The Carolian Page 1 St. Charles Preparatory School December 2017 The Carolian QUICK NEWS: The Rise of Buckeye Basketball Politicians and celebrities are By Tanner Kutlu ‘19 thing but did many little comeback against Michi- outed in sexual In 2015, the future things well. Giddens and gan. They also have a non- harassment for Ohio State Basketball Harris both transferred af- conference game against allegations looked bright. Thad Matta ter Ohio State’s loss in the the reigning national cham- Football had just led his team to NIT later that year. Lyle pions, North Carolina on Buckeyes the second round of the was all that was left, and December 23. The team is pushed out of NCAA tournament thanks that did not last long. Lyle lead by redshirt junior playoffs, to the play of All- averaged 11.4 points per Keita Bates-Diop, a 6-7 Alabama grabs American (and future sec- game as a sophomore and forward with NBA aspira- the fourth spot ond overall pick of the led the team with 4.6 as- tions. Bates-Diop is aver- Cavaliers pull NBA Draft) D’Angelo sists per game. Following aging 18.3 points per game off 13 game Russell. Even though Rus- an offseason arrest howev- and 9.5 rebounds per game NBA win streak sell would declare for the er, Lyle quit the team and thus far this season, while Bitcoin goes draft after that season, transferred to New Mexi- shooting 44% from beyond wild Matta had managed to put co. To put it lightly, the the arc. He has stepped into together the fifth ranked past two years of Ohio the lead role successfully recruiting class nationally State Basketball have been after being the third or and first in the Big Ten. difficult to watch, and fourth option for most of INSIDE THIS ISSUE: This class included five Thad Matta was relieved of his early career... Contin- four star recruits: JaQuan his coaching duties as a ued on page 10 NCAA Basketball 2 Lyle, Daniel Giddens, result. Austin Grandstaff, A.J. The Buckeyes hired Harris, and Mickey former Butler Head Coach Consumerism 3 Mitchell. Fast forward Chris Holtmann this past two years later, and the offseason, hoping that he Play Review 4 Ohio State Basketball ros- could rejuvenate a program ter has none of those four that struggled to 17-15 last players remaining, and it season. Although it has Net Neutrality 5 was not because they all only been 11 games, Holt- declared for the draft. The mann has started to do just Short Story 6 first to transfer was that. At this point, the Grandstaff, a sharpshoot- Buckeyes are 9-3 (2-0 Big ing guard from Texas. Ten) with a one point loss The Buckeye’s new head coach, Dixon’s Weather 7 Chris Holtmann. Next was Mickey Mitch- to Butler. The Buckeyes ell, a forward that was not have wins over Stanford, (Courtesy of Google Images) Games 11 particularly great at one Wisconsin, and a 20 point The Carolian Page 2 Early Basketball Predictions By Thomas Jeffrey ‘19 teams is Florida. The Gators came last year. Xavier is a risky College basketball is under- so close to cracking the Final Four pick, but you have to take way, and although it will be over- last year, and they are an even bet- risks in your Final Four. shadowed by the College Football ter team this year. They have a This next pick isn’t as Playoff until January, it is still fun great deal of experienced talent in risky: Kansas. The Jayhawks to think ahead to the only time of the forms of senior point guard are very athletic, specifically the year that is better than Christ- Chris Chiozza, senior Egor Kou- in their backcourt with their mas: March Madness. Although the lechov, and junior Jalen Hudson. explosive guards Malik New- month-long basketball bash is still Not to mention the fact that Flori- man, LaGerald Vick, and about four months away, it is never da can shoot the lights out, as they Devonte’ Graham. Kansas too early too early to starting mak- have three players that shoot fifty also features Sviatoslav ing your predictions for the Final percent or better from beyond the Mykhailiuk from Ukraine Four. Lucky for you, I am here to arc. Florida will take the SEC who leads the team in scoring, help you with the challenge of de- from Kentucky and be in the Final and their 7’0” center Udoka ciding what four teams will be Four for the first time since 2014. Azubuike creates a formidable heading to San Antonio in April. Now this pick might come presence underneath the bas- This one is easy: Duke. Per as a shock to many people, but ket. Kansas has been blowing usual, Duke is stacked, as they are shock is a given when it comes to teams out of the water thus led by senior superstar Grayson Al- March Madness and the Final far, and they have an impres- len and freshmen phenoms Marvin Four. Xavier. The Musketeers sive win over Kentucky in the Bagley III and Trevon Duval. Allen made it to the Elite Eight last year Champions Classic. Bill Self looks like the early favorite to win and are even better this year, just will take this talented team to the Naismith Player of the Year like Florida. Led by their star his fourteenth straight Big award, Bagley is a potential number player Trevon Bluiett, as well as Twelve championship and on one pick in the draft, and Duval is supporting players Tyrique Jones to the Final Four. an athletic court general who can and J.P. Macura, Xavier is a very do it all. So does Duke have any solid basketball team. They don’t weaknesses? Well, they have one have the talent that the big power- big weakness, and that is experi- houses have, but they showed they ence. Coach K starts four freshmen, can compete with them when they and Grayson Allen is the only sen- beat Arizona in the tournament ior on the team. Off the bench, the only non-freshmen that get signifi- cant minutes are sophomores Javin DeLaurier and Marques Bolden, Duke’s star freshman Marvin who are both pretty inexperienced Bagley, who is taking the bas- as well. Although Duke has so ketball world by storm. much talent, expect them to suffer (Courtesy of Google Images) through some growing pains, but also to expect them to be playing for their sixth national title in April. The next three picks are not so easy, as there are so many great teams poised to have great tourna- ment runs this year. One of those The Carolian Page 3 Christmas and Consumerism By Jacob Kebe ‘20 times, fights break out, people 41 million people do not always Everyone is familiar with yell, push and shove. But at least have enough to eat. Many Ameri- it: the holiday rush, the thrills, the they can get what they came for: cans find the holidays to be an am- stress, trying to buy everything more stuff. ple time to give to charities so that needed for Christmas. Every Is this kind of consumer- Christmas can be a special time for year, the Christmas rush seems to ism healthy? As Americans, there someone in need, and it is important begin earlier and earlier. Immedi- are many things in life for us to to take this into consideration when ately after Halloween this year, enjoy. We have many things to be thinking about how to give at stores already set up for the holi- grateful for as we gather for the Christmas. day, urging consumers to check holidays. However, when it comes Also, consumerism produc- off everything on their wish list. to Christmas, there is a discon- es bad habits. It can make people Christmas is a highpoint for con- nect. Christmas is a holiday about greedy and obsessive, only caring sumerism. giving, about the simple joys and about what they have. Even work- Consumerism is not a new cheers of life and family, of being ing-class Americans who need to be concept, however. Its effect was charitable to others. It is the cele- frugal spend money on the newest seen greatly during the Roaring bration of the arrival of the Christ trends and cars. Instead of buying 20’s, when the economy was Child, the ultimate gift from God out of necessity, people buy out of booming and people had money to to the world. When the season pleasure. It’s very important to keep spend. Products flew off the comes around, many people do this in check and to wary of how we shelves, and people filled their not think about these things. They spend. homes with goods that they think about gifts. “What does my Consumerism, ever present “needed”. This is still recogniza- friend want? What does my broth- especially at Christmas, our want to ble today. er want? What do I want?” People buy more stuff, has been around for think about wanting stuff. This is easily seen such as a very long time and will not go on Black Friday, the day when During Christmastime, it is away any time soon. As Americans stores, franchises, and businesses so easy to lose sight of the man at we very much under its control, we tell consumers to buy all that they the street corner begging for mon- should be mindful of how we need for the holiday season. Busi- ey when the thoughts of more spend, and where our giving is nesses tell us that this is the stuff are on one’s mind.