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Oden ignores NBA hype, has eyes on title

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, January 26, 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Greg Oden says he wants to be an impact player in the NBA. He says he wants to go once he is confident he is a dominant player in college basketball. He says he wants to win a national championship at Ohio State. He says he's not ready to leave. Plenty of NBA personnel don't believe it for a second, or at least don't believe he'll turn down the chance to be the No. 1 pick in June's NBA draft when he and his family see all the dollars available to him. Still, like Joakim Noa ...

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