Old Titan Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Southland All-Conference teams were named this morning; ORU was treated very fairly with Shawn Glover making 1st Team and Korey Billbury 2nd Team. Billbury was one of only three sophomores named to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams. There were no freshmen named to any of the teams. Glover was also a 1st Team All-Defensive team selection. SFA junior forward Jacob Parker of Bixby was named 2014 Player Of The Year - did ORU recruit him at all? 2014 Southland All-Conference Teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbl78 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I noticed that Ledrick Eackles of McNeese State was named to the second team. Didn't he used to play for Kampe at Oakland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 I noticed that Ledrick Eackles of McNeese State was named to the second team. Didn't he used to play for Kampe at Oakland? Yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUalum Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 SFA junior forward Jacob Parker of Bixby was named 2014 Player Of The Year - did ORU recruit him at all? i think i remember Sutton telling Hax awhile back that they knew Parker because he attended their camp every summer, but that they did not recruit him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 i think i remember Sutton telling Hax awhile back that they knew Parker because he attended their camp every summer, but that they did not recruit him. If that is indeed the case, then all that can be said is, "Wow..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUalum Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 here's an article from last year w/more details on how SFA found him by accident....LINK here is the ORU portion supporting what i remembered Coach Sutton saying... None of the state's Division I schools offered a scholarship, though Parker said former Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik invited him to walk on and go on scholarship one year later. Parker scored a career-best 16 points at TU's expense this season. ORU? Parker said he grew up going to Golden Eagle basketball camps and he, of course, knew a bunch of the coaches. "But it never got to a point where (they asked) do you want to come here?" Scott Sutton and his assistants have hit their fair share of jackpots as talent evaluators. After a homecourt loss to Stephen F. Austin last month, the ORU coach praised Kaspar for finding tough, smart players who don't try to do things they can't do. "Take Jacob Parker," Sutton said. "He's a great example." Sutton said Kaspar -- who coaches the nation's top defensive team -- must have seen something in Parker that fit the Lumberjacks' style of play. What did Kaspar see the day the refs didn't show up? "He always tells me I did a little bit of everything," Parker said. "I shot the ball well and got some good rebounds and put-backs. And I'm not going to say my greatest aspect is my defense. I am not the greatest lateral mover. But I take charges. So, just kind of a little bit of everything." Parker averaged a double-double as a high school junior. But he suggested basketball isn't just about numbers, and maybe that's what appealed to Kaspar. "There is so much more you can do," Parker said. "Just staying in the passing lane, not letting your man catch (the ball) -- things that aren't necessarily statistical that get overlooked." Parker is overlooked no longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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