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Payne or 'Spoon, but not both?
I had the opportunity to sit down with Thad Matta last week to talk about a number of subjects heading into the summer, one of which will be particularly interesting to those of you whose hobby (or life) is following recruiting.

Because everyone else is doing it and it was hampering coaches, the Big Ten has lifted its prohibition on them taking more commitments or signing more players than they have room for.

That's timely for Matta, because point guard Aaron Craft's commitment last week puts the Buckeyes at their limit of 13 scholarships for the 2010-11 season -- provided all underclassmen next season return.

But because Matta has to protect himself against someone leaving early next spring -- Evan Turner or William Buford, or both -- he needs to be able to sign more players than he has room for ahead of time. Knowing that he has offered two other Ohio players, forward/center Adreian Payne of Dayton Jefferson and forward J.D. Weatherspoon of Northland, I asked him if he would sign two more in the class of 2010.

"I wouldn?t oversign by two," Matta said. "I don?t think we can. I think (the Big Ten limit is) one."

Payne or 'Spoon, but not both? (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)