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Title: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 08:57:05 AM
Who, out of this group, would you give up Bennett, Colon, or both to have?

Jeremiah Massey
Justin Williams
Pervis Pasco
Matt Seibrandt
Kelvin Howell*
Travis Reynolds*

*Not technically Wooldridge recruits, but what the hell.

Personally, I'd probably take all the guys in the Wooly list over Bennett or Colon...Seibrandt's probably the only one who wouldn't fit with Huggs....at all.  I think he'd get along great with the rest of them.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: jarrr on November 22, 2006, 09:07:11 AM
Bennett and Colon are projects, on any other team in the country theyd be riding the bench and possibly redshirting. They arent ready for big minutes. I really like their potential though.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: Saulbadguy on November 22, 2006, 09:09:46 AM
I wouldn't give up either of them.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: catzacker on November 22, 2006, 09:14:31 AM
I'd take Massey for Bennett, right now...in two years I wouldn't give up either of them. 
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: sys on November 22, 2006, 09:14:58 AM
Who, out of this group, would you give up Bennett, Colon, or both to have?

Jeremiah Massey
Justin Williams
Pervis Pasco
Matt Seibrandt
Kelvin Howell*
Travis Reynolds*

*Not technically Wooldridge recruits, but what the hell.

Personally, I'd probably take all the guys in the Wooly list over Bennett or Colon...Seibrandt's probably the only one who wouldn't fit with Huggs....at all.  I think he'd get along great with the rest of them.

i would probably just take pasco, williams, and massey over both.  howell and seibrandt over one of the 2 just to have a guy more ready this year to go with the freshmen project.

i don´t think reynolds gives you anything hoskins, martin, or even yearby can´t.  don´t get me wrong, i loved watching that guy play, but he had no talent at all.  just effort.

good point about wooldridge getting decent bigs.  but then, he should have.  there weren´t many coaches in college bball more dedicated to running an offense through a big than wooldridge.  given that, i think he should have been able to recruit bigs better than he did.  can you imagine the kind of numbers a truly talented big could have put up in wooldridge´s system?
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: coitus on November 22, 2006, 09:15:50 AM
all the wooly recruits came in as sophomores (seabass) or juniors.

ask the question again in a year or two, and the answer will make more sense.

i'd trade yearby for travis reynolds in a heartbeat.

and afeli for any of them.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 09:18:24 AM
all the wooly recruits came in as sophomores (seabass) or juniors.

ask the question again in a year or two, and the answer will make more sense.
And all (except Williams) averaged double figures right away.

Will Colon or Bennett average double figures next season?  Doubtful.   By year 3?   Maybe.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: Saulbadguy on November 22, 2006, 09:20:04 AM
all the wooly recruits came in as sophomores (seabass) or juniors.

ask the question again in a year or two, and the answer will make more sense.
And all (except Williams) averaged double figures right away.

Will Colon or Bennett average double figures next season?  Doubtful.   By year 3?   Maybe.
Should they? When we have players like Bill Walker and Michael Beasley?
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: chum1 on November 22, 2006, 09:45:17 AM
Like all of Woolridge's other players, they suck at shooting the ball, too.  We don't seem to be sacrificing a whole hell of a lot without them in other areas like rebounding.  They wouldn't help us out all that much this year.  Besides, all of Wooldrige's players on our current suck, so why wouldn't these guys also suck on our current team?
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: snart on November 22, 2006, 10:04:29 AM
Bennett and Colon will both be solid contributors in their Junior and Senior years.  They may be able to provide some solid play in their Sophomore year.  This year, however, they are going to be frustrating to watch...
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: coitus on November 22, 2006, 10:24:47 AM
all the wooly recruits came in as sophomores (seabass) or juniors.

ask the question again in a year or two, and the answer will make more sense.
And all (except Williams) averaged double figures right away.

Will Colon or Bennett average double figures next season?  Doubtful.   By year 3?   Maybe.

pasco and massey didn't average double figures until their junior year.  seibrandt didn't average double figures until his senior year.  williams never averaged double figures.

so i guess in order for you to have a point, you'll have to wait until bennet and colon are juniors.  at least.

also funny that you left out a great many wooldridge post recruits.  i guess accurate comparisons aren't your thing.

Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 10:28:36 AM
also funny that you left out a great many wooldridge post recruits.

Like who?
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: coitus on November 22, 2006, 10:32:05 AM
hughes, afeli, diarra, canby, dabarrosa, hayden
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: pissclams on November 22, 2006, 10:33:28 AM
LOL
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: BrotherDDay on November 22, 2006, 10:33:48 AM
all the wooly recruits came in as sophomores (seabass) or juniors.

ask the question again in a year or two, and the answer will make more sense.
And all (except Williams) averaged double figures right away.

Will Colon or Bennett average double figures next season?  Doubtful.   By year 3?   Maybe.

Would the be able to play defense for Huggins?  That side of the court is more important to Huggins.  Wooly didn't really care about defense.

Also, even though some of those guys could score some points, they suffered from some serious brain cramps.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: BrotherDDay on November 22, 2006, 10:36:00 AM
hughes, afeli, diarra, canby, dabarrosa, hayden

Don't forget about the one's who never showed up: Cisse and the French version of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: sys on November 22, 2006, 10:39:32 AM
pasco and massey didn't average double figures until their junior year. 

no?  i´m pretty sure massey averaged around 25-26 his soph. year.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 10:43:04 AM
hughes, afeli, diarra, canby, dabarrosa, hayden

Oh yeah, there's probably a reason I forgot those guys.  :)

Hughes:  Horrible
Afeli:  On the team anyway
Diarra:  not good
DaBarossa:  Not really a big man
Hayden:  Honestly, he was better as a frosh than Colon or Bennett will be.
Canby: ugh
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: sys on November 22, 2006, 10:46:06 AM
Diarra:  not good

i liked diarra.  good defender.  should have rebounded better.  no moves, but he was good with his little face up jumper that no one wanted to guard.

i´d take him on this year´s team.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 10:46:25 AM

Would the be able to play defense for Huggins?  That side of the court is more important to Huggins.  Wooly didn't really care about defense.


Seriously?

Speaking of brain cramps, did Colon really forget to put on his jersey Sat. night?
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: coitus on November 22, 2006, 10:50:03 AM
don't tell wooly that dabarrosa wasn't a post player.  he kept him in there for two years, and he was just as tall as massey and hayden.

regardless, none of wooly's post recruits ever averaged double figures until their junior or senior year.

we'll see in a couple if bennet or colon measure up.

Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: ECN on November 22, 2006, 10:53:08 AM
im gonna ask a dumb question..and its only cause i cant remember or didnt care when i heard it...
but what happened to hayden?
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 10:57:43 AM
regardless, none of wooly's post recruits ever averaged double figures until their junior or senior year.

While that's true, what good does that do us now?

I think we'd be better off this year (and possibly in the long term) with a Juco big averaging 10-15 ppg to complement Bennett and/or Colon.

Really, what's the advantage of getting 2 HS players that are mediocre at best for a year when a guy like Wooly could pretty much get a Juco big to score double figures every year but one?

I'm not saying go all Juco, and I'm not upset about having Bennett and Colon on the team, but I think we could be better off with a decent Juco in the mix.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: sys on November 22, 2006, 11:03:11 AM
rusty,
i was pretty anti-bennett when i first saw clips and stats on him in hs.  but i decided i could live with a year of him instead of a decent (KW) or a good (the guy who went to GA) juco pf if it meant better chemistry between a defense minded true center and beasley than you would get between young superfrosh pf and senior juco pf.

i assume that was huggins idea in not going juco last spring.  otherwise i can´t understand it.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 11:08:19 AM
but i decided i could live with a year of him instead of a decent (KW) or a good (the guy who went to GA) juco pf if it meant better chemistry between a defense minded true center and beasley than you would get between young superfrosh pf and senior juco pf.

i assume that was huggins ideas in not going juco last spring.  otherwise i can´t understand it.

Didn't think of it that way.

Makes sense.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: chum1 on November 22, 2006, 11:18:34 AM
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Andy, you interested in a big man?  I just don't have any room for him.

Player GP PPG FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PTM 3PTA 3PT%
Kenny Williams 3 5.7 7 15 46.7 3 6 50 0 0 0
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: coitus on November 22, 2006, 11:26:41 AM
i think huggins was thinking of more than just the 2006-7 season when he signed bennet and colon.

Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: snart on November 22, 2006, 12:02:58 PM
I think Huggins would have loved to have Kenny Williams.  It seems it was K-State's administration that wasn't in love...
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: chum1 on November 22, 2006, 12:22:40 PM
Could be.  I just always assumed that no one really tried to get KW eligible on account of a decision by Huggins.  It seems like he could have been here if they really wanted him to be.

I just like the idea of having an NBA sized line-up.  It obviously doesn't guarantee success, but it certainly seems like a team could be really, really good if they could make it work.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: cireksu on November 22, 2006, 03:08:46 PM
Sorry if this  has already been brought up but all wooly's best post guys were jucos. 

this is an unfair comparison until bennett and colon are juniors.  they will be much much better.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on November 22, 2006, 03:28:57 PM
Sorry if this  has already been brought up but all wooly's best post guys were jucos. 

this is an unfair comparison until bennett and colon are juniors.  they will be much much better.

No, it's not, because you don't get two below-average to mediocre years from quality juco's.

We don't have the 5-8 rule anymore.  It doesn't hurt you much to take impact Juco's over non-impact freshman.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: pwrcatjd49 on November 22, 2006, 05:38:04 PM
im gonna ask a dumb question..and its only cause i cant remember or didnt care when i heard it...
but what happened to hayden?
Didn't he get pistol whipped and started having migraines all the time?
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: BarryMcCockner on November 24, 2006, 08:50:27 PM
Speaking of brain cramps, did Colon really forget to put on his jersey Sat. night?

It was the night that Bennett started, whenever that was....Colon was supposed to start, but when he got ready to take off his warmup...   :banghead:
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: Kat Kid on February 08, 2007, 11:31:59 AM
Colon and Bennett are 4 year guys.  Massey comes really close, but I'd have a hard time not taking the two extra years and potential for growth than two-years of Massey.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: sys on February 08, 2007, 12:20:34 PM
Colon and Bennett are 4 year guys.  Massey comes really close, but I'd have a hard time not taking the two extra years and potential for growth than two-years of Massey.

that is 2 years of dead weight with the 4 year players.  2 successive good jucos is far better than a 4 year player that takes 2 years to contribute.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: Kat Kid on February 08, 2007, 01:04:39 PM
Colon and Bennett are 4 year guys.  Massey comes really close, but I'd have a hard time not taking the two extra years and potential for growth than two-years of Massey.

that is 2 years of dead weight with the 4 year players.  2 successive good jucos is far better than a 4 year player that takes 2 years to contribute.

Imagine what Massey could've been with 4 years at D1.  I can't be sure, but I think he would've been better than he was his senior year here.  That is the difference.  You have two possibly unproductive years that pay bigger dividends in the last two.  It is not a sure thing, but it is a feeling I have about Bennett in particular.  Part of Wooly's problems stemmed from his inability to keep anyone here 4 years, so I could be overreacting to that but I think there is something to be said for continuity.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: fatty fat fat on February 08, 2007, 01:09:24 PM

Imagine what Massey could've been with 4 years at D1.  I can't be sure, but I think he would've been better than he was his senior year here. 

That's a scary thought.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: michigancat on February 08, 2007, 01:13:55 PM
Part of Wooly's problems stemmed from his inability to keep anyone here 4 years, so I could be overreacting to that but I think there is something to be said for continuity.

See:  Travis Canby, Quentin Buchanan*

*The two guys he spent the most time with.


Wooly's problem was he couldn't get any GOOD players to stay.  Also, Juco's hurt a ton more when the 5-8 rule existed.


If we're worried about continuity, we shouldn't go after the Beasleys and Walkers of the world.
Title: Re: Bennett, Colon vs. Wooly's big men.
Post by: ksu_FAN on February 08, 2007, 01:52:21 PM
Part of Wooly's problems stemmed from his inability to keep anyone here 4 years, so I could be overreacting to that but I think there is something to be said for continuity.

See:  Travis Canby, Quentin Buchanan*

*The two guys he spent the most time with.


Wooly's problem was he couldn't get any GOOD players to stay.  Also, Juco's hurt a ton more when the 5-8 rule existed.


If we're worried about continuity, we shouldn't go after the Beasleys and Walkers of the world.

There goes a Woolite blaming the 5-8 rule again.  :rolleyes: