The Ohio State men’s basketball coach Jim O’Brien expects to rebuild his team by recruiting top high school seniors for next year’s season.O’Brien took to the road early last month to conduct in-home visits in hopes of securing commitments before the early signing period in November. O’Brien returned to OSU last week and said he felt positive about his trip.”I think that our recruiting is going pretty well,” O’Brien said. “I still don’t know how it’s going to turn out, I think this (recruiting) changes on a daily basis.”The removal of starters Jermaine Tate and Shaun Stonebrook, along with reserve Trent Jackson from the lineup leaves four scholarships open for O’Brien to offer ‘blue chip’ basketball players.According to the Buckeye Sports Bulletin, Ohio’s top two prospects, Sam Clancy Jr. of Lakewood and Eugene Land of Cincinnati are already out of the picture for the Buckeyes. Clancy committed to the University of Cincinnati while Land, the leading Mr. Basketball candidate, is considering the University of Cincinnati or Xavier. O’Brien still has a chance to sign Ohio’s third and fourth ranked players, guards Janerio Spurlock of Cincinnati and Doylan Robinson of Akron, respectively. Neither has made a commitment as of yet. Other hopeful recruits are point guard Steve Logan of Lakewood, Ohio and forward J.R. Van Hoose of Paintsville, Ky.High school recruits still have plenty of time to make their final decisions before signing. There is a signing week in November for recruits making an early commitment and Ohio State has until then to secure a couple of big name recruits. Gerry Emig, assistant director of the Athletics Communication Department, said the couldn’t give out any names until then. Those holding out can sign with a school next spring.O’Brien said he stresses his strict policies while recruiting. Up front he lets his recruits know that education comes first.”I’m concerned about kids graduating,” O’Brien said. “One issue we discuss with these recruits is the importance of an education and they have to realize that only a few of them will make the NBA so they need something to fall back on.”During O’Brien’s 11 years at Boston College 100 percent of his players that exhausted their eligibility and did not transfer or leave early for the NBA, graduated.O’Brien has had success recruiting at Boston College and currently has three players in the NBA, Howard Eisley (Utah Jazz), Bill Curley (Minnesota Timberwolves), and Dana Barros (Boston Celtics).