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It has been mentioned a few times that Dyricus Simms-Edwards is considering 3 or possibly 4 school choices, that include Bradley, Northern Iowa, Kansas State, and possibly still Saint Louis.
Jim Mattson's interview suggested those four schools above are in the running, but Dave Reynolds' column said it was down to BU/KSU/UNI.
Dave himself also said this.... "I'd guess that K-State has the inside track", and it sounds reasonable
as most kids want to aim to play on the biggest stage!
But here are just a few thoughts about Kansas State, and I hope Dyricus is listening..........
--they presently don't appear to have an open scholarship for 2009...but who knows what will happen.
Even if they do anticipate an open scholarship, I doubt they'll sit on it forever, as there are a whole lot
of top kids out there leaving schools like Kentucky, Memphis, etc...and I suspect K-State wouldn't mind
stocking up for the future by going after them...especially DeMarcus Cousins, that supposedly Martin really covets.
--it is very likely Dyricus will find virtually NO playing time there for a couple years, and may even be asked to redshirt.
The reasons are obvious below...
--right now, their PG is Jacob Pullen. He is a sophomore, so he's going to be their #1 PG for two more years,
just in case DSE was thinking of playing some PG.
--Their shooting guard status is pretty solid right now. Denis Clemente is their best player, and he's back next year.
(he is a PG/SG....can play both positions and is their top scorer.)
Their second shooting guard, Fred Brown, also an occasional starter, is among their four top returnees and they also
have a juco SG, Buchi Awaji, who'll be a senior next year, and he also plays double digit minutes.
--then of their incoming recruits already signed for next year, two of them are SG's...
6-4 Rodney McGruder (long time teammate of their 5-Star kid, Wally Judge) and 6-4 Nick Russell...both more
highly rated nationally than DSE.
and they also have another PG coming in, Will Spradling...and two other combo guards...Jordan Henriquez & Devon Peterson.
I hope DSE realizes he might just be on their list as just a deep fall back if they do have a scholarship.
Dyricus isn't even mentioned one time by K-State fans on any of their message boards...they seemingly couldn't care less about him there...
--lastly, sure it's a bigger stage, but go ask kids like Bill Cole, DeAaron Williams, Nathan Koster, Nick Fruendt,
Brandon Holtz, etc....that if they aim too high, they never play.
I can't say if they still were happy where they were, some were not and transferred.
Jim Mattson's interview suggested those four schools above are in the running, but Dave Reynolds' column said it was down to BU/KSU/UNI.
Dave himself also said this.... "I'd guess that K-State has the inside track", and it sounds reasonable
as most kids want to aim to play on the biggest stage!
But here are just a few thoughts about Kansas State, and I hope Dyricus is listening..........
--they presently don't appear to have an open scholarship for 2009...but who knows what will happen.
Even if they do anticipate an open scholarship, I doubt they'll sit on it forever, as there are a whole lot
of top kids out there leaving schools like Kentucky, Memphis, etc...and I suspect K-State wouldn't mind
stocking up for the future by going after them...especially DeMarcus Cousins, that supposedly Martin really covets.
--it is very likely Dyricus will find virtually NO playing time there for a couple years, and may even be asked to redshirt.
The reasons are obvious below...
--right now, their PG is Jacob Pullen. He is a sophomore, so he's going to be their #1 PG for two more years,
just in case DSE was thinking of playing some PG.
--Their shooting guard status is pretty solid right now. Denis Clemente is their best player, and he's back next year.
(he is a PG/SG....can play both positions and is their top scorer.)
Their second shooting guard, Fred Brown, also an occasional starter, is among their four top returnees and they also
have a juco SG, Buchi Awaji, who'll be a senior next year, and he also plays double digit minutes.
--then of their incoming recruits already signed for next year, two of them are SG's...
6-4 Rodney McGruder (long time teammate of their 5-Star kid, Wally Judge) and 6-4 Nick Russell...both more
highly rated nationally than DSE.
and they also have another PG coming in, Will Spradling...and two other combo guards...Jordan Henriquez & Devon Peterson.
I hope DSE realizes he might just be on their list as just a deep fall back if they do have a scholarship.
Dyricus isn't even mentioned one time by K-State fans on any of their message boards...they seemingly couldn't care less about him there...
--lastly, sure it's a bigger stage, but go ask kids like Bill Cole, DeAaron Williams, Nathan Koster, Nick Fruendt,
Brandon Holtz, etc....that if they aim too high, they never play.
I can't say if they still were happy where they were, some were not and transferred.
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