Are the guys that left, big contributors or good losses?

(01-20-2017 02:17 AM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  Are the guys that left, big contributors or good losses?

Both were our overseas freshman. One has battle injuries since he got on campus and played a grand total of 3 minutes all season.

The other one from Australia played a few minutes each game and was good for a corner 3 most nights. But that's about it.

Neither were really big contributors in games but it does put us down to 10 players and that affects practice and depth when needed. This year is what it is for WKU. Next year we will be back on the proper path.

Didn't Western have a JuCo kid that was supposed to go to Syracuse? What happened with him?

(01-20-2017 08:06 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  Didn't Western have a JuCo kid that was supposed to go to Syracuse? What happened with him?

He has to sit out this season, and both of the players leaving are going back overseas, Leahy got accepted into a engineering program he wanted

Other guy is playing pro in Germany and did not play hardly a minute for us...Maybe I need to go Germany and sign up to play professionally...

(01-20-2017 08:24 AM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 08:06 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  Didn't Western have a JuCo kid that was supposed to go to Syracuse? What happened with him?

He has to sit out this season, and both of the players leaving are going back overseas, Leahy got accepted into a engineering program he wanted

Why isn't the 'Cuse kid on the roster?

Leahey wanted to get into this engineering program at university of Queensland. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for him and if he turned it down he couldn't apply again. Can't blame him for leaving, he isn't even playing ball over there. I wish he didn't, he woulda turned out as a solid role player. The other guy was just a body for us, I'm not sure he played a minute this year. The Syracuse guy had to sit out and since he didn't graduate from the juco he was at (he applied for NBA draft, and didn't realize at juco level you can't pull your name like at NCAA level) he has to finish school at our community college without financial aid. Hence why he isn't on our roster yet.

(01-20-2017 10:45 AM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  Leahey wanted to get into this engineering program at university of Queensland. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for him and if he turned it down he couldn't apply again. Can't blame him for leaving, he isn't even playing ball over there. I wish he didn't, he woulda turned out as a solid role player. The other guy was just a body for us, I'm not sure he played a minute this year. The Syracuse guy had to sit out and since he didn't graduate from the juco he was at (he applied for NBA draft, and didn't realize at juco level you can't pull your name like at NCAA level) he has to finish school at our community college without financial aid. Hence why he isn't on our roster yet.

So he's a Prop?

I think props are outta high school. Could be wrong. He was passing his classes at his juco but wanted to get a draft grade but didn't know you couldn't pull his name out and still play at the juco level like you can at a NCAA school. Hence why he is finishing up his juco classes at our community college before he is eligible.

no he isn't a prop. He had to go to Juco out of HS because an academic issue kept him from enrolling at Syracuse. He put his name in the NBA draft this past season, but did not sign with an agent. He didn't realize until after he pulled his name out of the draft that Juco level has different rules then D1. In Juco once you declare your JUCO career is over and you have to sit out 1 year without being a part of a team before joining another NCAA division while also finishing your Juco degree. He is enrolled at the local Juco here in BG and paying his own way this year.

Does the Juco in Bowling Green have its own athletics teams ?

(01-20-2017 12:05 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Does the Juco in Bowling Green have its own athletics teams ?

WKCC

There are technically 2 junior colleges in BG. One is SKYCTC (Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College) and then the WKU owned location just known as South Campus for some associate degree programs and students who don't qualify academically for the main campus. Neither has their own athletic teams. And both allow dual enrollment with full WKU student benefits. If a student is attending classes at South Campus they are technically a WKU student anyway since it is owned and operated by WKU.

(01-20-2017 12:21 PM)Rojogrande Wrote:  There are technically 2 junior colleges in BG. One is SKYCTC (Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College) and then the WKU owned location just known as South Campus for some associate degree programs and students who don't qualify academically for the main campus. Neither has their own athletic teams. And both allow dual enrollment with full WKU student benefits. If a student is attending classes at South Campus they are technically a WKU student anyway since it is owned and operated by WKU.

But I assume you cannot take the "open enrollment" players like Ark State, ULM, and Troy ?

In other words, could this guy have played at ULM without sitting a year ?

(01-20-2017 04:57 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 12:21 PM)Rojogrande Wrote:  There are technically 2 junior colleges in BG. One is SKYCTC (Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College) and then the WKU owned location just known as South Campus for some associate degree programs and students who don't qualify academically for the main campus. Neither has their own athletic teams. And both allow dual enrollment with full WKU student benefits. If a student is attending classes at South Campus they are technically a WKU student anyway since it is owned and operated by WKU.

But I assume you cannot take the "open enrollment" players like Ark State, ULM, and Troy ?

In other words, could this guy have played at ULM without sitting a year ?

No, this guy would have had to sit out a year regardless of where he went because he declared for the NBA draft and then backed out.

"By entering his name in the draft, Diagne automatically gave up his eligibility for the 2016-17 season at Northwest Florida or any other junior college. The NJCAA, the national governing body for junior college athletics, does not allow players to enter the NBA draft.

It appears that Diagne has several options for next season.

He can pay his own way at a junior college and earn his associate's degree. He would then be able to transfer to an NCAA Division I school.

He can pay his own way at an NCAA Division school. In either case, Diagne would have three years of eligibility remaining.

He could go straight to a D-II school where he could play immediately.

Or he can continue to explore his professional options."

obviously he chose the D1 route by coming to WKU.

By next he means this season

Even though WKU lost a guard and a forward. We just gained a guard and a forward to replace them this week. Robinson Idehen who committed to us back in spring, had to go Juco for a semester for academic reasons (international transcript issue). He is now officially enrolled at WKU. Idehen is like Diagne (Juco kid mentioned in above posts) in that he is enrolled now at WKU but cannot participate in team activities until this summer.

Also we added a mid-season transfer in Chicago St redshirt freshman point guard Miles Weber. He will just be a preferred walk-on at WKU.