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Originally posted by BigDongedHoe:
Oden didn't come to IU because his best friend and basically father figure in his life (Mike Conley Sr.) wanted him to go elsewhere. I think he wanted to come to IU and simply could not leave the comfort of his closest ones which I understand.
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Correct, Oden was going to school with Conley Jr. no matter what. The two consensus schools they came down to was Wake Forest and Ohio State. For whatever reason Conley didnt like IU.
They chose OSU for three reasons.
1) Lightly and Cook already committed to OSU were their AAU teammates since 8th grade.
2) OSU is relatively close to home.
3) Our basketball team sucks, and they'd become instant starters/heroes.