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Date Posted: 15:47:50 09/18/02 Wed
Author: Pablo
Subject: Yet another classy UC recruit

Bearcats get verbal commitment from Whaley
Sept. 18, 2002
By Dan Wetzel
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
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Robert Whaley, the once troubled 6-foot-9 high school prodigy who developed into a first-team junior college All-American last season, verbally committed to Cincinnati on Tuesday.

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"He committed (Tuesday) night," said Ryan Wolf, his coach at Barton County (Kan.) CC.

As a high school sophomore and junior in Benton Harbor, Mich., Whaley was considered the nation's No. 1 player.

But his game sagged and his future turned bleak during his senior year due to substance abuse problems and a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a 13-year-old girl.

After wiping out his senior season and costing him a scholarship at Missouri, Whaley's trial ended with a hung jury. Berrien (Mich.) County prosecutors declined to press further charges, leaving the teenager a free man.

Whaley enrolled at Barton County, a junior college powerhouse where his game again soared and maybe most importantly he steered clear of any major trouble. He averaged 19 points and seven rebounds per game last season and earned NJCAA All-America honors despite being just a freshman.

In choosing Cincinnati, Whaley has assured everyone involved he will not declare for the NBA Draft next spring. His physical gifts make him an exciting prospect, but he seems convinced he could use at least one season under demanding Bearcats coach Bob Huggins.

Whaley should be the nation's top JC player this season. Unless Akron, Ohio swingman LeBron James shocks everyone and attends college, Whaley should be considered nation's the top recruit, whether from high school or junior college, going into the 2003-04 season.

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[> Wow a crackhead and an accused child molester!!! Wait till he gets to Cincy - more felony training awaits!!! -- Pablo, 15:48:43 09/18/02 Wed

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[> [> trash in - trash out -- Bob Huggins bitch wife, 21:01:54 09/18/02 Wed

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[> Never convicted. -- XU Fan, 21:39:01 09/18/02 Wed

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[> I'll bet Crybaby West started on his list of excuses for this year as soon as he cleaned himself up. -- Thad, 07:42:16 09/19/02 Thu

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