The crazy coaching connections of college basketball continues. Michael Beasley (pictured left) was about to walk from Kansas State but was pleased to find out that they promoted assistant coach Dalonte Hill to replace the out-going Bob Huggins. Hill, it seems, was actually more influential than Huggins when it came to Beasley's decision to attend Kansas State. The McDonald's All-American had originally committed to Charlotte, in part because Hill was an assistant coach there. But then Hill suddenly was wooed to go to K-State
(I wonder why?) so Beasley "de-committed" and followed his favorite assistant coach off to Manhattan, Kansas.
If Beasley is one and done, it should be interesting to see if Hill stays on as the head coach or if the promotion had more to do with keeping the prized recruit than actually hiring a long term head coach. Hill is supposedly a "rising star" in NCAA coaching circles so maybe it's a long term deal but you never can tell when it comes to college sports.
So Bill Walker will have a top recruit to play with next season, if he's healthy enough and doesn't have to redshirt.
