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

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 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

By Dean Pantazi via indianasnewscenter.com --  FORT WAYNE - Former Bishop Luers star and Indiana Mr. Basketball Deshaun Thomas says assessments of his NBA Draft potential were not good enough to declare for the draft, and thus came his decision to remain at Ohio State for at least one more year. Home in Fort Wayne for Easter, Thomas told INC's Tommy Schoegler that he did niot project higher than a late first round pick, and that it was better to remain at Ohio ... Read More

By: AP via foxsports.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Deshaun Thomas will not be joining Ohio State teammate Jared Sullinger in the NBA - yet. Thomas said Friday he will return for his junior season. Two days earlier, Sullinger, also a sophomore and a two-time All-American, said he would give up his last two years of eligibility to enter the NBA draft. Coach Thad Matta said in a school statement that Thomas, his family and the coaching staff spent the last week evaluating his draft ... Read More

By: AP via suntimes.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — After guiding Ohio State to the Final Four, two-time All-American forward Jared Sullinger figured he might as well see what he could do for an NBA team. The 6-foot-9 sophomore announced on Wednesday that he is giving up his final two seasons with the Buckeyes to make himself available for the NBA draft in June. Most projections have him going in the top 10 picks. “Going to the Final Four with a team that many people said ... Read More

By: AP via nbc4i.com -- DAYTON, Ohio -- A newspaper review shows seven medical professors and coaches at Ohio State University received bonuses topping $1 million in 2011, most of them more than double the size of their base earnings. The Dayton Daily News reports Sunday that the university paid more than 4,000 employees total bonuses of about $25.6 million, up from roughly $13.6 million given in 2010 to about 1,700 employees. Basketball coach Thad Matta was the....... READ THE REST ... Read More

By: AP via washingtonpost.com --  NEW ORLEANS — Shortly after Ohio State’s season ended with a loss to Kansas at the Final Four late Saturday night, point guard Aaron Craft was asked if he will be coming back next season. “Pfft! Of course. I love Ohio State,” he said with a grin. OK, so the Buckeyes are set at the point. Forward? They might not know that for a week or two. Ohio State shook off a late-season funk to make an unexpected run to the ... Read More