Ohio State Basketball Player J.D. Weatherspoon To Transfer

Weatherspoon has chosen to transfer

According to Jeff Goodman of CBS, Ohio State basketball player J.D. Weatherspoon is transferring from Ohio State to a yet to be determined school.

Clay Hall of ABC-6, has also confirmed the Weatherspoon transfer, citing that the official announcement should be coming Monday.

The 6'6'' 215-pound sophomore had tremendous athleticism and many fans were hoping that he could have a bright future with the Buckeyes. Now it appears that dream won't continue, at least, not with Thad Matta's squad.

As Goodman pointed out in his tweet, Weatherspoon did not receive a lot of playing time and one has to wonder if this is the main reason as to why. I can't see any other way that 'Spoon would want to transfer unless he felt he wasn't getting his fair share of minutes.

The really bad news? Matta now has a team of 8 or 9 guys. This really hurts the depth and the team for next season unless Matta can pull in a great recruiting class. If someone goes down with an injury, that team is going to be really thin.

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Akron and Toledo Will Be Noon Kickoffs

Brutus is already ready for next season

A short break from all the downer news for Buckeye fans, a little look into the future of this fall. When the Buckeyes take the field for the first game, there will surely be many unanswered questions, but now we know the time for those questions.

Ohio State's season opener against Akron on Sept. 3 and the Sept. 10 game against Toledo both will kick off at noon, the Big Ten announced today. ESPN or ESPN2 will carry the Akron game, and the Big Ten Network will broadcast the game with Toledo.

Five of Ohio State’s 2011 games now have start times. Start times previously announced were:

Sept. 17 at Miami (Fla.) – 7:30 or 8 p.m. on ABC or ESPN;

Oct. 8 at Nebraska – 8 p.m. on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2; and

Oct. 29 against. Wisconsin – 8 p.m. on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.

As of right now, there seems to be no other indication that the other times for games will be released. Usually for the rest of the games, 12 days before kickoff those game times will be announced.