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Keeping kids in-state key to building programs

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, November 22, 2002

Before he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and courting agents as a senior in high school, Ohio State had an "in" with LeBron James. Now, this was way back when James was a little-known freshman. But the plan, as silly as it seems now, was to get James to sign a national letter of intent to play basketball for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes were all over James, as much as a school could be while recruiting in-state, 15-year-olds. They sent him mail when they were supposed to, made the calls w ...

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