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Top schools look for players who can balance books, ball

By Chris Preston
Special to ESPNRISE.com

Monday, March 16, 2009

Max Paulhus Gosselin had never heard of Davidson College. No surprise there -- what teenager from Carignan, Quebec, would be familiar with a tiny liberal arts school in North Carolina? That all changed when he met Wildcats men's basketball coach Bob McKillop. Paulhus Gosselin had visions of playing Division I college ball but knew he would have to set his sights on the so-called "mid-major" programs. Oral Roberts showed some interest. So did Ivy Leaguers Yale and Columbia, but those schools d ...

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