12-19-2006, 11:20 PM
Only one person seemed slightly
disappointed in the debut of the most highly sought freshman ever
to play for Kansas State -- and that was the player himself.
Huntington native Bill Walker says he got a little winded out
there.
The six-foot-six forward who once had 50 points and 25 rebounds
in an Ohio high school game scored 15 points in the Wildcats'
82-to-54 rout of Kennesaw State yesterday.
But he admitted he did not quite feel 100 percent.
Walker, who led Cincinnati's North College Hill High School to
two Ohio State championships, also had four rebounds and an assist
before going to the bench late in the game with four fouls.
Last summer Walker was ruled ineligible to play his final season
at North College Hill and he enrolled at Kansas State. He became
eligible on Saturday, an event that occasioned a special news
conference at a school where excitement has already surged with the
arrival of Bob Huggins as head coach.
Huggins was not upset with Walker for getting winded. He says
Walker just left high school and hasn't played a game since August
First.
disappointed in the debut of the most highly sought freshman ever
to play for Kansas State -- and that was the player himself.
Huntington native Bill Walker says he got a little winded out
there.
The six-foot-six forward who once had 50 points and 25 rebounds
in an Ohio high school game scored 15 points in the Wildcats'
82-to-54 rout of Kennesaw State yesterday.
But he admitted he did not quite feel 100 percent.
Walker, who led Cincinnati's North College Hill High School to
two Ohio State championships, also had four rebounds and an assist
before going to the bench late in the game with four fouls.
Last summer Walker was ruled ineligible to play his final season
at North College Hill and he enrolled at Kansas State. He became
eligible on Saturday, an event that occasioned a special news
conference at a school where excitement has already surged with the
arrival of Bob Huggins as head coach.
Huggins was not upset with Walker for getting winded. He says
Walker just left high school and hasn't played a game since August
First.