Andre Walker - Vanderbilt transfer considering WSU

[InWuWeTrust]

ouch.

[Kung Wu]

So he can sit on a bench for the rest of his career and be a road kill Jayhawk, or he can lace up the boots and make an impact with the Shox. Easy choice.

[kcshocker11]

So he can sit on a bench for the rest of his career and be a road kill Jayhawk, or he can lace up the boots and make an impact with the Shox. Easy choice.

Cant be a road kill Jayhawk-they never go on the road 8) :posterwu:

[Kung Wu]

So he can sit on a bench for the rest of his career and be a road kill Jayhawk, or he can lace up the boots and make an impact with the Shox. Easy choice.

Cant be a road kill Jayhawk-they never go on the road 8) :posterwu:

Haha, I stand corrected. Zombie Jayhawk. Sitting on the bench game after game after game after game after game . . .

[RoyalShock]

From reading the opinion of KU fans, I don't think he'd sit much.

[WuDrWu]

From reading the opinion of KU fans, I don't think he'd sit much.

That's the opinion of fans, and the vast majority of fans (especially KU fans) don't have a very good understanding of coaching.

Andre wouldn't play much as Coach Self is going to develop younger players with more upside. He won't mind sacrificing some early results to get a big payback in the end.

I think there's a better chance he would get limited but important minutes later in the season if other things didn't work out, but he would there as a stop gap fill in only. No upside, no minutes.

[Kung Wu]

From reading the opinion of KU fans, I don't think he'd sit much.

It wasn't my idea ... if a coach that is recruiting you says this:

Monday on a radio show here is what Self had to say about 2011 recruiting:

“I don’t want to say positively we’re done. We’re not actively pursuing anybody right now at all,” Self said. “Things happen in recruiting where things kind of fall your way. Brandon (Rush) fell to us in August. Certainly if we can get a player of that caliber, we wouldn’t shy off that. As of right now, that’s not the case.”

What other conclusion can you draw? In Self's own words, he simply doesn't consider Walker a high caliber player. If you have a team of players that you consider to be "high caliber" and some that aren't .. who's gonna get the PT?

[ShockTalk]

OK. I've probably missed it (not surprising), but if we were to get Mr. Walker, where does the schollie come from?

[tropicalshox]

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"Former Vanderbilt forward Andre Walker visited Wichita State on Monday and Tuesday. It is believed the 6-foot-7 Walker, who is also considering Xavier and Marquette, will not be visiting KU after all. His dad had said earlier this week a trip to KU was in the works."

[tropicalshox]

OK. I've probably missed it (not surprising), but if we were to get Mr. Walker, where does the schollie come from?

You haven't missed it as it has not been announced. But you can rest assured there is room.

[Dan]

My money is on the transfer from Oregon paying his own way this year with a schollie next year. I think we would have heard about him being on scholarship if that were the case.

[tropicalshox]

If I was this guy I would be packing my bags right now for the Rio de Janeiro beaches.

[tropicalshox]

This is from Shockwaves yesterday afternoon. The part about KU already appears out of date. I take it he left town without a decision, and will visit Marquette next. He appears to be down to WSU, Xavier and Marquette.


"Former Vanderbilt forward Andre Walker visited Wichita State on Monday and Tuesday. He played pickup basketball on Monday evening. He has not made a decision on where to play his final season of eligibility. He will visit Kansas soon, according to the Lawrence Journal-World, and Marquette later. Xavier is also in the picture.

Walker (6-foot-7, 220 pounds) has a college degree, so he does not need to sit out. He averaged 3.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 2011 in 15 games at Vanderbilt."


Read more: http://blogs.kansas.com/shockwaves/#ixzz1QgRbyjvb

[Kung Wu]

The real news here is that the Lawrence Journal-World mentioned Wichita State. I would have expected their article to read like this:

Former Vanderbilt forward Andre Walker has been in Kansas since Monday, where he played in a pickup basketball game. He has not made a decision on where to play his final season of eligibility. He will visit Kansas soon, according to the Lawrence Journal-World, and Marquette later. Xavier is also in the picture. ....

[wusphlash]

OK. I've probably missed it (not surprising), but if we were to get Mr. Walker, where does the schollie come from?

You haven't missed it as it has not been announced. But you can rest assured there is room.

Is EO back in the States? Anybody know?