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PG Mike Conley (1st Team All BIG, NBA All-Star, Oscar Winner, Minnesota Timberwolves)

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6/22/05




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Senior Boys Win 3OT Thriller - Girls Coast <HR width="100%" noShade SIZE=1></TD></TR><TR><TD>Hickory Husker
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<!--All Star Team Logo New--> PENDLETON, Ind. -- It had all the trappings of a typical casual All-Star exhibition. A midweek game with lots of autographs, smiles, and dunks in warm-ups. However, somehow that message was lost after the first tip went in the air. First because there would be three more such tips as it took triple overtime to decide this one...

If the All-Star game officials designed these exhibitions with the Juniors in an effort to test the Seniors, consider it mission accomplished. Unlike most All-Star affairs where fancy passes create oohs, and wide open lanes end with crowd pleasing dunking ahhs, every bucket on this night was contested.

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</TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>The Senior All-Star coaches and players finally sense relief in the closing moments of the third and final overtime.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- End Relieved Bench SS Long Image-->Aren't All-Stars supposed to conduct themselves like primadonas? Although primadonas aren't usually diving on the floor in groups of four or five fighting for loose balls. And coaches? Aren't these sorts of games just for show? Coach Joe Buck was on the floor repeatedly, once even crossing the center court to protest a call. There was a moment when this old corner thought I might see my first ejection in a Jr/Sr game.

No, this was a classic from start to end, and to make matters even interesting, I was able to enjoy the whole affair sitting among a dozen or so Varsity Club members.

Approximately 2000 other diehard fans packed a fire pit of a gym to see Lapel's Jason Holsinger bomb his way to a team high 22 points on 7 of 8 timely shots from beyond the arc. More backcourt fireworks for the Seniors came from LN's Brandon McPherson with 18, and Richmond's Dominic James starring with 17. Mr. Baskeball, Washington's Luke Zeller added 15 points and 7 rebounds.

For the Juniors it was a dominant front court that grabbed the attention of the nets. Lawrence North's Greg Oden powered his way to a game high 29, which included one thundering dunk that nearly brought the entire basket rigging down. Andrean's Luke Harangody and Gary West's Jamil Tucker also combined for 19 rebounds.

The Juniors were able to take a 5 point edge into halftime, but a 47 point second half outburst by the Seniors forced the first OT. The Seniors finally pulled away 16-9 in the final extra period for the win, 118-111. In the girls contest the Seniors methodically pulled away from their Junior counterparts, 91-77, Corydon's Dana Beaven topped the Seniors with 14, while Junior Northfield's Courtney Reed had a game high 19. Next up for the All-Stars is a trip to Richmond High School for another exhibition with the Juniors Thursday, June 23.


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Conley had 15 points in the loss.
 
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I have been on this board a while now, and I started on Wakes board talking about recruiting in general as I do other boards.
This guy knows what he's talking about regarding Oden and Conley... glad to have him on board.
 
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Oden planning to attend Ohio St.
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Greg Oden plans to play basketball at Ohio State University, a person close to Oden confirmed Thursday.

No immediate announcement is scheduled, but Oden and Lawrence North High School teammate Mike Conley are expected to make oral commitments to the Buckeyes in the near future. Oral commitments are nonbinding; the earliest players can sign a national letter of intent is Nov. 9.

Oden and Conley, both entering their senior years, could not be reached for comment Thursday night after playing in the Indianapolis Star Indiana All-Stars exhibition game in Richmond.

Reached by phone Thursday night, Oden's mother, Zoe, said no official decision has been made.

A dominating 7-foot, 245-pound center, Oden this past year joined NBA star LeBron James as the only juniors to be named National High School Player of the Year.

He averaged 20 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.7 blocked shots in leading the Wildcats to their second straight state championship. In one game, he blocked 18 shots.

Word of Oden's choice came two days after the NBA changed its rules for the draft, requiring that players need to be at least one year out of high school. Oden -- widely projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2006 draft before the rule change -- has said all along that he wanted to play college basketball, narrowing his choices to Ohio State, Indiana, Wake Forest and Michigan State.

Conley, one of the top-ranked point guards in the nation, averaged 10.7 points and five assists for Lawrence North last season. He had narrowed his choices to Ohio State and Wake Forest.

Earlier this month, Oden and Conley took part in the USA Basketball Youth Development Festival in San Diego.

Shooting guard Daequan Cook, an AAU teammate of Oden's and Conley's from Dayton, Ohio, also heading into his senior year, orally committed to Ohio State this spring.
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June 24, 2005


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RICHMOND, Ind. -- The way the boys Junior All-Stars played Thursday night in their 109-96 victory over the Indianapolis Star Indiana All-Stars at Richmond High School, one would think they were the team that had spent the past two weeks practicing together every day.

Executing behind-the-back passes and alley-oops, the Junior All-Stars led by 15 at the half, and despite a run by the seniors in the middle of the second half, the Juniors' lead was never in doubt in the last five minutes.

"We played as a team," Lawrence North High School star Greg Oden said. "We passed the ball. We played decent defense. And all their 3s weren't going in, so that helped."

The Juniors' dominance of the boards also was key.

"When you get outrebounded 50-28, you're going to have a hard time winning," Indiana All-Stars coach Joe Buck said. "In the first half especially, I think they were a lot more aggressive in all points of the game."

The juniors, led by Oden, dominated the inside, forcing the seniors to take more outside shots than Buck wanted to see.

The All-Stars were 9-of-30 from 3-point range.

Richmond High School grad Dominic James, the clear crowd favorite, led the All-Stars with 26 points.

Adam Arnold had 20 points for the seniors and Jason Holsinger, suffering from shin splints, had 14.

Lawrence North's Mike Conley led the juniors in scoring with 24 points and had 10 assists.

Both Conley and Grayson Flittner completed some crisp, flashy passes to Oden, who finished with 17 points.

"We didn't play together this year," Flittner said of Conley and Oden, former Spiece Indy Heat teammates. "But we hang out a lot, play a lot together. I think our team chemistry lasted from years past."

Chris Kramer supplied the icing on the juniors' win, scoring 13 of his 23 points in the last five minutes.

The All-Stars' final game against Kentucky is Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse.

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Conley led with 24 points, 10 assists and 4 rebounds in the win.
 
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IndyStar is reporting from a source close to the family that Oden intends to verbal to Ohio State. Oden said on Thursday that his decision was going to come soon. No direct quotes from Oden saying he has made a decision.

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Greg Oden and Mike Conley could very well wind up at Ohio State, but a published report in today's Indianapolis Star is premature and could even wind up being incorrect, according to Mike Conley Sr.
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Conley Sr. is saying that both Oden and Conley have not made a decision yet and that they will attend college at the same school.
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How do they know they are attending the same school if they haven't made a decision yet?
Conley Sr. is basically saying its down to Wake and Ohio State, which we already knew.

Conley Sr. is saying that both Oden and Conley have not made a decision yet
My take is that Conley Sr. wants to wait and build the suspense for the ABCD camp in early July. The typical thing to do when news leaks of this type is for the family and friends to deny the report until they are ready to announce. Its clearly Ohio State.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

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If Thursday's reports out of Indianapolis prove true, it looks like the 2005-06 men's basketball season will be one to remember for Ohio State fans.

The Indianapolis Star is reporting that Indianapolis Lawrence North teammates Greg Oden and Mike Conley will issue verbal agreements to coach Thad Matta and Ohio State. The Star said the duo would make their announcements in "the near future."

This news comes at the end of the same week the NBA and its players' union agreed to make 19 the minimum age to become draft eligible. In essence, this new rule now prohibits players from jumping straight from high school to the pros.

Oden, a center, is widely regarded as the top high school player in the country, with Conley one of the nation's best point guards. They would join a recruiting class that includes verbal commitments Daequan Cook of Dayton Dunbar and David Lighty of Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph.

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