From ToledoBlade.com -- Former Ohio State basketball forward J.D. Weatherspoon will transfer to Toledo, he announced Tuesday on Twitter. Weatherspoon participated in 25 games last season, averaging three points in 6.3 minutes. He will have two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out next season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules. Weatherspoon (6-foot-6, 215 pounds) wrote on Twitter, "I will be taking my talents to the university of Toledo thank you all for all the support whatever happens I still do it for COLUMBUS." Weatherspoon played ... Read More

From: BigTen.org -- The Big Ten led the nation in men’s basketball attendance for the 36th consecutive season according to figures recently released by the NCAA. The Big Ten led all conferences with an average attendance of 12,868, which is more than 1,300 higher than the next-closest conference. During the 2011-12 regular season, the Big Ten welcomed 2,856,785 fans over 222 games, which marks the conference’s all-time total attendance record and is the 20th straight year the conference eclipsed the two-million........ READ THE REST ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com -- CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 14th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be played on Nov. 27-28. Ohio State's Buckeyes will visit Duke on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The Buckeyes defeated the Blue Devils, 85-63, in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game last Nov. 29 in Columbus. The Ohio State-Duke game, with the Nov. 27 North Carolina at Indiana and North Carolina State at Michigan games, feature six....... READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE PAGE AT CLEVELAND.COM BY CLICKING ... Read More

BY DAVID BRIGGS via ToledoBlade.com -- Ohio State once seemed an unlikely candidate to lead the campaign for alcohol reform in college athletics. A decade ago, the school had a nationally ranked party scene -- No. 12 according to Playboy magazine -- to go along with its powerhouse football program. The team and its fans regularly seized headlines for their abuse of alcohol -- from quarterback Steve Bellisari's arrest for driving nearly three times over the legal limit the morning before his final home ... Read More

By Fawad Cheema via TheLantern.com -- Ohio State men’s basketball should improve its outside shooting with the signing of Italian international Amedeo Della Valle, a player who says he’s ready for the rigors of the Big Ten. Della Valle, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Alba, Italy, recently signed his letter of intent to play for the Buckeyes next season. Della Valle played high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., helping the team to its third ESPN National High School Invitational Championship ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio --  Ohio State coach Thad Matta has confirmed he has signed 6-foot-4 shooting guard Amedeo Della Valle to a letter of intent. The signing had been expected ever since Della Valle, who played high school ball at powerhouse Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., visited campus recently and then verbally committed to the Buckeyes. Della Valle, a native of Alba, Italy, will begin classes on June 18 and will have....... READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE ... Read More

By Pat Brennan via thelantern.com -- Former Ohio State men’s basketball walk-on-turned-celebrity Mark Titus was on campus Monday evening promoting his book, “Don’t Put Me in, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench” at the Barnes and Noble bookstore at 1596 N. High St. Titus, the creator of clubtrillion.com signed for about 130 people for more than two hours, burning through five Sharpie pens in the process. After the book signing, Titus, a ... Read More

From: Cincinnati.com --  Princeton High School alumnus Jordan Sibert was released from his scholarship to play basketball for Ohio State University April 16, according to a school-issued press release. Buckeyes’ head coach Thad Matta said Sibert will seek a transfer to a different school. Sibert, a 6-4, 180-pound guard, appeared in 49 games during his Ohio State career. He contributed 2.5 points and 1.4 rebounds in just under 10 minutes a game. Here’s what Sibert had.......... READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE ... Read More

By Jami Jurich via thelantern.com -- Former Ohio State men’s basketball sophomore forward J.D. Weatherspoon will seek to transfer to another school after being granted a release from his scholarship, coach Thad Matta announced Monday. Weatherspoon has not decided where he will transfer, but said he and his family will immediately begin the process of looking at other schools, according to a press release. Weatherspoon, who also played high school basketball at Northland High School in Columbus, said the decision came after deliberation with ... Read More

From: coshoctontribune.com --   COLUMBUS -- What will the basketball Buckeyes do for an encore? Win a fourth consecutive Big Ten championship? Earn 30 or more wins for the third consecutive year? Go to the Final Four in back-to-back seasons and third time in seven years? If Ohio State can pull any of it off, it will need a lot of things to go right in 2012-13 because a lot will be missing. Four-year starter William Buford is graduating in the spring. Two-time All-American ... Read More