Child Prodigy Greg Clausen...

[WashDCWarrior]

...was born on March 12, 1981 according to the NBDL player profile.  His first year at MU was the '97-'98 season meaning he started college at age 16.  Anybody know if this is correct, or just a typo?

http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/greg_clausen/index.html

[shaquilvaine]

If true, it makes me feel a little better about his career.   

[Murffieus]

I saw Clausen in practice his frosh year-----he looked like he had a very good career ahead of him----had 9 points against DePaul I recall-----but he never developed------had the misfortune of having 4 different coaches in 7 years (3 HS & 4 at MU)!

Had sculptured body at 6' 10"-----strong as a bull, very agile for that size-----fairly athletic as well-----had he gone to scholl where postup play was emphasized----he would have had a different career!

[ecompt]

Murff, there are very few NCAA schools where post play is emphasized. In fact, it's not even emphasized in the NBA.

[milkbone]

Muffy also posted that MU should NOT waste their time recruiting Travis. They should recruit a guard that went to UWGB.
    Muffy posts thousands of times, his accuracy is quite low IMHO.

[spartan3186]

...was born on March 12, 1981 according to the NBDL player profile.  His first year at MU was the '97-'98 season meaning he started college at age 16.  Anybody know if this is correct, or just a typo?

He was actually born on March 12, 1979. I made his wiki page a few days ago when I was avoiding studying for finals. I got the information off of Go Marquette.

[WashDCWarrior]

That makes more sense.  He never struck me as looking young.

[Murffieus]

Ecompt----postup play certainly is alive and well in the NBA several on the low post Yao & Shaq and a few others----but what is very "active" is posting up from the WIDE POST----just about everyteam does that quite a bit.

In the final four last year----3 of the 4 teams used the wide postup----with the Cinderella team (George Mason) using it the most!

Clausen wouldn't have fit the wide post however----but could have been developed into a very good low postup. He was more productive there in the professional leagues than in Div 1!

[Nukem2]

Ahhh, the wide post has made its appearance on MU Scoop.