Recruiting

[Golden Avalanche]

Isn't the problem with quality bigs that they are here 1 or 2 years then they jump top to the pros.   I can tell you the pain was awful back in the 70's when Jim Chones jumped to the pros and then Maurice Lucas jumped after only two years on the varsity. 

That hasn't seemed to be a problem with present day Ohio State.

[bilsu]

That hasn't seemed to be a problem with present day Ohio State.

I not sure how many of the young fans realize that Chones signed a contract during his junior year. We were 22-0 ( No 2 team in the country) when he signed and I think we finished 24-5. It still amazes me that over 7 year period we were the second best overall program in the country and never played UCLA the number one program in the country and we still have not played them since 1963 or 1964 when UCLA played in the Milwaukee Classic. It seems like everytime we got a chance to play UCLA we blew the game. 1969 Rick Mount beats us with his last second shot. 1979 we blow a 10 point lead to DePaul in NCAA tournament. James freshmen year we lose a first round game to Alabama in NCAA tournament. Three games we should of won that we were on a path to play UCLA. Add to that 1974 we get to the championship game and it is the first time in 7 years that UCLA was not there. Yes, I want to play UCLA badly. I am not sure if they still do, but DePaul played them every year. Notre Dame plays them every year.

[PE8983]

ND stopped playing UCLA when the Big East went to the expanded schedule.