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06-17-2006, 05:36 PM
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Sanders is really the only verbal who showed strong interest in OSU. I always got the impression that Wright was waiting on a UK offer, and when it didn't materialize, chose the hometown Flyers. I really doubt a Dayton kid would renege on a verbal to the Flyers, although stranger things have happened.
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06-18-2006, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie
Could possibly be a name off the radar, but if it was someone who showed strong interest in OSU before verbaling to another program, my gut tells me it could be Chris Wright. Rakim Sanders could be a possiblity but distance played a real role in his verbal. Wright recently exploded at a major AAU event, he could be having second thoughts, OSU never recruited him very hard the first time around...FWIW. |
Wright is not going to happen. Don't even get your hopes up.
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06-18-2006, 05:36 PM
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Center U?
With the incoming Oden, and now Koufos, Lauderdale, and then BJ Mullen, the Buckeyes have become 'Center U'. This is quite a turn around from when we couldn't get a big man to even look around. We've had maybe one board crasher, and then added an undersized forward to help clean the glass.
I hope this becomes a trend, because the smaller guys (you know, the point scorers and point guards), like to have the big guys to feed, and follow up the misses. And with Cook, Lighty, Offut (assuming knee is 100%), Diebler, May0 (?) and hopefully Yates, there's going to be enough scorers and inside presence to have some balanced scoring for a change. (Three guards and a prayer is not my kind of basketball - FWIW).
The new direction of OSU basketball is incredible. Just keeping the Ohio talent at home will keep us up in the rarified atmosphere as a Duke, Arizona, etc. in terms of talent. I'm hoping that Matta has the coaching talent to 'coach up' these big guys (like he did with Dials) to become NBA forces. I know this is not a 'praise Matta' thread, but has anyone ever seen such a quick turn-around in any sport?
Having been a veteran of the Lucas-Havlicek-Siegfried-Joe Roberts-Gary Gearhart-(yes, Bobby Knight) era (I was 12), I am very happy to see this balanced attack come back. I do worry there's enough basketballs on the court to satisfy everyone's need for points however......but winning does seem to quench that need.
Let's enjoy this era folks!    It's gonna be a 'barn burner'
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06-19-2006, 07:34 AM
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Wright is not going to happen. Don't even get your hopes up.
My guess is Rakim Sanders.
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Its possible it could be someone off the radar.... 
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06-19-2006, 11:56 AM
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Is Evan Turner "off the radar"?
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06-19-2006, 12:07 PM
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I would say Turner is somebody very much on the radar.
A guy like Derrick Rose, who is a very good player and in Matta's "territory" is definitely one who is off the radar though... would be nice, but just throwing names out there. I don't really expect him to come here, but using Rose as an example.
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06-19-2006, 12:45 PM
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Obviously it's unbased conjecture, but landing Rose would be sick
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06-19-2006, 01:38 PM
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