Olu Ashaolu gettin' some love

Olu Ashaolu gets a nice mention and description in SLAM.

Tech will certainly have much more talent and many more 'weapons' this season. Getting the kids to play together, sharing the basketball, will be job one for Kerry Rupp and his staff but such is a much more enviable task than what was endured last season.

adidas Nations Wrap-Up
More from Dallas, where the college kids balled out, too.
Aggrey Sam
SLAM

"...Olu Ashaolu, 6-6 freshman wing, Louisiana Tech: Olu, one of the nicest kids you’ll ever meet, redshirted at Karl Malone’s alma mater last season (Malone is actually on staff there), but the Canadian product put his off year to good use, developing a nice mid-range and slashing game to go with his power, hops and rugged low-post game..."

The above cut'n-paste was the result of this email sent to us by AJ, who deserves a hat tip for sharing the following:

"Got this nugget from La Tech's website

http://slamonline.com/online/2008/09...tions-wrap-up/

The adidas Nations camp features the world’s top 18 and under players competing. The camp runs from August 8th-11th with skills development and games between teams assembled from Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America and the United States. In addition 20 college basketball players are invited to play and go through drills in front of NBA scouts. Here is a list and team of players invited:

adidas College Players

Player School
Cole Aldrich Kansas
Antonio Anderson Memphis
Olu Ashaolu La Tech.
Tyrell Biggs Pitt
John Bryant Santa Clara
Wayne Chism Tenn
Darren Collison UCLA
Henry Dugat Baylor
Shaun Dumas Xavier ( La)
James Harden ASU
Jrue Holiday UCLA
Scotty Hopson Tennessee
Curtis Jerrells Baylor
Dominique Jones South Florida
Mac Koshwal Depaul
Gani Lawal Georgia Tech
Luke Nevill Utah
Arinze Onauku Syracuse
Quincy Pondexter Washington
Diamon Simpson St. Mary's
Dar Tucker DePaul
Jarvis Varnado Mississippi State
Terrance Williams Louisville


Team 1: Darren Collison / Jrue Holiday / Diamon Simpson / Jarvis Varnado / Arinze Onauku

Team 2: Curtis Jerrells / James Harden / Quincy Pondexter / Mac Koshwal / Cole Aldrich

Team 3: Henry Dugat / Dar Tucker / Terrance Williams / Gani Lawal / John Bryant

Team 4: Shaun Dumas / Olu Ashaolu / Antonio Anderson / Wayne Chism / Luke Nevill