J.D. Weatherspoon and Jordan Sibert Transfers Official

Bob Baptist reported last week that Sibert has planned to take his talent down the road to play for Dayton under former Ohio State assistant Archie Miller. It is unclear if that is still his intentions, but the Flyers present a prime opportunity for a three point threat like Sibert. The Cincinnati product will have to sit a year before regaining eligibility. In his two seasons at Ohio State, he averaged 2.5 points per game, while shooting less than 30 percent from the floor and averaging nearly 10 minutes a game.

A teammate of Trey Burke and Jared Sullinger at Northland High School in Columbus, J.D. Weatherspoon has been made it pretty clear even before the final four that he was not happy with his playing time. In the weeks after the Buckeyes lost to Kansas in New Orleans, the soon to be Junior let his feeling be known on his twitter account that he felt upset with his role on the team and his possible role in the future.  After being ruled academically ineligible the second half of his freshman season, it seemed that #23 was a favorite to see increased playing time to start the season. After struggles defensively early in the year, Weatherspoon saw his playing time dip to just 6 minutes a game. He averaged three points per game, but only saw the floor if the back court was in constant foul trouble.

Weatherspoon is expected to sit down with his family and discuss what is next for his playing career. One school that I wouldn’t be surprised to see making a push for his talents would be Xavier, where they are currently looking for backcourt help.

Head coach Chris Mack, who falls under the Thad Matta Tree, is definitely not afraid to take in talent from other ranks and turn them into players who can contend at a high level.