Despite being from down the road at Troy (Ohio) High School, Matt Terwilliger said he never really followed Ohio State, wasn't a particularly big fan of the program and always felt the school was a little too big for his liking. All that may have changed after making an official visit to OSU this weekend.

A 6-9 center/forward and one of the top seniors-to-be in the Midwest, Terwilliger said he was "greatly impressed" with the Ohio State campus and hit it off with the coaches and players, particularly player hosts Matt Sylvester and Brandon Fuss-Cheatham.

"I hung out with those guys and the other players. They're real good people," Terwilliger told BSB.

"I'd say it went real well. I enjoyed seeing where those guys lived and just being on the campus. That was a huge consideration of mine going into the visit -- that it was too big a school -- but it's really not so unless your a medical major or something like that. The core area of campus is really just a couple blocks."

Terwillger, whose father, John, played football at Northern Illinois, assumed he wanted something a little more remote for his college experience. It's one reason why he raved about his first official visit, to Notre Dame last week.

"I really liked it there," he said of ND. "I liked the people, the players, the coaching staff. It was like a family. Everyone knew everyone, it seemed like.

"But Ohio State was cool, too. The players didn't have to say much because it really sold itself. I've known Coach (Jim) O'Brien and coach Monte (Mathis) for a while now and I really like the guy they just got from Boston College (assistant Rick Boyages). He's real nice.

"I'd say Notre Dame and Ohio State are probably about the same right now."

Terwillger is sticking to his plan to take just three visits. He'll look in on Cincinnati for an official next weekend. He has considered the Bearcats from the start.

He recently set the end of July as a target date for his decision but now doesn't feel it will take that long.

"I'm moving it up some," he said. "Hopefully I'll know before I start going to camps."

Terwilliger and his Cleveland Basketball Club AAU team will compete in the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions in North Carolina in a couple weeks and he is slated to be at the prestigious Nike All-America Camp in early July.

He is among the top post players the Buckeyes are chasing. OSU also has its sights set on 6-8 forward Al Horford of Grand Ledge, Mich., and 7-0 center Seth Gorney of Vandalia, Ohio. Gorney made an official to Iowa this weekend and is scheduled to come to OSU next weekend.