|
Post by drairf on May 27, 2015 19:57:51 GMT -5
Fortune and Chukwu seem to be the most bizarre transfers I can remember in my time as a fan.
|
|
|
Post by thewalk on May 27, 2015 20:25:21 GMT -5
Which goes to show we know jack chit about our basketball program...
|
|
|
Post by thumper on May 27, 2015 23:30:31 GMT -5
You certainly do.
PIZZA, SODA, GRINDERS!!!
|
|
|
Post by 4friars on May 28, 2015 9:35:17 GMT -5
Fortune and Chukwu seem to be the most bizarre transfers I can remember in my time as a fan. Agree drairf! Totally unexpected and both with seemingly great opportunities in the following seasons
|
|
|
Post by wtm97 on May 28, 2015 9:59:45 GMT -5
(Ahem)
Fun stuff
|
|
|
Post by johnnypc on May 28, 2015 11:12:53 GMT -5
Is Jack a big man?
|
|
|
Post by Free Weyinmi on Jun 1, 2015 11:03:23 GMT -5
As hissed as I am about Chukwu, I've just renewed my season tickets ... though I waited until today's deadline to ensure the same seats.
|
|
|
Post by thumper on Jun 1, 2015 18:37:35 GMT -5
As hissed as I am about Chukwu, I've just renewed my season tickets ... though I waited until today's deadline to ensure the same seats.Just renewed my 4 today as well, Free. GO PC! PIZZA, SODA, GRINDERS!!!
|
|
|
Post by dex on Jun 2, 2015 7:48:16 GMT -5
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)
Kansas has landed Ole Miss transfer Dwight Coleby, a highly touted center who will redshirt next season and have two years of eligibility remaining.
The Jayhawks will lose a trio of forwards in Perry Ellis, Jamari Traylor and Hunter Mickelson after next season. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound Coleby should be able to help replenish the front court after playing in all 34 games for the Rebels last season.
Coleby, a native of the Bahamas, averaged 5.4 points and 4.8 rebounds last season. He played 16.5 minutes a game for a team that was 21-13 and reached the NCAA Tournament.
Kansas coach Bill Self called Coleby ''exactly what I think we need. He's a big guy that can play either bigs position. He's active. He reminds me a lot of a bigger Jamari.''
|
|
|
Post by charl on Jun 2, 2015 8:21:13 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by pc1971 on Jun 2, 2015 9:49:07 GMT -5
Very strange.Lincoln, Nebraska
|
|
|
Post by dex on Jun 3, 2015 8:02:44 GMT -5
This is the time of year when college coaches are in full recruiting mode because of transfer students and while some may view it as an exciting time, it certainly has its critics.
It just so happens that one of those critics is Michigan State Spartans head men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, and he was not shy about his feelings on the subject.
Speaking to Joe Rexrode of the Detroit Free-Press at a “Coaches Beat Cancer” charity event at a Michigan country club, Izzo further elaborated.
“If we don’t do something in the NCAA, we’re stupid, to use a bad word,” Izzo said of the growing number of players transferring in college basketball. “That’s how, I think if you ask any one of these guys, I don’t know who would say it publicly, but it’s just getting to be a shame. Are we teaching kids anything to fight through? But because of that, you’re always recruiting. And we may fill the spot, we may not.”
Though he was a bit vague in its reasoning, it appears that Izzo isn’t a fan of transfers because he views the process as a means for student-athletes to get out of a non-ideal situation and take their talents somewhere else rather than fight through it and work hard to establish themselves where they were originally.
It’s hard to argue against that, but I don’t think Izzo understands the reasoning why so many players do in fact transfer.
The fact is that a majority of college athletes get into their respective sport because they want a shot at turning professional someday and thus having the means to give themselves and their families better lives than the ones they themselves had growing up. In some cases, that means transferring for all sorts of reasons, from lack of playing time to a coaching change to sometimes the initial choice just not being the right fit. Then, there are graduate transfers, players who graduate in less than four years and transfer to another school just so they can star on one squad for their final year of eligibility.
It’s also funny that Izzo would say this because at the moment, he and his staff are working hard to land 7’2″ transfer Paschal Chukwu, formerly of Providence College. Given these comments, one can’t help but consider that Chukwu may have second thoughts about playing for a coach whose opinion on transfers isn’t exactly positive.
Just the same, it’s all about building a winning team and given how much Michigan State needs a low post presence, Izzo recruiting Chukwu is a good decision regardless of his feelings on transferring.
Michigan State went 27-12 (12-6 Big Ten) last season and went on a great run in the NCAA Tournament before losing to eventual champion Duke in the Final Four. Since Izzo took over as head coach back in 1995, the team is 495-199 (233-107 Big Ten) with seven trips to the Final Four, four Big Ten titles and one national championship.
|
|
|
Post by TheInfoMan on Jun 3, 2015 9:47:33 GMT -5
Jon Rothstein @jonrothstein 3h3 hours ago Paschal Chukwu will visit Kansas today, sources told @cbssports. Just visited Nebraska. Will also visit Iona unofficially later this week.
Here's the killer: with LeGerald Vick reclassifying to 2015 and with transfer center Dwight Coleby coming aboard as Dex noted yesterday, Kansas has no schollies to give.
How does it feel to be recruited over two days before your official visit, eh Paschal??
|
|
|
Post by dex on Jun 3, 2015 9:53:16 GMT -5
Give it to him o' Man Of Info
these coaches are so crooked that the lack of a ship is no big deal...and that big guy will now be told he's a PF LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Hope he goes to Michigan St and has to listen to Izzo yelling at him every day
"dirty rotten scoundrel"
|
|
|
Post by TheInfoMan on Jun 3, 2015 11:49:02 GMT -5
Half of me wants to refer to our former player as "Thump" so as to never utter or type his name again.
The other half views his as the 'prodigal son' who I would forgive and take back in a minute if he ever changed his mind.
As the bloodied, head-banging, always in despair PC fan that I am, I see the necessity of leaving that door open.
|
|