Ohio State C #1 - Jared Sullinger (*****) - Page 11 - ScarletBuckeye

OSUBasketballJunkie · 12-19-2009, 03:57 PM

Bucknuts.com (Free)

Northland Topples No. 1................

louts8wings · 12-20-2009, 08:31 AM

sullinger was a beast during that game. i only caught a few minutes of the game but he was doing good against that texas recruit. kinda scary that weatherspoon was out of that game. had he played the game may not of been as close.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 12-20-2009, 09:24 AM

Sullinger is a man among boys at the high school level...........does a great job of using his body and gaining position and if he gets it in the paint, he is very hard to stop, has the ability to hit the outside shot and is clutch near the end of the game...........

OSUBasketballJunkie · 12-21-2009, 02:35 PM

Rivals.com$

Sullinger shows his game to the country...................

OSUBasketballJunkie · 12-21-2009, 03:08 PM

espn.com

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• Watching high school senior Jared Sullinger play Thursday night must make Ohio State melt. The Buckeyes could desperately use Sullinger -- now. If Evan Turner comes back from his fracture in his back to play next season then the Buckeyes -- with Sullinger -- should be in line to compete for the Big Ten title and make a deep NCAA run. Sullinger holds the ball like an oversized grapefruit, can handle the ball and post up. He's everything the Buckeyes need now to shore up the middle, assuming they get Turner back.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 12-30-2009, 11:40 AM

MassLive

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2010 Hoophall Classic Players to Watch: Jared Sullinger
By Kyle Belanger, MassLive.com
December 29, 2009, 8:13PM

Photograph courtesy of Nike/Kelly Kline
Jared Sullinger is Ohio State bound.

Name: Jared Sullinger
Rank: No. 1 Class of 2010 (HoopScoop)
Height & weight: 6-8, 262 lbs
Position: Power forward/Center
School: Northland High School (Columbus, Ohio)
College: Ohio State
When you can see him at the 2010 Hoophall Classic: Oak Hill (Va.) Academy vs. Northland (Ohio) High School, Saturday, Jan 16, 4 p.m.

Why you can't miss him: Jared Sullinger is possesses a basketball body and a basketball pedigree that are equally as impressive. His wingspan is nearly 7-feet, and he’ll be the third Sullinger brother with Division I hoop on his resume (J.J. Sullinger, Ohio State; Julian Sullinger, Kent State).

• The folks at Scout.com have a great breakdown of Jared’s strengths:

“’Big Sully’ is one of the elite players in the country. Wide bodied player uses his beef better than anyone to his advantage. Awesome touch around the rim and guys peel off him in traffic.”

• You’d be hard-pressed to find a more glowing breakdown of Sullinger than the one on DraftExpress.com.
“(He’s an) extremely intelligent, ultra-productive big man, showing amazing hands in the low-post and some of the best rebounding skills we’ve seen at this level. Sullinger was a man in the paint throughout the Adidas Nations camp, establishing deep position in the paint time after time, and showing great wherewithal operating inside and finding ways to create shots for himself with his amazing touch, often through contact. He’s truly a natural scorer with his back to the basket, which is quite a rarity at this level, as well as in the NCAA.”

• NBADraft.net puts it like this:
“He is a bruising throwback post player that uses his 262 pound body to create angles for his shot and to clear space on the boards … Very physical player that uses his body to wear down opposing big men...The Ohio State commit is also very skilled with a repertoire of advanced post moves for a high school player…Comfortable finishing around the rim with either hand …”

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-13-2010, 01:20 PM

espn.com

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Jared Sullinger, Northland rout Whetstone

ESPNU's No. 1 power forward Jared Sullinger scored a game-high 21 points in Northland's 82-26 dismantling of Whetstone on Monday.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-13-2010, 01:22 PM

espn.com

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Sullinger, Northland roll past Linden

Jared Sullinger led the way with 26 points as Columbus Northhland stayed unbeaten with a 95-33 rout of Linden on Tuesday.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-14-2010, 07:48 PM

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-14-2010, 07:50 PM

espn.com

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Will Sullinger follow in Kellogg's footsteps?
By Ronnie Flores
ESPN RISE
(Archive)
Updated: January 8, 2010, 12:14 PM ET

The last Ohio athlete to win national boys basketball player of the year honors from ESPN RISE was LeBron James of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's.
His selection was a no-brainer for the 2003 season. Even at the conclusion of his 2001-02 junior campaign, James was a slam-dunk choice, even with seniors and future NBA stars Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony having standout campaigns.
Former Ohio State star Clark Kellogg's performances in the Ohio state tournament cemented his status among the legendary players in the famed Class of 1979.
The selection of Clark Kellogg, the last Ohio product to earn national player of the year honors before James, definitely wasn't as clear-cut.
The 1979 graduate of Cleveland St. Joseph's and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports didn't have as much fanfare going into his senior season as many of the other top players in the star-studded Class of '79 did. This despite the 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward's averages of 28 points and a whopping 22 rebounds per game as a junior.
Big men such as Ralph Sampson (Harrisonburg, Va.) and Sam Bowie (Lebanon, Pa.), and forwards Antoine Carr (Wichita Heights, Wichita, Kan.), James Worthy (Ashbrook, Gastonia, N.C.) and Dominique Wilkins (Washington, N.C.), all overshadowed Kellogg. So did a skinny guard out of Chicago who was the junior player of the year in 1977-78: future NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas (St. Joseph's, Westchester, Ill.).

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