More than 12 years after playing his final basketball game as a Buckeye, Greg Oden will receive his diploma and officially graduate from The Ohio State University on Sunday.
Oden’s path to completing his degree certainly hasn’t been traditional, but not much in his life has been.
When Oden left Ohio State after just one season to enter the 2007 NBA draft, he appeared to be on a clear path to basketball superstardom. He earned first-team All-Big Ten and second-team All-American honors in his lone season with the Buckeyes, leading them all the way to the national championship game, and was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the No.