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Cameron Wright of Benedictine High School happy to be back in the college basketball recruiting game
writes Terry Pluto
Friday, July 10, 2009

After his freshman year at Benedictine, Cameron Wright committed to play bas ketball at Ohio State.

That may have been too soon for Wright, and apparently too early for the Buckeyes.

"They just sort of lost interest in me," said Wright, entering his senior year of high school.

The 6-4 guard was the only Northeast Ohio product among the 80 players (only four from Ohio) at the King City Classic at the Wolstein Center this week. More than 100 college coaches watched, virtually all the big names such as North Carolina's Roy Williams, West Virginia's Bob Huggins, Florida's Billy Donovan and the Buckeyes' Thad Matta.

"My phone has been ringing from coaches who haven't called before," said Benedictine coach Rob Stircula, mentioning calls from Georgia Tech, Minnesota and Notre Dame.

It's believed that Wright has received offers from Indiana and Wisconsin of the Big Ten. He mentioned Dayton, Notre Dame and Cleveland State also catching his interest. Most Mid-American Conference schools would love to sign him.

"I am wide open right now," said Wright, who said that the Buckeyes' interest in him faded after assistant coach John Groce said goodbye to Columbus to become the head coach at Ohio.

Wright refuses to be critical of the Buckeyes, realizing that recruiting is a business. But he did nothing wrong, OSU simply decided some other recruits had more promise.

Cameron Wright of Benedictine High School happy to be back in the college basketball recruiting game, writes Terry Pluto - Cleveland.com