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Dispatch

Wallace leaving; Serbian visiting?

Updated with new information
Earlier today, we wrote in this space that Ohio State?s interest in a 6-foot-9 forward from Eastern Arizona College was another sign that coach Thad Matta believes Kosta Koufos is turning professional.
The logic was that Matta might need Koufos? scholarship if the forward, Nicola Kecman, decides he wants to play for the Buckeyes.
Now Matta will not.
Late this afternoon, Ohio State announced freshman Eric Wallace plans to transfer after the spring quarter.


Wallace?s decision was surprising because he had said midway through last season, when asked if he had thought of transferring, that he understood why he wasn?t playing more and was here for the long haul.
?I chose Ohio State because I felt this was the place I was supposed to be,? he said. ?I love the team, I love the guys, I love (the coaches) and all of them. I?m here and I?m a Buckeye. I?ll graduate from here, get drafted from here, however it goes down.?
It went down today.

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