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Wasn't that the UNI squad that beat #1 Kansas in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament? Just think if we'd only had a lil' more depth in the back court following a rash of late-season injuries...recall Marshall "cramping up" during the Arch Madness semis?
 
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BankShot said:
Wasn't that the UNI squad that beat #1 Kansas in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament? Just think if we'd only had a lil' more depth in the back court following a rash of late-season injuries...recall Marshall "cramping up" during the Arch Madness semis?
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Yep, I'm pretty sure you're right....besides Kwanzo, that team also had that mammoth Lurch/Sasquatch looking Center, along with that oversized and bearded elf, O'Leary.
 
O'Leary was like Odum...nobody recruited him out of S. IL, but @ 6'5" 240 lbs, the dude knew his role for UNI & was a rock inside! That squad didn't have any single GREAT player, but together, they knew how to kick a lil' "blue collar" ass. :pumpiron:
 
BankShot said:
Wasn't that the UNI squad that beat #1 Kansas in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament? Just think if we'd only had a lil' more depth in the back court following a rash of late-season injuries...recall Marshall "cramping up" during the Arch Madness semis?
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That was the 2010 team...
 

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BankShot said:
O'Leary was like Odum...nobody recruited him out of S. IL, but @ 6'5" 240 lbs, the dude knew his role for UNI & was a rock inside! That squad didn't have any single GREAT player, but together, they knew how to kick a lil' "blue collar" ass. :pumpiron:
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O'Leary is now a pitcher in the Reds minor league farm system. I liked him as a basketball player because he was willing to do the work and didn't give a darn about the credit.
 
Bluethunder said:
O'Leary is now a pitcher in the Reds minor league farm system. I liked him as a basketball player because he was willing to do the work and didn't give a darn about the credit.
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I think you are talking about O'rear. He we t to UNI as a baseball player, then they dropped baseball. He attempted to transfer to MSU for baseball after they dropped the sport but would have been forced to sit 2 years as a result of his playing basketball. He was a player I loved to hate, was sneaky dirty but would have taken him in a heart beat.
 
agrinut said:
I think you are talking about O'rear. He we t to UNI as a baseball player, then they dropped baseball. He attempted to transfer to MSU for baseball after they dropped the sport but would have been forced to sit 2 years as a result of his playing basketball. He was a player I loved to hate, was sneaky dirty but would have taken him in a heart beat.
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I believe you are right
 
agrinut said:
I think you are talking about O'rear. He we t to UNI as a baseball player, then they dropped baseball. He attempted to transfer to MSU for baseball after they dropped the sport but would have been forced to sit 2 years as a result of his playing basketball. He was a player I loved to hate, was sneaky dirty but would have taken him in a heart beat.
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I stand corrected. Thank you for pointing out my idiocy! Lol
 

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