The Home-Town Kid... A Good Omen?

[longtimefan]

Earl Belcher to St Bona : /
Marty was like the first "lock" at the line we had in a while, if ever.

Re: free throw shooters--how about Hal Cohen one year earlier?

 

[omgDaveSiock]

Damon Bailey for Indiana
Marcus Liberty for Illinois
Kevin Love for UCLA

Pretty sure Marcus Liberty played at MLK HS in Chicago and I dont think Damon Bailey is from bloomington either to lazy to hit google though.

 

[LennX6]

Pretty sure Marcus Liberty played at MLK HS in Chicago and I dont think Damon Bailey is from bloomington either to lazy to hit google though.

A more obscure one:
Benoit Benjamin : Creighton

Imagine listing the NYC guys that stayed home. With NYC area its more interesting where they go outside of NYC.

 

[Macho Uno]

Pretty sure Marcus Liberty played at MLK HS in Chicago and I dont think Damon Bailey is from bloomington either to lazy to hit google though.

I think Bailey went to Lawrence North which is probably 45 minutes away. Didn't Oden and Conley go to that school too?

 

[Eric15]

What other big name recruits/players grew up and played for their home town team?

The next MJ... Felipe Lopez.

 

[samspann]

Not his hometown. Kid was hosed by those people. (Basketball wise)

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What are you talking about? He chose Colgate himself. He was just as interested in academics as hoops, and I remember him being a bit turned off by his recruiting trip to SU. He wasn't big on going out, and all they did was party. Plus he was very comfortable in the Hamilton/Colgate area.