Beasley and Durant

Well said!! For the wannabes the one and done players can generate enthusiasm for the program that may take them up a notch or two. Texas was impressive this year without Durant. Time will tell if they can maintain the momentum. They were decent before Durant.

Beasley raised the Wildcats from the cellar. It may be tough for them to stay out of it but at least their fans got a taste of success. I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out. They've had a few teams over the years that were competitive and I hope they keep it going this time.

It was Bill Huggins who revived K-State year before last (actually won more games than this year's team). His two great recruiting classes left K-State with great talent. This year, Frank Martin kept the train on the track when they lost their best returning player (Hoskins was on the all conference team for Huggins) and took the freshman-dominated squad into the field of 64 where they won against a higher seeded Pac-10 opponent. Nothing leads me to believe the Wildcats will disappear from the upper echelon of the conference any time in the near future.

It will be interesting to see what the Cats do over the next few years, definitely recruiting has improved.  I give Huggins credit for the 'rebirth', but I also have to admit that Martin surprised me this year.  I was one of those who doubted his ability to coach earlier in the season, but he proved me wrong and turned out to be pretty darn good.  I think he has the ability to recruit above and beyond what is expected (and that's relatively high).  He relates well to the players and has the ability to take players with troubled pasts (Walker, Beasley, the dude transferring from Miami) and get them to buy in to him.  I don't necessarily like their "style" of play on the offensive end, but I expect that to change as Martin grows as a head coach.  Big XII will be fun.  And in reference to the initial post, some very good points. 

I totally agree with the one and done player. Last time I checked 5 against 1 is a pretty good asswhipping.

I'm glad KU hasn't went after alot of these players.  However I did hear we were in the running for the Favors guy next year but none of the recruiting sites say KU is.

Maybe I just made that up.

It is fun to think about all of the big time college basketball players to run through the big 12.......  it was about time we scored a championship for us and the conference