New home, new strategy for O'Neill E-mail
Written by Grubby   
Thursday, 09 July 2009 11:56

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The Louisville Courier-Journal announced yesterday that Kevin O'Neill, the new basketball coach at USC, has landed his first verbal commitment in Curtis Washington, of Elizabethtown, KY.

The offer from USC was Washington's first. 

Washington, a 6-foot-9 forward, told The Courier-Journal that he spoke with new USC coach Kevin O'Neill on Tuesday and the Trojans extended an offer.

"It's crazy," Washington said. "I went from nothing to one of the best schools offering me."

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O'Neill has a history of, ahem, quirky coaching and recruiting decisions from his days at Tennessee, Marquette, and Nortwestern (where he is a combined 152-165).  He left Marquette for UT after a Sweet 16 run in 1994 only to lead the Vols to 3 straight losing seasons and bolt for Northwestern, driving it to one of its worst finishes in history in 2000, 5-25.

After a brief stint as Lute Olsen's heir apparent and go-to guy, followed immediately by an ugly divorce from Arizona, O'Neill is now trying to recover a USC program drenched in scandal (and high-scoring offense.) 

Critics say it could be only a year or two until the program is averaging 40 points a game, struggling in the middle of the pack, and he bolts for another cushy NBA bench job, like he's done before.  But who knows, by aggressively attacking the recruiting front where no other program has yet to step foot, he may even do it sooner.

By the way, doesn't Cohron still has some eligibility left?

[Courier-Journal]

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