After having a rough season at Kansas State that ended in a dismissal, 6’2″ shooting guard Marcus Foster has committed to the Creighton Blue Jays after visiting the school this past weekend.
Foster averaged 15.5 points per game and earned All-Big 12 second team honors during his promising freshman season but instead of improving, the Texas native only averaged 12.5 points per game this past season (KSU went 15-17 overall and missed the NCAA Tournament).
As a high school senior, Marcus Foster chose the Wildcats over the Blue Jays after holding other offers from California, Lehigh, Oklahoma and SMU. The Hirschi High School recruit was labeled as only a three-star player but has developed into a willing scorer who can create his own shot at will.
Now Foster believes that a new scenery and the help of Greg McDermott, who he has had a relationship with for the last few years, will help him overcome his rough sophomore slump.
Foster was suspended by head coach Bruce Weber in February (three games) after violating team rules and he was also benched in games against Oklahoma State and Georgia.
According to the Omaha World-Herald, there could be some reasoning behind Foster’s benching and suspension.
The Kansas City Star speculated that Weber took the action after seeing a picture Foster posted on social media from spring break. The picture was of Foster, Harris and a fake iguana. Foster bragged in the caption that the pair was “lit on the beach.”
Despite the issues Foster has had with Weber, this is a huge addition, not only for Creighton but for the Big East. After the loss of Doug McDermott to the NBA, the Blue Jays struggled finishing ninth in the conference and lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament against Georgetown.
The Jays are trying to make up for the loss of their big name players, McDermott, Ethan Wragge and Austin Chatman, by showing a strong ability to connect on the transfer market (Maurice Watson from Boston University and Cole Huff from Nevada are eligible in 2015-16 after sitting out a year).
Foster is unable to play for a season due to the NCAA’s academic transfer rules but can practice and will have two remaining seasons of eligibility starting in 2016-17.
On the flip side, Kansas State is expected to have a whole new team this season as Foster was among three players dismissed this offseason, Tre Harris and Malek Harris, while two other youngsters, Nigel Johnson and Javon Thomas, plan to transfer. The Wildcats have a seven man recruiting class that is led by four-star center from Jacksonville, Eric Cobb, but they will greatly miss Foster’s production.
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