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'06 IN PF Jamil Tucker (Virginia Verbal)

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Tucker’s case is a bit more complicated. He originally said he had an offer from Ohio State, where some of his AAU teammates, including national player of the year Greg Oden, have committed to. But, according to West Side coach John Boyd, the Buckeyes have not offered a scholarship to Tucker, a 6-9 senior-to-be who can play a variety of positions.

Boyd and Tucker said the latter’s No. 1 choice is still Ohio State, and that he hopes to choose a school by the end of this month. But a relative of Tucker’s on Sunday said she doesn’t want him to make any decision until he has a high school diploma, adding he “needs to concentrate on getting out of high school.” Regardless, Tucker still has a variety of options, perhaps including Purdue, Indiana, USC or Miami.
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7/12/05

Just a few short days ago, Jamil Tucker's college decision appeared imminent.

Now that the euphoria of July's first week-long evaluation period has subsided, the sought-after West Side senior, who hasn't taken an official campus visit, is looking to slow things down.

West Side coach John Boyd said Monday that Ohio State, which Tucker said was his No. 1 choice at last week's Nike All-America Camp in Indianapolis, no longer appears interested in tendering the 6-foot-9 swing player a scholarship offer.

He also said Purdue is "definitely" out, as well, because coach Matt Painter told Tucker he couldn't promise more than a bench role when Tucker arrived.

With that in mind, Boyd said it's time for his star to look elsewhere, even if that means waiting a while before settling on a school.

"We just don't think that Ohio State, after not offering him a scholarship, we don't think they respect the kid's caliber," Boyd said. "We don't think they respect his ability to play the game."

Ohio State coach Thad Matta has already clinched the nation's No. 1 recruiting class by securing verbal commitments to Indianapolis Lawrence North players Greg Oden and Mike Conley, as well as David Lighty and Daequan Cook.

Matta still has three scholarships to give for his 2006 class, and when Andrean's Luke Harangody passed on the Buckeyes over the weekend, it reduced the field of potential takers by one.

But Ohio State still has hopes of landing Memphis star Thaddeus Young -- who has been coy about his intentions in published remarks and says he won't decide until November -- as well as 6-foot-8 Raymar Morgan of Canton, Ohio, Virginia's Vernon Macklin, Minnesota's Bryce Webster and New Jersey's Lance Thomas.

Boyd said Matta and his staff had been recruiting Tucker as a power forward candidate, like all of the aforementioned players, when Boyd feels his player's best chance to succeed is at the shooting guard or small forward spot.

Tucker sacrificed his leverage in the situation, Boyd said, when he expressed his desire to play for Ohio State with AAU teammates Oden and Conley last week at Nike Camp.

"I always told the kid, 'Don't put your eggs in one basket,' " Boyd said. "If it was me personally, I would have never told Ohio State that was the place where I wanted to be. The kid was away from me and I couldn't do quality control.

"I think this was a very bad idea with Thad, because if he doesn't think I have any influence in this area, (he's wrong). I just like business to be taken care of. I don't think they were straight-forward with us. They told us they were gonna evaluate Jamil. All in all, they had some eyes set on some other people. ... That's the ugly side of it. It's a business and kids need to know that."

Hoosiers fans will be glad to know Indiana is still on Tucker's radar.

"I really like Indiana," said Boyd, an IU alum. "Mike Davis came up and offered Jamil a scholarship right to my face, right before school was out. I wish he'd get in touch with me."

Tucker could not be reached for comment Monday.
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Obviously, in my opinion the kid made a mistake and forced Matta's hand and now the staff is not interested in giving him an offer by all reports. They told him they would evaluate him and before he had a chance to talk to Matta, Tucker announced a press conference. Obviously, his high school coach is upset, he is just sticking up for his player but unless your on the inside, its hard to tell where the communication break down happened.
 
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I can't understand where this coach is coming from. I feel sorry the kid didn't get an offer, but I feel the staff was upfront with him, and they choose to go another direction. Hell I wanted to play baseball for LSU, but I didn't have my coach bad mouth Skip Bertman when I didn't get an offer
 
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I'm afraid John Boyd allowed his own ego to get tangled up in his player's recruitment. I'm a little embarrassed for him. It must be tough being an Indiana Hoosier alum and coaching Indiana kids who all seem to favor tOSU these days.
 
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This is a case of a coach forgetting his role....

He is supposed to guide his player, but leave the ultimate decision up to him. Sounds like this guy's ego got hurt a little bit and now he can't handle it.
 
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7/12/05

At the Peach Jam event in Georgia.......Tucker now says he will take visits and wait until the end of summer to make a decision. Jamil has spoken to the OSU staff and they wanted him to wait until the summer ends to make a decision. Ohio State, Purdue, Michigan, Arizona, UCLA, USC and Indiana are his top schools.
 
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7/13/05

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Two Big Ten schools remain big on Jamil Tucker’s list.

Late Tuesday, the West Side senior-to-be said he’s still more than interested in playing basketball at Ohio State or Purdue, contradicting what his coach, John Boyd, said in a recent report in another newspaper.

“Of course I’m still interested,” said Tucker, who was participating with his SYF Players AAU team at the Nike Peach Jam, a prestigious tournament in North Augusta, S.C.

Tucker was miffed Boyd said the star Cougars player was not considering Purdue because Boilermakers coach Matt Painter wouldn’t guarantee a starting position.

“I never lost interest because of that,” Tucker said. “Isn’t (a starting job) something you earn in the first place? I thought that’s how you did it. You earn your spot.”

Tucker said he was still considering Ohio State, which has not offered him a scholarship, because, “I never took them off my list in the first place.”

Boyd had said he was upset the Buckeyes did not offer Tucker a scholarship and took it as a sign of disrespect. The Buckeyes already have some of Tucker’s Spiece Indy Heat AAU teammates — national player of the year Greg Oden, Mike Conley and Daequan Cook — committed to their program.

Tucker originally had the Buckeyes No. 1 on his list, but he said that list now is wide open. USC, Purdue, Indiana, Miami, Arizona and San Jose State also are among his choices.

Tucker said he’d like to make his decision after the tournament, which ends Saturday, but before the end of July.

“But there’s no rush,” he said.

Boyd said his words were taken out of context, and that he wanted to keep Tucker’s recruiting affairs out of the media from now on.

“It’s getting a little ugly,” said Boyd, who added “I’m not going to eat my words.”

Tucker said he and Boyd have barely seen each other since the end of the school year, and that this was all “just a case of miscommunication.”

“He did this because he thinks I’m a certain type of player, and he thinks I deserve a certain type of respect,” Tucker said. “I do appreciate what he did, but I don’t see why he had to go about it the way he does.”

Tucker, a 6-foot-9 guard/forward, averaged 18.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game for the Cougars.

The SYF Players went 1-1 on Tuesday at the Peach Jam. Tucker scored a game-high 18 points during a 65-54 loss to New York Gauchos on Tuesday morning. Contact Justin Breen at 648-3122 or [email protected]

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I doubt Tucker will get an offer after this saga plays out. Sources are basically saying that Tucker did not play as well as he needed to and Morgan did.
 
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7/14/05

All Jamil Tucker wants to do, he says, is play basketball this month, then let the recruiting chips fall as they may.

He's finding out it's not that simple in the high-pressure, fast-paced world of July summer basketball.

The 6-foot-9 West Side senior-to-be is one of the area's top-rated recruits -- the recruiting experts at Rivals.com have him rated as the No. 45 player in the country in their latest rankings.

Last week at the elite Nike All-America Camp, Tucker told a group of reporters that he was just days away from committing to Ohio State. The problem? Ohio State and head coach Thad Matta hadn't offered Tucker a scholarship yet, and by all recent indications will not do so. At least, Matta won't do so until players he has listed ahead of Tucker -- namely Memphis' Thaddeus Young and Raymar Morgan of Canton, Ohio -- decide what to do.

Tucker, he admits, started to rush when AAU teammates Greg Oden, Mike Conley and Daequan Cook all verbally committed to the Buckeyes.

"I had got caught up in what everybody else was doing and I was trying to decide, too," Tucker said. "Now I feel I have plenty of time. At one point, I thought about it and thought, 'Why rush?'

"Most people think scholarships are gonna go somewhere, but if a coach wants you, he's not gonna give your scholarship away."

Further complicating matters, Tucker's high school coach, John Boyd, said that delays by Ohio State and Purdue in offering Tucker a scholarship meant that his player would no longer be interested in either school.

Tucker said he still would be interested if either school were to eventually offer, but said he's going to take it slow now, following the course of his girlfriend, Michelle Hamblin. Hamblin, a West Side graduate, didn't commit to Kent State last year until November.

"I've got a great cast of people around me," Tucker said. "I have a family who loves me, a great staff at SYF, a lovely girlfriend. They all stay with me every day. I talk to my family, I talk to my coaches. I talk to my girl.

"They're like, 'Why do you have to rush?' My girl, she goes to Kent State. She was telling me, 'Why are you rushing?' I said, 'True.' "

Boyd, for his part, stands by his contention that Tucker should cool down about Ohio State and find a school that wants to make him a major part of its plans.

"The Ohio State people saw that," Boyd said Wednesday, referring to his recent comments. "I hope they saw all of it. Now you're gonna come on the backburner and make a bid then?"
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Is John Boyd Tucker's coach or his agent. Sounds like he is trying to steer him to IU. Hey John, take a seat, shut your mouth and let Jamil decide where he wants to go. You have already made an ass out of yourself.
 
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