Former No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick leaves CBB position.

[{"selector":"#anim-7a7da603-58fc-4689-b3a6-5844c2561b41","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8a94008e-37a2-4ac2-a718-8afd47174843","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Greg Oden has chosen to mix things up a little. Arrow Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-c5eb7fd1-e9d0-4580-9e98-fd2726471b3f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1950cb23-3621-4acf-9094-8916a30a4497","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Oden, the former No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick, announced this week to Akeem Glaspie of the Indianapolis Star Arrow Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-245020d0-c41c-4731-b582-dd78e579a350","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-074425ec-0418-4f4c-9a86-1ac4d50c48e5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] While Oden refuses to announce where he will go next, his time at Butler has come to an end after two seasons. Arrow Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-37f7c04e-d1f5-40e9-81e4-21c6efc0fed9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f9a0cd70-371e-413e-a2a7-95ed4e5c57b8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The 7-footer was the #1 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, despite still being 36 years old. Arrow Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-a34559aa-3a10-4653-bb1a-c020d0f373d6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-89c921a0-9542-4a00-b17a-a180dd83250a","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Oden became one of the worst busts in NBA history, having numerous knee ailments (and subsequent surgeries) that limited him to only three seasons and 105 total NBA games. Arrow Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-dbe9fa91-6a3c-4c67-b604-83e4e2094600","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f7976a4c-4c84-4080-ae3d-10ae8f435f65","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] After his last NBA game in 2014 (when the Miami Heat advanced to the Finals), Oden played one season in China before retiring in 2016 at the age of 28. Arrow Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-6cd3fd5d-557d-4777-82e3-f416137f5724","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a5093eaa-8489-4f09-9929-c22c2c9764a9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] At the time, Oden returned to his former university, Ohio State, first as a student manager Arrow Arrow

[{"selector":"#anim-171cfd83-3993-4f9d-864c-b2382719bc91","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cfd1cd6c-5743-4686-a8b4-880fb6367a7e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-99.33993%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The thought of a No. 16 seed defeating a No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament is no longer startling. Arrow Arrow

Former No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick leaves CBB position.

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