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  • 2018-19 Expectations for Shocker Basketball – “Summertime Edition”

    We will soon be reaching the Dog Days of Summer, a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence here on Shockernet, and need a few topics of discussion to carry us through this forbidding wasteland. Well, we have a little bit more information now, who's leaving (players/coaches), who's staying (players/coaches), what AAC teams have we been paired with for home/away games & who do we only play once, and with most of our non-conference games having been announced, but still 3 or 4 to go. So what kind of expectations can be seen at this point? Will the SPF - "Shockers Performance Factor" be coming through for us this season? What do you say?
    94
    Very Low Expectations: SPF is 0 to 10 wins
    1.06%
    1
    Low Expectations: SPF is 11 to 20 wins
    9.57%
    9
    Medium Expectations: SPF is 21 to 25 wins
    75.53%
    71
    High Expectations: SPF is 26 to 30 wins
    13.83%
    13
    Very High Expectations: SPF is 31+ wins
    0%
    0

    The poll is expired.

    Last edited by WuShock Reaper; September 22, 2018, 01:57 PM.

  • #2
    Where’s the “Undefeated, National Champions and also Shock Top lands a date with Bar Paly” option?!
    The Assman

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    • Aargh
      Aargh commented
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      It's at phog.net. They have a couple of those every year. Minus the date with AZ. Doesn't seem like anybody's making that pick.

    • Shock Top
      Shock Top commented
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      So you’re telling me there’s a chance?!

  • #3
    I can’t vote for any of these. I’d say 18-22 wins is about right.

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    • #4
      Medium expectations for me, but the excitement is still very high. Just anxious to watch this brand new team grow together. I'm hoping the lower expectations takes the pressure off everyone and the fan base just enjoys it regardless.

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      • #5
        Originally posted by Shockm View Post
        I can’t vote for any of these. I’d say 18-22 wins is about right.
        18-22 wins for an ultra inexperienced team would be a really good year (possibly or maybe probably followed up by another Top 25 team to begin the year). I think they will win some close games at home with the inexperience. It's the close games on the road and neutral courts that will be the wild card for this team. We have a more difficult schedule this year than we had a couple of years ago with an even more inexperienced team.

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        • #6
          Difficult to predict the number of wins for the coming season; so I predicted 20 wins based on the presence of HCGM

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          • #7
            I have medium-to-high expectations - 23-28 wins. I'll vote high.


            T


            ...:cool:

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            • #8
              WuShock Reaper ever heard of a bell curve? Normal distribution?
              Wichita State, home of the All-Americans.

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              • #9
                I know that with new blood I should temper expectations, but I believe that if we have an incoming class of players that caused HCGM to clean house, willing to lose several returning players to transfer, etc. that those new players will overcome rookie status quickly. High expectations for me!

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                • Shockm
                  Shockm commented
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                  The only connection to your premise that HCGM cleaned house is CJ Keyser. Landry left on his own for the NBA, Austin left on his own to our surprise. We had a couple of walkons leave to better themselves, and we lost 6 Seniors. So the only cleaning house by HCGM was CJ. While I don't see our situation as dire, HCGM is doing what he has to do to replenish the roster. Fortunately we recruited some good players but HCGM has never had to overcome a situation quite to the degree that he is this year. If he pulls off what you are saying he will, he has outdone everything he has accomplished in the past.

              • #10
                Why is "0-10 wins" even an option? Really.. Gregg is going to win 20 at least.

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                • #11
                  My Chrystal Ball is all clouded over and I suspect it has a slight crack. Along with that, I don't have a blasted clue. Yeah, no denying we have lots of potential. But potential does not necessarily win close games.

                  Throw in Marshall as a great coach into the mix, and and my pick is no less than 18 wins and no more than 23.

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                  • #12
                    My initial reaction for the upcoming 2018-19 season was to estimate somewhere between 21 to 25 wins. However, after I took a little closer look at the schedule, I currently see that might have been a tad optimistic. Here are my “summertime” individual game predictions which would get us to 20 wins:

                    Likely Wins - 12
                    vs. Baylor in Wichita at Charles Koch Arena
                    vs. Oral Roberts at Koch Arena
                    vs. Louisiana Tech at Koch Arena
                    vs. Rice at Koch Arena
                    vs. East Carolina at Koch Arena
                    vs. Tulane at Koch Arena
                    vs. Tulsa iat Koch Arena
                    vs. Temple at Koch Arena
                    at South Florida in Tampa
                    vs. TBD at Intrust Bank Arena
                    vs. #1 TBD at Koch Arena
                    vs. #2 TBD at Koch Arena

                    Maybe Wins - 8
                    vs. #1 TBD (Charleston Classic in South Carolina)
                    vs. #4 TBD at Koch Arena
                    vs. Connecticut in Wichita
                    at East Carolina in Greenville
                    vs. Memphis in Wichita
                    vs. Southern Methodist in Wichita
                    at Tulane in New Orleans
                    vs. Central Florida in Wichita

                    Maybe Losses - 9
                    vs. Providence in Annapolis, Maryland
                    vs. #2 TBD (Charleston Classic in South Carolina)
                    at Oklahoma in Oklahoma City
                    vs. Cincinnati in Wichita
                    at Connecticut in Storrs
                    at Memphis in Memphis
                    at Southern Methodist in Dallas
                    at Tulsa in Tulsa
                    at Houston in Houston

                    Likely Losses - 2
                    vs. #3 TBD (Charleston Classic in South Carolina)
                    at Cincinnati in Cincinnati
                    Last edited by WuShock Reaper; July 25, 2018, 09:02 AM.

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