RE: Doc wrote this?
A couple of things to note:
The "Southern City" reference is probably historic--since the Mason-Dixon line runs across the Ohio River--so from that standpoint, Cincinnati would have been traditionally considered the "most Southern" Northern city..
As for O$U Basketball...the tradition there is probably as deep as UC's...and pretty much follows the same time scale (with some exceptions) for being up..and down. It's just serendipity that the historic peak for their program came at the same time as UC's--hence the acrimony toward UC when they beat them TWICE in the NCAA championship.
A list of O$U players in the NBA is impressive--it includes 4 HOFers--the most impressive being John Havlicek and Jerry Lucas:
Anderson, Derek 1997-2007
Baker, Mark 1998-1998
Bradds, Gary 1964-1970
Campbell, Tony 1984-1994
Cleamons, Jim 1971-1979
Conley Jr., Mike 2007-2010
Cook, Daequan 2007-2010
Donham, Bob 1950-1953
Funderburke, Lawrence 1997-
Grate, Don 1949-1949
Havlicek, John 1962-1977 HOF
Hopson, Dennis 1987-1991
Hosket, Wilmer 1968-1971
Hunter, Othello 2008-2009
Huston, Paul 1947-1947
Jackson, Jim 1992-2005
Jackson, Wardell 1974-1974
Jent, Chris 1993-1996
Johnson, Ken 2002-2002
Johnston, Neil 1951-1958 HOF
Jorgensen, Roger 1946-1946
Kellogg, Clark 1982-1986
Koufos, Kosta 2008-2010
Lucas, Jerry 1963-1973 HOF
Minor, Mark 1972-1972
Nowell, Mel 1962-1967
Oden, Greg 2008-2009
Pugh, Les 1948-1949
Ransey, Kelvin 1980-1985
Redd, Michael 2000-2010
Risen, Arnie 1948-1957 HOF
Roberts, Joe 1960-1967
Schnittker, Dick 1950-1957
Sellers, Brad 1986-1992
Siegfried, Larry 1963-1971
Smith, Jim 1981-1982
Sorenson, Dave 1970-1972
Waiters, Granville 1983-1987
Williams, Herb 1981-1998
Witte, Luke 1973-1975
Incidentally, UC's list of players is below, with 2 HOFers the most impressive of the bunch would be Oscar:
Ard, Jim 1970-1977
Batts, Lloyd 1974-1974
Blount, Corie 1993-2003
Bobbitt, Tony 2004-
Bonham, Ron 1964-1967
Cummings, Pat 1979-1990
Davis, Ralph 1960-1961
Dickey, Derrek 1973-1977
Dierking, Connie 1958-1970
Fortson, Danny 1997-2006
Hogue, Paul 1962-1963
Holstein, Jim 1952-1955
Johnson, Dermarr 2000-2007
Long, Art 2000-2002
Martin, Kenyon 2000-2010
Maxiell, Jason 2005-2010
Miller, Bob 1983-1983
Patterson, Ruben 1998-2007
Roberson, Rick 1969-1975
Robertson, Oscar 1960-1973 HOF
Satterfield, Kenny 2001-2002
Stevens, Wayne 1959-1959
Thacker, Tom 1963-1970
Twyman, Jack 1955-1965 HOF
Van Exel, Nick 1993-2005
West, Roland 1967-1967
White, James 2006-2008
Wiesenhahn, Bob 1961-1961
Williams, Mike 1989-1989
Wilson, George 1964-1970
Wingfield, Donton 1994-1997
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