Published Jan 2, 2010
K-State All-Decade Mens Basketball Team
GoPowercat.com Staff
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Michael Beasley may well be a once-in-a-program type of player for the Kansas State Wildcats. Beasley's lone season for the K-State basketball program in 2007-08 was record-setting to say the least. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 26.2 points and 12.4 rebounds a game for the Wildcats during a dominating freshman campaign. Is there any doubt why Beasley was selected as GoPowercat.com's K-State Men's Basketball Player of the Decade?
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Beasley's selection was simple. If another player comes along who is even as close as statistically dominating as the Washington D.C. native, then the Wildcats will again be blessed. Beasley, however, was one-and-done, and now Wildcat fans are left with a memory of one very special player, who is currently playing for the NBA's Miami Heat.
Beasley tops the GoPowercat.com K-State Men's Basketball All-Decade Team, and he is joined in the starting five by an interesting collection of players.
Alongside Beasley is forward David Hoskins, who was supposed to complete his eligibility in Beasley's freshman season before a knee injury ended his college career prematurely. At 6-foot-5, Hoskins was undersized to play around the basket, but he got the job done through brute force.
The final interior player on the team is another undersized forward/center. Jeremiah Massey stood just 6-foot-7, but served as the program's defacto center. Massey cranked out impressive production, but his game was always highlighted by his effort.
One guard on the top five is the only player on the team to complete all four years of eligibility. Cartier Martin steadily developed at K-State, but the Houston native erupted into an outside-shooting machine in 2006-07 under Coach Bob Huggins.
The final member of the team is a current player for Coach Frank Martin. Junior guard Jacob Pullen has another season-and-a-half to go for the Wildcats, but he has erupted into a bonafide star during the current season for the Cats.