Sam Hauser Co-Mr.Basketball

[Marcus92]

As the country's 20th largest state, there's no way that Wisconsin is going to compete with Florida, Texas, New York or Illinois for producing top basketball talent.

But we've seen some pretty good players emerge in recent years. Two NBA lottery picks in Stone and Ellenson from the same class is pretty impressive — as well as two other 1st round draft picks from the previous 3 years in Looney and Dekker.

Hopefully we see that trend continue with Sam.

[Marcus92]

I'd happily take another Wesley Matthews, Jr. (Madison), Steve Novak (Brown Deer), Scott Merritt (Wauwatosa), or Jim McIlvane (Racine) — whether they have the title of Mr. Basketball or not.

[HoopsterBC]

The best part of Sams game is his coolness.  Does not seem to get rattled, moves without the ball,  seems very smart on the court.  Very few if any turnovers I saw
watching two games.  Can play the 2,3 or 4, reminds me in some sense the ability to dribble like Henry or Giannis, and play a point forward taking pressure off the guards. Can you use both hands to score with and has a great formed set/jump shot from distance.  Not overly quick but quick enough.  I can see him as a really good
player after his body matures and gains 25 pounds of muscle.  Probably will play power forward his junior year.  If they get Howard with Cheatham, add Bailey with
Joey and Sam and you have a nice nucleus in the future.  Heldt for now is the center.  I am not in love with Herro yet, skinny shooting guard but he has two years to get
stronger, Wojo seems to like him, more interested in Joey as he will become a really good 3 with size or a 4.  They might look pretty good once the new arena opens up,
but I do believe Wojo will recruit some other athletes once they see what is happening in Milwaukee.  This will be a first class facility, brand new, with big crowds the first
year.  Hope they open with Wisconsin, Notre Dame or Louisville, maybe even Duke, now that would be interesting.

[GGGG]

Sam Okey.  McDonalds All-American.  B10 Freshman of the Year.  Ended up a role player at Iowa.

His stats actually got worse each year he was in school.  Probably should have left the state.

[Groin_pull]

Sam Okey.  McDonalds All-American.  B10 Freshman of the Year.  Ended up a role player at Iowa.

His stats actually got worse each year he was in school.  Probably should have left the state.

Non-stop partying will do that.

[Jay Bee]

To be sure, there have been numerous years where one would not desire Mr. Basketball from Wisconsin to play for Marquette... but there has been some impressive talent.

Agree with these comments below... Sam will be quality... how soon is my question? Joey can be elite.

The best part of Sams game is his coolness.  Does not seem to get rattled, moves without the ball,  seems very smart on the court.  Very few if any turnovers I saw
watching two games.  Can play the 2,3 or 4, reminds me in some sense the ability to dribble like Henry or Giannis, and play a point forward taking pressure off the guards. Can you use both hands to score with and has a great formed set/jump shot from distance.  Not overly quick but quick enough.  I can see him as a really good
player after his body matures and gains 25 pounds of muscle.  Probably will play power forward his junior year.  If they get Howard with Cheatham, add Bailey with
Joey and Sam and you have a nice nucleus in the future.  Heldt for now is the center.  I am not in love with Herro yet, skinny shooting guard but he has two years to get
stronger, Wojo seems to like him, more interested in Joey as he will become a really good 3 with size or a 4.  They might look pretty good once the new arena opens up,
but I do believe Wojo will recruit some other athletes once they see what is happening in Milwaukee.  This will be a first class facility, brand new, with big crowds the first
year.  Hope they open with Wisconsin, Notre Dame or Louisville, maybe even Duke, now that would be interesting.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Go Marquette.  It hurts not to see Marquette competing in a post season tournament.  A friend asked yesterday, what happened to Marquette this year?  I saidp that they dominated Wisconsin but got beat up in the Big East.  She said, "well there are 3 Big Ten teams and only one Big East teams in the sweet 16."  I said,"the Big East is tougher," and walked away. 

Can't wait until next year with Sam.   But, whatever happened to Sandy?

[brandx]

To be sure, there have been numerous years where one would not desire Mr. Basketball from Wisconsin to play for Marquette... but there has been some impressive talent.

Agree with these comments below... Sam will be quality... how soon is my question? Joey can be elite.

Agree.

The court awareness of some of these young guys is very impressive. Both Hausers and Herro - they see the entire court very well. Something that was missing with Cohen, Cheatham, Duane, JJJ  to different degrees when they got here.

[mu-rara]

Sam Okey.  McDonalds All-American.  B10 Freshman of the Year.  Ended up a role player at Iowa.

His stats actually got worse each year he was in school.  Probably should have left the state.

Okey's dad and Tim Maymon were relatives.

[Dawson Rental]

I'd happily take another Wesley Matthews, Jr. (Madison), Steve Novak (Brown Deer), Scott Merritt (Wauwatosa), or Jim McIlvane (Racine) — whether they have the title of Mr. Basketball or not.

Let's not forget the biggest oversight (overslight?) of all, Vander Blue.  Word was he lost out to T.J. Bray because of anger by the state's HS coaches that he switched his college choice to MU from Wisconsin.

[rocket surgeon]

Agree.

The court awareness of some of these young guys is very impressive. Both Hausers and Herro - they see the entire court very well. Something that was missing with Cohen, Cheatham, Duane, JJJ  to different degrees when they got here.

i think cheatham did ok, but let's allow the hausers and hero to take the floor with the big boys before we pat them on the back.  i do hope they bring a little more to the table right off the bat however

[Anti-Dentite]

To be sure, there have been numerous years where one would not desire Mr. Basketball from Wisconsin to play for Marquette... but there has been some impressive talent.

Agree with these comments below... Sam will be quality... how soon is my question? Joey can be elite.

I think Sam will end up a nice player but it appears he's gonna have to grow into it, his body needs to mature. I think Joey is the better player now as a sophomore and think he's gonna be an absolute stud.

[jaygall31]

I think Sam can steal a lot of Mins from Sandy next year, assuming there are minutes to be stolen.

[WarriorPride68]

No doubt Hauser is a nice prospect & can snipe it from deep. But he has a long way to go physically to compete in Big East. Would be an amazing redshirt candidate on a deeper team.

[wadesworld]

No doubt Hauser is a nice prospect & can snipe it from deep. But he has a long way to go physically to compete in Big East. Would be an amazing redshirt candidate on a deeper team.

Disagree on the redshirt candidate. He's going to contribute next year. Already very fundamental, underrated athletically, and the thing I was most impressed with was his defense. There were times where I thought a guy was going to get to the rim in the championship game with ease and Hauser would make the right play and step in front of the guy, forcing him to not only redirect his dribble but also to completely stop the drive and pull the ball back out. Very good at keeping his body in front of dribblers and not defending with his hands.

[avid1010]

No doubt Hauser is a nice prospect & can snipe it from deep. But he has a long way to go physically to compete in Big East. Would be an amazing redshirt candidate on a deeper team.

rare that a recruit is BEAST ready physically and mentally....even more rare that someone of hauser's ability level redshirts. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

If everyone comes back and we get Howard (or he leaves and we replace him with someone) it'll be eggs first time in a long time that we have 13 scholarship players available. To me, it would be a waste not to redshirt one or two of them. Barring injuries or transfers, we will never need more than 11 players. I would redshirt sacar and hauser. They will be much more valuable as fifth year seniors than they would be next season.

[HoopsterBC]

If Henry comes back, I would never redshirt Hauser, he might have the best shot on the team and would be a great compliment to Henry.  Much better shooter then
what they have there now.  Sacre I would agree on,  thats if he wants a 5th year. 

[jsglow]

If everyone comes back and we get Howard (or he leaves and we replace him with someone) it'll be eggs first time in a long time that we have 13 scholarship players available. To me, it would be a waste not to redshirt one or two of them. Barring injuries or transfers, we will never need more than 11 players. I would redshirt sacar and hauser. They will be much more valuable as fifth year seniors than they would be next season.

Just a little ahead of ourselves aren't we? 

[Dawson Rental]

Disagree on the redshirt candidate. He's going to contribute next year. Already very fundamental, underrated athletically, and the thing I was most impressed with was his defense. There were times where I thought a guy was going to get to the rim in the championship game with ease and Hauser would make the right play and step in front of the guy, forcing him to not only redirect his dribble but also to completely stop the drive and pull the ball back out. Very good at keeping his body in front of dribblers and not defending with his hands.

Can you say J.P.Macura, boys and girls?  I knew you could.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Just a little ahead of ourselves aren't we? 

No?

[Jay Bee]

On Sam.. how worried should we be on his injury(ies)?

Can you say J.P.Macura, boys and girls?  I knew you could.

Interesting. Watched a lot of J.P. in HS/travel... might say he was a little more on a grittier/mean side of things compared to Sam, but in terms of versatility there are some similarities.

FWIW, I believe J.P. is capable of 40%+ 3FG% despite being 34.7% for his career thus far, with a high of 35.6%.

[keefe]

Just a little ahead of ourselves aren't we? 

Glow

You know that to get speed you need to get out over your skis!

[We R Final Four]

2015   Diamond Stone / Henry Ellenson   Whitefish Bay Dominican / Rice Lake   Maryland / Marquette   
2014   Kevon Looney   Milwaukee Hamilton   UCLA   2015 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 30th overall by the Golden State Warriors   
2013   Luke Fischer   Germantown   Indiana, Marquette   
2012   Sam Dekker   Sheboygan Lutheran   Wisconsin   2015 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 18th overall by the Houston Rockets   
2011   Nimrod Hilliard IV   Madison East   South Dakota, Lamar   
2010   T.J. Bray   Catholic Memorial   Princeton   
2009   Jeronne Maymon   Madison Memorial   Marquette, Tennessee   
2008   DeMarcus Phillips   Milwaukee Washington   Iowa State   
2007 (tie)   Keaton Nankivil   Madison Memorial   Wisconsin   
2007 (tie)   Scott Christopherson   La Crosse Aquinas   Marquette, Iowa State   
2006   Andy Polka   Oshkosh West   Loyola   
2005   Wesley Matthews   Madison Memorial   Marquette   2009 NBA Draft: Undrafted
2004   Michael Nelson   Madison Memorial   North Dakota State   
2003   Brian Butch   Appleton West   Wisconsin   2008 NBA Draft: Undrafted
2002   Greg Brown   Milwaukee Vincent      
2001   Devin Harris   Wauwatosa East   Wisconsin   2004 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Washington Wizards
2000   Mike Wilkinson   Wisconsin Heights   Wisconsin   2005 NBA Draft: Undrafted
1999   Marshall Williams   Milwaukee Vincent   North Carolina State   
1998   Jose Winston   Milwaukee Vincent   Colorado, UW-Milwaukee   
1997   Mike Wilks   Milwaukee Rufus King   Rice   2002 NBA Draft: Undrafted
1996   Brad Clark   Markesan   UW-Oshkosh   
1995   Sam Okey   Cassville   Wisconsin, Iowa   
1994   Jim Secretarski   Hartland Arrowhead   Siena   
1993   Anthony Pieper   Wausaukee   Marquette
1992   Greg Timmerman   Cuba City   Wisconsin, North Dakota   
1991   Calvin Rayford   Milwaukee Washington   Kansas   
1990   Damon Key   Milwaukee Marquette   Marquette   
1989   Chris Jones   Milwaukee Hamilton      
1988   Tony Bennett   Green Bay Preble   UW-Green Bay   1992 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 35th overall by the Charlotte Hornets
1987   Mike Johnson   Phillips   Creighton, UW-Eau Claire   
1986   Kurt Portmann   Sheboygan North   Wisconsin   
1985   Dave Mueller   Racine St. Catherine's   Michigan State   
1984   Robert Barnes   Racine Horlick   UW-Whitewater   
1983   Joe Wolf   Kohler   North Carolina   1987 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 13th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
1982   Rick Olson   Madison LaFollette   Wisconsin   

Didn't Greg Brown 2002 go to Wisky? Or am I thinking Boo Wade from Vincent?
Surprised if a Mr. Basketball did not play D1 ball.

[Marcus92]

I think Sam will end up a nice player but it appears he's gonna have to grow into it, his body needs to mature. I think Joey is the better player now as a sophomore and think he's gonna be an absolute stud.

I have no problem with this. Maybe our biggest challenge this past year was having to depend so heavily on 3 freshmen. Would love to see Sam contribute 10-15 minutes as a lights-out shooter (a role somewhat similar to Novak in his first season).