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

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He's in a special class as far as people who have brought so much to The Ohio State University. His impact has just been phenomenal both on and off the court. It's going to be hard during the heated games of the next month, but I'm still going to try to just enjoy Greg's presence to OSU.
 
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Congrats to Greg Oden on being named the Most Outstanding Player for the 2007 Big Ten Tournament.

I haven't read the game thread, so I don't know if this was on the TV coverage, but there were a bunch of us cheering 'One More Year!' before they handed out the trophies. That surely won't impact his decision, but for the fans that were there it was enjoyable to let him know how much we appreciate his time at tOSU.

His decision will of course wait until after the NCAA tournament, and for the time being it's great to enjoy watching him and the team play so well.
 
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Chicago Sun-Times

Oden towering over the field

March 12, 2007
BY RICK TELANDER Sun-Times Columnist
There isn't anybody else in the NCAA tournament like Ohio State's Greg Oden. There simply isn't. The 19-year-old 7-footer right now seems like a teenage mix of Bill Russell and Dikembe Mutombo. Got one of those anywhere, Kansas, North Carolina, UCLA, Memphis?
Maybe Florida has a contender in Joakim Noah.
And Georgetown's big fellow Roy Hibbert, a 7-2, 278-pound junior, sometimes turns it on.
But Oden, who most assuredly would be in the NBA if commissioner David Stern hadn't made it against the rules, changes the course of games simply by lurking near the basket and defying anyone to approach it in what might be described as a normal fashion.

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Dispatch

Oden?s as good as it gets, both on and off the court COMMENTARY
Monday, March 12, 2007

BOB HUNTER
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Ohio State?s Greg Oden blocks a shot attempt by Wisconsin?s Joe Krabbenhoft in the second half.
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brating its 66-49 win over Wisconsin yesterday spoke to the anxiety fans have about the future.

If Oden isn?t the best college basketball player in the United States today, it?s entirely possible he will be the best player in the world in four or five years, a $100 million man who dwarfs any athlete in school history.
It took awhile for some OSU fans to realize this, a costly mistake when the NBA is calling through a million-dollar megaphone. But after a threegame performance in the United Center that earned the 7-foot freshman the tournament?s most outstanding player award, nearly everyone is beginning to understand. It?s also possible a player this

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Oden honored
OSU freshman center Greg Oden was named a second-team member of the United States Basketball Writers' Association's All-America team.
The first team included Texas' Kevin Durant (freshman of the year), Nevada's Nick Fazekas, North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, Texas A&M's Acie Law and Wisconson's Alando Tucker.
The second team featured Oden, UCLA's Arron Afflalo, Boston College's Jared Dudley, Georgetown's Jeff Green and Florida's Joakim Noah.
 
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AJC

Ohio State's Oden ignores the hoopla

By STEVE HUMMER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/13/07 Columbus, Ohio ? There were five minutes left in the final regular-season hoedown between Ohio State and Wisconsin. Bumped and clutched by just about every cheesehead this side of the late Joe McCarthy, the Buckeyes' landmark center, Greg Oden, had just been whistled for a travel.
His coach was having kittens, in a halfcourt rant that was impressive even by Thad Matta's high standards. The home crowd turned ever so slightly riotous, some flinging rally towels, just as far as terrycloth could carry, in the direction of anyone in stripes.

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oden was the lead-in for "pardon the interruption." they discussed oden's comments yesterday that he is not ready for the nba because his offensive game is not good enough. both wilbon and kornheiser lauded oden for his comments and his position. oden would be the poster child for the ncaa's restriction (actually, it's an nba restriction) if he decides to stay, that is, as long as nothing bad happens.
 
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