12-01-2005, 09:10 AM
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Everything we do is dictated by motive
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Love is down to Duke, North Carolina and UCLA at this point, but there is a chance that tOSU could come back into the picture....
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12/1/05
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LAKE OSWEGO — Lake Oswego’s Kevin Love has narrowed his choice of colleges to three.
“It’s UCLA, Duke and North Carolina,” says the junior All-American, one of the nation’s most coveted prep basketball players.
Is one of the three ahead of the other two on his list?
“Not really,” he says. “They’re all right there. I’d like to hear a little more from Duke, but North Carolina and UCLA are pretty much at the top right now. In the next year, a couple more could open up, but not many. Ohio State or Kansas could come up. You never know.”
Love says Duke, North Carolina and UCLA have offered scholarships, “but I’ve had the most interest from UCLA and Duke.”
UCLA coach Ben Howland has been perhaps Love’s most avid suitor.
Love’s father, former NBA player Stan Love, grew up in Southern California.
“I was born there, and I have a lot of family there,” Kevin Love says.
“North Carolina is also intriguing to me because of Coach (Roy) Williams, the players who have gone there and the tradition — it’s really amazing. Duke has produced so many pros, and Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski) — you really can’t do any better.”
Love isn’t sure when he will make a decision, but he can’t sign a letter of intent until next November.
“It could be tomorrow; it could be a year from now,” Love says of when he will verbally commit. “I just have to sit down with my family and close friends and make a decision.”
The Love family has patched up its differences with Nike Inc. after the much-celebrated flap in which the sporting apparel and shoe giant balked at him attending a Reebok summer camp. Nike outfits Lake Oswego’s team with its basketball gear, and Love is wearing Nike shoes.
“Our relationship was never really torn apart,” Love says. “It was shaken, but now we have everything back together. I love Nike, I love Reebok, I love Adidas — they’re all great. I’m committed to attending Reebok’s ABCD camp next summer, but I’m going to Nike-sponsored events, too. You have to take it in stride and see what happens next.”
—Kerry Eggers
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