March 17, 2011

[...] Colon was replaced by prematurely balding Florida International transfer Freddy Asprilla, who provided some interior defense and rudimentary post scoring. But Asprilla was never happy as a Wildcat, neither with his role on the team nor his unnecessary shouty coach who thinks he's a latin Sean Connery, and left the program to play professionally. (Or so he said - he later transferred to Canisius instead.) Backup big man Wally Judge also decided to transfer, and suddenly Kansas State had lost much of the vaulted frontcourt depth that had made them what they were. Further complicating matters was the season Curtis Kelly has been having - suspended on more than one occasion, villified by Connery for his lack of leadership, and not advancing further on the breakout he'd begun to realise down the stretch of last season. Kelly is an athlete, a shotblocker, a rebounder, a much-improved mid-range shooter, occasional post-up presence, a defender and an underrated passer, who on his night puts all that together and looks like an NBA player. The problem is that he's had about 5 such nights in his career as a Wildcat.

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