If Carter was a Cyclone today he would play ahead of Condit, Jones, and Enarunu He can rebound , post up and shoot threes, Sort of a poor man's Kenny Pratt in the post. But he is too short and slow to be a difference maker in the Big 12.
When Bill Stranger took over as coach in 1954-55 he started recruiting nation wide. He had a contact in NYC and sold John C on thr small town school. The team had some problems with hotels and restaurants in the south because JC was a black He was not allowed to eat with the team...
Getting to 88 is better than the alternative, but being here is not easy I've never been this old before. I have started every bball season since Johnny Orr with optimism except the last Larry Eustachy year and the Last Prohm year.
In October I was looking for a synergistic response from this group. The whole would be greater than the sum of the parts. And they had that until mid- Jan. Not now. And they can't shoot-- never could.
I don't have a lot of years left to watch Cyclone sports-- I'm 88. So tell me why I should be excited about Bball next year. We need a quick turn around.
Hunter is the only guy of the returning players that has a chance of improving. There is nobody who will morph into the next Naz Long or...
I am 88--failing eysight and other problems, so my woodworking days are over. I have some home sawed lumber and a shop full of Grizzly tools I would like to sell. Is this appropriate on this forum?
I probably need to revise my evaluation--- Gary was maybe the best player I ever saw IN HIS ERA. His game would not be approved by Cyclone Fanatics ---HE COULDN'T DUNK ! Actually, there were 4 players at ISU that could dunk during my years as a student. And they only dunked during warm...
Whoa ! That was 65 yrs. ago. I first saw him play in the state tournament when he was a soph. at Roland. They lost to Davenport in the final, 44-40 all schools in one bracket. Roland had less than 100 kids in school, Davenport had 2200. Gary was 5' 8" He could do it all. One game at ISu...