The Basketball Tournament - Wichita Regional

[pie n eye]

Love seeing JT, Clevin, and Stutz mix in with the recent guys.

I hope his teammates find Clevin and he shoots more next game!

[Maizerunner08]

We need Cotton. Our perimeter D sucked big time.

[NCAABound]

Yeah I'm totally muffed about Cle. IMO this could be 100% why he's here.

[OregonShocker]

Need to ask if they can talk to HCGM about free throws...

[NCAABound]

A couple of observations:

I have never uttered the words, “Get the ball out of Cle’s hands” before tonight. He is a special talent but has become quite the head case. Calling for the ball 35 feet out, wanting to run point, taunting opposing players after plays, and taking a swing at Timmer (which he could and maybe should have been ejected for) were not endearing moments.

JT and Shaq look a little slower.

Conner and Clevin are undersized, but they can shine in these games. The guys guarding them for the most part won’t be quite as athletic as the guys who defended them in college.

Our game looked so much prettier than the one preceding it. I think the Self Made team was made up of a lot of guys who haven’t played in a while and it showed. Even Arthur, a former NBA guy, hadn’t played in the last year and looked out of shape.

We will have to play much better against the Sideline Cancer team if we hope to have a shot.

I would’ve hated to lose to a team with Reed freaking Timmer and a bunch of other white dudes on it.

Shannon Shorter struggled a bit but made some good plays down the stretch.

Rashard Kelly is such a steadying presence for this team.

Couldn't agree more about Cle, but totally disagree about JT and Shaq. They were difference makers at time on offense.

[pie n eye]

Should be available on the espn app.

[pie n eye]

You’re both trying to get to the same score. You want more possessions than the other team to try and get to that score. I don’t see how calling timeout while you have possession isn’t the optimal Elam play.

This is assuming Elam doesn’t change possession by jump ball or lower score getting the ball, which would make sense but I’m unsure of the actual rule.

It’s interesting think think about.

My thought was that as the leading team it makes sense to stop the clock as soon as possible under four minutes assuming you don’t have possession. I think that would be more true the larger your lead because you want to set the goal with the largest lead possible. If you continue to let the clock run you risk letting the deficit shrink.

As the trailing team I think you would want to keep the clock running as long as possible to cut into the deficit before Elam kicked in.

Just my thought process, I’m not sure that’s definitely the optimal play.

[Kel Varnsen]

A couple of observations:

I have never uttered the words, “Get the ball out of Cle’s hands” before tonight. He is a special talent but has become quite the head case. Calling for the ball 35 feet out, wanting to run point, taunting opposing players after plays, and taking a swing at Timmer (which he could and maybe should have been ejected for) were not endearing moments.

JT and Shaq look a little slower.

Conner and Clevin are undersized, but they can shine in these games. The guys guarding them for the most part won’t be quite as athletic as the guys who defended them in college.

Our game looked so much prettier than the one preceding it. I think the Self Made team was made up of a lot of guys who haven’t played in a while and it showed. Even Arthur, a former NBA guy, hadn’t played in the last year and looked out of shape.

We will have to play much better against the Sideline Cancer team if we hope to have a shot.

I would’ve hated to lose to a team with Reed freaking Timmer and a bunch of other white dudes on it.

Shannon Shorter struggled a bit but made some good plays down the stretch.

Rashard Kelly is such a steadying presence for this team.

[WuDrWu]

+1 Karon did a really nice job.

Cle went out, and we went on a run.

[WuDrWu]

You're right. The correct move was to get Elam started asap if you're ahead.

[shoxlax]

Kudos to Karon for having the nads to sit Cle down and let him watch us succeed without him for awhile.

Fred and Gregg ain’t around to control him.

[NCAABound]

I'm pretty sure this will become our annual summer fix. ESPN loved it!!! The Basketball Tournament loved it!!! And SHOCKER fans loved it!!! Bubble U...not so much.

GO SHOCKS!!!!

Can't agree more!!!

[WSUwatcher]

Asking on behalf of Ron or Dennis?

[FlyingWheat]

Anyone got a replay link?

[AZ Shocker]

I'm pretty sure this will become our annual summer fix. ESPN loved it!!! The Basketball Tournament loved it!!! And SHOCKER fans loved it!!! Bubble U...not so much.

GO SHOCKS!!!!