If there were doubts among Miami Heat executives and coaches whether K-State player Michael Beasley would be a good fit for the organization, Wildcat head coach Frank Martin was not buying it. Martin told a crowd of South-Central Catbackers at the Wellington Golf Club Pavilion Friday that the Heat was instead using the media as a well orchestrated deception so the Chicago Bulls wouldn't take the incoming Heat post player. Martin joined K-State broadcaster Wyatt Thompson, K-State basketball player Darren Kent and incoming linebacker Olu Hall for the annual Catbacker fundraiser in Wellington. The event also included a golf tournament and meal thereafter. "Did you personally hear one person from the Miami Heat say they didn't want Beasley?" Martin asked rhetorically. "I sure didn't. In fact, (Miami Heat Coach) Pat Riley called us four times before the draft. Never once did I get the indication they were not interested or had doubt about him." Martin called the anti-Beasley hype a media fabrication. It will a defining year for Martin, who lost his two best players to the NBA and won't have David Hoskins back because he did not obtain an NCAA medical hardship to play a fourth season at K-State, and elected to move on professionally. Still Martin anticipates K-State will be right back or even better than they were in 2007-08. "They better," Martin said. Experience may be the key. Martin said he will have seven ...
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If there were doubts among Miami Heat executives and coaches whether K-State player Michael Beasley would be a good fit for the organization, Wildcat head coach Frank Martin was not buying it. Martin told a crowd of South-Central Catbackers at the Wellington Golf Club Pavilion Friday that the Heat was instead using the media as a well orchestrated deception so the Chicago Bulls wouldn't take the incoming Heat post player. Martin joined K-State broadcaster Wyatt Thompson, K-State basketball player Darren Kent and incoming linebacker Olu Hall for the annual Catbacker fundraiser in Wellington. The event also included a golf tournament and meal thereafter. "Did you personally hear one person from the Miami Heat say they didn't want Beasley?" Martin asked rhetorically. "I sure didn't. In fact, (Miami Heat Coach) Pat Riley called us four times before the draft. Never once did I get the indication they were not interested or had doubt about him." Martin called the anti-Beasley hype a media fabrication. It will a defining year for Martin, who lost his two best players to the NBA and won't have David Hoskins back because he did not obtain an NCAA medical hardship to play a fourth season at K-State, and elected to move on professionally. Still Martin anticipates K-State will be right back or even better than they were in 2007-08. "They better," Martin said. Experience may be the key. Martin said he will have seven ...