes.

Ranked the third-best point guard in his class, Crater also had offers from Arizona, Kansas, Marquette, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati, while Duke, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Michigan State were also highly interested in the kid nicknamed “Noopy.”

Crater joins other five-star recruits in that class as 7-foot center B.J. Mullens from Canal Winchester, and 6-foot-4 shooting guard William Buford from Libbey High School in Toledo have also verbally committed to play at Ohio State.
The fourth member of that class is 6-foot-3 Walter Offutt from Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, who comes in with a four-star ranking by Scout.com.

A fifth member for that class could be Delvin Roe, a 6-foot-8 forward from Lakewood St. Edwards. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Roe attended the OSU-Michigan football game a part of a recruiting visit.

Coach Matta already has five for the class of 2007, and headlining that group is five-star recruit Kosta Koufos, a 7-foot forward from GlenOak High School in Canton.

Rounding out the class of 2007 are four-star prospects with 6-foot-5 shooting guard Jon Diebler from Upper Sandusky, 6-foot-8 power forward Dallas Lauderdale from Solon, 6-foot-6 forward Evan Turner from St. Joseph’s Carondelet High School in Chicago, Illinois, and 6-foot-6 forward Eric Wallace from Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia.

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