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Essential summer hoops guide: college isn't a slam dunk for O.J. Mayo.(COLLEGE BASKETBALL)

The Sporting News

| July 14, 2006 | DeCourcy, Mike | COPYRIGHT 2006 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sometime during the next few days--the start of the NCAA's summer evaluation period for basketball recruits--O.J. Mayo is expected to sit down with reporters and recruiting analysts and announce his college selection from a list that has been whittled more or less to Kansas State and Southern California.

There's a slight chance he might even eventually wear the uniform of the school he chooses.

Nothing about Mayo's young basketball career has been routine, and he might pull out some moves no one has ever seen.

Perhaps the most famous eighth-grade player ever, featured in national magazines and newspapers before he could drive a car, Mayo has ...

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