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KANSAS STATE
'Cats to count on new players
By Ryan Malashock Kansan sportswriter
Three returning starters mixed in with a touted recruiting class of seven newcomers should translate into victories for the Kansas State basketball team. That is, if coach Jim Wooldridge can get all of those players to work together, which will be the initial goal for the second-year coach.
"I've never had a season where as many new players will be counted on, but
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they've exceeded what I thought." Woolridge said.
"But we've got a couple challenges. We must integrate those new players into our system, but get our returning guys to help teach the new players. We must
get everyone working together before we can start thinking about winning."
Leading the returning players will be senior point guard Larry Reid. Reid averaged 11.2 points per game and was named Big 12 Conference honorable mention a year ago. Reid will anchor the Wildcat offense once again and should be aided by K-State's newcomers.
"Larry has been a scoring guard throughout his career," Wooldridge said. "We don't want to take that away from him. We hope that by adding the players we did in the backcourt that we have improved our skill level and shooting ability. We hope the diversity in the backcourt will help Larry."
That diversity comes in the form of freshman guards Nick Williams and Marcus Hayes. Williams was rated one of the top
10 recruits in Texas last season, and Hayes was named first-team all-state in Florida.
While Wooldridge did add some guards in this recruiting class, he added most of the team's depth in the frontcourt.
Kansas State was third in the Big 12 in field-goal defense last season at 59.7 percent. That number could improve with the frontcourt additions.
Our depth will definitely help us in the beginning of the season and the end." Reid said. "We're trying to build a foundation on discipline and hard work. We're going to go out and give 100 percent every day."
coverted Returning starting forward Quentin Buchanan will be joined this year by freshmen Travis Canby, Marcelo Da Barrosa and Richard Nolan.
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3-peat seems unlikely for Cyclones
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By Ryan Malashock Kansan sportswriter
The Iowa State men's basketball team has won back-to-back Big 12 Conference season titles by relying on strong senior leadership. If the Cyclones plan on defending their title, Tyra Pearson must take on quite a challenge — he's the team's only senior.
Despite posting a combined 57-11 record in 1999 and 2000, Iowa State enters the 2001-
2002 season looking for respect. The Cyclones were voted sixth in both the Big 12 coaches and media preseason polls.
Pearson said he would be a leader, but he expected the team
to mature quickly.
to mature quickly.
The 6-foot-7 forward was effective as a reserve last season but was consistently plagued by foul trouble. Coach Larry Eustachy said Pearson was struggling with the same problems early in the preseason and would probably start the season as a reserve again. That doesn't mean the Cyclones won't eventually build their team around him later in the season.
"Tyray Pearson has struggled in practice and might not start, even though he probably will soon," Eustachy said. "He should be the force of our team before it is over, but right now we will start three sophomores and two freshmen. We are really looking forward to the challenge."
the challenge. Sullivan, the Cyclones' lone returning starter, and Power were
the only two contributing freshmen for Iowa State last season. Sullivan shot 45 percent from three-point range and averaged 11.4 points per game last season, and Power averaged 4.7 points per game off the bench.
Sullivan proved himself last season on Feb. 17 against Kansas in Iowa State's 79-71 victory. The 6-4 guard connected on 8 of his 11 shots and scored 22 points
Eustachy said Sullivan would need to carry the Cyclones at times this season.
“(Jake) did so many things well last season, but he must do more.” Eustachy said. “We could always count on him to hit a big shot. Now, he's going to have to play defense and run the point some.”
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