Class of 2014 Ohio State Commit: Keita Bates-Diop Summer Highlights

Normal (Ill.) class of 2014 forward Keita Bates-Diop with offers from Michigan, Purdue, Illinois, Michigan State and Ohio State. More at www.umhoops.com

[@jayjames616]

Go Blue !!!! U and GRIII on the wings #SHOWTIME

[@dz83ck]

Oh, and don't forget that Matta has had numerous 1st team All-Big Ten players, seven first round NBA draft picks, four 1st team All-Americans, two Big Ten players of the year and the National Player of the Year.

[@dz83ck]

Three consecutive Big Ten regular season championships, three consecutive Sweet 16 appearances, five Big Ten regular season titles in the last seven years, an NBA draft pick every year since 2007, and two Final Fours in the last six years. Illinois pales in comparison. If OSU has done nothing, then Illinois has done less than nothing.

[@keatonparks1229]

Why was this video put up by a Michigan page if he's going to OSU?

[@kbattle33]

ILLINI

[@kbattle33]

COME ONE COME BATES AND ALL....AND JOIN THE REUNITED, FLIGHT TO CHAMPBANA.....ORANGE BANNNERS..BEGIN A METERORIC RISE..TO THE TOP.

[@MrAfterword]

Looks like Bates-Diop didn't care what the hell you wrote...

[@RockHardTrucker]

Uh. What are you talking about? Not even a close decision between Illinois and Ohio State. Ohio State was the far better decision. Newsflash, start spending money on your facililities and you'll have a better chance of winning these recruits.

[@theophilus166]

Commits to Ohio State!

[@dz83ck]

Matta has coached several guys that are in the league right now. Sullinger underperformed in the tournament? If making the Final Four is underperforming, I'll take that happily every year. You are a loon.

[@lonsrjoy74]

OHIOSTATE go bucks O-H

[@Dropwreckerr]

kbattle33 what forawrd has michigan had ???? a injury pron mitch magary.... john beilein is a guard coach and lets be honest here big 10 is a guard conf. most good teams are dominated by a guard no just not that many big man who u can build ur offence around

[@kbattle33]

ORANGE NATION FOR THE CHOSEN ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KENNYBATTLE,,KENDALL GILL NOW KEITABATESSMOOTH33.

[@dz83ck]

Illinois won on a buzzer-beater against Hawaii while OSU easily won by 11 points, so ILL is the one who almost lost. OSU is "not winning nothing" except Big Ten titles and NCAA tourney games. I guess in your world those things don't count. Illinois has 0 Big Ten titles since 2005 and OSU has five. ILL has 0 Sweet 16s since '05 and OSU has four, including two Final Fours. ILL has 2 NCAA tourney wins since '05, OSU has 14. OSU has a great program right now, Illinois doesn't.

[@kbattle33]

they teetered almost with a lost to rhode island and the ILLINI WIN ON THE ROAD IN HAWAII....SEE how much players do not recognize effort or DONT SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE AT A BETTER PROGRAM.....OHIO STATE IS NOT WINNING NOTHING SON.....THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A well thoughtout choice about academics, opportunity for a baller with others who can accomplish greatness right here in ILLINOIS.

[@kbattle33]

THE fact is that basketball is still relatively second CLASS...IN BOLUMBUS...THE FACT IS THAD MATTA IS NOT A GOOD COACH FOR FORWARDS,,,WHO HAS HE DEVELOPED IN HIS TENURE..FORWARDS NOT GUARDS....ALL OF HIS BIGS ARE TERRIBLE PROS........AND THIS years team is vastly overrated...just look at how sullinger and the other supposed to be star underperformed in the last few tournaments....this COMMITMENT WILL END UP BEING A DECOMMITED PLAYER....HE DID NOT NEED TO OFFER HIS SERVICE TO A DYING TEAM.