Andrew Wiggins Class of 2013 to KU

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Maybe Andrew will drive to Wichita and take in a few WSU games.

I don't see how Wiggins making a road trip to Wichita to watch the Shox (during his own basketball season) would even be possible.

[XManCometh]

I don't see how Wiggins making a road trip to Wichita to watch the Shox (during his own basketball season) would even be possible.

Bill Self makes recruiting trips during the season all the time. He was in Wichita to watch Perry Ellis numerous times, sometimes even after a home game. It's only a 2.5 hour drive and I'm sure Wiggins is going to have a car and some free time eventually. If not Wichita, then maybe our games in KC.

[XManCometh]

There are already many non-WSU fans saying a KU/WSU match up would be nice.

Yes, but the only person that really matters, Bill Self, doesn't want the game. So unless he's forced to by Michael O'Donnell, don't expect a game between the two any time soon. At least during the regular season.

[jdmee]

Yes, but the only person that really matters, Bill Self, doesn't want the game. So unless he's forced to by Michael O'Donnell, don't expect a game between the two any time soon. At least during the regular season.

I think the odds for a WSU/Kansas matchup increased to about 0.1% with the Wiggins signing.

[tropicalshox]

I think the odds for a WSU/Kansas matchup increased to about 0.1% with the Wiggins signing.

A little too optimistic.

[_kai_]

Andrew's dad wanted him to go to FSU.

I'd like to see this rumor mill you guys get your information from.

Also, if you don't think Marshall wouldn't have offered Wiggins' dad an assistant position if he thought he had a realistic shot at getting Andrew (which he did not) then you're fooling yourself.

The good doctor has never steered us wrong with his knowledge.

[WSUwatcher]

Damn, are you guys cynical much? Do you think everyone is on the take? Maybe Andrew just felt it was the best place for him. If we couldn't get him, I'm glad it's KU.

It does make some sense for the brothers to be close together geographically, but the posters raising questions probably aren't cynical, just experienced.

Ever hear of Ed Manning, the sudden KU assistant to Larry Brown some years ago who didn't qualify under university policy because he didn't have a college degree but was somehow hired anyway? Or a few years before that, their new assistant Lafayette Norwood who was hired from Heights as a pure coincidence the year Darnell Valentine joined the Chickenhawks and suddenly was moved out after Valentine finished?

Maybe Self doesn't operate that way, but don't be surprised if he does.

[WSUwatcher]

Is that legal anymore?

Theoretically, it never has been -- but it's worked that way for a long time.

[wsushox1]

It does make some sense for the brothers to be close together geographically, but the posters raising questions probably aren't cynical, just experienced.

Ever hear of Ed Manning, the sudden KU assistant to Larry Brown some years ago who didn't qualify under university policy because he didn't have a college degree but was somehow hired anyway? Or a few years before that, their new assistant Lafayette Norwood who was hired from Heights as a pure coincidence the year Darnell Valentine joined the Chickenhawks and suddenly was moved out after Valentine finished?

Maybe Self doesn't operate that way, but don't be surprised if he does.

Or when Mario Chalmers dad was apart of the KU staff.

[shoxtop]

Or when Brady Morningstar's dad was hired to sell tickets for the athletic department...

[WSUwatcher]

Or when Mario Chalmers dad was apart of the KU staff.

Well, top, at least Roger Morningstar had a connection as a former KU player. But I forgot about Mr. Mario, so maybe Self actually does operate that way. And why not? After all, it's obviously a long-standing tradition in Lawrence, and what school is more self-conscious of its basketball tradition?

Still, for those of us who have no use for the Chickenhawks, myself among them, there's some consolation: Wiggins is by all accounts an extraordinary player, but I haven't heard anyone suggesting that he's better than Kevin Durant was (nor would I expect it; after all, Durant had an exceptional all-around skill set but was several inches taller). Yet despite his great talent and his extraordinarily unselfish and coachable personality, Durant didn't lead his team to a championship in his quick tour of duty in Austin. So I'm certainly not ready to concede that KU will be the best team in Kansas next year, any more than they were last year once the Shockers got Baker back and had to play without only Wessel and, for all practical purposes, Demetric Williams.

Bring on the Kansas vs. Kentucky challenge that was proposed earlier!

[wu_shizzle]

Or when Brady Morningstar's dad was hired to sell tickets for the athletic department...

Boom.

[Rixtoy1]

Andrew Wiggins to KU . . .

Not much time spent on this board recently - if already posted or belongs elsewhere - my apologies. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...s-picks-kansas

[AZ Shocker]

I think Wichita St. should call the NCAA and get them to start an investigation on this. Something's "fishy". Lol

[The Mad Hatter]

Or when Brady Morningstar's dad was hired to scalp tickets for the athletic department...

Fixed