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Time to go visiting

Today is the first day college basketball coaches can leave campus to visit recruits. They can have contact with high-school seniors in their homes. They can show up at the schools of everyone else and underscore their interest in a prospect by watching him play in an open-gym setting.

With the 2010 class complete, Ohio State coaches will be engaging in a lot of the latter. They'll also be inviting prospects to campus for football games. The biggest of those is Saturday night against USC.

All six of the Buckeyes' 2010 commitments are expected to attend the USC game: Jared Sullinger and J.D. Weatherspoon of Northland, Jordan Sibert of Cincinnati Princeton, Aaron Craft of Findlay Liberty-Benton, Deshaun Thomas of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Lenzelle Smith of Zion, Ill.

Smith said he was told that some 2011 and 2012 recruits also have been invited. One of them might be 2011 point guard Quinn Cook of Bowie, Md. He could be the Buckeyes' top target at the point with Marquis Teague appearing to be leaning elsewhere.

Time to go visiting (Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blog)