By Adam Kiefaber
The Ohio State basketball program has recently lost two recruits. 
DeShaun Thomas of Fort Wayne, Ind., recently backed off a recent commitment to be a part of Ohio State’s 2010 recruiting class.
Thomas is considered to be the top recruit in the nation in 2010. He averaged 29 points and 13.3 rebounds per game during his freshman year at Bishop Luers High School.
The other recruit, Luke Babbitt, committed to Ohio State in February and was expected to sign this November to part of the 2008 class. However, Babbitt decided to remain close to home and will play for Nevada.
Babbitt, a 6-foot-8 power forward from Reno, Nev., was born in Cincinnati and moved to Nevada in the fifth grade. As a junior, he led his team to a state championship by averaging 28 points and around 11 rebounds a game.
Rivals.com has Babbitt ranked as the 45th best player in it’s top 150 recruits in 2008. Scout.com ranks Babbitt 33rd in it’s top 100. According to Scout.com, the lefty had offers from Arizona, Gonzaga, Michigan, Syracuse, UCLA, UNLV, USC, Washington and obviously Ohio State.
Babbitt decided to ditch the Buckeyes, while Thomas just seems to be delaying his decision.
“I know what school I want to go to,” Thomas told his local paper, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. “The other schools didn’t think it was fair I made the choice so quick. My father just wanted me to look at other schools.”
Thomas might visit Indiana, Purdue, North Carolina and Duke before making his final decision. Indiana University really wants Thomas after Ohio State stole Indiana-state recruits Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr. last season. However, the Hoosiers did land top in-state recruit Eric Gordon in this year’s class. Gordon is ranked second overall in the nation by Rivals.com, while scout.com has him ranked fourth. Gordon had offers from Ohio State, Notre Dame, Missouri, Miami (FL), Illinois, Duke, and Arizona.
