I don't want to keep beating on this thing, but again it appears that KU just outsourced their recruiting to Adidas. I suspect Self and company just told Adidas what they needed and Adidas found'em and sent them KU's way. Pretty novel approach. Or, maybe KU just outsourced their national recruiting to Adidas while using their own staff for more regional recruiting. Very corporate, but clearly effective.
I think K-State needs to adopt this model with Nike.