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BuckeyeInTheBoro

BuckeyeInTheBoro

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If you haven't read it yet, ESPN and CNNSI are running a terrible piece about college basketball graduation rates with the erronious headline "OSU only graduates 10% of it's basketball players". Reading the article it states that the real number is 38% and even that is obviously a skewed statistic at best.

The article refers to players whose freshman year was 1996-1999.

Since basketball has a relatively small team size and this was a bit of a dark period in our hoops history I was wondering if anyone here might have the time/desire to put together a list of these players and a "whatever happened to" bio. I think it would be interesting to see if we failed these poor student-athletes as the article suggests. I suspect I know the answer, but I'm hungry for actual facts. Any statistics hounds up for the challenge?
 
Personally I am thoroughly sick and tired of hearing Lapchick's Johnny One Note presentation of data. Noble cause I have no doubt, but there is a serious need for Lapchick to put a sock in it when all he has is the same story to tell, from the exact same data set, each time a major NCAA sports event comes around.

Besides which, the graduation rates across the board for Ohio State have been improving and that is what counts - not a rap on the knuckles from a self appointed keeper of the APR peace.
 
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I know this data is from previous years, but looking forward this stuff is pretty meaningless. I mean the best schools are going to get the best (ie most NBA ready) players. So obviously some will leave early and mess up the grad rate stat. Especially now that high school kids can't go directly to the NBA, these stats will get worse for big time schools. Anyone who thinks we're not taking care of guys like Oden is crazy.
 
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Who exactly are we talking about?

I am thinking that barely 10% of the players recruited during that time even spent 4 years here- Stonebreaker's entire class, Shamar Herron, Jon Sanderson- seems like a lot of those guys finished somewhere else.

I am guessing that Boban is not in the 10%, but we have already paid for having him. He's kind of the Clarett of the bb program- the gift that keeps on detracting.

It would be great to see a bunch of the Matta recruits graduate.
 
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This guy:
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is a waste who spends too much time criticizing those who don't don't comply with his opinions.
 
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