How the hell did Rhode island get lamar odom?

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and cutino mobley and tyson wheeler all within the same time frame, in 106 years only turning out 9 dudes who were drafted by a nba team yet 3 of them in 2 years? :russ:
 

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i wondered this when it happened too, i always figured that jim harrick was still pulling the dirty recruiting tactics that got him fired at UCLA...but i honestly don't know.
 
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In 1997, Odom attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and enrolled in summer classes. However, after a Sports Illustrated report questioned his unexpectedly high score of 22 out of 36 in the ACT, the school released him in in July. That same summer, he received a citation for soliciting prostitution following an undercover operation by the Las Vegas police.[9] Later, an NCAA inquiry found Odom received payments amounting to $5,600 from booster David Chapman.[10] Coach Bill Bayno was fired and UNLV was placed on probation for four years.[11] Odom transferred to the University of Rhode Island but was forced to sit out the 1997–98 season.[12]
 

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Cuttino and Tyson weren't all that highly regarded coming out of HS, Tyson was from CT and I was living in CT during his HS years, he got local pub but he never really got a hard look from UConn. As far as Lamar, he was on his way to UNLV but some shyt went down with his test scores and then he bounced before ever playing there. Like DredScott said, Harrick was probably up to some dirty shyt to get him at Rhode Island.
 
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