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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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according to this journalist's recruiting rankings, ohio state has the #1 class for 2007. yes... 2007. nothing against lauderdale, but i'd give more weight to mumau's ranking if he switched, say, dallas and jon. i do like wallace's position, however. i think he will surprise many this upcoming season.

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Ohio State, which had the No. 2 class last year behind Carolina, has the No. 1 2007 hoops recruiting haul after signing five of the top 100 prospects.

The Buckeyes? group includes No. 13 Kosta Koufos, 6-11 center from Canton (Ohio) Glen Oak; No. 37 Dallas Lauderdale, 6-8 power forward from Solon (Ohio) High School; No. 46 Evan Turner, 6-6 small forward from Westchester (Ill.) St. Joseph; No. 64 Eric Wallace, a 6-6 small forward and a native of North Carolina, who played his senior season at Chatham (Va.) Hargrave Military Academy; and No. 95 Jon Diebler, 6-7 small forward from Upper Sandusky (Ohio) High.

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Lauderdale ranked that high is based strictly on potential...

He has a ton of potential to be a very good player, but he is going to need to develop, and play at a high level for the time that he is on the floor...

I am sure that Matta can get this out of him...

I would Turner where Lauderdale is, then move Diebler up to where Turner is now and put Lauderdale where they have Diebler ranked...
 
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jwinslow;852703; said:
Yep, he was a top-80 player & UNC-offer the first time around. Amazing how much he forgot at prep school. :roll2:
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He was a 5 star coming out of high school was he not?

With so much talent at Hargrave, and Wallace not one of the primary players, it was hard to get a read on his game, and therefore the scouts dropped him...

His film is very impressive, and that is from 2 years ago, and we have all seen his dunking videos...
 
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He was a 5 star coming out of high school was he not?

With so much talent at Hargrave, and Wallace not one of the primary players, it was hard to get a read on his game, and therefore the scouts dropped him...
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He may have been, I didn't go back that far checking for a ranking.

I understand dropping him, but like Crater, how does someone fall from a can't-miss stud (aka 5-star) to a borderline recruit (aka 3-star) for a program like OSU.

Either way, I look forward to him easing the loss of Lewis nicely. Looking forward to his physical presence at the 3.
 
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jwinslow;852708; said:
He may have been, I didn't go back that far checking for a ranking.

I understand dropping him, but like Crater, how does someone fall from a can't-miss stud (aka 5-star) to a borderline recruit (aka 3-star) for a program like OSU.

Either way, I look forward to him easing the loss of Lewis nicely. Looking forward to his physical presence at the 3.
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I agree, it is like they are discrediting their work...

Lighty/Wallace/Turner/Diebler are going to give a nice combo of guys for the wing position next year...
 
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OSU_Buckguy;852658; said:
according to this journalist's recruiting rankings, ohio state has the #1 class for 2007. yes... 2007. nothing against lauderdale, but i'd give more weight to mumau's ranking if he switched, say, dallas and jon. i do like wallace's position, however. i think he will surprise many this upcoming season.

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If there are 94 better players in the country, regardless of position, then Diebler I would like to see them. I do not think he gets much recognition nationally or even locally. He might not shine in his freshman year but by the time his career is over at Ohio State I think he will have proved himself to a lot of people.
Not to have Wallace rated higher is just ridiculous. Hargrave is just full of basketball players and I think that is why he is not rated higher.
 
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OSUBasketballJunkie;853625; said:
I have been saying for awhile that I thought Wallace could be the suprise of the class....he has tremendous athletic ability but he also has above average basketball skills....down the road he could possibly develop into a very, very good player.
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Yeah that is a lot of what I see with this class...

I think Wallace, Turner, Diebler, and Lauderdale will all be 4 year players...They will not be superstars like we saw with Oden, Conley, and Cook last year, but it is going to be their 2 thru their 4th where they are going to be mixing with the other great players we have coming and winning awards, and winning big ten championships and hopefully NCAA championships...
 
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jwinslow;854521; said:
ESPN - Donovan to take Magic HC offer?

Paging Lucas, Thad Matta on line 1... :sneaky:
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starBUCKS;854540; said:
Is that still a possibility?
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if donovan does indeed leave (which may be made official shortly; 6 p.m.?), it will be interesting to see whether florida will take the higher road and allow, say, lucas to opt out of his letter of intent. foley has prided himself and the university as doing what is best for the the student-athletes. we'll see if that turns out to be the case here for a prospective student-athlete who signed very late in the window. one would be a fool not to think that donovan's staying was a great reason for lucas's decision to commit to florida.
 
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