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PF Jared Sullinger (2x 1st Team ALL B1G & All American, Anyang KGC, S.Korea)

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Sullinger unspoiled by success
By Jason King, Yahoo! Sports

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? They tattooed the Ohio State logo into the forearm of quarterback Terrelle Pryor and branded the biceps of teammates Dan Herron and DeVier Posey.

But when FBI officials questioned the owners of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in December about their ?autographs-for-artwork? arrangement with Ohio State athletes, the name of one prominent Buckeye didn?t come up.

Basketball star Jared Sullinger has never gone under the needle at Fine Line Ink ? or anywhere else, for that matter. His father wears an earring, his older brothers and most of his teammates sport tattoos. Sullinger?s body, though, is void of piercings and marks. No barbed wire across his biceps, no demons or dragons etched into his deltoid or Japanese symbols on his back.

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Freshman Jared Sullinger averages 18 points and 9.9 rebounds for Ohio State, which is 22-0 and ranked No. 1 in the nation.
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As he rolls up the sleeves of his hoodie, the only blemishes on Sullinger?s arms are the scratches he endured in the previous night?s game against Purdue.

Sullinger, 18, shakes his head when asked if he plans to get any tats in the future.

?Nope, never,? says Sullinger, a Columbus native. ?I want to be different. I don?t want to be the stereotypical, flashy athlete, the guy a lot of people look at and assume doesn?t work hard. I?ve never been flashy. I never will be flashy. I don?t want that.?

He smiles.

?I want to be Jared Sullinger,? he says. ?Or just Jared.?

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At this point, Sullinger says the praise "goes in one ear and out the other" as he tries to correct the shortcomings in his game. And, yes, he says there are indeed flaws.

"Perimeter defense ... flaw," Sullinger says. "Consistency with my jump shot ... flaw. Being able to play hard for 40 minutes ... flaw. The Illinois game, I'm not going to lie, I took a minute off. I only played 39 hard minutes. It didn't show because this team is so good at covering up each other's mistakes. But I know I did it."
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Really special stuff. Jared is mature beyond his years.
 
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Along with tattoos and piercings, it turns out Jared also doesn?t have an automobile.

?Totally unsolicited,? Satch says, ?Jared came to me and was like, ?Dad, I?m going to be living off-campus next season. I don?t want to have to depend on people for rides to class. I?m going to need my own car. ??

The comment brought a smile to his father?s face.

?I?ll get you one, son,? Satch told Jared. ?I?ll get you one.?
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Lurked here a while and finally decided to post, thought i'd use my first post on Jared. From what i've seen he has the potential (if he isn't already) to be better than Turner. He clearly has the ability to pull out close wins, which will be useful in March. Just seems a great guy in general, not just a great athlete
 
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Jared Sullinger's hoops roots run deep
O'Neil By Dana O'Neil
ESPN.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When Barbara Sullinger was pregnant with her third child, her husband would hold his hand to her expanding belly.

Nothing. No kick, no reaction.

He'd try a football.

More disinterest.

Baseball, tennis ball, teddy bear? Forget it.

And then Satch Sullinger grabbed a basketball and presented it to his soon-to-be born son.

"They said I started kicking like crazy,'' Jared Sullinger said.

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Jared Sullinger hasn't always been able to dunk, but a basketball has been in his hands nearly his whole life.

Family tall tale? Maybe.

But as Satch Sullinger sagely remarked while sitting in the lobby of the high school where his youngest son put himself on the map, "The gene pool is a powerful thing."

And the Sullingers are swimming in a pool three generations deep in basketball.

When super freshman Jared Sullinger suits up for Ohio State, he carries something even more precious than the heft of the Buckeyes' No. 1 ranking and undefeated record.

He carries his family's name.

And in Columbus, the Sullinger family name means something.

"That name runs deep here,'' said former Ohio State star and Columbus native Michael Redd, now with the Milwaukee Bucks. "There's a reputation associated with it. People know who the Sullingers are and how they are. The Sullingers are about basketball.''

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OSU's Jared Sullinger: smooth moves
He's a thinking man's basketball player, just the way his father brought him up to be
By Scoop Jackson
ESPN.com

Up by only four on the road, 5:30 left in what should have been a throwaway conference game against an unranked team unqualified to be this close, Jared Sullinger steps to the line. He's not thinking, not the way he should. He doesn't hear the regular voices in his ears. He doesn't hear the voice in his head.

He misses the free throw.

A minute later, the same thing. This time, the lead has shrunk to two. And now, the last free throw is in his head. Sullinger is trying to hear past the insanity of a Northwestern University crowd attempting to frustrate him. But they don't know him. They don't know how routine this is.

He misses both free throws.

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Jared Sullinger says he's had "a taste of the target" ever since his high school days.

Score tied now with three seconds left, and Sullinger is (what else?) fouled. He steps to the line once more. This time he is thinking. Maybe too much. He's never been the type of kid -- or player -- to get caught up in moments like this. He's penguin cool. Fridgitte Bardot.

He misses the free throw.

As the ref hands him the ball for the second shot, the crowd goes into a We're about to beat the No.1 team in the country for the first time in school history kind of euphoria. And at this moment, Sullinger hears his brothers, J.J. and Julian, and his mother. They're screaming at him. Yet, they are not here inside Welsh-Ryan Arena.

And then he hears another voice.

"He heard me saying to him," Satch Sullinger, his father, says two days later, "'One smooth movement.'"

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From the ESPN story above:

Wildly demanding and equally stern, Satch lived by his words, famously benching Jared for not completing his homework before a district semifinal game.
Northland lost the game, as Satch knew they probably would, but he didn't care. He told his son he'd rather lose without him than win with him under the circumstances.
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All I can say is WOW. Talk about dedication to raising a good PERSON and not just a good basketball player. I can only imagine how upset Jared and probably a large majority of Northland students and parents were at this decision. No wonder Jared seems mature beyond his years.

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matt_thatsme;1868237; said:
From the ESPN story above:



All I can say is WOW. Talk about dedication to raising a good PERSON and not just a good basketball player. I can only imagine how upset Jared and probably a large majority of Northland students and parents were at this decision. No wonder Jared seems mature beyond his years.

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It was covered in this thread almost 3 years ago, starting about post #190 (page 13 for most of us). Great parenting/coaching by Satch, and Jared learned a valuable lesson.

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It is nearly criminal what they are doing to Sullinger down in the paint. I am not just talking about the fouling when he gets the ball. They are practically wrestling him when he doesn't have the ball. scUM players undercut him several times when he was going up for rebounds too. I would hate to see Sully injured....especially on a dirty play.
 
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"I told my buddy Talor Battle of Penn State that [Sullinger] will be the Big Ten player of the year,'' Turner said. "You heard it here first. I can't see anything less than 18 points and 10 rebounds a game. He works hard and he's been blessed with his body.
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Back in June, Evan Turner predicted Jared would be an 18/10 player.

With 15 boards tonight, Jared brought his rebounding average up from 9.9 to 10.1, to go with his 18.0 ppg average.
 
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/luke_winn/02/03/power.rankings/index.html?eref=sihp

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Ohio State Buckeyes (22-0)
A box score rarely makes it clear who the best post-feeders are. If the big man must make a post move to score, the pass to him doesn't register as an assist. If the big man is fouled in the act of shooting, the pass doesn't qualify as an assist, either. So the question "Which Buckeye has done the best job of getting the ball to player of the year candidate Jared Sullinger?" could only be answered by watching a ton of tape of the nation's No. 1 team and keeping tallies.

After reviewing 86 successful post feeds to Sullinger, a clear leader emerged: Senior shooting guard Jon Diebler, who ranks fourth on the team in assists per game (2.6) but is by far the biggest Sullinger-enabler. Diebler was responsible for 38 of the 86 (44.2 percent), and the handy infographic below (which took way too long to make) shows the rest of the distribution:
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