Utah Castoff Deane Heading to Oregon State
Whoa ... so that's what I get for staying away from the laptop over a long weekend.
Looks like former Utah forward Daniel Deane is going to transfer to Oregon State, according to a report in the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Actually the report is more than a week old, so shame on me for not checking in with the Beavers a little more often.
Nonetheless, the Beavers were in the market for a forward after junior Jack McGillis left the program. Coach Jay John and the Beavers are in the middle of a 10-day exhibition tour of Europe.
It will be interesting to see what becomes of Deane at Oregon State (he will have to sit out the upcoming 2007-08 season, under transfer rules).
While the report naturally doesn't fail to mention his soaring high-school grade-point average, Deane was essentially cut from the Utes back in May by new coach Jim Boylen because he apparently wasn't willing to work hard enough in the classroom to avoid the perpetual threat of being academically ineligible.
The Utes sat him out a game last season, remember, because they feared that very thing.
Even more fascinating might be how the Beavers wind up using Deane, once he is eligible. Last season, Deane was believed to have chafed under former coach Ray Giacoletti's insistence on using him as a hard-rebounding power forward, evidently believing he would be better suited as a more offensively prolific small forward.
And that just happens to be the position that the departed McGillis played for OSU.
The Utes, of course, thought otherwise, and in fact privately believed that Deane's supposed attempt during his senior year at Judge Memorial High School to play more flashily -- is that a word? -- is what helped cool the recruiting interest of the top-notch schools like Stanford, Gonzaga and Kansas that had pursued him as a power forward.
We shall see.
Looks like former Utah forward Daniel Deane is going to transfer to Oregon State, according to a report in the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Actually the report is more than a week old, so shame on me for not checking in with the Beavers a little more often.
Nonetheless, the Beavers were in the market for a forward after junior Jack McGillis left the program. Coach Jay John and the Beavers are in the middle of a 10-day exhibition tour of Europe.
It will be interesting to see what becomes of Deane at Oregon State (he will have to sit out the upcoming 2007-08 season, under transfer rules).
While the report naturally doesn't fail to mention his soaring high-school grade-point average, Deane was essentially cut from the Utes back in May by new coach Jim Boylen because he apparently wasn't willing to work hard enough in the classroom to avoid the perpetual threat of being academically ineligible.
The Utes sat him out a game last season, remember, because they feared that very thing.
Even more fascinating might be how the Beavers wind up using Deane, once he is eligible. Last season, Deane was believed to have chafed under former coach Ray Giacoletti's insistence on using him as a hard-rebounding power forward, evidently believing he would be better suited as a more offensively prolific small forward.
And that just happens to be the position that the departed McGillis played for OSU.
The Utes, of course, thought otherwise, and in fact privately believed that Deane's supposed attempt during his senior year at Judge Memorial High School to play more flashily -- is that a word? -- is what helped cool the recruiting interest of the top-notch schools like Stanford, Gonzaga and Kansas that had pursued him as a power forward.
We shall see.
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