
07-14-2009, 05:48 AM
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Capo Regime
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Sullinger another big man to build around for Ohio State
July 13, 2009
By Gary Parrish
CBSSports.com Senior Writer
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- I have seen the future of Ohio State basketball.
He is big.
He is strong.
And, my God, he just took a rare charge in a summer basketball game!
Jared Sullinger is big enough to thrive in college, but might not be big enough to garner NBA attention just yet. (Provided to CBSSports.com) "It's a smart play," Jared Sullinger later explained after another dominant effort here at the Nike Peach Jam. "It creates a turnover and a foul."
Preach on, young man.
"It creates a mental thing for the offensive player," Sullinger added. "If you take a charge early in a game, it messes up the offensive player because he doesn't want to pick up another foul. It changes the way he plays because he knows getting called for another charge will make him look silly."
Truth is, there are lots of ways for Jared Sullinger to make opponents look silly.
Taking a charge is merely one of them.
Sullinger is a 6-foot-9 (probably closer to 6-7, long as we're being honest), 262-pound center who makes up for what he lacks in athleticism and height with strength, skill and intelligence (See: Sullinger's theory on the art of taking charges). In other words, the consensus top five prospect from the Class of 2010 is a big-bodied, true post presence who should dominate the college game from the moment he enrolls at Ohio State, where he verbally committed more than two years ago.
So yeah, OSU has another elite big man on the way.
The pipeline will continue.
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