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The Chicago native who considered Minnesota, has left Oregon to sign with a team in Israel. He averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore.
 


MN1nAZ said:
The NCAA is looking at how Oregon was so successful in recruiting the midwest. Oregon has already admitted fouls. It looks as though Dunigan could have been in jeaprody of losing his NCAA elligibility before he went pro. Crittle and Humphrey may be part of the mess as well.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_basketball_investigatio.html

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_basketball_investigatio.html
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There may have been some funny stuff but Ernie Kent is a former HS A-A player from Rockford IL so his recruiting ties to Illinois are not a surprise.
 

MN1nAZ said:
The NCAA is looking at how Oregon was so successful in recruiting the midwest. Oregon has already admitted fouls. It looks as though Dunigan could have been in jeaprody of losing his NCAA elligibility before he went pro. Crittle and Humphrey may be part of the mess as well.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_basketball_investigatio.html

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_basketball_investigatio.html
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This is Funny. Didn't somebody from Oregon joined the Cal's team at UK recently????

Go Gophers
 



Dunnigan never seriously considered Minnesota originally. This kid is talented but he got caught up with the wrong "handlers" puling him this way and that way. What a mess. Some say recent MSU commit Brandon Dawson is headed down the same road although to Dawson's credit - he's headed to a MUCH more reputable program with a coach who will look out for him.
 

Jamil Wilson

Has Jamil Wilson been implicated in any of this? I remember thinking it was strange at the time that he left Wisconsin to sign with Oregon when the team was struggling and it looked like Ernie Kent might be in trouble. He transferred to Marquette so he's a "former player" at this point.
 

As I recall, the Midwest connection to Oregon was facilitated by Kenny Payne (now at Kentucky) who also is closely connected to World Wide Wes
 

coolhandgopher said:
As I recall, the Midwest connection to Oregon was facilitated by Kenny Payne (now at Kentucky) who also is closely connected to World Wide Wes
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You are correct Coolhand. WWW is a big part of this and he was also involved in the Brendan Dawson recruitment. It all starts with greedy AAU coaches. WWW is a P.O.S. and the NCAA should ban him from NCAA events and any contact with players.
 









I didn't know that Kenny Payne had to have grown up in Chicago or attended college in Chicago to have connections to someone in the Chicago prep basketball scene.

As I'm not as efficient as FOT in utilizing my time between work, personal life, and internet searches, I will defer to you on this, but I do recall seeing Kenny Payne's name attached to the recruiting of Dunigan and Crittle when they were preps along with mention of WWW being connected to Payne. Thought it was curious then, continues to pique my curiosity now.
 

coolhandgopher said:
I didn't know that Kenny Payne had to have grown up in Chicago or attended college in Chicago to have connections to someone in the Chicago prep basketball scene.

As I'm not as efficient as FOT in utilizing my time between work, personal life, and internet searches, I will defer to you on this, but I do recall seeing Kenny Payne's name attached to the recruiting of Dunigan and Crittle when they were preps along with mention of WWW being connected to Payne. Thought it was curious then, continues to pique my curiosity now.
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Duh. Payne was chief recruiter at Oregon. But Ernie Kent has successfully mined the MW and Northern Illinois for talent for longer than Payne.
 


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