Obekpa refused to play?
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beast of the east
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I heard from a reliable person that there was some sort of argument on the bench between CO and coaching staff. It's possible that person was speculating or had heard something from a less than reliable source, but I don't believe that to be true. CO played about 3 minutes, no? 1.5 each to start each half? It would be confounding as Providence scored inside that we couldn't use him.
STJ11Redmen
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If he refused to play then Lavin better refuse to renew his scholarship. We can make the NIT with or without him.
beast of the east
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If there is a thread here, one of the local papers will pick up on it.
Ray Morgan
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I'm guessing that you were at the game. On TV, in slo-mo, you could see Derosier get a piece of the ball. There's a guy that knows his role. Doesn't try to force things, and hits his foul shots.
jumbo_peanuts
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Well my coworker's wife's 3rd cousin saw a basketball game once...and the cousin said that the reason CO didn't play was because he had a hangnail on his 6th toe due to him staying out all night at the clubs.
If you are going to have the b*lls to start a thread like this....at least have the b*lls to explain the situation.
If you won't get into details of it, then why even bring it up? That's something a15yr old girl would do.
CO should have been back in sooner...his foul trouble hurt us...don't know whether Lavin would have adjusted but we needed to play a bigger lineup (Sampson/Sanchez/Obekpa/Gift)...3 guard lineup was too small...
But he bears responsibility for getting in foul trouble with some ill conceived reach-ins..
when he was pulled after picking up 3rd at beginning of 2nd half he wasn't happy and didn't slap five with coach....may be nothing
What is he supposed to say? "I'm Karr's brother and he texted me about it right after the game". ?? or, "I'm fr Joe the priest at the end of the bench, I saw and heard it myself".
People can't say things because it will come back to bite them, or their family members, in the ass.
I have a very hard time believing this happened too. But what more do you want the poster to say?
The "what", is pretty obvious: Obekpa was pissed coach sat him for so long, so when coach did call on him, he refused to go back in.
If you want to know how the poster knows, that's asking for too much.
beast of the east
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Unfortunately, I agreed that he had to sit the entire 1st half with 2 fouls, and then sit with the quick #3. But I'm guessing he should have been back by the 12 minute mark, no? Not having him back lends credence to the idea that something happened.
He should have been back when they started playing goddamn volleyball on the offensive side of the ball. That was disgusting to watch. He had three fouls..not four...and the game was sinking fast. What's the point of saving a kid's fouls if the game swells to 17 points with ten minutes left. CO changes the game like few others in the country and he is our best rebounder and post defender. Think they would pull that tip drill with him in there? No way.