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When the text messages pop up in Ohio State Coach Thad Matta’s phone, they always bring a laugh but barely ever a response. They come from the former Ohio State guard J.J. Sullinger, who simply types, “You’re welcome.”
Sullinger deserves thanks for a recruiting tip that will long live in Ohio State lore. In 2006, he said to Matta, “I don’t want to tell you how to do your job, but you need to offer my brother a scholarship.”
Matta asked if Sullinger was talking about his middle brother, Julian, who ended up playing at Kent State.
“No,” Sullinger responded. “Jared.”
Matta was baffled. “Your big fat little brother?”
By the end of Jared Sullinger’s freshman year of high school, Matta had taken J..J.’s...
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