Guerrero gives OSU hoops team another QB option
Published: 3/14/2011 10:46 PM
Last Modified: 3/14/2011 10:46 PM
Point guard issues contributed to Oklahoma State winding up in the NIT instead of the NCAA Tournament this season. You can’t put this entirely on point guards, but the Cowboys rank 320th nationally (out of 336 Division I teams) in assists.
Fred Gulley underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Ray Penn went from backup to starter to seldom-used reserve to looking for a new school. And Reger Dowell went from the end of the bench to late-season starter.
It’s apparent that coach Travis Ford, an old floor general himself, doesn’t want to get caught without a quarterback again.
Ford got a commitment Monday from Cezar Guerrero, a 6-foot point guard from St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif. Guerrero ranks among the top players at his position in the class of 2011, according to recruiting services.
Assuming OSU has no defections, Guerrero will be thrown into the mix next season with Dowell and a healthy Gulley. Coaches like to say nothing brings out the best in a player like competition for playing time. The quarterback derby should prove interesting.
--Jimmie Tramel.
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Jimmie Tramel
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