Bison137
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04-24-07 08:45 PM - Post#34929
I see that teen hip-hop star Lil' Romeo, aka Percy Romeo Miller, just "committed" to play at USC for Tim Floyd. Miller took over as the Beverly Hills PG this year, replacing none other than George Medrano. From what I can see, Romeo's scoring average this year was less than Medrano's the previous year, and Beverly Hills' record was worse.
Rivals has Lil' Romeo Miller listed as a two star player, but I suspect that is at least one star higher than warranted. If you read the fineprint of the articles, it is mentioned that he will be paying his own way to USC - no scholarship. By the way, Medrano's uncle is Romeo's coach at Beverly Hills. That could be one non-stop headache.
Article: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=ap-lilromeo&prov=ap&type=lgns
Beverly Hills Roster (2005-06): Medrano PG (Romeo at this time was playing for a very weak HS in a very weak league): http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/TeamFra...1ba/Page-Roster
Beverly Hills Roster (2006-07): Romeo PG: http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/TeamFra...1ba/Page-Roster
Note on the latter roster that Percy "Romeo" Miller is listed as 5'10", a bit shorter than the 6'1" given to all of the newspapers by his publicist for all of the articles on his commitment to USC. Even Medrano was listed as a generous 5'11" on the same roster the year before.
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