Below are 12 questions with predictions for the Buckeye State for the 2017-18 season.

1. WHO ARE THE TOP 5 CANDIDATES FOR MR. BASKETBALL(LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)?

• DARIUS BAZLEY (CINCINNATI PRINCETON)
• JEREMIAH FRANCIS (PICKERINGTON CENTRAL)
• ALONZO GAFFNEY(CLEVELAND VASJ)
• DANE GOODWIN (COLUMBUS UPPER ARLINGTON)
• JEROME HUNTER (PICKERINGTON NORTH)

2. WHO ARE THE TOP 5 TEAMS REGARDLESS OF CLASS?

1. CINCINNATI MOELLER
2. PICKERINGTON CENTRAL
3. PICKERINGTON NORTH
4. CLEVELAND VASJ
5. HUBER HEIGHTS WAYNE

3. WHAT IS THE BEST EVENT TO OBSERVE THIS SEASON?

FLYIN' TO THE HOOP AT KETTERING FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL JANUARY 12-15

4. WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER REGARDLESS OF CLASS?

DARIUS BAZLEY (CINCINNATI PRINCETON)

5. WHO IS THE STATE'S MOST VERSATILE PLAYER?

BEN RODERICK (POWELL OLENTANGY LIBERTY)

6. WHO IS THE STATE'S TOP ATHLETE?

L'CHRISTIAN SMITH OF HUBER HEIGHTS WAYNE WHO IS A D-1 FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL PROSPECT

7. WHO IS THE STATE'S TOP SHOOTER AND SCORER?

TANNER HOLDEN OF WHEELERSBURG

8. WHAT TEAM IS A DARKHORSE?

COLUMBUS UPPER ARLINGTON

9. WHO IS THE STATE'S MOST IMRPOVED PLAYER?

JAXSON HAYES OF CINCINNATI MOELLER

10. WHAT NAME WILL YOU BE HEARING ABOUT?

MARK JANOWSKI (LIMA CENTRAL CATHOLIC)

11. WHO WAS THE MOST NOTABLE TRANSER?

JORDAN MITCHELL OF GAHANNA LINCOLN TRANSFERRING TO MONTVERDE, FL

12. WHO ARE THREE SLEEPERS (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)?

• MAX MARTZ (COLUMBUS UPPER ARLINGTON)
• DUECE MCBRIDE (CINCINNATI MOELLER)
• DONNIE SHELTON (CENTERVILLE)