RE: Yeah, Wes Clark was great for their team this year (nm)

Posted on: April 3, 2019 at 12:35:38 CT

http://buffalonews.com/2017/02/08/ub-extra-points-nate-oats-high-on-transfer-guard-from-missouri/

Oats on Clark: “Wes is big time. He was highly ranked coming out of high school. I love the kid to death. He plays his tail off. He’s got one year left. He’s smart. He’s a highly intelligent kid. It just didn’t work out at Missouri. They changed coaches after his freshman year. He was able to play quite a bit there. I’m looking forward to having him. He’s one of my most favorite kids I had, one of the most competitive, a gym rat. He’s in the gym all the time."

http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=15515845

It was the type of performance Buffalo coach Nate Oats saw many times while coaching Clark on the Romulus High School team that won the Michigan state championship in 2013. The league Romulus played in was filled with elite point guards, including Kay Felder, Monte Morris and Derrick Walton — all three eventual NBA draft selections.

“I wouldn’t trade him for any of those three. I thought I had the best one of the four. Still do,” Oats said. “He went to the wrong spot or, I’ll say, it didn’t work out. But I still think he’s got it in him.”

“He’s a kid you want to see good stuff happen to because he deserves it,” Oats said. “He’s put in so much time, so much work into it trying to get himself together.”

http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/17/ncaa-notes-wes-clark-ends-ub-career-with-memorable-show/

"I told him I'm so proud of him," Oats said. "We've got a history. I coached him in high school. But for him to come in with the one semester. He took this program to new heights. We don't do what we did this year without him on the team. I thanked the guys for welcoming him in. If there were guys who were selfish, all about themselves, they would have not welcomed him in like they did. They wanted him on the team. They wanted to win, and he showed up in a big way."