2017-18 Games of Interest

[Aargh]

Drake (at 3-0) is leading the MVC. Anybody see that coming?

[ShockerFever]

Drake (at 3-0) is leading the MVC. Anybody see that coming?

Flagship?

Says a lot about the state of the Valley.

[ShockTalk]

#15 Miami loses at Georgia Tech 64-54.

Don't know if it was mentioned earlier, but ND beat previously 10-4 NC St by 30. 88-58

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

I might be biased considering the whuppin' OU put on us, and I haven't actually seen Nova or Sparty play, but Oklahoma looks like the best team in CBB right now.

I still believe they are going to win the Big 12, but I also think they're going to beat KU twice this year and it's not going to be close.

[AndShock]

I might be biased considering the whuppin' OU put on us, and I haven't actually seen Nova or Sparty play, but Oklahoma looks like the best team in CBB right now.

I still believe they are going to win the Big 12, but I also think they're going to beat KU twice this year and it's not going to be close.

Their next two games against West Virginia and Texas Tech will reveal a lot. We’re still the best defense they’ve faced this season and the Big XII has 4 defenses better than ours.

[WuShocker2006]

They are a final four quality team, but they are also young and depend on the three more than many teams. I think they lose one of the next two games and split with KU. Average shooting from WSU and we would have won by 5-10 points. We missed dozens of wide open shots...

[WuDrWu]

Watch Michigan State. Their physicality would give OU a ton of problems. And destroy most other teams without Trae Young. They're really, really good right now.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Xavier seems to be very good at finishing games, which is a useful skill. Hopefully the Shocks will be as good or even better once they're at full strength.

With the lone exception of the Notre Dame fiasco, WSU might be the best team in the country at finishing games.

Up 6 vs Marquette with 8:00 to play. Won by 14.
Up 2 vs Ark St with 9:30 to play. Won by 9.
Tied with OSU with 8:15 to play. Won by 12.
Tied with UConn with 9:30 to play. Won by 10.
Tied with FGC with 4:30 to play. Won by 10.
Tied with Baylor with 3:00 to play. Won by 7.
Down 8 vs Cal with 6:15 to play. Won by 10.
Down 9 to SDSU with 8:45 to play. Won by 10.

[OregonShocker]

That's the mark of experience right there. No choke.

[pogo]

I'm glad everyone wanted more exciting games this year.:good:

[jdmee]

With the lone exception of the Notre Dame fiasco, WSU might be the best team in the country at finishing games.

Up 6 vs Marquette with 8:00 to play. Won by 14.
Up 2 vs Ark St with 9:30 to play. Won by 9.
Tied with OSU with 8:15 to play. Won by 12.
Tied with UConn with 9:30 to play. Won by 10.
Tied with FGC with 4:30 to play. Won by 10.
Tied with Baylor with 3:00 to play. Won by 7.
Down 8 vs Cal with 6:15 to play. Won by 10.
Down 9 to SDSU with 8:45 to play. Won by 10.

Down 18 to OU with 8:25 to play. Lost by 8. WSU lost but still out scored OU by 10 in the last 8 minutes.

[ShockingButTrue]

I might be biased considering the whuppin' OU put on us, and I haven't actually seen Nova or Sparty play, but Oklahoma looks like the best team in CBB right now.

I still believe they are going to win the Big 12, but I also think they're going to beat KU twice this year and it's not going to be close.

Not biased at all. It's not a small comparison to say Young is as good as Curry was "in college." History shows Curry's abilities alone took Davidson pretty far his senior year. Young can duplicate that.

[Wichita Muskie]

History shows Curry's abilities alone took Davidson pretty far his senior year. Young can duplicate that.

It was actually his sophomore year, and Young obviously has more talent around him than Curry did. If Young = Curry, that's very scary for everyone else.

[ShockingButTrue]

Mea culpa. He kinda came from out of nowhere and blindsided the college basketball world. Moreso my point was OU compares favorably to Davidson, with Curry at his best, at least. OU is obviously a National title favorite.

[Shaqness]

Not biased at all. It's not a small comparison to say Young is as good as Curry was "in college." History shows Curry's abilities alone took Davidson pretty far his senior year. Young can duplicate that.

When I first saw Trae against us, I thought he look like great guard. Everyone was singing Steph, Steph Steph. I don't know If he will pan out to be what Steph is in the NBA. But I will say he is better than Steph was in college. Steph didn't see the floor and dish the ball like Trae does now. Especially when you consider Steph blossomed in his 3rd year.

[Kel Varnsen]

They're a little different. Curry was playing off-guard in college, and another kid, Jason Richards, was their point guard. Young is certainly more of a distributor and creator than Curry was. And Curry, while he plays the 1 in the NBA, certainly benefits as a primary ball handler from playing with other shooters like KD and Klay, as well as great passers like Draymond Green. So he doesn't need to be on the ball all the time.

Either way, Young is doing things in college that I haven't seen anyone do before. His vision is incredible.

[im4wsu]

It will be interesting to see how his stats from the second time through the league schedule as compared to the first time through.

[Shaqness]

I'll be interested to see how KSU stacks up against TTech and OSU in their upcoming games. Good comparisons to our Sunflower foes.

[AndShock]

#4 Arizona State struggling in Boulder against a bad Colorado team.