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Joe Petrakis to Western Carolina

Post by AJcat7755 » July 1st, 2021, 8:38 pm

https://twitter.com/petrakisjoe/status/ ... 76544?s=19


In summary:
DaJuan Gordon to Missouri
Rudi Williams to Coastal Carolina (4 NCAA tournament appearances, last in 2015)
Joe Petrakis to Western Carolina (1 NCAA tournament appearance in 96)
Antonio Gordon to Southeastern Loisiana (1 NCAA tournament appearance in 2005)

Outside of MU, the other 3 teams have never won a NCAA tournament game in schools history.

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Post by IStillLikeHarv » July 2nd, 2021, 9:49 am

Good for Joe! He used his time at KSU well. This is a pretty good step up for him. Hope he makes the best of it.
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Post by NealyFan » July 2nd, 2021, 11:34 am

Seems like this is an indictment of the coaching staff to evaluate talent in the recruiting phase and develop players.
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Post by tmcats » July 2nd, 2021, 2:42 pm

NealyFan wrote:
July 2nd, 2021, 11:34 am
Seems like this is an indictment of the coaching staff to evaluate talent in the recruiting phase and develop players.
joe was a walk-on at k-state. you want an indictment of a coaching staff, talk to me about this one?

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Illinois star Kofi Cockburn is officially in the transfer portal, sources told ESPN.
Why is there something rather than nothing?

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Post by gdgjr78 » July 2nd, 2021, 6:39 pm

:rofl:
So players transferring is now an indictment against coaching staffs?
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Post by bhoovy » July 2nd, 2021, 11:50 pm

tmcats wrote:
July 2nd, 2021, 2:42 pm
NealyFan wrote:
July 2nd, 2021, 11:34 am
Seems like this is an indictment of the coaching staff to evaluate talent in the recruiting phase and develop players.
joe was a walk-on at k-state. you want an indictment of a coaching staff, talk to me about this one?

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Illinois star Kofi Cockburn is officially in the transfer portal, sources told ESPN.
Wow! So he’s has to be the biggest name in the portal doesn’t he? I haven’t followed or kept track of much of the off season goings on with players, but I’m surprised he’s not currently in the NBA draft without an agent so he can pull out, if he’s not. Talk about a player I’d love to have. He’s a type of post player KSU has never had that I can recall.

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Post by IStillLikeHarv » July 3rd, 2021, 9:33 am

bhoovy wrote:
July 2nd, 2021, 11:50 pm

Wow! So he’s has to be the biggest name in the portal doesn’t he? I haven’t followed or kept track of much of the off season goings on with players, but I’m surprised he’s not currently in the NBA draft without an agent so he can pull out, if he’s not. Talk about a player I’d love to have. He’s a type of post player KSU has never had that I can recall.
He is in the draft. The question may be can he make more money at Kentucky with the NLI money or in the G League. My personal guess is that he will get drafted if he stays in the draft. He can always make good money overseas if he wants to go that route.

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Post by KsJoey » July 4th, 2021, 11:39 pm

Good for Joe. Always felt he was a high IQ BB player, though with limited aestheticism compared to what he was up against in the Big12. At Western Carolina, he might succeed just fine.

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Post by epicsnyder » July 6th, 2021, 6:20 am

Just ANOTHER guy that leaves, and ends up at a less competitive program, in a less competitive conference. Seems like we have had more than our fair share of those.
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Post by IStillLikeHarv » July 6th, 2021, 9:51 am

epicsnyder wrote:
July 6th, 2021, 6:20 am
Just ANOTHER guy that leaves, and ends up at a less competitive program, in a less competitive conference. Seems like we have had more than our fair share of those.
Do you actually follow KSU basketball? Joe was a walk-on from a JUCO who was clearly not a high major player from his JUCO stats. He was a willing practice player because his dream was to be at KSU. He was eventually awarded a scholarship (for one semester, IIRC) to reward him for his contributions as a practice player. He was never a recruited scholarship player at KSU.
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