Tyree...

[michigancat]

Another question...is he going to class at Butler, and if he does poorly enough academically, could it affect his D1 eligibility in the future?

[ScubaSteve]

It's time for KSU to honor the promises made by its representatives.

Whatever dude.  You are not worthy of my time.

[michigancat]

FWIW, I wouldn't listen to this guy, either.

[AzCat]

It's time for KSU to honor the promises made by its representatives.

Whatever dude.  You are not worthy of my time.

Translation, "I [Steve] have nothing."  Nice tap out.

[AzCat]

FWIW, I wouldn't listen to this guy, either.

Looks like a yuppie douchebag to me. 

[Jeffrey_Martin]

Another question...is he going to class at Butler, and if he does poorly enough academically, could it affect his D1 eligibility in the future?

Taking classes. Academic standing shouldn't be an issue.

[HawkLegend]

How would you compare Evans to JamesOn Curry of Oklahoma State?

[ScubaSteve]

How would you compare Evans to JamesOn Curry of Oklahoma State?

Jameson Curry leads his team.  Tyree gets thrown off of his.

[opcat]

Are we off Thornton's list.

Yes or no please.

[sonofdaxjones]

Jameson Curry plays at Oklahoma State, and already has a rap sheet a mile long.  He can't afford to cause any trouble.

Tyree Evans plays for a weirdo at a Kansas JC, and got caught up in what I would call nothing more then a East Coast prep school sex scandal.   

[WildCatzPhreak]

I hope we get Tyree.

I think the "Weef" may overrule Weiser here, just like he did two years ago when retaining Woolly.

[GoldbrickGangBoss]

The Weef doesn't have the Boss Bill MFing Snyder to back him up. He's getting old.

Weiser has taken over.

[ChicoRodriguez]

LOL @ Scuba Steve. 

The Butler staff has some major issues right now.  They've walked out of every single practice the last two weeks.  Not the players, the coaches!  Smithson has checked out.  Tony Durant, Kevin's brother, quit the team a couple days ago.

All of the players that are still there are fed up with him and the coaching staff.  The players voted a couple days ago to not have the coaches come to practice. 

Look, Tyree is, for the most part, staying out of trouble.  He isn't  a head case.  He's doing everything he needs to do to make it here. 

[Leyton]

I used to think that Weiser and Co. should keep Evans away from KSU just to avoid the negative exposure (mainly since I didn't think it would be too tough for Huggs to find a replacement).  First of all, let's be realistic - no matter what OUR character issues are with Evans, the only thing standing between him and a purple and white uniform is his statutory rape charge (or whatever it ended up being called).  Even if he HAD done the deed, which J-Mart seems to have decided is not the case (w00t!), it would be a travesty to bar the guy from a school where a significant fraction of the undergrads have engaged in the very same "vice."  If J-Mart is all in, I'm all in.  I'd be happy enough with Marcus Thornton, but I think it'd just be wrong (and selfish) to deny this cat access to the Bram (and what is apparently his long-time dream, playing for Bob Huggins).  Looking forward to the article, Jeffrey.

[michigancat]

LOL @ Scuba Steve. 

The Butler staff has some major issues right now.  They've walked out of every single practice the last two weeks.  Not the players, the coaches!  Smithson has checked out.  Tony Durant, Kevin's brother, quit the team a couple days ago.

All of the players that are still there are fed up with him and the coaching staff.  The players voted a couple days ago to not have the coaches come to practice. 

Look, Tyree is, for the most part, staying out of trouble.  He isn't  a head case.  He's doing everything he needs to do to make it here. 

friggin LOL

[cireksu]

LOL@ juco players, a friend of mine went to Independence CC, he was the only white guy on the team, he said the other guys wouldn't even give him the ball because he was white, and they all hated the coach because he was white and they were very open about this.

[michigancat]

LOL@ juco players, a friend of mine went to Independence CC, he was the only white guy on the team, he said the other guys wouldn't even give him the ball because he was white, and they all hated the coach because he was white and they were very open about this.

Did he play with Murda?

[cireksu]

I don't know, he was there in 00/01 and the whole coaching staff quit, or was fired or something, so he played at D-2 after that I think.

[sys]

tyree is bigger than the team.

definitely agree.  is anyone else on the team or staff ever going to impact ksu´s bball program?  no.  qed, evans is more important than the rest of them.

[Trim]

No one is the angel they're sometimes portrayed to be.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that Walker and Beasley are angels sent from heaven to Manhattan.

[ScubaSteve]

LOL @ Scuba Steve. 

The Butler staff has some major issues right now.  They've walked out of every single practice the last two weeks.  Not the players, the coaches!  Smithson has checked out.  Tony Durant, Kevin's brother, quit the team a couple days ago.

All of the players that are still there are fed up with him and the coaching staff.  The players voted a couple days ago to not have the coaches come to practice. 

Look, Tyree is, for the most part, staying out of trouble.  He isn't  a head case.  He's doing everything he needs to do to make it here. 

I have not talked to anyone over there the last couple of weeks, but it doesn't matter.  I know the coaching staff has issues over there.  I know that Smithson is a lame duck.  I know that has caused problems.  It doesn't change my opinion. 

LOL if you want.  The coach is the coach.... period.  You do what you are told... period.  There are a whole lot of players still playing over there under whatever the circumstances are.  I'd take any one of those before I took Tyree.  I don't care what Smithson's personal problems are, he's a good coach and gets results.  Huggins obviously thought so, or was he making an error in character judgement?

Tyree may very well make it to Manhattan, but he's got a long way to go before I become a fan and it has nothing to do with his sexual escapades.

[WildCatzPhreak]

I have a hard time believing Tyree would act the same around Huggins.

The kid loves him.  I'll tell you one thing; he didn't come out to Butler to play basketball because he thought ButlerCC had an amazing basketball program.  He went there because he wants to be coached by Huggins so badly that he moved across the country to go to a random community college just because he thought it would give him a better chance to play for Huggs.

I'm pretty sure player/coach relationship between Huggs and Tyree will not be a problem.

[chum1]

In other news, the world's largest stick - missing for nearly three days - was just found up ScubaSteve's ass.

[bigboiksu]

well we need tyree we need a guard that can slash and go to the hole and stop sitting around the arc waiting for hoskins and beasley to curl and do all the work next year we need some one to go to the rack and get to the line because our bigs aren't going to get any better so we need some one who can attack the basket and get penetration and draw some fouls cause if you get to the line you win games and thats something that this years team hasn't been able to do and tyree can do that for us next year and as far as him being a bad attitude the kid will listen to anything huggy says he brought him her to play at butler so what makes you think that huggs can't control him?

[ksu_FAN]

well we need tyree we need a guard that can slash and go to the hole and stop sitting around the arc waiting for hoskins and beasley to curl and do all the work next year we need some one to go to the rack and get to the line because our bigs aren't going to get any better so we need some one who can attack the basket and get penetration and draw some fouls cause if you get to the line you win games and thats something that this years team hasn't been able to do and tyree can do that for us next year and as far as him being a bad attitude the kid will listen to anything huggy says he brought him her to play at butler so what makes you think that huggs can't control him?

That's a long sentence.  FWIW, we lead the league (Big 12 games only) in FT attempts per game and have scored more from the line than anyone.

[coitus]

the real test....

fan - who would you rather see at sg, your boy clent, or tyree?

[WildCatzPhreak]

I am under the impression Tyree is more of a shooter than a slasher.

If you're looking for a slasher, Pullen is your man.

[ksu_FAN]

the real test....

fan - who would you rather see at sg, your boy clent, or tyree?

Starting:
Clent at PG for 25 MPG
Tyree at SG for 20 MPG

Off the bench:
Young where needed for 15 MPG
Pullen where needed for 10 MPG
Brown where needed for 10 MPG

Those numbers could change as the season goes along, but that's how I see things at the start.  Of course Huggs will adjust to match-ups accordingly.

I don't see Clent losing the starting PG spot next year and I think if Evans is at KSU he's the starter at SG.  Unless Pullen and Brown are way underrated 10 minutes perhaps progressing to 12-15 per game is reasonable and a great way to allow them to develop slowly.  I think Huggs comments about Colon and Bennett "having to play" this year says that he likes to let his guys develop slowly.  Of course for talents like Beasley and Walker that doesn't apply.

[wildcat79]

scuba, History is replete with Smithsons miss steps. He is no where nor will he ever  be the coach that his father was.  I wouldn't let  Smithson coach Biddy BB if I had anything to do with it! JMO The wheels are coming off that program right now.  Evans will do just fine in the KSU program. Bring him!

[michigancat]

I am under the impression Tyree is more of a shooter than a slasher.

If you're looking for a slasher, Pullen is your man.

Watch Tyree's Rivals video.