Matta went nuts at an AAU tourney this weekend. Cook, Conley, Lighty & Oden in 06 and Gordon in 07 are all on the Indy Spiece AAU team. They played against Young this weekend. Matta, with some help from his future players, are on the verge of a huge coup.
Daequan Cook and Mike Conley apparently were recruiting like mad this weekend at their AAU tourney.
Conley may have chosen OSU as Wake's coach seems to have shifted directions (per many sources).
Greg Oden calls OSU his #1
Eric Gordon calls OSU his favorite.
Thaddeus Young's interest is growing for OSU with all the recruiting efforts and momentum for Matta, Cook... and the rumblings everyone's getting from Conley/Oden/Lighty.
I'm sure all of you have read these tidbits elsewhere, but I wanted a consolidated place to ramble on excitedly about this.
Look at the future of this program... WOW!
2005
SG Ronald Lewis - star transfer from BG, possibly OSU's best player in some practices
SG Sylvester Mayes - great defender that is a scorer, juco recruit
C/PF Brayden Bell - most skilled bigman in the west
2006
SG/SF David Lighty - #2/3 SG favoring OSU
SG Daequan Cook - #1 SG verballed to OSU; AAU teammate of...
PG Mike Conley - #1 PG has chosen OSU??; AAU teammate of...
C Greg Oden - #1 C (would likely be the top NBA draft pick)
SF Thaddeus Young - #1 SF warming to OSU
(if we have room:
...C/PF Luke Harangody - powerful big man
...SF Josh Chicester - great athlete; recruited hard for FB & BB
...SF Raymar Morgan - is also a strong possibility.
...PG Drew Lavender - transfer from OU)
2007
PG/SG OJ Mayo - #1 PG/SG; 2005 Mr. Basketball as a soph.
SG Eric Gordon - #1 SG; elite scorer from any range
SF Bill Walker - #1 SF; says he'll follow OJ Mayo
C Dallas Lauderdale - talented big man, has ties to Lighty
Raymar Morgan is also a strong possibility.
2008
C BJ Mullens - OSU-verbal, top-25 frosh
Daequan Cook and Mike Conley apparently were recruiting like mad this weekend at their AAU tourney.
Conley may have chosen OSU as Wake's coach seems to have shifted directions (per many sources).
Greg Oden calls OSU his #1
Eric Gordon calls OSU his favorite.
Thaddeus Young's interest is growing for OSU with all the recruiting efforts and momentum for Matta, Cook... and the rumblings everyone's getting from Conley/Oden/Lighty.
I'm sure all of you have read these tidbits elsewhere, but I wanted a consolidated place to ramble on excitedly about this.
Look at the future of this program... WOW!
2005
SG Ronald Lewis - star transfer from BG, possibly OSU's best player in some practices
SG Sylvester Mayes - great defender that is a scorer, juco recruit
C/PF Brayden Bell - most skilled bigman in the west
2006
SG/SF David Lighty - #2/3 SG favoring OSU
SG Daequan Cook - #1 SG verballed to OSU; AAU teammate of...
PG Mike Conley - #1 PG has chosen OSU??; AAU teammate of...
C Greg Oden - #1 C (would likely be the top NBA draft pick)
SF Thaddeus Young - #1 SF warming to OSU
(if we have room:
...C/PF Luke Harangody - powerful big man
...SF Josh Chicester - great athlete; recruited hard for FB & BB
...SF Raymar Morgan - is also a strong possibility.
...PG Drew Lavender - transfer from OU)
2007
PG/SG OJ Mayo - #1 PG/SG; 2005 Mr. Basketball as a soph.
SG Eric Gordon - #1 SG; elite scorer from any range
SF Bill Walker - #1 SF; says he'll follow OJ Mayo
C Dallas Lauderdale - talented big man, has ties to Lighty
Raymar Morgan is also a strong possibility.
2008
C BJ Mullens - OSU-verbal, top-25 frosh
Last edited: