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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3494581, member: 40"] Story is that there was no "recruitment," per se -- amazing as that might sound. He had some family members who were alums, that led him to enroll at Syracuse University as a normal student [who just happened to be 6-10]. He'd played some ball in Lebanon, but didn't have a ton of experience and was really raw. One day early on in his freshman year, he randomly showed up at the basketball offices to inquire about trying out for the team as a walk on. When they got him on the court, they couldn't believe his physical tools, even though he didn't know what the hell he was doing. He literally fell into JB's lap, and was a completely unknown commodity. Kid was a physical specimen [even as a frosh], so JB couldn't believe his raw athletic ability. But it took him several years for his skill level and instincts to come up to the level of his athleticism. [/QUOTE]