OSU_Buckguy
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just saw that. will have hard time sleeping now.georgiabuckeye;675559; said:
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BuckeyeTillIDie
The North Remembers
I have a fairly reliable source who told me that Oden has been cleared to play. 
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I haven't heard or seen even a whisper about him practicing full tilt yet. I would imagine that would come before he plays.
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Cornerback6
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BuckeyeTillIDie;675678; said:
You tease! Well it better be true now that you've said that.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Oden has been praticing for almost 2 weeks now......
Oden could return for any game.......
Its day to day......
Oden could return for any game.......
Its day to day......
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BuckeyeTillIDie
The North Remembers
Cornerback6;675727; said:You tease! Well it better be true now that you've said that.
I'm just as excited as the rest of us. I hope the info holds up
I will say that it came from someone involved with the team. :osu:
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I don't think it makes sense to play him today, since there's a week between today's game and the next game where he could be letting the wrist get stronger.
Unless they want him to be able to rest a full week after his first game...
Unless they want him to be able to rest a full week after his first game...
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jimotis4heisman
Banned
http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=230663
Oden to make debut today
By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch
Saturday, December 2, 2006 11:09 AM
AP PHOTO Greg Oden was the national high-school player of the year as a junior and senior, only the fourth person since 1955 to win the award twice.
Greg Oden will make his much-anticipated debut for the Ohio State men's basketball team when the Buckeyes play Valparaiso at 4 p.m. today in Value City Arena.
Oden, a 7-foot center touted as the best big-man prospect in at least 20 years, has been sidelined since June 16, when he had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist. The injury occurred during Oden's senior year of high school in Indianapolis.
"He is going to get some minutes," athletic department spokesman Dan Wallenberg said this morning. Wallenberg said he did not know how much Oden would play.
Fewer than 2,000 tickets remained available for the game this morning, Wallenberg said.
Grant Jones, the team's orthopedic surgeon who is overseeing Oden's rehabilitation, said two weeks ago that Oden would not be cleared to play in games until tests showed his right wrist to be 80 to 90 percent as strong as his left.
"They did some testing yesterday, they got the results late last night, they spoke with his surgeon (in Indianapolis) and he said give it a shot today with some minutes," Wallenberg said.
Oden was the national high-school player of the year as a junior and senior, only the fourth person since 1955 to win the award twice. The others were former Ohio State center Jerry Lucas, Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and LeBron James.
Oden was the likely No.1 choice in the NBA draft this year until the league passed a rule requiring players to be one year removed from high school before entering the draft.
In four high-school seasons, Oden averaged 17 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.1 blocked shots in leading Indianapolis Lawrence North to a 103-7 record and three state championships.
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