Jordan Sibert, an Ohio State transfer, will enroll at Dayton and begin playing in the 2013-14 season, he said today.

Sibert played sparingly the last two seasons for the Buckeyes but the 6-4 guard was a top-50 recruit out of Cincinnati Princeton High School. He bolsters the Flyers’ long-term depth at guard.

“It feels good to be able to be someplace where everyone is excited for you,” Sibert said. “Everyone was excited for me at Ohio State. But when your coaches are excited for you, and you feel the love, feel the need for you, it makes you want to do better, makes you want to build upon it. Instead of being like, I’m out here, I’m just another number, it feels better that, hey, these people believe in me. The Flyer Nation believes in me. It’s a good feeling.”

Sibert averaged 3.0 points and 1.4 rebounds in just more than 11 minutes a game as a sophomore as the Buckeyes reached the Final Four.

He was ranked as the 39th-best recruit nationally and seventh-best shooting guard in 2010 by Rivals.com.

Asked to describe his game, Sibert said: “Honestly, I’m just a basketball player. I shoot through the passing lanes. I get a lot of steals. I get a lot of dunks. I can shoot when necessary. I’m not just a shooter. I think over the past two years, I kind of got labeled as a shooter, but that’s necessarily exactly who I am. I have fun. I enjoy it. Hopefully, I’ll get the crowd involved. And I’m going to try to be exciting to watch.”

Sibert’s brother, Logan Brogden, attended Dayton from 2002-03 and impressed the coaches during tryouts as a walk-on, but UD ended up having no spots that year for non-scholarship players. He built friendships on the team, though, with Warren Williams, Logan White, Marcus Bennett and others that are still strong today.

After Sibert decided to transfer, Brogden was the contact person for schools interested in landing the player and said about 10 contacted him.

“You wait to see what’s concrete. The University of Dayton was as concrete as it can get, and they came full force,” Brogden said. “They really showed us and showed Jordan that, hey, you’re our guy.”

Brogden said Jordan turned down offers from Cincinnati and Xavier.

“Me being his older brother and mentor, I’m just very excited for him just to simply have the opportunity,” he said. “It was a humbling process him going to Ohio State and things not working out the way everyone planned. (But) when he walked away, there was a guy and a program that was interested in him like coach Archie Miller and the University of Dayton. He’s just excited about the opportunity to get on the floor, work as hard as he possibly can and show people what he can actually do to help that team win.”