OSU basketball: Gary Flowers’ college career ends
Gary Flowers’ collegiate career ended last week. Remember him?
Yep, it’s the same Gary Flowers who was part of Oklahoma State’s 2006-07 freshman class and graduated high school, Dallas Lincoln, with Byron Eaton in 2005.
Coming out of high school, Flowers didn’t qualify academically for the NCAA. So he attended Genesis One Christian Academy in Mississippi, playing basically a fifth year of high school. While there, he signed with OSU.
But a few weeks into his OSU academic career, in September 2006, Flowers was arrested and charged with marijuana possession. He eventually was dismissed from the team by then-coach Sean Sutton.
Flowers landed a year later at Chipola Community College, and in summer 2009 Flowers arrived at Southern Mississippi. In two seasons at Southern Miss, Flowers averaged 15.0 and 18.8 points a game. He’s considered a likely second-round pick in the NBA Draft this summer.
Flowers represents another lost talent for OSU. Remember Gerald Green signed with OSU in the Eaton/Terrel Harris class, but Green opted for the NBA Draft. Center Kenneth Cooper arrived with Eaton and Harris and had a promising freshman season but soon transferred to Louisiana Tech.
Sean and Eddie Sutton recruited some phenomenal talent in the years following their 2004 Final Four. The above mentioned players. JamesOn Curry. Obi Muonelo. James Anderson. Unfortunately for OSU, some of those players left school early and some never played. Gary Flowers among them.
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Hmmm – that must mean the coaches suck. Capel had good players leave too.
Great point Barry !!!!!!!!!