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Buckeye b'ballers you may have forgotten

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cincibuck;1676764; said:
No one mentioned Bill Hosket Sr. and Bill Hosket Jr. Both led Buckeye teams to final four finishes. And what about Robin Freeman, "The Man Who Built St. John arena." Or Joe Roberts ... look at the line up of the 1959 NCAA Champion Buckeye team and then at the line up of the 1960 and 61 NCAA runnner up Buckeyes. The difference? One mean ass power forward who blocked out and set picks that put defenders on their ass... Joe Roberts.

In the mid sixties Al Peters was the point guard for the bucks. He was injured and the Dispatch ran the story under the headline Buckeyes to Play with Peters Out.
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62 - 63, The year after Lucas, Havlicek and Mel Nowell (Ok, McDonald, Don DeVoe and Bobby Knight too) graduated was assumed to be a year in which the rest of the Big 10 would grab revenge.

Fred Taylor did a superb job of coaching and Gary Brads went on a scoring tear. SI described Bradds' style of play as, "he looks like someone took a balloon, blew it up and then let go of the balloon, he flies everywhere."

Here's the Wikipedia report:Bradds enrolled at University of Kentucky but transferred after two days.[4]
He played collegiately for the Ohio State University. Was National Player of the Year[5] and winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy in 1964. Teammates included Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, Bobby Knight, Mel Nowell, and Don DeVoe. Averaged 28.0 points and 13.0 rebounds as a junior, after replacing Jerry Lucas. Averaged 30.6 points and 13.4 rebounds as a senior. Had six consecutive 40 point games his senior year,[6] including a school record 49 against Illinois (2/10/64).[7] During the streak, Bradds averaged 44.3 points and scored 46% of Ohio State's points. Streak ended against Iowa with Bradds scoring 30 points. Member of 2 Big Ten Championship teams, 1963-64. Was member of the 1963 Pan American games, winning a gold medal.[8] Pan Am team included Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson. Was captain of the team in 1964.[9] His #35 has been retired at Ohio State (1/27/2001).[10] Is a member of their Hall of Fame (inducted in 1978).[11] Also, member of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.[12] Scored 15 points in the National Title game in 1962, leading team. Jerry Lucas once claimed that Bradds was the best player he played against all season "in practice". His 735 points in 1964 are second highest season total in schools history.[13] Was Ohio States MVP in 1963 and 1964.[14] Was Big Ten MVP in 1963 and 1964. Was All American in 1963 and 1964.[15] Teams record while at Ohio State was 62-14. Averaged 20.7 points and 9.5 rebounds while shooting .535% from the field in 74 games at Ohio State.[16] His 1,530 points and 706 rebounds still rank in the school's top ten of all time.
 
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In honor of this years monster recruiting class coming in, I remember the big one from my hs days. Marcus Miller from St. Charles turned out to be the "glue guy" in a class that also included Carter Scott, Herb Williams, Jim Smith, and Todd Penn from Linden McKinley.
 
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Keith Wesson - easily forgotten if not for being John Anderson's back up in '87 when we beat Kentucky in the NCAAs and narrowly lost to Georgetown after letting a 16 point lead slip away. I was a student during his time, and I first learned of him in high school when he came to our gym and just scored at will on sheer size. He had half a foot and 40-50 pounds on our biggest player.

Pretty much a stiff, really. Never developed a college game and lacked the quickness to be a garbage man. Just ate minutes when Anderson needed to come out.
 
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MONTbigBuck;1676904; said:
In honor of this years monster recruiting class coming in, I remember the big one from my hs days. Marcus Miller from St. Charles turned out to be the "glue guy" in a class that also included Carter Scott, Herb Williams, Jim Smith, and Todd Penn from Linden McKinley.
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I was thinking last night that Kenny Page from NYC was also a member of that class. Probably made the biggest impact as a freshman; averaging about 14 points I believe. Unfortunately, he also made a big impact in posessing some stereo equipment that wasn't his at the time. He went to New Mexico, and scored 25 or so a game his last year. A true scorer that the Bucks could have used with the rest of a very diversified cast.
 
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