02-13-2012, 01:59 PM
(02-13-2012, 01:36 PM)76lsjumb link Wrote:[quote author=garvin link=topic=5123.msg40556#msg40556 date=1328897506]
Everybody in the country passed on Lin, not just us, which is how he wound up at Harvard. Mike Montgomery passed on Emeka Okafor, too. It happens.
True, but "everybody in the country" didn't have Lin quite literally "across the street" from them, as Johnson did. And, it wasn't as if we were already stacked with can't-miss guard prospects at the time...
As for Okafor, my recollection, admittedly vague and possibly incorrect, was that we lost him because we didn't have the scholarships available when he committed to UConn because someone [a Collins twin?] took a long time to make up his mind whether he was staying for another year or leaving to go pro.
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It was Jason Collins who hadn't decided whether to stay or go. He finally left with possibly two years of eligibility left (injury redshirt). If I remember correctly, Jason announced he was leaving pretty shortly after Okafor committed to UConn. What a bummer that was...