ALEX ORIAKHI RUMORS & GOSSIP
Mizzou's Oriakhi denied invite to NBA combine
ST. LOUIS Did Alex Oriakhi get snubbed?
The list of players invited to this year's NBA combine dropped Thursday, and some names of interest to the St. Louis area are included in the crop of ballers who will show off for NBA scouts in Chicago from May 15-19.
Missouri natives Ben McLemore (Kansas guard), Otto Porter (Georgetown small forward) and BJ Young (Arkansas guard) made...
Via Fox Sports Midwest
May 10, 2013
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Missouri basketball: 3 reasons Alex Oriakhi will have a solid NBA career
The Missouri Tigers were able to enjoy the services of center Alex Oriakhi for just one season. During that season, Tigers fans learned a lot about Oriakhi and he probably learned even more about himself.
Head coach Frank Haith initally wanted to run the offense through Oriakhi and it was obvious early on that the former UConn center was not comfortable playing with his back to...
Missouri basketball: Alex Oriakhi ends career by making 40 of 46 shots in last 6 games
The Missouri Tigers were bounced out of the NCAA Tournament by No. 8 seed Colorado State on Thursday night in a 84-72 defeat in Lexington, Kentucky. While it was a disappointing effort by the Tigers, Mizzou certainly did not lose because of the play of senior center Alex Oriakhi.
Oriakhi scored 16 points and grabbed nine of the Tigers' 18 rebounds in the loss, continuing a stretch...
UConn's Oriakhi transferring to Missouri
Alex Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9 power forward who played the past three seasons at Connecticut, is transferring to Missouri.
The Tigers announced the transfer late Friday. He will have one season of eligibility remaining.
Oriakhi helped lead the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA championship as a sophomore. He has averaged 7.2 points and 6.8 rebounds in 109 games over the past three seasons at...
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April 14, 2012
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Highly-regarded forward transferring to Mizzou
Columbia, Mo. The University of Missouri men's basketball program has added a highly-regarded big man to help the Tigers for the 2012-13 season, as Alex Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound power forward, will attend Mizzou. Oriakhi will have one year of eligibility remaining after transferring from the University of Connecticut, where he helped lead the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA Championship...
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April 13, 2012
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Oriakhi Discusses Transfer, Talks Mizzou
Earlier this week, University of Connecticut center Alex Oriakhi was granted his release from the UConn basketball program. Missouri has been identified as a school that could be a possible destination for him. ShowMeMizzou.com gets an update on the transfer, and where Mizzou may be in the picture.
Via missouri.scout.com
March 29, 2012
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Duke pursuing UConn big man Alex Oriakhi
According to reports on Twitter from CBS Sports' Jeff Goodman Duke is actively pursuing soon to be former UConn big man Alex Oriakhi. Oriakhi, a 6-foot-9 center announced he would transfer with the serious possibility that UConn could be facing a post season ban due to the program failing to meet minimum NCAA academic requirements.
A senior, Oriakhi may not have to sit out...
UConn center granted release from program
Connecticut center Alex Oriakhi has been granted his release from the basketball program.
The 6-foot-9 junior, a key piece of UConn's 2011 national championship run, informed coaches last week that he planned to transfer.
His father told the Hearst Connecticut Media Group that Oriakhi made the decision because Connecticut is expected to be academically ineligible for next season...
Via AP on Fox
March 27, 2012
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Trouble @ UCONN: Oriakhi Bails, More Will Follow
Alex Oriakhi will spend his senior season with a team that has a chance to play in the NCAA tournament. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound Oriakhi will transfer from Connecticut, his father, Alex Sr., told the Hearst Connecticut Media Group. “Alex will transfer because of the NCAA tournament next year,” his father told the newspaper group. UConn is appealing an NCAA decision that will...
Alex Oriakhi Leaving UConn Men's Basketball Program
Well, I typed up an entire post and accidently deleted the whole thing. So here's the deal quickly.
Alex Oriakhi has decided to leave the UConn Huskies men's basketball program. The news was broken earlier on Wednesday by Kevin Duffy of the CT Post.
Here are the links:
UConn's Alex Oriakhi transferring [CT Post]
UConn's Alex Oriakhi requests transfer from Huskies...
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