Beasley wavering?

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Nike's enthusiasm, no doubt, was buoyed by the recruiting momentum Beasley would create. He'll be an ultra-high-profile, likely one-and-done player at the three or the four position in 2007-08; more importantly, he may pave the way for future five-star recruits to enlist with Huggins and turn K-State into a powerhouse. Recruiting Web sites list Beasley as a K-State commitment, and when I met him at Elite 24 Hoops Classic two weeks ago, he told me he was "positively" headed to Manhattan. "I'm signing," he said. "I'm doing whatever I've gotta do to get there."

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One of the other high schoolers who plans to arrive is 6-foot-6 small forward Bill Walker of Cincinnati (ranked No. 8 overall by scout.com), of whom Beasley said, "If I can get him, we don't need anybody else." Also on hand will be 6-7 power forward DeJuan Blair (No. 44 overall) and 6-5 shooting guard D.J. Kennedy, both of Pittsburgh, and 6-4 point guard Marcus Thornton, a highly touted Texas juco star.

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http://boards.kusports.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=462550&an=0&page=0#462550

[sonofdaxjones]

If you really want to look at a Squawk Tardsville in action ... go to kusports.com message boards.

Plus outside of ku's money from Nike for basketball prior to the inflated (MSRP based) Adidas contract, the money ku got from Nike wasn't exactly huge.

What Nike probably realizes is that KSU is consistently in the Top 20-30 in terms of license dollars, which means there's a lot of KSU product moving out in the market place.   KSU ended FY2006 #30 (out of over 200 schools signed on with CLC) in license dollars ... and Nike was the #1 Apparel Licensee.   KSU is constantly between #20 - #30 in the rankings.

[fatty fat fat]

I don't think a ku fan wrote that though.

I think the recruiting expert who did the article is in for a rude awakening come sept. 23. The GRCOATees will love MHK.

[hillwalking03]

If you really want to look at a Squawk Tardsville in action ... go to kusports.com message boards.

Plus outside of ku's money from Nike for basketball prior to the inflated (MSRP based) Adidas contract, the money ku got from Nike wasn't exactly huge.

What Nike probably realizes is that KSU is consistently in the Top 20-30 in terms of license dollars, which means there's a lot of KSU product moving out in the market place.   KSU ended FY2006 #30 (out of over 200 schools signed on with CLC) in license dollars ... and Nike was the #1 Apparel Licensee.   KSU is constantly between #20 - #30 in the rankings.

True but ku is consistantly higher.  We were #22, you guys were #30.  But sure, the adidas contract is inflated.

[sonofdaxjones]

Okay it's not inflated.

Adida's did not use MSRP to determine the value of the equipment given to ku.


Plus, I wasn't talking about ku's licensing ranking ... and I would hope that a school that has thousands more students and alumni then KSU would be able to be marginally higher then KSU in such a ranking.

[pissclams]

The article was great and spot on.
The posts after it were typical ku-hates-KSU-and-can't-stand-the-attention-we're-getting-over-them-in-basketball crap that we read everyday.

[fatty fat fat]

Didn't Ksuck have an LA Gear contract about 15 years ago?

 

[sonofdaxjones]

I remember Reebok.

Heck ... under Jack, KSU was an Adidas school ... Kangaroo Leathe shoes in fact, purple for road games, white at home.

[pissclams]

Didn't Ksuck have an LA Gear contract about 15 years ago?

 

We were- it was during the Altman era. 

[sonofdaxjones]

LA Gear was marketing hard back then ... I remember ku had Puma for awhile ... Puma.

Oh, prior to Adidas, KSU had Converse.

[chum1]

Damn, Converse rules.  It's too bad the young players wouldn't be down with it.

[Saulbadguy]

I wish Huggins would have got us a British Knights contract.

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[chum1]

Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" isn't a good theme for tHugg ball.

[pissclams]

You guys are all nuts, it's the Timberland contract Huggs is really working hard on landing.  Our kids are gonna be so good they'll come in from robbing Dara's and hop right onto the court and score 40 (after stealing/drinking one).

[ksuno1stunner]

You guys are all nuts, it's the Timberland contract Huggs is really working hard on landing.  Our kids are gonna be so good they'll come in from robbing Dara's and hop right onto the court and score 40 (after stealing/drinking one).

jerseys should be made by phat farm/ecko/whatever or just a plain white tee.  doo rags and headbands are a necessity.

[wildcat79]

One of the other high schoolers who plans to arrive is 6-foot-6 small forward Bill Walker of Cincinnati (ranked No. 8 overall by scout.com), of whom Beasley said, "If I can get him, we don't need anybody else." Also on hand will be 6-7 power forward DeJuan Blair (No. 44 overall) and 6-5 shooting guard D.J. Kennedy, both of Pittsburgh, and 6-4 point guard Marcus Thornton, a highly touted Texas juco star.


Dam it I like that thought!