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C Greg Oden (All B1G, All-American, Defensive Player of the Year, Butler Assistant Coach)

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Incredible... this was in PA right? That makes it even more notable, as Ohio could be explained away as a future buckeye star...
Near Harrisburg. I don't think they knew what they were showing.....it was just a display to show off their HDTVs and how good sports look on them. But it was definately Oden. Or some other 7 footer who wears a 50 and Wildcats on his chest.
 
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With all the excitement following the commits of these guys (Conley and Oden in particular, but also Cook), I think the biggest factor that's being underlooked is the fact that these guys have been playing together for at least 6 years (3 for Cook by the time they get on campus). It took UNC and all their talent 3 years to mesh and it resulted in a Nat'l Championship. It's scary what these guys can accomplish since they already know one another's games inside and out.
 
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7/28/05


Oden rules Reebok event

Center named Big Time MVP for second time



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It didn't have the energy of Friday night's contest, but the much-anticipated rematch of Spiece Indy Heat and the D1 Greyhounds in Tuesday's Big Time championship brought just as much excitement.

In front of a crowd of around 2,400 at Foothill High School, Spiece and tournament MVP Greg Oden hung on for a 73-67 win in the Reebok tournament final. Spiece became the first team in the tournament's 11-year history to repeat as the champion of the elite Open Division; Oden was the first repeat MVP.

Oden was subdued after the game, despite some calling the Spiece team the best travel basketball team ever. Spiece has lost two games this summer, both in tournament championships.

"We get our names up on the little thing," Oden said, referring to a wall-sized poster with tournament champions and MVPs hanging outside Foothill's gym. "We played together as a team, all five players doing the same thing on the court. That's the greatest thing."

Spiece rode a 15-4 run and eventually built a 32-20 lead with less than four minutes to play in the first half, with the Greyhounds looking befuddled by Oden's size, strength and speed.

But Billy Walker and Oden drew double-technicals with 3:27 to go in the half, and the Greyhounds went on an 11-1 run of their own to tie the game at 33 by halftime.

Shortly before the technicals, Walker took an elbow to the face after hitting a screen by Spiece forward Aaron Pogue. Just after the technicals, Greyhounds standout guard O.J. Mayo took a shot in the ribs from Pogue.

Spiece coach Mike Conley downplayed the physicality of the game.

"These guys have known each other since they were 11. It's more like a brother fighting a twin brother," he said. "Bill and Greg will be on the phone tonight talking about it."

Oden said the crowd's energy helped feed the first-half frenzy.

"It's crazy. You see how many people came just to see us out there on the floor so you just go out there and try your hardest," he said. "The crowd's going to get excited, and excitement's just going to happen."

The Greyhounds led by as much as four points with less than five minutes to go in the game. But in the end, Oden was too big, Eric Gordon was too accurate and Spiece was too experienced for the Greyhounds to handle.

"We just tried to take it at Greg with the strength of the defense. Too many teams brought it away from him," Walker said. "Our focus was going to him and making him make all the plays. We were trying to get him tired, get him on the bench and try to make a run at them.

"We held our own ... but we lost, man."

Oden finished with 18 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks. Gordon shot 5-for-8 from the field, 3-for-5 from behind the arc and made all five of his free throw attempts for 18 points.

Oden, who along with teammates Conley and Daequan Cook has committed to Ohio State, had a typically subdued answer about what makes winning a tournament with over 700 teams special.

"In a state championship, you go home after the game," he said. "This one, I hope we get to go to the New York, New York."

In the other half of the Tuesday's matchup, Mayo finished with 18 points while collecting 10 rebounds, and Walker had 16 points.

A Reebok representative would not allow reporters to talk to Mayo, and said Greyhounds coach Dwaine Barnes does not do interviews.

When the two teams met Friday night, the gym at Foothill was so packed that tournament officials locked the doors, and fans were treated to a two-point victory by Spiece. Mayo had 22 points in that game; Oden had 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Oden said Friday's game carried over into Tuesday's championship.

"That was a bad factor because they came out with a lot of fire to beat us," he said. "The good thing is we got Aaron (Pogue) from Ohio and they don't want to lose and hear about it all day."

Pogue and Cook are both from Dayton, Ohio.

This is likely the last great run for a while for Spiece, which returns just two players from Tuesday's roster - Pogue and Gordon. But for the Greyhounds, the run has just begun. Much like Spiece last year, most of the Greyhounds players will return next season. That includes Mayo, Walker and forward Alexander Tyus, who had eight points and five rebounds.

 
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HE is 7 feet tall. If this were all you knew about Greg Oden, it might catch your attention. The 7-foot center is one of those magical sports entities, like the knockout puncher, the 1,000-yard rusher and the 100-mph pitcher.


Though being a 7-footer makes Oden special, it does not make him great. According to the NCAA, 79 Division I players measured 7-0 or taller last season, which is about average for a given year, and none became an All-American.

Do the math, and by the time Oden enrolls at Ohio State in the fall of 2006, roughly 1,000 7-footers will have passed through college basketball since 1992, the year Shaquille O'Neal -- the last truly great player of that size -- departed LSU.

So this is about more than how close the top of Oden's head comes to the bottom of the goal. Oden, who soon will start his senior year at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, is not thrilling basketball people simply because he is tall.

''From last July to this July, the aura about Greg Oden has transferred to the ability,'' says Sonny Vaccaro, senior director of grass-roots basketball for Reebok. ''The kids understand it now -- his greatness. He's so damn good, not only do they accept it, they're like in awe.

''He's one of those people that's going to win championships.''

Those people? Bill Russell. Wilt Chamberlain. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Bill Walton. O'Neal. Those people. Those are the names mentioned when Oden is evaluated as a prospect. They have won a combined seven NCAA titles and 24 NBA championships.

''I just don't see myself being named with that type of guys -- those legends,'' Oden says. ''But anything is possible if you keep working at it.''

There have been a lot of big centers in the past five decades of basketball, but not so many great ones. As Oden went through July's summer recruiting period for Division I programs, it was easy to see he could be the next. It also was apparent he could learn a little from his predecessors:

Russell

Subject: defense

Oden's advantage over Russell is pure size. Russell stood 6-10 and weighed 220 pounds. Oden is 7-0, 240 -- with plenty more time to grow. Still, Oden's connection to Russell may be stronger than to any other elite center.

Russell was the most sophisticated defensive center in the game's history. He doesn't have the shot-blocking records to prove that because blocks weren't an official statistic during Russell's career. His proof: 11 NBA titles with the Celtics and two NCAA championships at San Francisco.

Oden has a feel for defense that goes beyond standing close to the basket and knocking away shots launched in his direction.

''He's in the mind of the opponent,'' says Van Coleman, a talent scout for Hoopmasters.com, ''because he can come at the ball from 10 or 12 feet away and make a player change his shot.''

Oden has an excellent sense of how to position himself so an opposing post player can't get the ball. He extends his long arms and legs in front of the opponent, dissuading entry passes or deflecting those that are attempted. Oden consumes an enormous amount of space in the lane.

When Oden faced Derrick Caracter, a 6-9, 300-pounder from Elizabeth, N.J., in early July at the Reebok ABCD Camp, his swarming presence forced Caracter to abandon the post and set up on the perimeter. Given Caracter's strength and inside scoring ability, eliciting that surrender was a significant victory.

Chamberlain

Subject: rebounding

At Kansas, Chamberlain averaged 18.3 rebounds. There were many more rebounds to be had in those days -- even Wilt shot only 47.0 percent from the field in college -- and there were fewer players his size.

Oden will not put up such rebounding numbers with the Buckeyes; after all, he was not a double-figures rebounder as a high school junior. But Oden does have the ability to control a game on the backboards.

To get to that level consistently, Oden will have to break his habit of tipping the ball to himself instead of grabbing it with both hands. That affliction is common in high school players of significant size because reaching over a player with one hand is less likely to lead to a foul call.

''Can he attack with both hands? Yes. I've seen him do it,'' Coleman says. ''The tipping is a bad habit that will have to be broken very early in his college days. The great thing is if you go up and explain that to him, Thad Matta is going to have a kid that will nod his head, say, ÔYes, coach,' and start getting better at it.''

Abdul-Jabbar

Subject: scoring

Armed with his distinctive sky hook, Abdul-Jabbar averaged 26.4 points over his three championship years at UCLA, then piled up a record 38,387 points in 20 NBA seasons.

It's unlikely Oden ever will feature a go-to move as effective as Abdul-Jabbar's, but Oden is in the early stages of developing a jump hook. He is reasonably accurate but usually lets go of the ball as he rises instead of at the peak of his jump. He also tends to roll the ball off his palm instead of his fingertips. Oden's release point is lower than it should be, making the shot -- theoretically, at least -- easier to block.

Point guard Mike Conley, Oden's constant teammate -- at Lawrence North, with the Spiece Indy Heat club, at the ABCD Camp and eventually at Ohio State -- figures there's another area of the game in which his buddy can improve.

''Probably his attitude toward shooting the ball more,'' Conley says. ''The way he's shooting now, he should be averaging 30 points.''

Oden averaged 19.8 points as a junior, but he did not rank among the top scorers at the ABCD Camp -- despite shooting 71.0 percent from the field.

Still, Oden is superior to Abdul-Jabbar when it comes to assaulting the goal with power dunks and putback slams. In the championship game of the USA Basketball Youth Development Festival, Oden set himself at the center of the lane and sealed off 6-11 Robin Lopez, a Stanford recruit from Fresno, Calif. As Oden shuffled closer to the goal, he accepted an entry pass and then emphatically hook-dunked home his team's first two points. This was not a basket; it was a declaration.

''He fools you,'' says guard Paul Harris of Niagara Falls, N.Y., Oden's teammate in that game. ''He's a friendly guy off the court, but on the court he's very mean. He doesn't play dirty or anything, but he surprises you.''

Walton

Subject: passing

In Walton's final season at UCLA, he averaged a team-best 5.5 assists. Those are point guard numbers. Oden may never reach Walton's level, but passing is one of his finest attributes.

Oden consistently makes opponents pay for double-teaming him in the post. He diagnoses where the help defender is coming from and is adept at delivering a catchable ball to the open man.

Taylor King, one of the top prospects in the class of 2007, attributes his great play at the 2004 ABCD Camp to Oden's passing.

''Everybody was doubling and tripling him, and I was wide-open,'' says King, a small forward from Santa Ana, Calif. ''It's fun playing with him.''

Walton was among the best at starting a fast break, but Oden needs work on outlet passing. As Oden and Conley mature at Ohio State, Conley will become more comfortable dashing toward open space near midcourt and providing a target for Oden.

O'Neal

Subject: physical play

O'Neal as a teen was not yet a 300-pound giant, but was an impressive physical specimen. He was powerful, astonishingly agile and an impressive jumper for his size.

Vaccaro says Oden surprised opponents at the ABCD Camp with his ability to run the court, something that also separated O'Neal from his peers as a younger player. Oden moves quickly and authoritatively when his team has the ball on offense -- one reason he and Conley are successful operating the pick-and-roll.

Oden has the potential to become much stronger as he gains college- and pro-level strength training. Ohio State recently hired a new strength coach, Dave Richardson, who will help develop Oden's upper body.

''I think he has the kind of frame that, down the road, will put him in between Wilt and Jabbar, who was an immensely strong man,'' Coleman says. ''(Oden's) nowhere near where he will be.''
 
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7/29/05

HENDERSON, Nev. – There is this kid named Bill Walker, who stands 6-foot-6 and seemingly can jump over the Las Vegas Hilton. You'll know his name in a few years when he wins the NBA Slam Dunk contest as a rookie.


Right now, Walker is a junior-to-be in a Cincinnati high school, where his chief hobby seems to be throwing down violent dunks on some poor teenager who dares to guard him. He had been doing it all week here at the Reebok Big Time basketball tournament in suburban Vegas.

On Tuesday evening, in the championship game of the entire event, Walker got loose in the lane, flew three, four or more feet off the ground and was about to mesmerize a packed house with one of his patented highlight-reel slams.

But then Walker remembered who he was playing against, 7-1 Greg Oden, whom you would call the next Patrick Ewing except everyone who saw both play in high school says that it might be an insult … to Greg Oden. Walker had a clear jam to the hoop, had the fans ready to erupt, had Oden so far out of the play he was unable to stretch one of his long, strong arms out and block the dunk, but he couldn't shake Oden's abilities from his memory. So he switched hands and, in boring fashion, laid the ball in, which in AAU ball means the basket hardly counts.

This story may not make complete sense until all these guys are in the NBA, but if you want to know how good Greg Oden really is, just remember that one day he made Bill Walker shy away from a dunk and shoot a safe, uncontested layup.


"If Greg Oden had come out [for the NBA draft], he would have gone before Andrew Bogut," said a Central Division player personnel director who can't officially comment due to NBA rules. "He would have gone No. 1 overall after his junior year."

Of high school.

Oden was named the MVP of the Big Time tournament, the most prestigious AAU-style event of the summer, for leading his Spiece Indy Heat team to consecutive championships for the first time in the tourney's history.

Oden simply is an incredible defensive player for his age. He blocks shots, grabs rebounds, intimidates around the basket and absolutely changes the way the game is played. Offensively, he scores mostly off dunks and easy post moves, but the reality is that there is no one in high school basketball who can physically guard him.

And there may not be anyone at the college level who can. For the first time since Kevin Garnett opted to jump straight to the pros, we are going to find out. Due to new NBA age limits, Oden will make Ohio State an instant national-title contender in 2006-07.

Due to his strong academics, strong maturity and even stronger family support system, Oden hardly seems to mind that he has to wait for an estimated $50 million in salary and endorsement money.

He certainly isn't plotting a lawsuit against the NBA or cursing the fact that if his natural talent was in music or acting or golf or just about any pursuit other than basketball, in which America holds its young phenoms to a different educational standard, he could be living the life of Vincent Chase and his entourage.

"You can't miss what you don't have," said Oden's mother, Zoe. "And we don't have anything."

But outside of money, there really isn't anything Oden doesn't have. A reasonable mean streak on the court is belied by a soft personality off it. His physical gifts are complemented by an interest in math. His budding stardom – he attended the ESPYs earlier this summer – is couched by his interest on the team.

The only person who doesn't think Oden is the No. 1 player in America is Greg Oden.

"I guess it is nice to hear, but I just go out and play. I don't think about it," Oden said. "I just want to make it in college."

Here is what Oden seems to think about: Hanging out with his friends – most notably fellow Ohio State signee Mike Conley Jr. – taking naps and watching movies. "Even here in Vegas, all he wants to do is watch movies in his room," Indy Heat coach Mike Conley Sr. said.

Oden basically is holding onto 17 as long as he can.

Here in Sin City, how did Oden celebrate capping a remarkable traveling basketball career that saw him win a national title every year but one since the sixth grade?

"Hopefully I get to ride [the roller coaster] at New York, New York," he smiled.

His coach just smiled at the request. If he can fit into the seat, Conley Sr. said, Oden could ride it all night.

"It is going to be nice for America to have Greg Oden," Conley Sr. said. "At the end of the day Greg Oden is going to help a lot of people in this country. He will be an icon you will want your kids to look up to."

Way, way up to.

Dan Wetzel is Yahoo! Sports' national columnist. Send him a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.

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When Thad Matta was hired at Ohio State in July 2004, he was in a position to take advantage of the personal relationships and reputation he had developed while in Indianapolis and Cincinnati as the head coach at Butler and then Xavier. Matta and his staff already had been recruiting some of the top players in Ohio for Xavier, and Matta had continued to nurture contacts developed across the border in Indiana.

That helped the Buckeyes land commitments from four elite players in the class of 2006. Though that class may not be complete -- it eventually figures to include six players -- it already has enough star quality to rank with Michigan's "Fab Five" in 1991 and Duke's class of '97 as one of the best collections of talent in the past 25 years.

Greg Oden, 7-0/240, C, Lawrence North, Indianapolis. The Buckeyes gambled that the NBA would install an age minimum for draft entry. They were right.

Daequan Cook, 6-5/190, SG, Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio. He has the smooth, upright shooting style of Sonics star Ray Allen, but Cook probably is a touch more athletic and a touch less accurate from the perimeter. Matta had been recruiting Cook for Xavier and made him the Buckeyes' top recruiting priority after getting the Ohio State job.

David Lighty, 6-5/180, SF, Villa Angela-St. Joseph, Cleveland. He is an excellent athlete who plays above the rim but needs to improve his jump shot and perimeter skills. Lighty has been missing from the summer scene because he is recovering from knee surgery.

Mike Conley, 6-1/160, PG, Lawrence North, Indianapolis. He is considered a slight step below point guard classmates Tywon Lawson and Sherron Collins, mostly because of their bulk and strength. But Conley is an excellent athlete, has deep shooting range and plays a cerebral game.

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This guy's got the right attitude and a well rounded game already. Surround him with his current class+ and he will be an all-time college great. I only hope that he's around for more than one year, so we (and the rest of the country) can watch him grow into the Naismith winner. Who knows; maybe he'll be ready next year.
 
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Oden was obviously ranked as the #1 player at the event, also considered the best frontcourt defensive player.
 
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Buckeyes have top recruiting class, but 1 highly ranked player leaves them off his list.
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Ohio State got some good news and some bad news last week.

The good came when the Web site rivals.com announced its player rankings after the July evaluation period, and the Buckeyes were the only school in the nation with four five-star recruits in the 2006 class.

Led by the nation's No. 1 player, 7-foot Greg Oden, the class includes Oden and point guard Mike Conley, teammates at Lawrence North; Dayton shooting guard Daequan Cook and Cleveland shooting guard David Lighty.

"The class without Oden is impressive, but when you throw in the most dominating big man to hit the NCAA scene in the last 10 years, you have the makings of a class that can change the dynamics of a program for years to come," the Web site wrote in assessing coach Thad Matta's class.

Already, some players from the Class of 2007 who were mentioning only recent national championship teams such as Duke, North Carolina and Connecticut, are adding Ohio State to their list, according to rivals.com, which has scouts at all the major summer events.

The bad news for the Buckeyes is that their class won't include 6-8 forward Thaddeus Young from Memphis, Tenn. The nation's No. 3-ranked player sent out a news release last week that he narrowed his list to Arkansas, Duke, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Memphis, North Carolina and Tennessee.

The Buckeyes, who have three scholarships to give if they choose, appear to be targeting 6-8 forward Raymar Morgan, Canton, Ohio. Morgan has been saying he plans to visit Connecticut, Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State.

Oden update

At the Las Vegas Big Time Tournament, some of the nation's top college coaches continued to rave about how well Oden handles himself while being the center of attention everywhere he goes.

Even in Las Vegas, with no shortage of entertainment, gyms were full almost every game for eventual champion Spiece Indy Heat, led by Oden, Conley and Cook. After each game, Oden was besieged by people wanting autographs and pictures.

One high school coach from the Las Vegas area had Oden sign a basketball to be auctioned off at a fundraiser.

College coaches can't speak on the record about players who haven't signed national letters of intent.

"It's going to be nice for America to have Greg Oden," said Mike Conley Sr., coach of the Spiece Indy Heat. "At the end of the day, Greg Oden will help a lot of people in this country. He will be an icon you want your kids to look up to, and that means a lot to me.

"I remember (my son) Michael really liked Wake Forest, and when I met Chris Paul, I was like, 'Oh, man, it's great to have my son look up to a person like Chris Paul.' And it's going to be great to have our kids look up to a person like Greg Oden."

Personality emerging

Oden, shy and quiet a year ago, is getting pretty quotable, even when handling questions that could get him in trouble.

After the Indy Heat won the Las Vegas tournament, Oden was asked how a national summer title compared to a state championship. In Las Vegas, Oden faced more nationally ranked players in five days than he'll play against all year during the high school season, but he gave a politically correct answer.

"After the state championship, you go home after the game. After this, hopefully I get to ride (the roller coaster at) New York-New York (Hotel & Casino). Every year since we've been here, coach Conley takes us there."

"That's pretty extreme for him," Conley Sr. said. "Usually you hear him say, 'Maybe I can catch a flick, maybe two.' He barely fits in a roller coaster."

Tourney canceled

The Best of Summer, a tournament that follows Las Vegas in California, was canceled midway through play when a player from New York collapsed and died after a game.

Miguel Respress, a senior from Niagara Falls, N.Y., died outside the Gersten Pavilion at Loyola Marymount, according to news accounts.

Call Star reporter Jeff Rabjohns at (317) 444-6183 or e-mail<SCRIPT language=JavaScript><!--document.write(''+'jeff.rabjohns'+'@'+'indystar.com.'+'');//--></SCRIPT> [email protected].

 
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