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Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team adds point guard Jeremie Simmons, expect him to make an impact
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
For the second straight year, Ohio State is bringing in a junior-college men's basketball point guard. But Jeremie Simmons is no P.J. Hill.
Hill arrived last July after Mike Conley's departure for the NBA as a last-ditch find and was never expected to be more than a little-used, defensive-minded backup. Simmons, who is expected to sign his scholarship papers today, should be much more than that.
"I expect Jeremie to fight for time," Steve Schmidt, his coach at Mott Community College in Flint, Mich., said Monday. "Significant time. They recruited this kid to come in and make an impact. That's what my expectations are and that's what the kid's are."
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