Official Wichita State vs Henderson State Game Thread (Exhibition)

[another shocker]

it's not like you have to be a scout to see how talented shj is (and hats off to henderson st. .. i hope they have a good season), but he's really tough. we'll need that aginst the cincinnati's and temple's of the world. i just can't wait until landry and markis are up to speed. landry at point with samajae as his backup (or on the floor together at times) is salty indeed.

[SHOXAAC]

For any out here who still think Steve Eck is a great coach, you should have listened to SHJ's post-game chat with Kennedy.

The main difference (per SHJ) between JuCo and D1 is that in D1 you run a lot of plays. They only ran about 2 plays at Hutch last year. Other than that it was just guys creating for themselves.

Seriously, you are going to go “all-in” on Steve Eck as a coach based on a comment by a 19-year old. Eck is quirky as all get out, but make no mistake...the guy can coach. You have to remember Eck is dealing with players for two years. Some of theses players aren’t rocket scientists and requires simplicity. Even if they did have only 2 plays (which I believe is a major under statement at best), give him credit that those 2 plays were the bomb.com.

[wusphlash]

I'm not as down on Asbjorn as some. He showed enough footwork to be able to get open time after time. Unfortunately, no one seemed capable of making an entry pass. He will show his value playing against AAC size, not MVC size (or smaller).

Samajae will be a valuable contributor no doubt. He's going to have to learn to pass against taller guards. He had several passes tipped that were recovered by himself or teammates.

Rod looks like a freshman that would have gotten 15/20 minutes a game 6 or 7 years ago.

[kcshocker11]

Is there a replay of the game anywhere in the known universe
?

[BOBB]

Any word on Keyser's malfunction?

[pinstripers]

SHJ is extremely quick and fast. A D-1 team like Drake would have picked him a half dozen times. Thor posted up a half dozen times, nobody bothered to get him the ball. If he gets the ball there like he's supposed to, he has a handful of one-step thunder dunks and folks would have said he was fantastic.

[Cdizzle]

For those able to attend, how was Darral's defense?

Tough to tell in a game like this. I will only say that I thought he looked very engaged and active....on both ends of the court. Seemed as if he was holding his focus pretty well, which I think was probably his biggest weakness last year.

[1972Shocker]

Darral know he is going to have to at least try to play some defense if he is going to get the minutes and shots he covets.

[ShockingButTrue]

I'm not as down on Asbjorn as some. He showed enough footwork to be able to get open time after time. Unfortunately, no one seemed capable of making an entry pass. He will show his value playing against AAC size, not MVC size (or smaller).

Samajae will be a valuable contributor no doubt. He's going to have to learn to pass against taller guards. He had several passes tipped that were recovered by himself or teammates.

Rod looks like a freshman that would have gotten 15/20 minutes a game 6 or 7 years ago.

AM was sealing his man off and flashing a hand to his teammates. He wasn't given the ball. GGG let that be known in the 2nd, and after the game.

[ShockingButTrue]

Darral know he is going to have to at least try to play some defense if he is going to get the minutes and shots he covets.

Willis jumped out off of his man to the shooter several times yesterday. If GGG has given him the green light on 3's, which he has assuming the open house as an indicator, then Willis must be meeting GGG's expectations. Rebounding IS defense.

[im4wsu]

Willis jumped out off of his man to the shooter several times yesterday. If GGG has given him the green light on 3's, which he has assuming the open house as an indicator, then Willis must be meeting GGG's expectations. Rebounding IS defense.

Certainly has not been the black hole that he was last year. I may have missed it, but I haven't seen him use his right hand, either. But overall, he's looked great to me.

[ShockingButTrue]

Certainly has not been the black hole that he was last year. I may have missed it, but I haven't seen him use his right hand, either. But overall, he's looked great to me.

I agree with GGG. The main thing IS his D. Take care of the glass and he'll get offensive touches. Just like B. Knight coached his teams back in the day.

[LoneStar48]

Was AR's shoulder impacting his play? Does he appear to be completely healed?

[pinstripers]

Was AR's shoulder impacting his play? Does he appear to be completely healed?

He was not very good at all. I presume from the layoff, not the surgery.

[asiseeit]

Who knows how solid the shoulder is. I think he was a little slow due to the mono, the foot
and the layoff. It's one of the reasons I want to wait more on SMJ because he was working
against an impaired AR at the team scrimmage and little competition vs HSU. I was encouraged
that AR was able to play that many minutes considering all of his ailments. Hopefully he gets
close to full strength soon.