By PETE THAMEL (NYTimes.com) — Satch Sullinger, the father of the Ohio State star Jared Sullinger, is a human fortune cookie. A retired high school and college coach in Ohio, the elder Sullinger speaks in coaching nuggets.

One of his favorite sayings sums up his son’s decision to return to Ohio State for his sophomore year, despite being projected as a top-five pick in the N.B.A. draft.

“Yesterday is history,” Satch likes to say. “Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present.”

While the focus of the college basketball world shifts to Houston this week for the Final Four, Sullinger’s return next season makes Ohio State an early favorite to advance to New Orleans for the 2012 Final Four. The Buckeyes should be No. 1 in the preseason polls, as the coaching staff also expects the junior wing William Buford to return…….

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