(03-16-2018 03:16 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote: Should have listened to AndShock. He basically predicted one and done.
The only way we lose to Marshall though would be to play our worst game of the year, and YUP!... we did just that. Celebrate quickly AAC, because as history shows... we'll be back; and we'll be better than ever.
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I hope so. We need a strong Wichita State progran in this conference.
(03-16-2018 03:16 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote: Should have listened to AndShock. He basically predicted one and done.
The only way we lose to Marshall though would be to play our worst game of the year, and YUP!... we did just that. Celebrate quickly AAC, because as history shows... we'll be back; and we'll be better than ever.
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what history? Your program was an irrelevant nobody before Marshall got there.
Which Marshall? I can't keep all the Marshalls straight.
(03-16-2018 03:16 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote: Should have listened to AndShock. He basically predicted one and done.
The only way we lose to Marshall though would be to play our worst game of the year, and YUP!... we did just that. Celebrate quickly AAC, because as history shows... we'll be back; and we'll be better than ever.
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what history? Your program was an irrelevant nobody before Marshall got there.
Which Marshall? I can't keep all the Marshalls straight.
I am shocked.... just checked out the highlights and tough to beat a team that throws up prayer after prayer and hits them. Did they call walking once on Marshall? At least once?
(03-11-2018 01:49 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote: The Mighty Shockers reinvigorated their national reputation by going 10 and 5 in the NCAA Tournament since 2012. During that stretch the Shockers have 10 wins: 1 Final Four, 1 Elite Eight, and 2 Sweet Sixteens. They've done all this with an average seed of 7.17...
The Shockers first season in the AAC could be considered a success by some measurements having missed a conference championship by one bucket. They settled for second place and a disappointing early exit in a mostly meaningless conference tournament. They did all this with a team built on players recruited while a member of the Missouri Valley Conference reaching a high of #3 in the national polls.
Shocker fans know they have a few chinks in the armor having witnessed several games this year where they played uncharacteristically weak. The most recent being the final conference tournament game against Houston. In that game they played horrendous for nearly 30 minutes struggling to shoot better than 20% from the field (some of this was obviously due to Houston's brand of foul-a-thon defense, but not all). The ending was close only because the Shocker offense started to awaken for the final 10 minutes of the game.
Shocker fans should remember that their Final Four run came after regular season losses to: Tennessee, Evansville (2x - regular season sweep), Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, and Creighton (2x - once in conf. tournament). We finished 2nd in the Valley with a 12-6 record, one loss from 3rd place. It was a disappointing season from a Shocker perspective having lost both the regular season and conference title to the BJ's. We left Arch Madness with our heads hung low and unranked.
In case AAC fans are wondering what a real conference tournament should sound and look like, here's the conference tournament championship game highlight reel between BJ and Wichita State from a BJ's perspective (they won) at a packed Scotttrade Center in St. Louis.
Pretty electric for the lowly MoValley no?
Fast-forward to Selection Sunday and the Shockers are on pins and needles waiting to hear their name called. The Shockers were given the dreaded 9 seed. Oh well we thought, we're just happy to be in it after going 5-5 to wrap up the regular season. What unfolded next shocked the world as well as Wichita, Kansas.
The MVC regular season and conference tournament champion BJ's beat Cincinnati in the first round and then got blown out by Duke. Slumping Wichita State on the other hand...
Gregg Marshall admits his offensive schemes are best suited for the NCAA Tournament as they are difficult to prepare for in that format. Any advantage the system holds in conference play, where teams have much longer to prepare and get multiple chances at you, greatly diminishes.
Gregg Marshall has proclaimed his disdain for conference tournaments since arriving at WSU. It is no secret that a Shocker team will never give its best effort in a conference tournament while Gregg Marshall is the head coach. We give 105% in the regular season and 110% in the Dance. I'd say conference tournaments get around 90%. How else would you explain 1st Team All-Conference Shaq Morris only playing 19 minutes when he was integral to us winning the game? He had 2 fouls and didn't get back on the floor until around the final 10 minutes of the second half... about the exact same time our performance changed trajectories.
So the real season has begun for the Shockers. The playbook is opened wide and every ounce of the Shocker's soul will be left on that court. Will the AAC "grind" better prepare the Shockers for the tournament? I don't know, but I doubt it. I have never seen the Shockers under Gregg Marshall give anything less than a One Shining Moment type performance in the Dance. Everybody seems to always find "another level". An argument can be made that a grueling conference season can actually hinder a team. Who knows the answer. We'll let this year's Shocker performance in the NCAA tournament speak for itself.
We're fairly injury-free, have a slight chip on our shoulder after Saturday, have several players who are looking to break out of slumps, and we'll likely be facing teams that have never seen us before. Our defense is suspect, but defense comes with effort. Our offense has never been this potent (with Shaq on the floor). I like our chances.
(03-11-2018 03:23 PM)Agust Wrote: i dont think wsu fans should downplay their team because of the losses.
before the season began this was billed and accepted as WSU's greatest team as they had all of their starters coming back .
nothing has changed.
this is also considered Cincinnati's greatest team of the last few decades.
Hardly. Cincy has been in the Top 5 in the polls so many times in the last three decades that I can't even count them. If UC gets to the final Four, then it would be our deepest run in the the NCAA tournament since the 90's, when UC had one Final Four and two Elite 8's. our best team was probably during Kenyon Martin's senior season when UC was ranked #1 most of the season until Martin, the National Player of the Year, broke his leg in the conference tournament. Someone with more access to historical records can provide more texture but UC has been good for a very long time. You don't go to 32 NCAA tournies and now 8 in a row and not have some serious basketball history.
LOL!
Your entire fanbase agreed that this is the best Cincy team in two decades. Of course just a couple months ago most of your fanbase wanted Mick fired...
Crazy group this Bearcat Nation!
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you need to worry about your first round match up and not worry about UC. You can have a shot at the champs next year.
Right now your focus is not sucking in the Big Dance...now get going.
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The Real Shocker Season is about to begin...
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