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BC, Hawaii make big August additions

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, August 20, 2004

Boston College pulled off an August recruiting coup for the second straight summer. The Eagles this week got 6-foot-10 John Oates to commit to play for them this fall after Oates had originally planned on going to Blair Academy (N.J.) for a post-graduate year. Oates isn't a program changer. But he is a role player who could provide an important piece (i.e., another "big" upfront to complement preseason Wooden Award candidate forward Craig Smith and center Nate Doornekamp) i ...

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