Lon Kruger is a genius

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When Lon Kruger took over at UNLV he actually got one of his best players without even using a scholarship.

Lon's son, Kevin Kruger, had been mostly languishing at Arizona State. He was a 5th year/freshman redshirt and had one year of eligibility remaing, but because of the new NCAA rule, he could transfer without penalty and did so, coming to UNLV.

He has been one of their superstas, and was again today, with 16 points against Wisconsin. In fact, Kevin outplayed the All-Big Ten, Big Ten POY, All American Alando Tucker.
Tucker was 1-6 from 3-pt, 4-11 overall and had 17 pts, while Kevin was 4-9 from 3-pt, 4-10 overall, and had 16 points.
Kruger also had 6 rebs and 7 assists with ZERO turnovers.

Nice get by Lon.



One other thought...just less than a year ago, Oregon's Ernie Kent was under heavy pressure, and many wanted him fired.

http://resonateddesk.blogspot.com/2006/01/fire-ernie-kent.html

[IlliBraves]

Lon Kruger is a big reason why Illinois basketball has been so successful. He took a team that finished in last place in the Big Ten in 1998 to going to the Elite Eight in 2001.

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Re: Lon Kruger is a genius

When Lon Kruger took over at UNLV he actually got one of his best players without even using a scholarship.

Lon's son, Kevin Kruger, had been mostly languishing at Arizona State. He was a 5th year/freshman redshirt and had one year of eligibility remaing, but because of the new NCAA rule, he could transfer without penalty and did so, coming to UNLV.

He has been one of their superstas, and was again today, with 16 points against Wisconsin. In fact, Kevin outplayed the All-Big Ten, Big Ten POY, All American Alando Tucker.
Tucker was 1-6 from 3-pt, 4-11 overall and had 17 pts, while Kevin was 4-9 from 3-pt, 4-10 overall, and had 16 points.
Kruger also had 6 rebs and 7 assists with ZERO turnovers.

Nice get by Lon.



One other thought...just less than a year ago, Oregon's Ernie Kent was under heavy pressure, and many wanted him fired.
http://resonateddesk.blogspot.com/20...rnie-kent.html

UNLV isn't the only program that got the benefit of a transfer under that new NCAA rule that allowed Kevin Kruger to come to UNLV and be immediately eligible.

Bob Huggins at Kansas got Jermaine Maybank, a 5th year transfer from St. Johns who was also immediately eligible.
While the Wisconsin people are among those who called upon the NCAA to rescind the rule (which they did), nobody seems to notice that Huggins cashed in on it, too, with Maybank having a decent season.