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Wildcat Sports => Basketball => Topic started by: Felis Silvestris on December 04, 2010, 02:33:17 PM
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Was Wally still feeling the ill affects of the flu he had earlier this week or was there another "reason" he didn't play last night?
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This is all I could find, from the Bleacher report.
On the Wildcats side of the ball, former McDonald’s All-American forward Wally Judge did not play by coach’s decision.
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I think that the players are all taking a turn at being in Martin's doghouse.
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This has got to be the biggest doghouse known to man!!
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Its going to be a costly house if it continues
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So who is going to be sleeping on the sofa tonight?
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So who is going to be sleeping on the sofa tonight?
My guess is that Martavious will continue to be out and Devon will suddenly be "sick". Next game will be Donte and Martin's dog.
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Wally is going through some "personal issues" and there is going to be a press release regarding his status today. Thoughts?
:ksuftw:
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Personal issues sideline Judge
Wally Judge did not dress or play in Saturday's game. Afterward, Frank Martin said the sophomore forward is suffering from unspecified personal issues and was not fit to take the court.
"He's fine," Martin said. "He's healthy. He's OK. He's just going through some personal things he's trying to clear up.
"He's with us. He's there in spirit. He practices with us. He's going to be just fine."
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/11/2513701/wildcat-report-dec-11.html#ixzz17vRiY2VU
From KC Star
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Looks like K-State bus is having a little trouble with the weather. Pres Conference will most likely not be happening this afternoon.
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It is way to difficult to speculate right now what his "issue" is....but since it is the end of the semester, lets just hope it is not academic issues. I mean he seems fine on the bench b/c everytime they show him he is smiling....hell I dunno...
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When you Google his name it brings up an article about him having spinal surgery over this past summer. I don't remember this!
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Yeah, he had a pinched nerve that apparently slowed his motion and re-stricted his endurance. He was supposed to be Wally 2.0 this year but now he has all these other "issues."
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So you don't think this has anything to do with that?
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I do not.
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I agree. I don't even know where to start when it comes to speculating what is wrong...
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Today's K-State Sprots Extra gives a little more insight into what was going on. Like we all kind of speculated he was just haveing some mind over matter problems.
Judge Finds His Swagger
Jan. 7, 2011
By Mark Janssen
MANHATTAN, Kan. - You're 20 years of age and half-way across America from your Washington D.C., home. The semester is racing toward final exams, and the leather ball isn't finding its way into the center of that orange circle of a basket.
As Wally Judge says of himself, "I lost my way. It was a self thing. No one can push you harder than you push yourself. A lot of times being your biggest critic can be bad for you. It can weigh you down."
Judge had scored just 30 points in K-State's first five games to go with 17 rebounds. It wasn't the type of start to his sophomore year that he had in mind.
Coach Frank Martin called it "...a period in your life when you're not very happy with something. He went through some moments when he wasn't sure what he was doing. He had to take a step back and regain himself.
"It wasn't a case of Wally waking up one day and thinking he didn't want to be at K-State, but he was just going through some difficult times and needed to refocus," said Martin.
Judge did not play in three of the next four games, and then just two minutes against Florida and 15 minutes against UNLV.
Since then, as Judge explains, "I got myself back. I'm in my own corner and plan to do better than I've ever done before."
Here are the games Judge has most recently played in:
• UMKC - 25 minutes, a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds, with nine of those being offensive boards.
• North Florida - 30 minutes, 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 10-of-13 from the line, plus nine rebounds.
• Savannah State - 27 minutes, another double-double of 13 points and 14 rebounds.
"I have a little swagger now," said Judge of his recent play. "I feel like I'm back at high school. I'm thinking better and the coaches are doing a great job of educating me."
It was in high school that Judge earned McDonald's All-American status while playing for Arlington Country Day Prep School in Jacksonville, Fla. They were also years that he teamed with Michael Beasley, Rodney McGruder and Jamar Samuels on the D.C. Assault AAU team.
Now, Judge wants his consistency of play to return to those days. He currently has a three-game roll, but he knows those 49 points and 34 rebounds came against three mid-major schools, and not opponents like Oklahoma State coming up on Saturday afternoon in Stillwater.
"No offense to our opponents in the last few games, but I know that the Big 12 will be a lot harder," said Judge, who is now averaging 6.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. "The players will be of a higher caliber, but I'm looking forward to keeping my streak going. You're always trying to prove yourself. You have to show up ready to compete in every game. Early in the season, I just became unsure in what I could do."
Looking back, Martin's decision to give Judge a chance to refocus appears to be the right thing.
"As a human being, it's great to see him finding success and enjoying himself," said Martin of his 6-foot-9 talent. "He's played the best stretch of basketball, including practice, that he's played in his time here.
"Grown men go through what he went through and don't recover sometimes," said Martin. "For a child to go through what he was going through and be able to regain his focus in such a short period of time, and find that youthful enthusiasm that he's playing with right now, that means a lot. I hope he continues because he's earned it by the way he's handled himself. Everyone had to be involved and put their arms around Wally to allow him to move forward. The time off allowed him to regain his emotions, his vision, and allow himself to feel good about playing again.
"He's playing with an enthusiasm that is fun to watch," Martin said.
Kelly to Sit Two More Games
Martin called the practice play of Curtis Kelly "good" since his return from the Christmas break.
With tongue in cheek, he added, "He's been quiet, so that's good."
Kelly's suspension continues through Saturday's game with Oklahoma State and Wednesday's game with Colorado before his return one week from Saturday against Texas Tech.
Overall, Martin said of the suspensions of Jacob Pullen and Kelly, "When we lost those two seniors, you saw our team step up collectively. When you go into a 16-game (Big 12) season, you need every single guy to be on board and ready to go. When they're number is called, they need to provide some type of positive moment to help us find success."
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Thanks for the write up post :) This opens my eyes on what Judge was going through..i was kinda lost what was going on with him.
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Again, no Judge and Nick Russell didn't play either. Not practicing hard?
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Judge didnt play at all? Wasnt able too see game.
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If Wally is battling depression, as has been reported, his ability to focus on basketball may come and go. I hope that is the only reason he is not playing. Flu would be preferable because eventually that will go away. But the doghouse I don't like.
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Hope it's not depression, with all the pressures to perform put on these young kids, it's not to surprising. Would think it happens more often.
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I was very shocked he didn't play. He is 100% needed going forward with a big man down. Come on judge!! We believe in you. Tech might have gone fine without, but tech will be fighting ou for last place I am thinking, so it doesn't mean much.
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I will say one thing. He might not have played but he was the biggest cheerleader on our bench. I watched him alot and he was always the first one to greet the guys as they came to the bench. While Russell just moped around...
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Read yesterday he didn't play because he was hurt and couldn't practice on Friday. With the news of Thursday and Friday practice being the hardest in Frank Martin history. I hope this is indeed the reason.
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Why would Frank make that practice so hard?? He does realize that we were about to play a Sat/Mon combo with one team being rather good??
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Well be happy Mizzou had to play in an ovetime thriller and then travel back to Columbia. I am sure they have had less time to prepare for this game then we did.
Directly after the game the media went into our locker room to find them already watching film for the Mizzou game.
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Why would Frank make that practice so hard?? He does realize that we were about to play a Sat/Mon combo with one team being rather good??
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VBNZO_XsxDA/TSbtGgoE9lI/AAAAAAAAATc/yMjPOV9fTV4/s1600/Practice+Makes+Perfect.jpg)
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Twisted ankle....