Senior class eager to create better memories of March
Senior class eager to create better memories of March
A variety of factors prevented Kansas State's Dean Wade, Wisconsin's Ethan Happ and Kentucky's newcomer Reid Travis from finishing the season the way they would have wanted last year.
They want their last years to end differently.
A foot injury caused Wade to play a total of eight minutes in the NCAA Tournament during the Wildcats' run to an NCAA regional final last season. Wisconsin went 15-18 last season to finish a series of 19 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Travis never reached the NCAA Tournament during his four seasons at Stanford, which included a shortened injury campaign that resulted in a red shirt.
"I did not see any of the tournaments because of how bitter I was about it," said Happ. "Obviously, life is fun in some way, let's hope that this great failure becomes something special this season."
They are eager to create better memories of March this season.
Happ is back for his senior season in Wisconsin. Wade is healthy again and anxious for Kansas State to return to the postseason. Travis is now a graduate transfer in Kentucky, a move that significantly improves his chances of reaching the NCAA Tournament.
They are three of the best seniors in college. basketball Entering the season. Here is a look at some notable seniors across the country.
MIKE DAUM, STATE OF DAKOTA DEL SUR
Height: 6 feet 9, Position: Forward
Daum was one of three players in Division I who averaged more than 20 points and 10 rebounds last season, as he finished with 23.9 and 10.3 points per game. The other 20-10 players were Marvin Bagley and Saint Mary's Jock Landale from Duke. Daum also made 96 triples to set a record for only one school season. He ranked sixth in the nation in average scoring and 16 in rebounds. This followed a second year season in which he had 25.1 points per game. In each of the past two seasons, Daum has been a player of the Summit League of the year and has received an honorable mention in the Associated Press All-America team.
ETHAN HAPP, WISCONSIN
Height: 6-10, Position: Forward
The Associated Press preseason All-America team led the Badgers in points (17.9), rebounds (8.0), assists (3.7), blocks (1.1) and steals (1.5) last season. He was the first Big Ten player to lead his team in all five categories since Sam Okey of Wisconsin did it in 1995-96. This senior of fifth year is one of the five players of Big Ten in the last 20 years, with 1,500 points in his career, 800 rebounds and 250 assists. The others are Robbie Hummel of Purdue (2008-12), Draymond Green of Michigan State (2009-12), Denzel Valentine of Michigan State (2013-16) and Nigel Hayes of Wisconsin (2014-17).
CALEB MARTIN, NEVADA
Height: 6-7
Position: Front
Martin, a transfer from the state of North Carolina, is a US selection of AP preseason that helped Nevada reach the Sweet 16 last year. He is the first Nevada player to reach the All-America AP pre-season team. Martin averaged 18.9 points and was named the Mountain West player of the year in his first season with Nevada. He made 40.3 percent of his 3-point attempts. Martin's twin brother, Cody, also plays for Nevada.
LUKE MAYE, NORTH CAROLINA
Height: 6-8
Position: Front
Maye was an AP All-America selection of the third team last season and is heading into his senior year as a selection of AP's All-America preseason. Maye, son of former North Carolina quarterback Mark Maye, averaged 16.9 points and 10 rebounds last season. He also won the Skip Prosser Award that is given annually to the best ACC scholar-athlete in men's basketball.
REID TRAVIS, KENTUCKY
Height: 6-8
Position: Front
Travis arrived in Kentucky as a transfer of graduates after earning the first team of all Pac-12 honors with Stanford in each of the past two seasons. He ranked third in Pac-12 in scoring (19.5) and rebounds (8.7) last season. Two years ago, Travis averaged 17.4 points and 8.9 rebounds. He had 10.9 points and 10.3 rebounds per game during the Kentucky exhibition tour of the Bahamas this summer.
DEAN WADE, STATE OF KANSAS
Height: 6-10
Position: Front
Big 12 coaches have selected Wade as the preseason player of the year conference. He obtained the first team team of the 12 great honors of the coaches of the league and was selected in the second team AP All-Big 12 last year. Last year he had 16.2 points per game for the highest single-season scoring average for a Kansas State player, since Jacob Pullen had 20.2 points per game in 2010-11. He also averaged 6.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals.
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