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Ohio State Unveils Jerry Lucas Statue Outside Schottenstein Center
Ohio State unveiled its statue of the legendary Jerry Lucas outside the Schottenstein Center on Friday.
Lucas is No. 4 all-time in NBA history for rebounds per game. Like so many other things the lifelong academic has pursued, he studied it relentlessly.
"I just studied it so much," Lucas said. "And I missed shots on purpose (while practicing by myself) for eight hours in a row some days. Imagine there was a clock on top of the rim. I'd miss them on the inside of the 3 (o'clock) to make them bounce this way and the outside of the 3 to make them bounce (another way). Always watching where the ball is going and why. And every time I saw any other player shoot a shot, 'Why did that happen? Where is it going? What did he do? What was the arc like,' et cetera. So I developed, almost, a software in my mind and I knew where the ball was going, so I didn't waste my time to block out, I just went and got it."
Just sayin': WOW!!! Who knew that?
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