This caught the eye of several colleges and , after graduating , he signed a letter of intent to play for Ohio State in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA Division I , choosing them over scholarship offers from Arizona and Texas A&M . The only player recruited that year by Ohio State , Amedeo took some time to adapt to the rigours of college basketball , especially the physical side having never done weights in the past , he was exclusively used as a bench player in his freshman season . Having put on weight for his sophomore season he started earning more game time although he stayed a bench option , he notably was decisive in overturning an 18-point , second-half deficit to beat Nebraska in the quarter-finals of the Big Ten Tournament in what is regarded as his best game for the team . After Ohio State 's elimination in the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament against Dayton he announced his intention to return to Italy to play professional basketball
Big Ten Tournament
2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Amedeo Della Valle