"The teacher who flunked Frank Mason: a Kansas basketball success story" -- Sam Mellinger
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After that summer, a few other major schools were talking to Mason — South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Maryland — but he was generally viewed as program depth...
....But nobody outside Petersburg could’ve possibly predicted that Mason would have the biggest impact — conference and national player of the year as a senior. Someday, his jersey will hang in the Allen Fieldhouse rafters.
“Sometimes in recruiting you luck into things,” KU coach Bill Self said.
Amen. We as fans sometimes envison these master plans involving recruiting this and that prospect. Planning certainly occurs but sometimes coaches lurch into talent by happenstance, not necessarily grand design.
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