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STILLWATER, Okla. Jayron Kearse Jersey . -- For whatever reason, Oklahoma State guard Phil Forte has flown under the radar.Maybe its because he missed most of last season with an elbow injury. Perhaps its because at age 23, hes older than some graduate assistants. Maybe its because the 5-foot-11 senior is, well, 5-foot-11.Hes a giant in new Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwoods eyes. Underwood calls himself the most blessed coach on the planet because he has a player who embodies the work ethic he is trying to instill in his program.Not enough superlatives and adjectives to say in a positive mode about Phil, Underwood said. He is one of those guys that no one is talking about, and they should be.Fortes not just a grinder, hes got an enviable resume. Hes 22nd in school history with 1,307 points and has played in 102 career games.As a sophomore, he dropped 23 points on Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse, made 7 of 10 threes and nearly upstaged current NBA stars Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins in Oklahoma States 80-78 loss . Two games later, he went 6 for 6 from 3-point range at Oklahoma .As a junior, he scored a career-high 32 points against North Texas. Later that season, he helped the Cowboys beat No. 8 Kansas in Stillwater , despite having the flu and throwing up before the game.Forte was primed for a strong senior season a year ago, but he was injured in the third game and didnt play basketball again until after the season was over. After fighting through some bumps and bruises during his recovery, he feels hes back to normal. He went 3 for 4 from 3-point range in an exhibition win over Pitt State.Now, its full strength, its 100 percent, he said. Im ready to go. Just looking forward to the season.His point guard, Jawun Evans, couldnt be happier. The Big 12 Freshman of the Year last season and a preseason All-Big 12 pick this season, Evans is a pass-first player who can score. Now, he can look for Forte, who ranks fourth in school history in 3-pointers made and has connected on 39 percent of his tries.It does a lot for our team, Evans said. Youve got a great shooter, one of the best shooters in college basketball, coming back.Forte started off at Oklahoma State with high school teammate Marcus Smart, and Forte sometimes stole the show from the current Boston Celtics guard during the two years they played together. Forte averaged 10.2 points as a freshman and 13.3 points as a sophomore.When Smart left for the NBA, Forte stepped up. He averaged 15 points as a junior, fourth in the Big 12, and was named third-team all-conference. His age and experience give him credibility with the younger players and leads to some fun.Im five years older than some of the freshmen that are here, Forte said. We kind of joke in the locker room how old I am, or how young they are. Its kind of been an ongoing joke and something we have a good time with.Perhaps the most important statistic involving Forte is that Oklahoma State has reached the NCAA Tournament in each season he has completed. He believes the Cowboys can get back there again, and hes annoyed that the Cowboys were picked to finish seventh in the Big 12.If thats not a motivating factor -- Id be lying if I said it wasnt, he said. We obviously shouldnt expect to finish seventh, and I dont think we will with the talent we have.---For more college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CliffBruntAP . Discount Minnesota Vikings Jerseys . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. Paul Krause Jersey . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. http://www.cheapvikingsjerseysonline.com...s-jersey-online . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. Perhaps it was the need to push on for runs and a fourth-innings target, perhaps it was something deeper. Either way, some uncharacteristic flourishes in Chris Rogers final innings for Somerset this season tended to indicate these were the parting shots of a prolific and valuable career.For many a year, Rogers had been crease-bound against spin, leaning heavily on advice conveyed by Lance Klusener in their time together at Northamptonshire: build a solid defence against spinners and wait for the bad ball. But here he was, dancing down to Samit Patel and lofting over long-on.More recently, Rogers had been haunted by the threat of the short ball, his fears exacerbated by the death of Phillip Hughes then maintained by numerous head knocks over the course of his last few Test assignments for Australia. Yet the last scoring stroke with which he moved to a 76th first-class hundred - only eight Australians have more - was a hook shot.Proof, then, that Rogers always had these shots in his locker, and perhaps a flightier personality would have used them more frequently. Instead, these moments in innings No. 554 were the exceptions that prove the rule: by knowing his limitations and working within them, Rogers carved out a batting method that stood up to more examinations than most. He also earned the belated validation of a memorable stint in the Australian Test side, years after he had given up hope of getting there for longer than his earlier solitary appearance.To finish in England was fitting, for it was largely on those northern shores that Rogers sculpted his way of batting. When he first travelled to play there his technique was more or less classically Australian: back and across to cover bounce and be in position to play cross bat strokes on the hard and true expanses of the WACA Ground.But the means by which Rogers would become a consistent and heavy run scorer were to come later, via help from the likes of Paul Nixon and Klusener. A double hundred against the touring Australian Ashes team of 2005 was significant not only as the innings that put Rogers on the map back home, but also as the first sign his English lessons were starting to take root. In the simplest terms, he worked on playing in straight lines down the pitch, and covering off stump without letting the bat get outside hiss eyeline to adjust for lateral movement. Xavier Rhodes Jersey. ombined with a flinty determination at the batting crease and an agile mind eager to make adjustments for the challenges posed by different bowlers, teams and circumstances, those fundamentals led Rogers to major run-making feats. Over the past decade only twice - once through injury and once through international commitments - did Rogers fail to top 1000 runs for the English season, sharing his runs and expertise with Northants, Derbyshire, Middlesex and Somerset.These sides, plus Australia, benefited too from Rogers the thoughtful leader, and Rogers the sociable after-hours organiser. At both Derbyshire and Middlesex he did not arrive as captain but was effectively promoted to the rank in the field. By the time he signed on to play at Taunton this year there was expectation of the battling club being given the Rogers touch, characterised by example with the bat, sound ideas in the field, dedication in training and yarn-spinning in the dressing room.An attentive brand of leadership has found its greatest 2016 exemplar in the growth of the left-arm spinner Jack Leach, proficient in his craft but also shy and reticent in a way Rogers doubtless recognised in his younger self. The following words were spoken after Leach had bowled Somerset to victory over Yorkshire at Headingley, as blunt as they were empathetic:I am still a big believer that you need more than one good season to play for England. With Jack, I think his games in order, I think emotionally he still has a bit of a way to go and I dont think hed be upset with me saying that. He is still a young guy, he has only ever been in Somerset and the challenges in international cricket are a lot more difficult. If they pick him then good luck to him but theyd better look after him.Protective of his men but honest with them also, Rogers parting gift to Somerset was to drive them to within a days good fortune of the clubs first ever County Championship. That his batting and leadership will be missed to the game is beyond dispute. But it is equally easy to conclude that the lessons learned over the past 18 years will be rare gold for Rogers in coaching ranks. 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