Ramar Smith

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#27
BisonVol said:
For all the good things he did, Bruce had a lot of shady characters in his program at that time. If I remember correctly, there was speculation about whether or not Bruce would be able to keep Ramar on the up and up when he signed because of some behavioral issues he had in high school. Could be misremembering. I do know that neither Michigan nor Michigan State offered him which should have raised some red flags.
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I believe he was committed to UConn and Jim Calhoun told him to go somewhere else. Calhoun wasn’t known for recruiting saints
 
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While we're asking about random players that played for Pearl... I wonder how Emmanuel Negedu is doing in life? It was tragic that his time at UT was cut short and that he almost died. If I remember correctly he did end up playing basketball somewhere else though.
 
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Stoked said:
While we're asking about random players that played for Pearl... I wonder how Emmanuel Negedu is doing in life? It was tragic that his time at UT was cut short and that he almost died. If I remember correctly he did end up playing basketball somewhere else though.
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He transferred to Arizona, but had to give up the game because his medical issue resurfaced there
 
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Stoked said:
While we're asking about random players that played for Pearl... I wonder how Emmanuel Negedu is doing in life? It was tragic that his time at UT was cut short and that he almost died. If I remember correctly he did end up playing basketball somewhere else though.
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Had a class with him, Hopson, Woolridge, and 1-2 others. Group assignment/project comes up and all the others ask Negedu to join them, and he turns them down flat saying he wants to do well on it.
 
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supersmo18 said:
Welcome to the future. lol
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Carl Widseth was of course an undersized center, but he was good enough here to be selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1956 NBA Draft. But then you didn’t really hear about his professional career.

What happened? Was it his on the court performance? Was it that no one paid attention to the NBA in the fifties?
 
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Jimmy Football said:
Carl Widseth was of course an undersized center, but he was good enough here to be selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1956 NBA Draft. But then you didn’t really hear about his professional career.

What happened? Was it his on the court performance? Was it that no one paid attention to the NBA in the fifties?
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He was selected in the 12th round. I didn't think he was expected to actually go pro.
 
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#44
I was a walk-on and lived in Gibbs for a year - down the hall from Kevin and Steve Ray. At the time, Kevin was dating the girl who ended up marrying Bill Bates (If I remember correctly). Kevin was cocky, but was a better guy than most think.
 
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VOLED said:
I was a walk-on and lived in Gibbs for a year - down the hall from Kevin and Steve Ray. At the time, Kevin was dating the girl who ended up marrying Bill Bates (If I remember correctly). Kevin was cocky, but was a better guy than most think.
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Denise Conrad. The most gorgeous cheerleader ever st UT.
 
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