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

[WuShock Reaper]

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?

[Shock Top]

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

[Aargh]

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]

So you’re telling me there’s a chance?!

[Shockm]

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

[ShockerPhi]

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.

[Shockm]

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.

[Shocker1976]

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

[C0|dB|00ded]

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


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[BOBB]

WuShock Reaper ever heard of a bell curve? Normal distribution?

[OregonShocker]

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!

[Shockm]

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.

[choida]

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

[60Shock]

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.

[WuShock Reaper]

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