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10/28/05
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O.J. Mayo and the North College Hill boys’ basketball team will play two-time defending USA Today poll champion Oak Hill Academy (Va.) on Saturday, Feb. 18 (8 p.m.) at US Bank Arena downtown. Taft will play Dayton Dunbar at 6:15 p.m. at US Bank Arena the same night, on the final weekend of the 2005-06 regular season. Ticket details should be announced by December.
The NCH-Oak Hill game has been in the works since April, and NCH athletic director Joe Nickel today confirmed the final agreement. Mayo, now a junior at NCH, teamed with classmates Bill Walker and Keenan Ellis to lead the Trojans to the Ohio Division III state title last season. NCH finished No. 17 in the final USA Today ratings, while Oak Hill won its second straight USAT title and fifth overall.
10/28/05
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O.J. Mayo and the North College Hill boys’ basketball team will play two-time defending USA Today poll champion Oak Hill Academy (Va.) on Saturday, Feb. 18 (8 p.m.) at US Bank Arena downtown. Taft will play Dayton Dunbar at 6:15 p.m. at US Bank Arena the same night, on the final weekend of the 2005-06 regular season. Ticket details should be announced by December.
The NCH-Oak Hill game has been in the works since April, and NCH athletic director Joe Nickel today confirmed the final agreement. Mayo, now a junior at NCH, teamed with classmates Bill Walker and Keenan Ellis to lead the Trojans to the Ohio Division III state title last season. NCH finished No. 17 in the final USA Today ratings, while Oak Hill won its second straight USAT title and fifth overall.
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Per this mornings Dispatch Conlye's father says that 'at this point' both Oden and Conley are signing next week.
Also, for anyone who gets INHD (part of Time Warner's High Def package) they recently broadcast a program called simply 'Basketball'. It was an hour of clips of all the young HS talent from 8th graders on up. It included some nice footage of the Spiece AAU championship game against Mayo & Co. Lots of nice things to say about Conley, Oden and Cook. They frequently rebroadcast these programs so keep an eye open.
Also, for anyone who gets INHD (part of Time Warner's High Def package) they recently broadcast a program called simply 'Basketball'. It was an hour of clips of all the young HS talent from 8th graders on up. It included some nice footage of the Spiece AAU championship game against Mayo & Co. Lots of nice things to say about Conley, Oden and Cook. They frequently rebroadcast these programs so keep an eye open.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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This is basically what I have been hearing the past month or so, basically Cook, Oden and Conley will sign this month and there is an agreement that if anything comes down from the NCAA effecting their class, then they have the opportunity to get out of their LOIs.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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Expect Cook to sign the same day and time that Oden and Conley sign this week. 
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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Looks tentatively like between 11-12 noon on Wednesday, Oden, Conley, Cook and Lighty will sign their LOIs.
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11/8/05
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It looked like panic might set in at Ohio State and chaos would take over the recruiting world on the first day of the early signing period which begins Wednesday. There were reports that the nation's consensus No. 1 prospect Greg Oden and the Buckeyes' four other verbal commitments from the 2006 class – which has been called one of the greatest recruiting classes ever – were considering not signing until the NCAA released its final results of an ongoing investigation into the Big Ten program in December.
But, Oden's high school coach Jack Keefer at Lawrence North in Indianapolis said the 7-foot, 240-pound center will be signing his letter-of-intent Wednesday along with teammate Mike Conley, Rivals.com's No. 3-ranked point guard in the class.
Mike Conley Sr., who has coached the duo at the AAU level, recently reaffirmed that news.
"They are going to sign," the elder Conley told the Indianapolis Star Friday. "We feel that the 2007 postseason won't be an issue, looking at previous (NCAA penalty) decisions," he added.
Ohio State imposed a one-year ban on postseason play in December last season, saying that former coach Jim O'Brien paid a recruit $6,000.
The Buckeyes three other commits, five-star wings Dequan Cook and David Lighty and junior college power forward Othello Hunter, are all expected to sign Wednesday too.
"Ohio State had to be on pins and needles concerning Oden and company signing before an NCAA verdict," Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer said. "You can't blame [these guys] for holding out. Now Ohio State has to rerecruit [them] even harder."
What would have happened if Oden and company had let the signing period pass? Programs from all over the country would be making a mad rush to contact the prospect who has been called the best big man in more than a decade.
"I would be surprised if every school with a scholarship or potential scholarship did not come after Oden," Meyer said. "Just the attention that an up and coming program would get for being in the mix with him would be worth the recruiting effort. And if a contender landed him, national championship prospects greatly increase."
Chances are that Ohio State still would have landed the recruits in the late signing period beginning April 12. The Buckeys aren't expected to receive any more major penalties, and Oden didn't consider many schools during the recruiting process.
"I don't think it would have changed a lot," Rivals.com recruiting analyst Tim Watts said if Oden had chosen not to sign this week. "If (Oden) had decided to wait then I still believe he still would have went to Ohio State barring a major catastrophe handed down by the NCAA. It certainly would have perked some people up and sent them after him again but his recruitment had been very low key considering his status."
11/8/05
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It looked like panic might set in at Ohio State and chaos would take over the recruiting world on the first day of the early signing period which begins Wednesday. There were reports that the nation's consensus No. 1 prospect Greg Oden and the Buckeyes' four other verbal commitments from the 2006 class – which has been called one of the greatest recruiting classes ever – were considering not signing until the NCAA released its final results of an ongoing investigation into the Big Ten program in December.
But, Oden's high school coach Jack Keefer at Lawrence North in Indianapolis said the 7-foot, 240-pound center will be signing his letter-of-intent Wednesday along with teammate Mike Conley, Rivals.com's No. 3-ranked point guard in the class.
Mike Conley Sr., who has coached the duo at the AAU level, recently reaffirmed that news.
"They are going to sign," the elder Conley told the Indianapolis Star Friday. "We feel that the 2007 postseason won't be an issue, looking at previous (NCAA penalty) decisions," he added.
Ohio State imposed a one-year ban on postseason play in December last season, saying that former coach Jim O'Brien paid a recruit $6,000.
The Buckeyes three other commits, five-star wings Dequan Cook and David Lighty and junior college power forward Othello Hunter, are all expected to sign Wednesday too.
"Ohio State had to be on pins and needles concerning Oden and company signing before an NCAA verdict," Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer said. "You can't blame [these guys] for holding out. Now Ohio State has to rerecruit [them] even harder."
What would have happened if Oden and company had let the signing period pass? Programs from all over the country would be making a mad rush to contact the prospect who has been called the best big man in more than a decade.
"I would be surprised if every school with a scholarship or potential scholarship did not come after Oden," Meyer said. "Just the attention that an up and coming program would get for being in the mix with him would be worth the recruiting effort. And if a contender landed him, national championship prospects greatly increase."
Chances are that Ohio State still would have landed the recruits in the late signing period beginning April 12. The Buckeys aren't expected to receive any more major penalties, and Oden didn't consider many schools during the recruiting process.
"I don't think it would have changed a lot," Rivals.com recruiting analyst Tim Watts said if Oden had chosen not to sign this week. "If (Oden) had decided to wait then I still believe he still would have went to Ohio State barring a major catastrophe handed down by the NCAA. It certainly would have perked some people up and sent them after him again but his recruitment had been very low key considering his status."
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per the Ozone
November 9, 2005 12:40 PM
November 9, 2005 12:40 PMMen's Basketball: The-Ozone has learned that men's basketball recruit DaeQuan Cook has faxed his letter of intent to OSU. Cook, a shooting guard from Dayton Dunbar HS, is the first of five commitments expected to be received by the Buckeyes today.
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11/10
Cook quick to sign with Buckeyes
In his coaches' eyes, Dunbar star is a role model
By Kyle Nagel
Dayton Daily News
DAYTON — When Daequan Cook put his black Bic pen to the National Letter of Intent at 11:30 a.m., his parents, coaches and some friends all smiled. But the significance of the event likely will be bigger than simply what happened at Dunbar High School on Wednesday.
"We told him that now he's going to be a role model for kids to look up to, to try to duplicate," Dunbar boys basketball coach Pete Pullen said. "Maybe even do it better."
Cook, the Dunbar senior guard, signed his letter of intent to play for Ohio State beginning next season. He was the first of OSU's highly touted recruiting class to fax his document to Columbus, where Buckeyes coaches were waiting.
The signing ended the courtship of one of the top Miami Valley prep basketball players in recent memory. Rivals.com ranks Cook No. 20 in its Top 150 of the Class of 2006. The site, which lists him at 6 feet, 4 inches and 185 pounds, also ranks him the top player in Ohio, one spot ahead of fellow Ohio State signee David Lighty from Cleveland.
"He could go 34, 35 points a game with any other team but Dunbar," said Albert Powell, a Dunbar assistant. "His average will go from 21 to at least 26, that's our goal. We know who butters our bread around here."
Plenty of others, including young Dayton kids, know it, too.
"When they see someone from their neighborhood or from their community make it, that's important," Pullen said. "And I can guarantee you he's going to do well, because he's a good kid. They see that, as opposed to seeing all the negative things."
Cook, who was courted by several big-time programs, thinks playing close to home will be a huge positive.
"No disrespect ... I liked all the colleges, but I wanted to stay home," he said.
Cook acknowledged thinking about OSU's upcoming NCAA Infractions Committee hearings, which could lead to penalties, but said he and other OSU recruits decided to sign on Wednesday regardless.
"We're not really worried," said Cook, who verbally committed to OSU in March. "We're only thinking positive about the situation. Me and the coaches have been talking, and (OSU coach Thad Matta) told me that for some of the things, the violations, more than likely they'll just take away scholarships, not including our scholarships."
And Dunbar likely isn't finished with Division I recruiting. Aaron Pogue, a 6-foot-9 junior center, has already drawn plenty of interest.
"Just like Daequan had last year, (Pogue) has his own box we put mail in at the front office," Pullen said. "We'll go through the same thing with him."
Contact Kyle Nagel at (937) 225-7389.
11/10
Cook quick to sign with Buckeyes
In his coaches' eyes, Dunbar star is a role model
By Kyle Nagel
Dayton Daily News
DAYTON — When Daequan Cook put his black Bic pen to the National Letter of Intent at 11:30 a.m., his parents, coaches and some friends all smiled. But the significance of the event likely will be bigger than simply what happened at Dunbar High School on Wednesday.
"We told him that now he's going to be a role model for kids to look up to, to try to duplicate," Dunbar boys basketball coach Pete Pullen said. "Maybe even do it better."
Cook, the Dunbar senior guard, signed his letter of intent to play for Ohio State beginning next season. He was the first of OSU's highly touted recruiting class to fax his document to Columbus, where Buckeyes coaches were waiting.
The signing ended the courtship of one of the top Miami Valley prep basketball players in recent memory. Rivals.com ranks Cook No. 20 in its Top 150 of the Class of 2006. The site, which lists him at 6 feet, 4 inches and 185 pounds, also ranks him the top player in Ohio, one spot ahead of fellow Ohio State signee David Lighty from Cleveland.
"He could go 34, 35 points a game with any other team but Dunbar," said Albert Powell, a Dunbar assistant. "His average will go from 21 to at least 26, that's our goal. We know who butters our bread around here."
Plenty of others, including young Dayton kids, know it, too.
"When they see someone from their neighborhood or from their community make it, that's important," Pullen said. "And I can guarantee you he's going to do well, because he's a good kid. They see that, as opposed to seeing all the negative things."
Cook, who was courted by several big-time programs, thinks playing close to home will be a huge positive.
"No disrespect ... I liked all the colleges, but I wanted to stay home," he said.
Cook acknowledged thinking about OSU's upcoming NCAA Infractions Committee hearings, which could lead to penalties, but said he and other OSU recruits decided to sign on Wednesday regardless.
"We're not really worried," said Cook, who verbally committed to OSU in March. "We're only thinking positive about the situation. Me and the coaches have been talking, and (OSU coach Thad Matta) told me that for some of the things, the violations, more than likely they'll just take away scholarships, not including our scholarships."
And Dunbar likely isn't finished with Division I recruiting. Aaron Pogue, a 6-foot-9 junior center, has already drawn plenty of interest.
"Just like Daequan had last year, (Pogue) has his own box we put mail in at the front office," Pullen said. "We'll go through the same thing with him."
Contact Kyle Nagel at (937) 225-7389.
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