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More on Dwight Lewis’s Committment

posted by Jeremy Chrysler on 5/5/2005 -

A happy ending and a happy beginning?

“It’s their pro team in Lawrence,” added Lewis, who averaged 27.5 points and 9.7 rebounds a game his junior season for 26-12 Rummel High. “It’s Kansas basketball. It’s what they live for. I like that, playing before a packed house every night. Who wouldn’t want it?”

Indeed. I always find it strange when the kids who visit in the Spring say such things about Kansas Basketball. I understand why Russell Robinson joined me on the field in October of 2003 as we beat Missouri in football - it was a glorious day to watch college football and Lawrence had to look a lot different from what he may have expected.

Because for our coastal betters, most of whom view Kansas as a sort of dusty plain attacked daily by tornadoes, a visit to Lawrence is like a strange dream. It’s hilly, diverse and stocked with just just enough down-home country goodness to be comfortable and just enough sophistication that you won’t get too many strange looks if you don a black turtleneck anytime you wax ambivalent about the guilty pleasure of eating foie gras. The weather’s nice in the Spring, flat out crappy in the Summer and sometimes epic in the Fall.

And then there’s the basketball, when a fifth of Lawrence’s population throbs inside the hallowed halls of Allen Fieldhouse. If Dwight Lewis is impressed with KU now, his mind will boggle the first time he walks through the tunnel into the loving screams of 17,000.

“I’m a two guard, but in Coach Self’s offense, all three guards are interchangeable,” said Lewis, giving us yet another view of Self’s little/big system. Lewis added, “”I think I can be an impact guy right from the start.” His high school coach agrees:

“He definitely will be a contributor early on. He’s a scorer,” said Rummel coach Steve Alfonso, who compares Lewis to former Villanova player Kerry Kittles, who also hails from Louisiana. “His best asset is he has a great mid-range game. He can handle the ball and pull up quick.”

Lewis is said to be a great off the dribble shooter - a penetrate and shoot kind of guy. Watch him rise up the rankings throughout the Summer. Parade considers him one of the top 6 juniors in the country, or so one might judge by their inclusion of Dwight in their this year’s All-America team. If the past is any indication, he’ll be playing in the McDonald’s game next year - so about 11 months from now, come back for a highlight video…

Welcome back Dwight.

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8 Responses to “More on Dwight Lewis’s Committment”

AJ Says:
May 6th, 2005 at 10:17 am
What I like most about this guy is his mid-range game, ala Steve Woodberry… maybe Keith Langford on his better shooting nights? KU hasn’t had a dead-eye pull-up shooter for awhile.
The Phog Says:
May 6th, 2005 at 10:29 am
Kirk Hinrich was a pretty good pull up shooter, although he’s gotten a little better at shooting off the dribble with the Bulls. For what it’s worth, only a very small handful of players (less than have been Parade All Americans as Juniors (as Lewis is) and not been selected to the McDonalds AA team their Senior years. Two of them - Allen Iverson and a Duke player, I believe - were left off the McD roster because of off-the-court incidents.

That speaks well for Lewis, and I imagine that he will end up as a McD AA, which would make 4 in 2 years. Anyone else think Self is a pretty good recruiter?
Richard Baker Says:
May 9th, 2005 at 12:35 pm
Did you catch Nick Collison’s Buzzer-beater last night for the Sonics?
AJ Says:
May 11th, 2005 at 10:32 am
“Anyone else think Self is a pretty good recruiter?”

The man has my vote. I’ve been wondering what effects, if any, the recent youth tourney in Lawrence has on recruiting. The Aldrich kid, for example…
The Phog Says:
May 11th, 2005 at 11:12 am
I think at a bare minimum, the youth tourney allows recruits who have some interest in Kansas to make an unofficial visit in a relaxed setting. Given the limits on official visits, that can’t be a bad thing.

Aldrich, for example, has already visited 3-4 times. I don’t consider him a KU lock, but I would be pretty surprised if he doesn’t end up at KU (unless he bags it for the NBA and I don’t know about his chances in that regard).
Villa Tiliano Says:
May 16th, 2005 at 8:20 pm
Jayhawks done until Self is gone
Jeff Says:
June 2nd, 2005 at 12:05 pm
Villa, once again, thanks for adding nothing.
stevo Says:
July 4th, 2005 at 12:37 am
I don’t understand why rivals.com would rank Lewis 60-whatever while at the same time parade and Self would think so highly of him. What’s up with the rivals people? Aren’t they usually pretty accurate? Thats the only thing that bugs me. On the other hand, this is the coach who put together Illinois’ team last year and got us Chalmers, Wright, and Downs . . .

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