Wichita State vs Marshall Game Thread - First Round NCAA 2018 Tournament

[kochHead]

Marshall looked hungry. We looked lackadaisical. The game could be summed up by the play where we got the steal, and just nonchalantly dribbled with no awareness and got it ripped from behind. Every opportunity we had to bury them, we relaxed and let them up for air (weak af turnovers, not pounding it in to shaq, shooting like dog crap, etc). Credit to them though, because in this game we were Kelly Oubre, and they were Zach Brown. So much one could say, but in the end we just need some gritty dudes to sign on the dotted line, and get ready for next year. Connor is exempt from this rant, as he let his nuts hang.

[wsushox1]

In his post-game interview in the locker room Landry said this...
Landry Shamet on the loss:
"I was f****ing shi**y today. I was really bad. It's 100% my fault."

The actual video is in Kunkel's Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/KWCHWill

Landry will wear some or a lot of this loss, that is for sure.

It certainly was not 100% his fault, however.

[WuDrWu]

Not even close to it.

[ShockerFever]

Landry will wear some or a lot of this loss, that is for sure.

It certainly was not 100% his fault, however.

This was a TEAM loss, from the players all the way up to the head hauncho.

[proshox]

A big reason for that is we don’t space the floor because we insist on playing two fives and non shooters.

Whether people want to admit it or not this game has changed and if GM does not change with it he s in danger of becoming a dinosaur

Having 4 fives recruited for next year is a horrible sign.

This times 100.

Marshall’s Head Coach gets this. We put a bunch of dudes in the way of our best players. They space the floor and let the best players operate.

[wsushox1]

This times 100.

Marshall’s Head Coach gets this. We put a bunch of dudes in the way of our best players. They space the floor and let the best players operate.

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[Dan]

I like the Fighting Oubres. That’s who we were today

[ShockingButTrue]

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-ahem-

[Shock Top]

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Basketball had changed, and our philosophy and program have to change with it.

[WuShock Reaper]

March Madness: Wichita State crippled by lengthy blown replay in upset loss to Marshall - CBS Sports

Everyone except the officials seemed to know that ball was off Marshall's Jannson Williams

by Kyle Boone

A prolonged video replay by the officials during Friday's game between Wichita State and Marshall appeared to be called inaccurately and, ultimately, might have cost the Shockers a key possession in their 81-75 upset loss.

In the final minute, Marshall and Wichita State players battled for a rebound in the paint when the ball flew out of bounds in a battle down low. The initial call on the floor was Marshall ball, but an instant replay clearly showed the ball tip off Jannson Williams, meaning Wichita State would get the ball back down three with 36.2 seconds left.

[Rlh04d]

I had two friends who could care less message me utterly confused about that. Thought there was no question.

I have a hard time dwelling on that considering how bad we played. And because I have zero faith we could have done anything with that last shot.

[WuDrWu]

That wasn't even the worst call. The kid that was standing out of bounds, then threw the ball off Shaq. It's our ball, up 3. But no, lengthy prayer 3 and they have momentum back on their side.

[WSUwatcher]

No question they blew the call on the late out of bounds play, and they blew the one Doc mentioned too -- and both were key, costly mistakes. Not one of TV John's better games (nice tan, though).

But the Shocks outdid Higgins and crew on mistakes today by probably a factor of ten, so all the refs did was keep WSU from stealing a game they should have been able to win comfortably. Very disappointing, especially for Frankamp, who deserved much better.

[Shox The Revenant]

Let's give Marshall their due, they executed their offense very well with very little disruption from us. They wanted for us to play their game and we did exactly that - kudos to them for drawing us in.

We needed more outside presence instead of Conor and Willis today. Austin was 0-fer from the 3 point line today. He needs to bulk up and improve his conditioning over the off-season. I'm a firm believer that more playing time down the stretch was detrimental to his game. He's a slender fella and I'm thinking the minutes down the stretch fatigued him. Over his last 5 games he shot 23% from the field and 9% from the 3-pt line. Shooting is all in your legs and he had to have been fatigued .

[OregonShocker]

We were a five speed running in third, only occasionally shifting to fourth

[OregonShocker]

Marshall ran in the red zone most of the game

[Aargh]

Our guards are slow. They can't stay in front of anybody on D. They can't beat defenders into the paint with the ball, and they can't make moves to get angles to make entry passes to the post.

We can't really play that "spread the floor and let somebody go to work" game. Our guy who can play that type of game with the ball in his hands is SHJ, and there's a reason he wasn't recruited out of HS.

[proshox]

You can’t play that game with two posts players in the lane. Landry got to the lane just fine the few times a lame was cleared out for him this year.