Poll
Question:
Which player that we have gone up against this year has the coolest name?
Option 1: Onochie Ochie, SE Louisiana
votes: 30
Option 2: Carrington Love, UWGB
votes: 16
Option 3: Sultan Muhammad, UWGB
votes: 10
Option 4: Alfonzo McKinnie, UWGB
votes: 1
Ochie survived his toughest challenge yet. Sorry, Horace Broadnax, you lost twice on Saturday.
Can we unseat him this week? He has some surprisingly good competition --one guy that sounds like a character from a Mommy-porn novel, and another that sounds like someone with whom Hillary Clinton has the mandatory photo op while wearing a hijab.
I'd like to vote for someone else, but no one beats Ochie!
(I think he's started to run his own message board that has an appropriate post every time these run.
"<<INSERT_CONTENDER>> is EVIL and HAS A NORMAL NAME"
Carrington Love gets my vote. That's just rolls off the tongue. 8-)
Also:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/The-story-behind-10-of-college-basketball-s-memo?urn=ncaab-295593
So technically, Onochie Charles Ochie. Where Onochie means, roughly, Junior.
QuoteOnochie Ochie, G/F, Southeastern Louisiana
Meaning: In Nigeria's Ibo tribe, Onochie means "to replace"
Southeastern Louisiana freshman Onochie Ochie's name may have sounded exotic to his childhood friends in Georgia, but the meaning is probably simpler than they imagined.
In Nigeria's Ibo tribe, the name Onochie is the equivalent to the name Junior in the United States. According to Ochie's father, the basic English translation of Onochie is "to replace."
"It's a name that's very popular in our tribe," Dr. Charles Ochie said. "Onochie means 'to replace' and he will be taking my place. It was very, very important for us to give him that name."
Having an uncommon name forced Ochie to correct some mispronunciations growing up, most notably one well-meaning acquaintance who initially referred to him as "Okie Dokie." Ochie initially disliked his given name and wanted to go by his middle name of Charles, but he came to appreciate it by age 13 or 14.
"Initially he was kind of reluctant because his friends thought it was strange," Charles Ochie said. "We kept telling him to keep his name, keep his name, keep his name and after a while he got to like it."
Sticking with Onochie, although I'm sure the Sultan is voting for Muhammad.
Quote from: brewcity77 on December 17, 2012, 10:03:35 AM
Carrington Love gets my vote. That's just rolls off the tongue. 8-)
+1 (vote)
Was kinda hopin' Love might prevail. :-\