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Senior moments aren't fading away. (Insider: College Basketball).
Kansas center Nick Collison sees no need to hide in shame. He'll come right out and admit it: He is a senior. There is no formal support group for this, but it seems he will survive the next year, regardless.
"I just think it matters if you can play or not," Collison says. "If I'm good enough to play in the NBA, it's not going to matter what year I am."
Collison may be the best known of a surprisingly large group of players who ignored the NBA draft's seductive call and will spend 2002-03 as college seniors. Among his classmates will be such standout players as center Chris Marcus of Western Kentucky, shooting guard Reece Gaines of Louisville, small ...
- Michigan State stuns Minnesota.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Richardson, Ray January 25, 2004 700+ words
...the end, it was the Michigan State players and coaches...crowd of 13,638. Michigan State (15-3, 5-2...Backup center Christina Collison, a sophomore from...point lead. After Michigan State went ahead 70-69...
- Collison is Mr. Consistent for Kansas basketball.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service King, Jason January 26, 2001 700+ words
LAWRENCE, Kan. _ Talk to Nick Collison a while, and you end up being really impressed or, well... a bit frightened. Collison, Kansas' 6-foot-9 sophomore forward...disappoint his parents. Yep, the more Collison talks, the more Mike Sweeney-Peyton...
- COLLISON EXCELLING FRONT AND CENTER.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Washburn, Gary January 19, 2007 700+ words
...last April with coach Bob Hill, Nick Collison was a few steps from departing the room...more center in the upcoming season. Collison is a natural power forward at 6-feet...on Jan. 6, giving the underachieving Collison a chance to start at center. Five games...
- Collison puts Kansas on his back.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lutz, Bob March 27, 2003 700+ words
...ANAHEIM, Calif. _ When Kansas' Nick Collison had 24 points and 23 rebounds against...Vitale stood during the telecast and gave Collison an ovation. Vitale is excitable that way. While Collison was having a Bill Walton-like game against...
- COLLISON SIGNS, JOINS SONICS FOR SUMMER PRACTICE AFTER A DIET OF `STIFFS' IN...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) O'Neil, Danny July 8, 2003 700+ words
...Before practice began yesterday, Nick Collison put a pen to paper, agreeing to...would have been eye-to-eye except Collison is a 6-foot-9 power forward, who was looking up at the 7-1 James. Collison didn't run into many trees that...
- Collison to return.
- Newspaper article from: Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas) October 14, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: Gary Bedore Oct. 14--Nick Collison doesn't know how he'll react when...spotlight for four years now," said Collison. He has been mostly a role player since...to play again." The 25-year-old Collison, who will start in Sunday's 1 p...
- The Collison story: `Hoosiers' meets `Field of Dreams'.
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 1, 2003 700+ words
...believing his teammates had it covered. Nick Collison's coach saw something else about the...how good you can be?" he screamed at Collison. Bewildered, this future all-American...retreated to a hallway, where Randy Fiscus, Collison's freshman coach at Iowa Falls High...
- COLLISON, RIDNOUR CUT FROM SAME CLOTH SONICS INTRODUCE DRAFT PICKS WITH SIMILAR...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) O'Neil, Danny July 1, 2003 700+ words
...DANNY O'NEIL P-I reporter Nick Collison stands more than half a foot taller...stretches at least a few inches longer. Collison is the 6-foot-9 power forward drafted...Each is the son of a high school coach. Collison is from Iowa Falls, a city of 5,424...