Fred Van Vleet a Shocker Star

[1972Shocker]

VanVleet named Cousy Award Finalist.

http://www.goshockers.com/pdf9/2658993.pdf?ATCLID=209434075&DB_LANG=C

There are 6 finalists.

2014 Bob Cousy Award Six Finalists
Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Aaron Craft, Ohio State University
Tyler Ennis, Syracuse University
Shabazz Napier, University of Connecticut
Marcus Paige, University of North Carolina
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State University

Congrats Fred. Well deserved.

[Shocker Mama]

VanVleet named Cousy Award Finalist.

http://www.goshockers.com/pdf9/2658993.pdf?ATCLID=209434075&DB_LANG=C

There are 6

2014 Bob Cousy Award Six Finalists
Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Aaron Craft, Ohio State University
Tyler Ennis, Syracuse University
Shabazz Napier, University of Connecticut
Marcus Paige, University of North Carolina
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State University

Great! Thanks for passing that along.

[im4wsu]

Is he really #14 or in a five-way tie for #11?

The numbers were provided in the list,not by me, so it may be rounding.

[1979Shocker]

VanVleet has his Shocker teammates’ ears

Fred VanVleet told Shaq Morris he didn’t want him as a teammate, not the way Morris played that day in Wichita State’s basketball practice in December.
Morris reacted as one might expect, given that tough-love message.

He agreed, just like he agreed last spring when VanVleet called him and told him to study harder.

“He believes in me,” Morris said. “Out of everybody in the locker room, I look at Fred as my big brother, somebody that pushes me.”

VanVleet, a sophomore point guard, turned 20 last month and his teammates agree that age is 10 years short of his behavior.

“He’s just not going around like a fool doing crazy stuff,” senior center Kadeem Coleby said. “He’s humble. He has his priorities in check. When you have someone in that position doing those things, it makes it easy to follow him.”

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/03/15/334...#storylink=cpy

[Shocker Mama]

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/03/15/334...#storylink=cpy

Nice article.

[TheDover1018]

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/03/15/334...#storylink=cpy

This is why I want Fred to coach here eventually.

[1979Shocker]

This is why I want Fred to coach here eventually.

I liked this from the article.

When VanVleet comes off the floor, assistant coaches ask his suggestion for plays that will work, such is their respect for his feel for the game and understanding of the team.

“I’ve never asked a player,” Jans said. “I’ll ask Fred, ‘Hey Fred, what do you think we should run?’ And then I’ll go to (Marshall).”

[another shocker]

This is why I want Fred to coach here eventually.

calm, unselfish leader + talent off the charts.

here we go.

[60Shock]

Just curious.

Why do we have only 15 pages on a player who is and will lead us to GREATNESS?

[im4wsu]

Just curious.

Why do we have only 15 pages on a player who is and will lead us to GREATNESS?

Simple, there is no debate to be had. It is fact. And it has already happened, btw.

[T.VuOP]

Just curious.

Why do we have only 15 pages on a player who is and will lead us to GREATNESS?

My guess is people wait until after the tournament. Some are superstitious. Certainly not me, but I don't want to upset them

[ShockTalk]

Just curious.

Why do we have only 15 pages on a player who is and will lead us to GREATNESS?

Probably because this thread is only part of around 20 threads about Fred with over 70 pages total.

[1979Shocker]

VanVleet always ready for the big guys

Fred VanVleet swears the kid was 7 feet tall. Joe Danforth, his stepdad and coach at the time, said the eighth-grader was 6-8, maybe 6-9.

VanVleet was an undersized fifth-grader playing up on his older brothers’ team in an eighth-grade tournament in Akron, Ohio.

“I didn’t come to the guy’s waist,” VanVleet said. “He was up there.”

The tall kid was getting physical with VanVleet’s brother, Darnell, who was about 5-10.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/03/19/335...#storylink=cpy

[jocoshock]

@iamkylerandle: This squad was serious!!!

Fred VanVleet, Jabari Parker, Billy Garrett, Alvin Ellis & Tommy Hamilton http://twitter.com/iamkylerandle/sta...562944/photo/1

[Shox21]

Fred does like his number 23.