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I can't fault his decision one bit. I'm glad he came to Stanford, and I'm not disappointed in him--I'm disappointed in our program that we weren't a more attractive option for him.

Same here, but I do think the article is a dig at Stanford and justifiably so. While I don't think the program can rise to the level of Kentucky's in terms of having a large amount of pre-NBA talent, I think if the program were at the level it was at before Dawkins he would have stayed. The gap was way too large for him to not look elsewhere.

He graduated. He finished his seasons here. I'll root for him.

Last I checked, the program he left was coached by Haase, not Dawkins.

Fully aware of that. I see little difference between the two in terms of program quality and in their ability to get a player of Travis' caliber to stay. I will be shocked if Okpala stays too.

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I can't fault his decision one bit. I'm glad he came to Stanford, and I'm not disappointed in him--I'm disappointed in our program that we weren't a more attractive option for him.

Same here, but I do think the article is a dig at Stanford and justifiably so. While I don't think the program can rise to the level of Kentucky's in terms of having a large amount of pre-NBA talent, I think if the program were at the level it was at before Dawkins he would have stayed. The gap was way too large for him to not look elsewhere.

He graduated. He finished his seasons here. I'll root for him.

Last I checked, the program he left was coached by Haase, not Dawkins.

Fully aware of that. I see little difference between the two in terms of program quality and in their ability to get a player of Travis' caliber to stay. I will be shocked if Okpala stays too.