Favorite KSU basketball players of your era

[CatsNShocks]

Askia Jones.

Any dude who wears a SKI necklace and drops 60+ in Madison Square Garden as he's checking out gets my vote. 

the Fresno St game was in manhattan but great vote regardless

I was there. As soon as he crossed half court, he let them fly. It was an unbelievable night.

[bozocat]

1.  RO -- could do ANYTHING...a defensive stopper and a clutch scorer
2.  Evans -- could have averaged 30 easily in the 3-point era
3.  Williams -- ditto
4.  Beasley -- simply the most talented (by far) player ever at KSU.  Wish we could have played at least one more year
5.  Mitch -- didn't get to see many KSU games on the east coast at the time, but a great pro
6.  Ed Nealy -- an over achiever (a slightly less talented Hansbrough), famously stepped on Stipanovich
7.  Walker -- the first superstar recruit
8.  Ty Adams -- a very smooth player; I would have liked to see him play under a less restrictive coach
9.  Jari Wills -- used to party with that guy, fun to watch on the court
10. Cartier -- another smooth player
11. Massey -- only saw him play one game, maximum effort
12. Hoskins -- would have made last year's team a 25-28 win elite eight team
13. Coleman -- not bad for an old dude
14. Henson -- again, didn't get to see many games, but looked like an all-madden type
15. Redding -- the Hawks HATED him... I loved it

 

[Fledermaus]

Era begins around 86 or 87.

1. Michael Beasley
2. Mitch Richmond
3. Steve Henson
4. Bill Walker
5. LaKeith Humphrey
6. Anthony Beane
7. Will Scott
8. Askia Jones
9. Jean Delaware (yeah f off I couldn't spell that crap)
10. Jeremiah Massey

11. David Hoskins

Same era, and i would have almost exactly the same list.  Lots of outstanding & lovable players from the late 1980s.  John Rettiget = all time doofus team.

[KansasForever]

I remember Anthony Beane hit that runner in the lane in '94 to beat us at AFH.  B*stard.  My brother and I had just played a junior high basketball game and were on the bus ride home at the time with the game on the radio.  Bus was split about half and half.  This was back before the two schools took turns destroying each other in one sport only.  Got home just in time to see Beane hit the game winner.

He and Ski were a load.  How the hell did they not make the NCAA Tournament that year? 

[RonLongshaft]

just some of the top of my head... larry reid, massy, swartzendrunmdred, beas, beane, askia, shawn rhodes, henson(maybe a little before my time but kinda remember my brothers loving him) cartier, hatcher and davis combo

[Trim]

Walker
Chris Griffin

[Dr. Funke]

aside from the obvious...

gilson dejesus and justin williams.

no one tried harder than justin williams.

[Skydog]

Blake Young tried pretty hard.

[pwrcat1]

Era begins around 86 or 87.

1. Michael Beasley
2. Mitch Richmond
3. Steve Henson
4. Bill Walker
5. LaKeith Humphrey
6. Anthony Beane
7. Will Scott
8. Askia Jones
9. Jean Delaware (yeah f off I couldn't spell that crap)
10. Jeremiah Massey

11. David Hoskins

used to ref ball with him a lot back in kc.  awesome guy.  probably one of the most humble people i have ever met.

[ksufanatic7]

Surprised at the lack of love for Gilson DeJesus...dude used to rain treys.  Also always kinda liked Tony Kitt and Shawn Rhodes for whatever reason.  Kinda hard to forgive Rhodes for bricking the wide open game tying three in the bram against ku though...

[delusionliveshere]

There was more research done on this thread than all of the 2007 academic year at KSU.  Tough to come up with names when you just started paying attention last year.   

[sonofdaxjones]

I have no particular order, but I'll call my era the time from when I first really started paying attention to K-State until when I left Manhattan:

-Ro  (just a superior basketball player and his NBA career clearly defined that he was)

-Eddie Nealy (textbook rebounder, nice touch from the floor)

-Lonnie Kruger  (maybe one of the smartest players I've saw play for K-State, great athlete as well)

-Steve Soldner (workman inside player that I still say K-State is missing, that 10-10 guy who plays great defense and is just tough)

-Mike Evans  (He'd still own the conference scoring title if they had the 3 point line, period, end of discussion . . . Evans used to drain turn around jumpers from 2 feet beyond the current 3 point line).

-Chuckie Williams:  Another really good shooter, and just a good player

-Tyrone Adams: Nice touch from the corner

-Tim Jankovich:  Poor man's Steve Alford.

-Mitch Richmond:  Inside, outside, on the boards . . . my only knock on Mitch and I really blame this on Kruger is that he tried to do to much at times.  It's a shame that Norris Coleman and Lonnie didn't get along.  Imagine that 1988 team WITH Norris Coleman. 

-Will Scott:  Almost a tragedy we didn't get him until he already had 2 years of Juco ball, just a sweet ass stroke from beyond the arc.

-Charlie Bledsoe:  Another workhorse 10-10 guy who could finish around the basket with authority.

[delusionliveshere]

No love for the central ks boy, Steve Hensen?  He was a stud, imo.

[StayOutOfTrees]

1. Michael Beasley
2. Mitch Richmond
3. Askia Jones
4. Bill Walker
5. Steve Henson
6. David Hoskins
7. Norris Coleman
8. Jeremiah Massey
9. LaKeith Humphrey
10. Will Scott

[Rick Daris]

Why all the love for Lakeith. The dude played one year, raped a chick, got kicked off the team and ended up at some school in Missouri I think. I'd take Jeff Wires over that guy.

[applegate]

At the time, was there ever more disappointment in how Brian Henson turned out?  Steve Henson was the stuff and then his brother, who most agreed was more athletic, showed up and just sucked for a couple years before heading to Washburn to finish up.  '88 was a great year (I was 10).  My list:

1.  Henson
2.  Richmond
3.  Beasley
4.  Ski
5.  Massey
6.  Beane
7.  Hatcher
8.  Norris Coleman
9.  Massop (based on one tip-in alone) game was amazing, spent most of the time yelling at Peeler.

[pissclams]

Little Henson fell in love with a hot cheerleader then blew out his knee, the poor guy didn't have a chance.

[fatty fat fat]

steve henson. LOL, dude was a loser.

[applegate]

Henson on 07-08 KSU probably equals a trip to the at least to the elite eight.  Henson is probably the non-loser-est player from the past twenty years at KSt.  Hated to lose as much, if not more, than Bishop...wouldn't be denied.  On another note, I found a couple b&w 8x10's signed by Michael Smith and Frank Hernandez for me when I was just a small emaw 

[pissclams]

Henson on 07-08 KSU probably equals a trip to the at least to the elite eight.  Henson is probably the non-loser-est player from the past twenty years at KSt.  Hated to lose as much, if not more, than Bishop...wouldn't be denied.  On another note, I found a couple b&w 8x10's signed by Michael Smith and Frank Hernandez for me when I was just a small emaw 

don't worry "aps", fatty is an mu fan at heart.  ask him about lamont frazier.   

[fatty fat fat]

mu fan at heart? lay off the minutemaid.

 

[cireksu]

beas
walker
massey
cartier
Peete

[KansasForever]

I remember Brian Henson at the old "classic" or whatever the hell it was called in Kansas City.  Both ku and K-State playing two loser schools on the same night in Kemper Arena. 

[pissclams]

before Henson Duece blew out his leg he was faster than crap (nickname was white lightining) and he could jump out of the gym.   he just couldn't recover from that injury.

[jaloma58]

other than beas and walker... hoskins, cartier, massey, phineas atchison, gilson dejesus, jarret hart, tim ellis.

[Kat Kid]

Quentin Buchannon, Ivan Sulic, Aaron Schwarzendrubber, Paco May, Matthew Siebrandt, Richie Terry,  Marcello DeBarossa, Travis Canby, Serge Afeli, Travis Reynolds (kicked off the team before season started AND HE WAS ON THE COVER OF THE MEDIA GUIDE!LOL!!)

These men sum up my Kansas State Basketball passion.  They were eminently hecklable, they were lovable losers, they were hilarious to see in person trying to finesse the ladies with tales of Big 12 first round nailbiters and 6 n 10 seasons.

I loved these guys.

Beasley and Walker are a couple of thuggz who sullied the name of our fine institution.

Clent Stewart is a fart face.

Give me Donnie Wallace anyday.

[pissclams]

were you in camp the same years as reynolds and buchannon?   

[Kat Kid]

were you in camp the same years as reynolds and buchannon?   

I played 21 with Aaron Schwarzendrubber and Sean Rhodes.  Tom Asbury b-ball camp baybay!

[cas]

were you in camp the same years as reynolds and buchannon?   

I played 21 with Aaron Schwarzendrubber and Sean Rhodes.  Tom Asbury b-ball camp baybay!

I was only able to settle for two Wooly camps.

[applegate]

At an Altman camp I was at, Mitch Richmond and Jeff Wires returned.  Mitch coached our 5 man squad to the champ. game...where we lost.  Good times spending a few hours a day w/ a (in my mind at the time) a legend.  He also drilled about 25 three's in a row while casually talking to the whole group of campers about staying in school or something equally boring...we were all busy counting the consecutive bombs.  Wires impressed everybody by hammering home a couple of pretty sick dunks and I don't think he cleared 5'10".