Kansas State vs Notre Dame

Michael Beasley had the prettiest and most athletic moves, Luke Harangody had the ugliest but most effective, the Dancing Bear led his team to victory!

A young coach with a blend of new and old players, along with possibly the #1 2008 NBA draft pick in their roster, Kansas State looks like a puzzle with a wide range of possibilities for the season. Let's not forget seasoned David Hoskins is out with an injury and his moving-target return date is January-ish at the moment. Also two more players will get eligible on December 15, one of which is a high-flying wing, Dominique Sutton, once upon a time an Arizona "commit". With him and Billy Walker in the line-up, the best offense may be the "bubble drill", but without covering up the basket (obviously).

All of the above (except of course for the injured and ineligible players) showed in the game as Michael Beasley had a solid first half, but was "lost" in the second half. Partial credit of course goes to the Mike Brey defense, but as Frank Martin pointed out some of his players were trigger-happy instead of playing through versatile super-frosh Michael Beasley.

It's really hard to figure out where Kansas State will be in February 2008! Whatever it is, the TV networks should make sure that they pick up any Kansas State games that are not currently available on national TV!

This is the first time I watched a full Notre Dame game this season and I was rather impressed. This team will fight for a Top 25 spot when I submit next week's Blog Poll Top 25 vote. They have the luxury of their back-up point guard being a starter, and a four-pack of forwards/big-men, along with a tall wing in Ayers. Peoples comes off the bench, and that's the one thing that is perhaps a red flag, they only have three "shorties" in their backcourt rotation. Harangody is becoming an Irish man's Tyler Hansbro, and Kyle "420" McAlarney is back. If you were looking for Colin Falls or Russell Carter, they have graduated after twelve great seasons at Notre Dame ;-)

And some towels for Billy Walker when he is on the ...go :)