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LeBron James Wanted to Attend Cincinnati Growing Up

By Joe Tillery

Posted on April 8, 2024

Add New Post Site Icon Save draft Publish 70/100 Change block type or style Block Paragraph is at the beginning of the content and can’t be moved up Move Paragraph block from position 1 down to position 2 Change text alignment Displays more block tools LeBron James Wanted to Attend Cincinnati Growing Up While LeBron James elected to skip college and enter the NBA Draft straight out of high school in 2003, the Lakers forward mentioned in a recent podcast where he wanted to go to college. James mentioned in a recent episode of the Mind the Game Podcast with J.J. Reddick that he wanted to go to Cincinnati as a kid. "I loved Cincinnati with Logan and Ruben Patterson, Kenyon Martin, and all those guys," James said. "Then when Kenny Satterfield stepped in, DerMarr Johnson, it was like I remembered watching it as a kid. When I was growing up, I wanted to go to Cincinnati because of the uniforms and because of Huggs." Growing up in Akron, Ohio, James was just a few hours from Cincinnati's campus. After rising to superstardom at the age of 14, college was almost an afterthought for James as the NBA after he took home three straight Mr. Basketball awards from 2001-2003. James played for current Duquesne head coach Dru Joyce at St. Vincent - St. Mary, where he forged his path toward becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time. While UC fans have seen some historically great talents pass through their program over the years, it's hard not to daydream about what might have been with LeBron James heading to college as a Cincinnati Bearcat. 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While LeBron James elected to skip college and enter the NBA Draft straight out of high school in 2003, the Lakers forward mentioned in a recent podcast where he wanted to go to college.

James mentioned in a recent episode of the Mind the Game Podcast with J.J. Reddick that he wanted to go to Cincinnati as a kid.

"When I was a kid, I wanted to go to Cincinnati."

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“I loved Cincinnati with Logan and Ruben Patterson, Kenyon Martin, and all those guys,” James said. “Then when Kenny Satterfield stepped in, DerMarr Johnson, it was like I remembered watching it as a kid. When I was growing up, I wanted to go to Cincinnati because of the uniforms and because of Huggs.”

Growing up in Akron, Ohio, James was just a few hours from Cincinnati’s campus. After rising to superstardom at the age of 14, college was almost an afterthought for James as the NBA after he took home three straight Mr. Basketball awards from 2001-2003.

James played with current Duquesne head coach Dru Joyce at St. Vincent – St. Mary, where he forged his path toward becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time. While UC fans have seen some historically great talents pass through their program over the years, it’s hard not to daydream about what might have been with LeBron James heading to college as a Cincinnati Bearcat.