A Wendell McKines interview

Picoso at the Crimson To The Core Cantina MB has a link to an interview with Wendell McKines. Wen, now in France, checks in at the 4:40 mark. Go here.

What Wendell McKines brought to New Mexico State

Las Cruces Sun News reporter Jason Groves interviewed New Mexico State Coach Marvin Menzies and the subject of Wendell McKines came up:

JG: You can probably replace Wendell McKines' numbers, but how do you replace the other things he brought to your team?

Menzies: Wendell had a very strong personality. It was something that will be missed. His passion and toughness, those are intangibles that you have to look to see who is the next guy who is going to help to bring some of those components to the program. I'm not really sure who that individual is yet or if it's going to happen collectively...

Wendell keeps working it

No rest of Wendell although a post @ Dons Central indicates he is no longer with the Warriors Summer League squad.

Big Wen changes history

The ASTI folks have tweeted that a certain someone has declared today to be Wendependence Day and who is going to argue?

Wendell McKines has a summer league spot

From Big Wen: "Its official I will be playing on the ‪#Warriors‬ ‪#NBA‬ summer league team #510 lol. The irony is crazy"

Wendell McKines working out

Here's Big Wen working out with the Advanced Sports Training Institute folks.



We're calling on Wendell's agent to get him a spot on "Survivor" in between roundball stints. He'd be money.

Big Wen working out for Golden State

Here's Wendell McKines being interviewed after working out with the Golden State Warriors.

McKines back home and working out

Here's Wendell McKines, back from New Mexico State and now a college grad, recently working out at the Advanced Sports Training Institute (ASTI):

Press for Wendell McKines

Marcus Thompson writes about Big Wen and the Golden State Warriors.

McKines named All-Tourney

Wendell McKines was named to the All-Tournament team based on his play over the weekend at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. He averaged 15.7 points and 12.3 rebounds over three games and measured out at 6-foot-4 and a quarter and 239.8 pounds, with an 80 inch and a quarter wingspan.

The latest on Wendell McKines

In his second game at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, Wendell McKines went for 12 points and 14 rebounds in 31 minutes (6-19 shooting).

It was 16 and 10 (7-18 shooting) for McKines in game one.

Individual workouts with teams will carry much more weight but McKines is demonstrating his biggest strength (hitting the boards) and his weakness (getting clear shots -- once away from WAC defenders). But, in his favor, it's has to be hard to play with any sort of rhythm in a Portsmouth kind of setting.

McKines and Holman playing in front of the NBA scouts

Wendell McKines and Eli Holman will be participating in the Portsmouth Invitational tournament running April 11-14. The former will be wearing the uniform of the Norfolk Sports Club and the latter that of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, which we are guessing is a law firm. We have been unable to verify if the mascot nickname of the Cherry, Bekaert & Holland squad is the Sharks.

One more TV appearance for Wendell McKines

From the Twitter account of Big Wen: "Got invited to the NABC Senior all star game at the final four. Time to bring that #Wensday flavor to the bayou"

Tom Crean on Big Wen

Here's Indiana Coach Tom Crean speaking about Wendell McKines after his Hoosiers beat New Mexico State:

"That man is a pro player right there, make sure you write that," Crean said. "You are a heck of a player. We spend as much time preparing for you as anybody we see. And the Draymond Green (comparison), that's a big compliment from where we come from because he was player of the year in our league and an All-American. We have a lot of respect for what you do. You have a great future."

Indiana 79, New Mexico State 66

Senior Wendell McKines scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds but Indiana was just too much for New Mexico State tonight in a first round NCAA game. The Aggies lost the assist battle 15 to seven and had seven less steals than the Hoosiers.

A Wendell McKines press conference

Wendell McKines was uncharacteristically mute at a Wednesday press conference -- not. That would really be news. Here's Big Wen as his New Mexico State Aggies take on Indiana tonight in the Big Dance.

A Wendell McKines profile

Teddy Feinberg profiles New Mexico State's Wendell McKines, who leads his Aggies against Indiana Thursday night in the Big Dance.

Will Cherry and Wendell McKines get some ESPN love

In Myron Medcalf's: "10 mid-major stars that could bust brackets" article, Will Cherry and Wendell McKines make the cut.

Wendell McKines headed to the Big Dance

New Mexico State had no trouble with Louisiana Tech Saturday night (82-57), thereby winning the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship. One of the reasons was 27 points and 14 rebounds from Wendell McKines, his 20th double-double on the season.

New Mexico State over Hawaii

22 points and six assists from Wendell McKines helped power New Mexico State University to a 92-81 victory over Hawaii in a semifinal Western Athletic Conference game tonight.