The fact that K-State hired Huggy Bear for a coach has taken a long time to settle in. Truth be told, I still can’t believe it. I cannot believe what an incredible effect hiring a big-time coach has had on the K-State basketball program.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the recruits Huggins is going to bring in. Think about this for a second: In 2007, K-State could have the #1, #2, #3 high school recruits in the nation (according to Rivals.com) in O.J. Mayo, Bill Walker, and Micheal Beasley. Seriously.

Now I am not saying these guys will commit to K-State, but no one can deny they have been legitimately linked to the K-State program. Beasley has come out and discussed why K-State is his current leader. In the same statement, he even aluded to the chance to play with Mayo and Walker as a main reason to come to K-State.

This is absolute craziness. Can you imagine K-State getting these three recruits and how difficult it would be to beat us in 2007? We would basically have an inexperienced NBA team playing Big 12 competition…just plain scary.

Of course this is tough for fans of KU and other Big 12 schools to swallow. They will be quick to point out that none of these players have committed and many schools are after them. This is of course true, but these fans must try to understand the enthusiasm of a school that was painfully mediocure, but is now getting mentioned by recruits in the same breath as Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, and other elite programs.

Suddenly, it makes sense for a recruit to list KU and K-State as his top two choices, and that is the Huggy difference.

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