(12-07-2014 10:35 PM)paintedblue2 Wrote:  Since we are now a basketball school again we should have a 2016 recruiting thread.

I know there are other 2016 offers out there so feel free to add players. I saw a retweet by odubleedblue that said ODU just offered 2016 guard Jeremy Sheppard from John Marshall HS and Team Loaded AAU.

I am really glad that JJ is extending lots of offer to high quality recruits, and that we are hearing about them. It seemed that recruiting was always so hush-hush with BT. Another refreshing difference.

(12-08-2014 11:46 AM)mac Wrote:  Certainly a long shot Cameraman but read this from Ed Miller just a week ago.

http://hamptonroads.com/blogs/radford-and-miller

(12-08-2014 03:11 PM)mac Wrote:  It was nice to see Cornell Parker was in attendance at the ODU Tip Off Dinner last month. Seems the ODU coaches are doing a lot of good things on the long range planning front. Got make the connections with these kids when they are young and you just never know. One day one of these top shelf players may just want to stay home and help start a trend at ODU.

(12-08-2014 06:36 PM)Old Dominion Wrote:  

(12-08-2014 03:11 PM)mac Wrote:  It was nice to see Cornell Parker was in attendance at the ODU Tip Off Dinner last month. Seems the ODU coaches are doing a lot of good things on the long range planning front. Got make the connections with these kids when they are young and you just never know. One day one of these top shelf players may just want to stay home and help start a trend at ODU.

I started following ODU basketball in 1972

(12-09-2014 10:42 AM)jumpshooter Wrote:  I don't know Sessoms back story. Everyone, including ODU, was on Odell until word got out that he had a learning disability and wasn't likely to pass the SAT. Then they all dropped him, except ODU. When he passed it, they all came back, but he stuck with ODU because of its loyalty to him (Tic Price I believe). That's the story he told my wife's 7th grade class his senior year at ODU when he came to speak. And, to show what kind of person he is, when he was done with her class, he asked her to take him to the class for special ed and slow learners. And he sat on the floor and talked to each of them about his experience and gave them encouragement. He was like the Pied Piper. Walking down the hall to the cafeteria, kids were grabbing him and climbing on his back and swinging from him -- and he loved every minute. He's got a couple of kids and I would not be surprised if they went to ODU, even though I think he and his wife live in Belgium. That's how deep his love is for ODU.

(12-09-2014 10:50 AM)ODU Oldtimer Wrote:  

(12-09-2014 10:42 AM)jumpshooter Wrote:  I don't know Sessoms back story. Everyone, including ODU, was on Odell until word got out that he had a learning disability and wasn't likely to pass the SAT. Then they all dropped him, except ODU. When he passed it, they all came back, but he stuck with ODU because of its loyalty to him (Tic Price I believe). That's the story he told my wife's 7th grade class his senior year at ODU when he came to speak. And, to show what kind of person he is, when he was done with her class, he asked her to take him to the class for special ed and slow learners. And he sat on the floor and talked to each of them about his experience and gave them encouragement. He was like the Pied Piper. Walking down the hall to the cafeteria, kids were grabbing him and climbing on his back and swinging from him -- and he loved every minute. He's got a couple of kids and I would not be surprised if they went to ODU, even though I think he and his wife live in Belgium. That's how deep his love is for ODU.

Thanks for sharing such a cool memory.