Black & Yellow Scrimmage on October 6

[WuShock16]

This will replace Shocker Madness, which is probably just as well. Let's watch the kids play some ball and call it a day. No need for contrived showy stuff.

https://goshockers.com/news/2018/9/6/mens-basketball-save-the-date-black-yellow-scrimmage-garage-sale.aspx

[Stickboy46]

I’m hoping they still have the contests ... those were the best parts IMO

[C0|dB|00ded]

I do like the idea of more basketball but if there's no production aspect at all it's going to be a shock to the average fan. No music? No Emcee? Just like a regular old summer pickup game? Weird.


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[pinstripers]

lame

[Dan]

I get the feeling 3G does not like the hoopla of midnight madness

[pinstripers]

Agree, and it's somewhat surprising given that he is a salesman first and foremost

[WstateU]

It’s been an embarrassment since it’s inception... every year I came away deflated and disappointed. I know I’m showing my age, but a dunk and three-point competition does nothing for me. Give me more live scrimmage time and I’m a happy camper.

[jcdshocker]

My understanding is no contests. Come out and watch a controlled scrimmage.

[proshox]

This is my Dream. The best shocker madness happened the year we played in the brown box on 135. They just played a full game and it was glorious.

All the others have so many cringe worthy moments and are a waste of time.

[BOBB]

I agree. Let’s watch some effin basketball and get drunk. Emcee/schmemcee.

[ShockdaWorld]

I hate it being on a Saturday, but that’s just me.

[ShockerFever]

I do like the idea of more basketball but if there's no production aspect at all it's going to be a shock to the average fan. No music? No Emcee? Just like a regular old summer pickup game? Weird.


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No more Hitman embarrassment?

Fine by me.

If they could pull off a major type madness event fit for a high major basketball program, I'd be all for it. But they are incapable of not embarrassing themselves and making it look like half-assed amateur hour, so I will welcome the change to just strictly basketball.

[ShockerFever]

I hate it being on a Saturday, but that’s just me.

Yah, it must be just you, because I know most people hated it on a weekday night at 6:00.

[ShockdaWorld]

Comprehension is tough.

[ShockerFever]

What did I misunderstand?

Besides you complaining that your nap at the home is in jeopardy now?

[Steeleshocker]

It was pretty obviously dripping with sarcasm, Fev.

[Aargh]

Saturday afternoon? That's outstanding! 4 weeks notice for the event? Another good move. Just some scrimmages without all the crap that nobody wanted to see any way? good plan.

Trying to get thousands of people to show up and sit through some boring stuff in order to get a look at the teams was a tough sell. People showed up to watch the scrimmages, and the ebb and flow of the crowd demonstrated that.

[1972Shocker]

I am totally fine with this change. Hopefully, this will allow them to extend the scrimmages some and still cut down on the overall time of the event. More of what I'm looking for and less of what I don't have. Works for me.

[asiseeit]

double header meaning two men's games or one women's and one mens ??? should be MUCH better than
the past few years of boring stuff

[1972Shocker]

One men's scrimmage and one women's scrimmage.

[1972Shocker]

I get the feeling 3G does not like the hoopla of midnight madness

My guess is what 3G doesn't like is that every minute most of his guys are standing around watching a long-drawn out dunk contest or 3-point shooting contest is a minute taken away from the allowable practice time he has to work with his guys on something much more valuable. Those minutes are of even more value when you have a new, young and inexperienced team like he has this year. At least the scrimmage time is something he probalby would incorporate into a practice at some point anyway and he can perhaps learn a few thing about his team.

[1972Shocker]

Neither the goShockers.com announcement nor Taylor Eldridge's report mention whether the men or women will go first although that may be intentional so they can perhaps maximize the number of folks who will show up for the women's scrimmage.

One error in Taylor's report is that he reported 8 of the 10 players are the women's roster are new. Actually the correct numbers are 10 of the 15 players on the women's team are new. Plus 2 of the 5 returning players redshirted last year. Both of these teams are very young and have very little D-1 experience on their rosters.
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All the new blood and uncertainty makes this one of the more intriguing Shocker preview events we have had from my perspective.

[C0|dB|00ded]

They need to stop the underhanded gender neutral sports scheduling. For 99% of basketball fans everywhere, women's basketball is a side show. It's no different for me than watching a Biddy Ball game.


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[Dan]

For diehard bball fans, this is probably a better event. I wonder how many will show up though since the common fan will not be "entertained" by watching a scrimmage.

[C0|dB|00ded]

That's my point. It will be weird if there is no emcee. Don't get me wrong, I've been the biggest critic of the Shocker Amateur Hour festival but I don't know if the correct direction for the buying public is to strip it down to a bare bones event. I will also miss the dunk contest. That was pretty exciting for me.

I mean... no DnD in a Shocker dunk contest seems like a sacrilege.


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[Aargh]

Just show up for the warmups. You'll see plenty of dunks, just not dunks jumping over someone's head or running from half court to catch a bounced ball.