Earl Watson to Rhode Island

[im4wsu]

Stats as of 1/25/13

I cannot explain why the team has played 22 games, but no player has more than 21. Nevertheless:

http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/div1/teams/chipolacollege?view=lineup

No.	33
Name	Earl Watson
Yr	So
Pos	F
gp	21
gs	16
min/g	19.1
fg/g	4.3-7.7
pct	55.6
3pt/g	0.0-0.0
pct	-
ft/g	2.2-3.6
pct	61.3
ppg	10.8
off/g	2.6
def/g	4.8
reb/g	7.4
pf/g	2.5
dq/g	0
ast/g	0.3
to/g	0.9
a/to	0.4
stl/g	0.3
blk/g	1

[shock]

I don't know much about Watson, but it seems we're at the point that if the kid isn't one of the top juco players, he's gonna have a tough time seeing the court for WSU.

I had a nice chat with a player here at Emporia who was at Cowley with me last year. I was talking to him about iwhat it was like to play against CJ, and he said that most Juco player don't give 100% at the juco level so it's really hard to tell just how good a juco player is. I think that is pretty accurate from what I have seen.

[ShockerPrez]

Thanks for the videos!

Damn, we look like we will again have some horses to run.

Question is, will the zone kill our chances to impose our will?

[rrshock]

What is going on with this guy? Is it academics or off the court issues? I have seen others mention issues, but no one is quite sure, or at least if they are, they aren't saying it.

[Dave Stalwart]

He saw we landed Shaq and it got in his head :)

[BleedsGold]

Chipola lost in the District semifinals, so I guess we won't get a chance to see him in Hutch.

[RoyalShock]

Chipola lost in the District semifinals, so I guess we won't get a chance to see him in Hutch.

They could have received an at-large bid, but they didn't.

[wsushox1]

So what's the deal with him not coming here?

[benishock]

So what's the deal with him not coming here?

I heard through the grapevine (purely speculative) that he has academic issues and will not graduate from JUCO.

[pinstripers]

Forgot to post this........Coup[le days ago (maybe Gonzago pre-game show?)......somebody called Mike Kennedy and asked about next year's recruits, Mike spoke about Shack, Bowles, Holland, Derail Green and Kadeem Coleby.........never even mentioned Watson.

[blackandgold]

According to Earl, he's still planning on being here.

[choida]

i think he will be here...i mean, he signed his letter of intent, but Marshall is still over one player, so he might be the odd man out...

[Shox21]

If he doesn't graduate JUCO, how can he still come? We still do have entrance requirements, don't we?

[Dan]

I don't know if anyone knows for sure. Last I checked, school is still in session. All this speculation is meaningless until an announcement is made. As far as I can tell, the only rumors about him not graduating are being originated and spread from this board.

[pinstripers]

I suppose he could walk on, pay his own way, get enough credits to get his degree, than prctice and play on skollie next year. Is that right?