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Message: [QUOTE="BlueandOG, post: 1974778, member: 6207"] The offensive part isn't observing that we have no white players on the team. The offensive part is asserting Ollie isn't recruiting white players. That assumes a racial bias on Ollie's part. Based on the percentage of white players in mens hoops and the NBA, there are not many white players with the skills to play at that level. That is confirmed by a 2009 study. Here is an excerpt: "College basketball at its highest levels is dominated by black players even if the subject makes some people uncomfortable.Look no further than this weekend in Detroit. Only two white players -- North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Michigan State's Goran Suton -- will be listed among the combined 20 starters for the four teams in this year's NCAA Tournament semifinals. And two teams -- Villanova and Connecticut -- don't have a white player on scholarship on this year's active roster." [URL]http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-04-03/sports/ncaarace03_1_goran-suton-black-and-white-college-basketball[/URL] That year, we had no white players on the team, but we had a white coach. And no one said anything about him not recruiting white players. Thus,any claims that Ollie isn't recruiting white players is at best uninformed and at worst racists (assuming a black coach won't recruit white players). Enough. [/QUOTE]