Just got off the phone with Dominique Sutton, who said he will be arriving in Manhattan on Saturday and traveling with the Wildcats to K.C. the following day. He said he hasn’t spoken with Frank Martin or Dalonte Hill about whether or not he’ll suit up for the Dec. 17 game at the Sprint Center against Florida A&M.
“I’m not sure how it’s all going to work,” said the 6-foot-4 forward.
Pat Bosco, K-State’s associate vice president/dean of student life and institutional advancement, said Monday that Sutton has been admitted to K-State but he has not yet enrolled for the spring semester. Bosco also said that’s not unusual, adding that about 400 new students wait until just before the spring semester starts to enroll.
Sutton, who finished his English requirements the past few weeks at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., said he expects Jamar Samuels, another K-State commit, to join him on campus the same day. Right now, Samuels is scrambling to find out if he secured a qualifying score on his ACT. He took the test before Thanksgiving, but he has yet to see the results.
Samuels, a 6-foot-9 forward, did not return calls Monday.
Dec. 17 is shaping up to be a busy day. It’s also the day Chris Harper and Arthur Brown (who is no longer considering K-State) will make their college announcements known at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame at 3:30 p.m.
Harper, the Northwest quarterback, said he is still trying to make a decision. Two weekends ago, he visited Oregon, where he was blown away by the facilities and their space-age features, which includes a fingerprint-scanning system for entry to the training room.
“They have better facilities than everybody,” he said.
Undeterred, coaches have been making home visits. Last week, it was K-State’s Ron Prince.
“I know him better than any other head coach,” Harper said. “He’s real down to earth.”
Today, it’s Illinois’ Ron Zook.
“He’s real cool,” Harper said. “I like him a lot.”
Distance won’t be a negative for Harper, he said, because his parents intend to move with him wherever he goes.
It’s a big decision, one that he isn’t rushing into. He expects television crews to be at the Hall of Fame, and he said he’d probably do “the hat thing,” which means donning the school’s headgear that he chooses. But he won’t tipping anything off with the rest of his wardrobe.
“I’ll wear something neutral, like white,” he said.
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Dec 17 not Jan 17! Have you reported that Brown has dropped KSU from his list of schools? I see Harper going to Oregon.
Good point on Dec. 17. I wrote that too quickly. Damn, I need an editor. Anyway, yeah, I reported it last week that Arthur dropped K-State. I’m going to change the date in the story. Thanks for the heads-up.
Don’t worry, I’ll say it JMart….
Hey mcmwcat, this is a blog, not the fricking New York Times… cut the man some slack!!
Thanks Jeffrey. Good work BTW. I’ve missed your work these past couple weeks.
I saw a note on the Q&A forum re: T Anthony’s. Is that the T Anthony’s across Mass Ave from the BU athletics complex?
It’s funny, combining both of your recent posts:
I was actually at the New York Times for most of last week, attending a leadership academy. As for the T. Anthony’s, yeah, that’s the one. I went to BU, and that place was like a second home. The night before I graduated - actually, the night before I walked with my graduating class - one of my buddies was on the counter, singing Sinatra’s “My Way” on the intercom at that joint. Classic. No, it wasn’t me.
That was “The Man’s” song.
This blog is so good it makes me want to slap my momma.
Does anybody else think “the hat thing” is stupid? No way would I let my kid do that (if my kid had a shred of athletic ability, that is). I’m not bitter.
I don’t mind the hat thing as long as its pulling one hat out of a bag and putting it on. The one I don’t care for is the lining up a bunch of hats thing.
Saw Samuels qualifying news from another source. Won’t believe it until I hear it from you, J-Mart.
BTW, what was your favorite food at T Anthony’s. I only spent one year at BU but I got my fill of their pizza and onion rings.