I can not fault their decisions one single bit.
No more than KU fans should fault JoCo, Lawrence, Topeka, Northeast Kansas area folks picking WSU over KU in baseball. (Pat Magness, Jim Audley, John Tetuan, Kent Becker, Kevin Hooper, Albert Minnis, Jordon Cooper, Josh Workman and Rob Musgrave just for starters) - I know I am missing a lot.
The irony is that it appears WSU is headed for its greatest basketball success since 1981 and 1964-65 without the most highly-ranked Wichita players.
Yes, I know, let's wait to see if the Shocks have post-season wins.
We are peering into the future, but things look very, very good for WSU basketball for the next several years.
We have a lot of Kansans our team.
Wessel, Mitchell, Baker, Hasty, and Vautravers.
The 1965 Final Four had a lot of Kansans.
Dave Leach (McPherson)
Vernon Smith (Newton)
Kelly Pete (Wichita East)
Jamie Thompson (Wichita East)
John Criss (Wichita Southeast)
The 1989 National College World Series Champs had the following Kansans on the field when WSU won (6 of 9):
Greg Brummet (Wichita Northwest)
PJ Forbes (Pittsburg)
Pat Meares (Salina Salina Sacred Heart)
Mike Jones (Wichita East)
Todd Dreifort (Wichita Heights)
Jim Audley (Overland Park, Shawnee Mission North)
I know I am missing folks on the bench who contributed.
We are headed for great things.
Kansans competing for WSU do not take a back seat to KU or KSU or anyone else in any sport.
(Apologies for not mentioning folks like Mike Pelfrey, Desiraye Osburn, Andy Dirks, etc.)
No more than KU fans should fault JoCo, Lawrence, Topeka, Northeast Kansas area folks picking WSU over KU in baseball. (Pat Magness, Jim Audley, John Tetuan, Kent Becker, Kevin Hooper, Albert Minnis, Jordon Cooper, Josh Workman and Rob Musgrave just for starters) - I know I am missing a lot.
The irony is that it appears WSU is headed for its greatest basketball success since 1981 and 1964-65 without the most highly-ranked Wichita players.
Yes, I know, let's wait to see if the Shocks have post-season wins.
We are peering into the future, but things look very, very good for WSU basketball for the next several years.
We have a lot of Kansans our team.
Wessel, Mitchell, Baker, Hasty, and Vautravers.
The 1965 Final Four had a lot of Kansans.
Dave Leach (McPherson)
Vernon Smith (Newton)
Kelly Pete (Wichita East)
Jamie Thompson (Wichita East)
John Criss (Wichita Southeast)
The 1989 National College World Series Champs had the following Kansans on the field when WSU won (6 of 9):
Greg Brummet (Wichita Northwest)
PJ Forbes (Pittsburg)
Pat Meares (Salina Salina Sacred Heart)
Mike Jones (Wichita East)
Todd Dreifort (Wichita Heights)
Jim Audley (Overland Park, Shawnee Mission North)
I know I am missing folks on the bench who contributed.
We are headed for great things.
Kansans competing for WSU do not take a back seat to KU or KSU or anyone else in any sport.
(Apologies for not mentioning folks like Mike Pelfrey, Desiraye Osburn, Andy Dirks, etc.)
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