Sahvir Wheeler

[Majoga]

Did he get that contract in the hobbit league?

[WeWant9]

I'm still curious about what happened with Wheeler/that team. There were always rumors of a team Oscar vs team Wheeler clique.

I do think the fans treated him badly, but grown adults personally contacting college athletes is absolute insanity to me so I will never understand the rationale behind it.

I really did like that team and injuries had their hand in it, but that team seemed off the rails by the end of the season. I do think Cal's player first mentality bit him in the behind on that team. Doubt we will ever get a clear picture on what happened, but I will always get a chuckle out of Erin representing Wheeler at Senior Day.

[Supafuzz]

Nope.. He's up there with Shady Sharpe.. Don't feel sorry for neither of them.. Quiters..

[BJD]

^ I agree 100%

Giving it his all? He quit on the team.

[BlueHeaven]

He shouldn't have quit on the team, but I wonder if it was a result of all the crap fans were giving him. He was being crapped on from pretty much Day 1 here. In this day and age, players would be wise to not even read that stuff but it's human nature. I'd have a hard time not reading and taking to heart things keyboard warriors were saying about me if I were in Wheelers position.

[Spiritof96]

Rafters must have been a fun and reasonable place...

[RobEstacy]

Does anyone have any insight why there was such a rub between the Oscar/Savir? They got a long the previous year what happened on year two?

Oscar starting doing more and more religious activities, instead of being in the gym. Then he started voicing his veiws on others on the team. Cal hinted at it a few times about people not being in the gym enough, and I think he even called Oscar out at one point that year. We did not see the large year 1 to year 2 jump we saw in people like Patterson and Washington, with Oscar. He rubbed a section of the team the wrong way, in workk ethic and personal beliefs.. Good friend of mine was a tutor for the CATS program, she got to see alot of the interactions first hand... Oscar was very vocal about his religion.

[Burly Peters]

To be fair, we really don't know the full rundown of what happened at the end of that year.

The truth, like always, lies somewhere in the middle.

People always say that and it's not necessarily correct. I know plenty of times when it wasn't. Sometimes the truth is firmly on the other side.

[Burly Peters]

Hard to like him is one thing. Treating him badly is another.

Yes. We should all feel badly about that time he was tarred and feathered on Euclid. Or when that gang of ruffians threw rotten tomatoes at him as went to class.

[Pete Hogwallop]

Yes. We should all feel badly about that time he was tarred and feathered on Euclid. Or when that gang of ruffians threw rotten tomatoes at him as went to class.

Or booed by the Rupp arena crowd when he checked into the game. The people who did that should have been booted out and never let back in. We don't treat our players that way.

[DA#23]

Or booed by the Rupp arena crowd when he checked into the game.

Agreed. UK fans have been very classy at times, it would be nice to continue demonstrating that aspect of the program.

[Burly Peters]

Or booed by the Rupp arena crowd when he checked into the game. The people who did that should have been booted out and never let back in. We don't treat our players that way.

Truth. We could have even had a special night for him. Maybe his last home game, we could have had a special celebration. He could come out to a roar of applause!

[UKWildcats1987]

Oscar starting doing more and more religious activities, instead of being in the gym. Then he started voicing his veiws on others on the team. Cal hinted at it a few times about people not being in the gym enough, and I think he even called Oscar out at one point that year. We did not see the large year 1 to year 2 jump we saw in people like Patterson and Washington, with Oscar. He rubbed a section of the team the wrong way, in workk ethic and personal beliefs.. Good friend of mine was a tutor for the CATS program, she got to see alot of the interactions first hand... Oscar was very vocal about his religion.

Oscar couldn't really improve on his amazing year 1 here stats wise. He averaged 16.5 points per game and almost 14 rebounds a fame though. He's the only reason UK won a ncaa tourney game Cals last 3 seasons.

Cal and the rest of the team failed him IMO. If Oscar was half assing that season, his half was better than anyone else's 100%

[Fox2Monk]

Made you look.

Also, I still think it’s clever humor that the official reason he missed senior night was a medical term for “butthurt.”

I know right lol. I defended him many times because he was solid but Cal did not recruit a good enough roster and we had to rely on him way too much. After his second year antics though it changed my mind about him a lot.

[KYWILDCAT41035]

Oscar couldn't really improve on his amazing year 1 here stats wise. He averaged 16.5 points per game and almost 14 rebounds a fame though. He's the only reason UK won a ncaa tourney game Cals last 3 seasons.

Cal and the rest of the team failed him IMO. If Oscar was half assing that season, his half was better than anyone else's 100%

Anyone talking smack about Oscar for his stats or his contributions..... He was the only one giving effort worth anything those teams he was on you're correct..... Plus since he's been gone post UK career he's been a great ambassador for our program!