NCAA Sweet 16 - Day 2

[1972Shocker]

A couple of real barn-burners going on, huh!

The Big East laying another ostrich-sized egg.

[1972Shocker]

Marquette could use Andrew Goudelock right about now.

[wsushox1]

Re: NCAA Sweet 16 - Day 2

A couple of real barn-burners going on, huh!

The Big East laying another ostrich-sized egg.

Probably the second best KU has played all season.

[ShockerPrez]

Re: NCAA Sweet 16 - Day 2

A couple of real barn-burners going on, huh!

The Big East laying another ostrich-sized egg.

Probably the second best KU has played all season.

I'm ready for a KU vs VCU matchup. Another Shocker BB opponent in the final 4??

Could it happen? I think so. My money is still on KU, though. They are just real good.

[shox1989]

And then there was one. One out of Eleven. That is the Big Least.

[1972Shocker]

Re: NCAA Sweet 16 - Day 2

A couple of real barn-burners going on, huh!

The Big East laying another ostrich-sized egg.

Probably the second best KU has played all season.

If you're going to peak, not a better time for it. The Shocks also seem to be playing their best ball of the year, unfortunately we did not get to see that on the Big Stage.

[wsushox1]

Great game for cal and teh cheaters,

[ShoxFan963]

Great game for cal and teh cheaters,

More like The Cheater and the Wildcats.

[AndShock]

Rodriguez of VCU continues to impress me. 9 assists so far. He is an amazing point guard.

[wsushox1]

Bad coaching by Shaka Smart

[AndShock]

Great finish, thought they were going to get a 5 second call.

[wsushox1]

Amazing game.

[IAmWu]

Well, two of our non-conference losses made the Elite 8, and San Diego State might have had they not been stuck against Kemba and the Connecticuts. We need more non-con games like those.

[ISASO]

Given the fact that VCU is a lowly low-major, will Vegas put the spread at KU by 35?

[WSUwatcher]

The future

So Connecticut and VCU (despite bad FT shooting by alleged foulee Rodriguez) are among the final eight, and so is Butler, which might well have missed the NCAA field had it not won its conference tournament.

A possible lesson for the guys returning as Shockers next year? Maybe something like, "This time, finish the damn job!" You can bet Marshall and his staff already know that one, so if the players take it to heart and act on it, who knows -- maybe next March WSU's postseason run will be in the NCAA instead of the NIT. As I recall, that sort of motivation worked very nicely for a certain WSU baseball team about 22 years ago.