Jerry Lucas is arguably the greatest basketball player ever to wear the scarlet and gray. With all due respect to LeBron James, Lucas may also be the greatest high school basketball player Ohio has ever produced. © Provided by Buckeyes Wire Ohio State basketball legend Jerry Lucas authors new book Before he was the big man on campus at Ohio State, Lucas was setting all kinds of records on the Middletown High School hardwood. He would lead the Middies to a 78-1 record over his three-year span as a starter and back-to-back state championships. The lone loss of his high school career came in the state semifinals at the hands of Columbus North, 63-62, in his senior year. Lucas, of course, would come to Ohio State and start three years (freshmen weren’t allowed to play varsity in those days) leading the Buckeyes to their only national championship in 1960. After…
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