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Kager Knueppel’s first faculty go to befell in the course of the weekend of Sept. 13. It introduced him to Ohio State, the place he spent the day attending to see the Buckeyes’ soccer and males’s basketball groups up shut.
And whereas he doesn’t have something but to match it to, Knueppel stated it was a “super fun” journey to Columbus. It began with what Knueppel stated was the very best half: affiliate head coach Joel Justus took him to educate Jake Diebler’s workplace for a gathering.
“He was super nice as well as all the other coaches,” Knueppel stated. “I also really liked watching the (basketball team) practice because it was so fast playing-wise and they shot a lot of 3s in the scrimmage. Of course, the football game was fun, too.”
Knueppel’s older brother, Kon, was recruited by Ohio State earlier than committing to Duke and changing into a one-and-done participant. The Buckeyes began recruiting the prospect from the category of 2027 after Justus noticed him play within the Peach Jam in the course of the summer season AAU season.
From there, Justus has been his major line of communication with the Buckeyes.
“We have built a relationship hopping on the phone a couple times,” Kager Knueppel stated. “I really liked the first talk that I had with Diebler because he was very honest with me on where I should get better and the type of style Ohio State plays.”
That model the Buckeyes are hoping to implement in Diebler’s second season matches with what Kager Knueppel stated are a few of his strengths.
“They practiced with lots of fast 3s with a quick attack dribble to kick-out 3s,” he stated. “They crash the (offensive) boards, which I saw from Myles Herro. They also played great defense and they were smart about how they switched and talked everything out.”
Knueppel holds a suggestion from Toledo. Purdue, Butler and Indiana are reported to have shown interest in him as well. A 6-foot-9, 205-pound energy ahead from Milwaukee Wisconsin Lutheran, Kager Knueppel is a four-star prospect in response to the 247Sports.com composite. He is the No. 5 prospect from Wisconsin, the No. 15 energy ahead and the No. 100 general prospect within the 2027 class.
Ohio State doesn’t have any commitments in 2027. The Buckeyes are set to signal two four-star Ohioans in 2026 – guard Marcus Johnson and ahead Alex Smith – and will nonetheless add one or two extra gamers to the category.
It’s not but clear what number of gamers Ohio State might sign up 2027. Kager Knueppel was one among 5 recruits to take visits to Ohio State in the course of the weekend of Sept. 13.
Ohio State males’s basketball beat author Adam Jardy could be reached at [email protected], on Bluesky at @cdadamjardy.bsky.social or on Twitter at @AdamJardy.
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