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I think the Nov 29th prediction sounds pretty good to me. The Sleep 101 comment didn't bother me as he followed with some pretty focused comments about registering in the business school for Finance.
Of course, the "national championship" comment wasn't hard to swallow either, although that would be one heck of a tall order for such a young team
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Of course, the "national championship" comment wasn't hard to swallow either, although that would be one heck of a tall order for such a young team
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hoopsfan
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UPDATE
Greg visited his hand surgeon in Indy yesterday -- the wrist is healing very well, but really no new news on a timeframe for return. They are still saying Dec/Jan but I think that is probably the longest he will be out. He is in a splint and able to do some rehab already (minimal).
Greg visited his hand surgeon in Indy yesterday -- the wrist is healing very well, but really no new news on a timeframe for return. They are still saying Dec/Jan but I think that is probably the longest he will be out. He is in a splint and able to do some rehab already (minimal).
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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hoopsfan....thanks for the update. I am still sticking with a late November return for Oden.
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Oden will miss several big games for Buckeyes
Thursday, August 17, 2006 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- Now at least we know the order of games Greg Oden will miss during his freshman season as an Ohio State basketball player.
The Buckeyes released their 2006-2007 schedule on Wednesday. Nonconference highlight games include:
At national champ Florida on Dec. 23;
At North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 29;
Against Cincinnati in Indianapolis on Dec. 16;
Against Youngstown State at Nationwide Arena in Columbus on Nov. 24;
Home against Cleveland State on Dec. 9.
The Buckeyes will open the season at home on Nov. 10 as part of an eight-team field in the Black Coaches Association Classic. The event is not a tournament, with every team to play three games over three days. The field also includes Kent State, Princeton, Providence, South Dakota State, Loyola-Chicago, IUPUI and Virginia Military Institute. The matchups should be announced next week.
The 30-game regular-season schedule includes at least 14 national television appearances and 10 opponents who made last season's NCAA Tournament.
Last year's Big Ten regular-season champions at 26-6, the Buckeyes will return just four players who played significant minutes last season and will add a five-player recruiting class that's among the best in the country.
But Oden, the 7-foot star of that group, told reporters in Las Vegas last month that he doesn't expect to return from wrist surgery before the start of the Big Ten season in January. By then, the Buckeyes will have played 13 games, with the conference opener home against Indiana on Jan. 2.
"This is an incredibly challenging schedule for our young basketball team," OSU coach Thad Matta said. "We will be short-handed and inexperienced in the beginning. But I believe the competitiveness of who we are playing, where we are playing and when we are playing will make us a better basketball team in the long run."
Getting Oden back will help that, too.
Men's schedule
Date Opponent, Time
Nov. 10-12 BCA Classic, TBA Nov. 17 Eastern Kentucky, TBA Nov. 20 San Francisco, TBA Nov. 24 vs. Youngstown State, TBA Nov. 29 at North Carolina, 9 Dec. 2 Valparaiso, TBA Dec. 9 Cleveland State, TBA Dec. 16 vs. Cincinnati, 3:45 Dec. 19 Iowa State, TBA Dec. 23 at Florida, 4 Dec. 30 Coppin State, TBA Jan. 2 Indiana, 8 Jan. 6 at Illinois, 2 Jan. 9 at Wisconsin, 9 Jan. 13 Tennessee, 1 Jan. 17 Northwestern, 8 Jan. 20 Iowa, 8 Jan. 24 at Northwestern, 8 Jan. 27 Michigan State, 9 Jan. 31 at Purdue, 7 Feb. 3 at Michigan State, 4 Feb. 6 Michigan, 7 Feb. 10 Purdue, 12:15 Feb. 14 at Penn State, 7 Feb. 18 at Minnesota, 1 Feb. 21 Penn State, 8 Feb. 25 Wisconsin, 4 March 3 at Michigan, TBA
Oden will miss several big games for Buckeyes
Thursday, August 17, 2006 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- Now at least we know the order of games Greg Oden will miss during his freshman season as an Ohio State basketball player.
The Buckeyes released their 2006-2007 schedule on Wednesday. Nonconference highlight games include:
At national champ Florida on Dec. 23;
At North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 29;
Against Cincinnati in Indianapolis on Dec. 16;
Against Youngstown State at Nationwide Arena in Columbus on Nov. 24;
Home against Cleveland State on Dec. 9.
The Buckeyes will open the season at home on Nov. 10 as part of an eight-team field in the Black Coaches Association Classic. The event is not a tournament, with every team to play three games over three days. The field also includes Kent State, Princeton, Providence, South Dakota State, Loyola-Chicago, IUPUI and Virginia Military Institute. The matchups should be announced next week.
The 30-game regular-season schedule includes at least 14 national television appearances and 10 opponents who made last season's NCAA Tournament.
Last year's Big Ten regular-season champions at 26-6, the Buckeyes will return just four players who played significant minutes last season and will add a five-player recruiting class that's among the best in the country.
But Oden, the 7-foot star of that group, told reporters in Las Vegas last month that he doesn't expect to return from wrist surgery before the start of the Big Ten season in January. By then, the Buckeyes will have played 13 games, with the conference opener home against Indiana on Jan. 2.
"This is an incredibly challenging schedule for our young basketball team," OSU coach Thad Matta said. "We will be short-handed and inexperienced in the beginning. But I believe the competitiveness of who we are playing, where we are playing and when we are playing will make us a better basketball team in the long run."
Getting Oden back will help that, too.
Men's schedule
Date Opponent, Time
Nov. 10-12 BCA Classic, TBA Nov. 17 Eastern Kentucky, TBA Nov. 20 San Francisco, TBA Nov. 24 vs. Youngstown State, TBA Nov. 29 at North Carolina, 9 Dec. 2 Valparaiso, TBA Dec. 9 Cleveland State, TBA Dec. 16 vs. Cincinnati, 3:45 Dec. 19 Iowa State, TBA Dec. 23 at Florida, 4 Dec. 30 Coppin State, TBA Jan. 2 Indiana, 8 Jan. 6 at Illinois, 2 Jan. 9 at Wisconsin, 9 Jan. 13 Tennessee, 1 Jan. 17 Northwestern, 8 Jan. 20 Iowa, 8 Jan. 24 at Northwestern, 8 Jan. 27 Michigan State, 9 Jan. 31 at Purdue, 7 Feb. 3 at Michigan State, 4 Feb. 6 Michigan, 7 Feb. 10 Purdue, 12:15 Feb. 14 at Penn State, 7 Feb. 18 at Minnesota, 1 Feb. 21 Penn State, 8 Feb. 25 Wisconsin, 4 March 3 at Michigan, TBA
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We'll see where this one goes before starting an official thread...
DDN
Oden's younger brother transfers to Dunbar
The 6-foot-8 junior will play football and basketball.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
DAYTON — Make that three Odens moving to Ohio.
Anthony Oden, the 6-foot-8, 270-pound younger brother of Ohio State basketball recruit Greg Oden, has moved with his mother to Dayton. He has enrolled at Dunbar High School, where OSU recruit Daequan Cook played.
Cook played with current Dunbar senior Aaron Pogue, Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr. on the Spiece Indy Heat AAU team. The younger Oden sometimes joined that group.
"I've got friends that go here. I enjoy playing with them," Anthony Oden said Wednesday during Dunbar's football practice. "I think this is a better place for me than Indianapolis."
A junior, Anthony Oden is excited to play football for the first time in high school. As for basketball, he played varsity and reserve ball at Lawrence North, which won three straight Indiana Class 4A state titles with his brother in the starring role.
Anthony will join the Wolverines' effort to repeat as Division II state champions. He worked out this summer with Dunbar coach Peter Pullen.
"He's helped me out," Oden said of Pullen. "I've come a long way from where I was last year."
Greg Oden, a 7-foot center, is projected as the No. 1 NBA draft pick when he leaves college. Pullen said Anthony is not as polished offensively as Pogue, but has the strength, hands, rebounding ability and aggressive defense to dominate.
"It's a great addition to our school for both football and basketball," Pullen said. "We feel fortunate that they chose us."
Oden's mother, Zoe, has rented an apartment in Dayton but is commuting to Indianapolis until she finds a job here.
And while she said it's a bonus to be closer to Columbus to see Greg play, that wasn't the main reason for the move.
"I felt that Anthony needed a male role model," she said, calling Dunbar assistant Albert Powell "a wonderful person."
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-6951
or [email protected].
DDN
Oden's younger brother transfers to Dunbar
The 6-foot-8 junior will play football and basketball.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
DAYTON — Make that three Odens moving to Ohio.
Anthony Oden, the 6-foot-8, 270-pound younger brother of Ohio State basketball recruit Greg Oden, has moved with his mother to Dayton. He has enrolled at Dunbar High School, where OSU recruit Daequan Cook played.
Cook played with current Dunbar senior Aaron Pogue, Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr. on the Spiece Indy Heat AAU team. The younger Oden sometimes joined that group.
"I've got friends that go here. I enjoy playing with them," Anthony Oden said Wednesday during Dunbar's football practice. "I think this is a better place for me than Indianapolis."
A junior, Anthony Oden is excited to play football for the first time in high school. As for basketball, he played varsity and reserve ball at Lawrence North, which won three straight Indiana Class 4A state titles with his brother in the starring role.
Anthony will join the Wolverines' effort to repeat as Division II state champions. He worked out this summer with Dunbar coach Peter Pullen.
"He's helped me out," Oden said of Pullen. "I've come a long way from where I was last year."
Greg Oden, a 7-foot center, is projected as the No. 1 NBA draft pick when he leaves college. Pullen said Anthony is not as polished offensively as Pogue, but has the strength, hands, rebounding ability and aggressive defense to dominate.
"It's a great addition to our school for both football and basketball," Pullen said. "We feel fortunate that they chose us."
Oden's mother, Zoe, has rented an apartment in Dayton but is commuting to Indianapolis until she finds a job here.
And while she said it's a bonus to be closer to Columbus to see Greg play, that wasn't the main reason for the move.
"I felt that Anthony needed a male role model," she said, calling Dunbar assistant Albert Powell "a wonderful person."
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-6951
or [email protected].
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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I caught wind of this move a few weeks ago. I have not seen him play basketball but he is a mid-major prospect according to a few people who have seen him and he is a possible football prospect.
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The beauty of college basketball is that it is entirely unlike college football. If the Buckeyes were to start the season without Troy Smith or Teddy Ginn--that's roughly equivalent to the basketball team not having Greg. Let's say they weren't getting them back until game six. If they go 3-2 in those first five games, they're pretty much out of national title contention. Conversely, if the hoops team doesn't get Greg back until the start of the conference schedule, if they go 7-6 in the thirteen games before that...with 17 games remaining, they can come back, hit 20 victories and then run roughshod as a four or five seed through the tournament on a run to the Final Four. Frankly, though, I think that's a conservative estimate. They have what will likely be the most talented backcourt in the Big Ten in Butler, Lewis, Cook, Conley and Lighty. I think this team without Oden is capable of winning more like eleven or twelve of the first thirteen, getting G.O. back for IU at home, finishing with 24-27 wins and a two seed. But forget all that. Oden will be "lucky to ever play at OSU?" Sorry, not buying it. Let's say some disaster strikes and he's out for the entirety of the regular season. This team could make the tournament without him. You're telling me he wouldn't put a brace on that thing and trot it out for six games to take a shot at a title in his freshman season? Not likely. Oden will play, and he'll play this year. They can talk all they want about, "Ooh, we just don't know," and "We don't have any answers." He'll be out there. You want my opinion? This is smoke screen. Strategy. Mind-fucking the opposition. I said it several weeks ago: I believe Oden will be there on November 29th to make Tyler Hansbrough consider a career change. Go find G.O. right now--I bet he'll look a little like this:
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OSUsushichic
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I believe Oden will be there on November 29th to make Tyler Hansbrough consider a career change. Go find G.O. right now--I bet he'll look a little like this:
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ScriptOhio
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The beauty of college basketball is that it is entirely unlike college football. If the Buckeyes were to start the season without Troy Smith or Teddy Ginn--that's roughly equivalent to the basketball team not having Greg. Let's say they weren't getting them back until game six. If they go 3-2 in those first five games, they're pretty much out of national title contention. Conversely, if the hoops team doesn't get Greg back until the start of the conference schedule, if they go 7-6 in the thirteen games before that...with 17 games remaining, they can come back, hit 20 victories and then run roughshod as a four or five seed through the tournament on a run to the Final Four. Frankly, though, I think that's a conservative estimate. They have what will likely be the most talented backcourt in the Big Ten in Butler, Lewis, Cook, Conley and Lighty. I think this team without Oden is capable of winning more like eleven or twelve of the first thirteen, getting G.O. back for IU at home, finishing with 24-27 wins and a two seed. But forget all that. Oden will be "lucky to ever play at OSU?" Sorry, not buying it. Let's say some disaster strikes and he's out for the entirety of the regular season. This team could make the tournament without him. You're telling me he wouldn't put a brace on that thing and trot it out for six games to take a shot at a title in his freshman season? Not likely. Oden will play, and he'll play this year. They can talk all they want about, "Ooh, we just don't know," and "We don't have any answers." He'll be out there. You want my opinion? This is smoke screen. Strategy. Mind-fucking the opposition. I said it several weeks ago: I believe Oden will be there on November 29th to make Tyler Hansbrough consider a career change. Go find G.O. right now--I bet he'll look a little like this:
I don't believe Matta and/or his parents will allow him to play until his wrist is 100% (and the doctors clear him to play) nor should they. They can't risk his NBA future and the multi millions that he will make on the opportunity to play in a few college games, etc. I think that he will paly this year; however, the decision on when he starts playing for the Buckeyes will be a solely medical one, and not based on who the next opponent happens to be.
It is too bad that his wrist wasn't properly diagnosed last February (i.e. when he initially injured it). If he would have had the surgery back then he probably would be cleared to play by the start of the season.
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