2011–20: A Decade to Remember

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March 1, 2020 - Wichita State at SMU
Wichita State rallied from a 24-point second-half deficit to stun host SMU, 66-62, Sunday afternoon at Moody Coliseum in the largest comeback in school history. Wichita State (22-7, 10-6 American) trailed 50-26 with 14:48 to play, at which point ESPN calculated SMU's win probability at 99.8 percent. Instead, the Shockers outscored the Mustangs 40-12 the rest of the way to take over sole possession of fourth-place in the conference standings and keep its hopes alive for an NCAA tournament bid. The comeback was the second-largest in Division I basketball this year. Dexter Dennis set career-highs with 25 points and seven three-point field goals on 14 attempts to lead the Shockers. Over the last 14:00 WSU made 14-of-24 attempts, including 9-of-14 from three. Dennis hit five of those triples on his way to 17 second-half points. He became just the sixth player in school history to sink seven-or-more threes in a game.

Full Game Highlights

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March 8, 2020 - Tulsa at Wichita State
Wichita State clinched a first-round bye and played spoiler in the American Athletic Conference race with a 79-57 victory over Tulsa on Sunday afternoon at a sold-out Charles Koch Arena. WSU's lone senior, Jaime Echenique, also performed well in his home finale, ending with 13 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and career-high four steals.

Full Game Highlights

#21 Jaime Echenique showing the love foi Wichita State
Jamie Echenique - Last Game at WSU.JPG

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2020 AAC Conference Tournament
March 12 thru 15, 2020



The Wichita State Shockers (23-8, 11-7) are at the brand-new Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas this weekend for the Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship. As the No. 4 seed, WSU earns a first-round bye and will take on either No. 5 UConn or No. 12 Tulane in Friday's quarterfinal round

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Gregg Marshall talks about the best decade in Wichita State basketball history

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article238814718.html

If you don't have a subscription, you need to open the video link in incognito.

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Missouri Valley Conference 2010s All-Decade Team - Last Word On Basketball

By Matthew Waldman, Associate Editor -
May 6, 2020

https://lastwordonprobasketball.com/2020/05/06/missouri-valley-conference-2010s-all-decade-team/

"The Missouri Valley Conference has a proud basketball history. The league is known for players such as Larry Bird and Oscar Robertson. This past decade saw new players etch their names in conference lore alongside those legends. Furthermore, Wichita State and Loyola-Chicago have both made the Final Four during this past decade. Creighton also helped the conference gain national attention before leaving for the Big East.

STARTERS
Guard – Fred VanVleet, Wichita State
Fred VanVleet was one of the main reasons why Wichita State saw unprecedented success in the decade. He earned two player of the year awards and was an AP All-American honorable mention three times. He was also a two-time finalist for the Bob Cousey award for the nation’s best point guard. VanVleet left the Shockers as their all-time leader in assists and steals.

For his career, VanVleet averaged 10.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. He is first in MVC history in assist percentage and fourth in assists, win shares, and offensive rating. While he was at Wichita State, the school won three regular-season titles and made it to the NCAAs every year. VanVleet was a freshman on the Cinderella team that went to the Final Four. He was the starting point guard on the team that entered the NCAA Tournament undefeated and earned a one-seed. Overall, VanVleet played on three 30 win teams and won nine tournament games. He is currently a member of the Toronto Raptors and played a big role in their NBA Championship last season.

Guard – Ron Baker, Wichita State
Ron Baker was the other main man in the backcourt during Wichita State’s historic run. He started his career as a walk-on while waiting for a scholarship spot to open up. When his career was over, he was a three-time member of the Missouri Valley Conference’s first-team and an AP All-American honorable mention in 2015. Baker is in the top ten in six statistical categories in school history.

He averaged 13.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game during his career. Baker is third in MVC history in career offensive rating and fifth in career win shares. He was part of the same teams with VanVleet that had so much success. He was most recognizable for his long, blonde hair that jumped with him when he took his shots. Baker made lots of clutch plays for Wichita State during their NCAA Tournament games.

Forward – Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
Forward – Kyle Weems, Missouri State
Forward – Doug McDermott, Creighton

BENCH
Guard – DJ Balentine, Evansville
Guard – Colt Ryan, Evansville
Guard – Jake Odum, Indiana State
Center – Cameron Krutwig, Loyola-Chicago
Center – Egidijus Mockevicius, Evansville"

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Who's betta? Tekele Cotton or Jake Odum?

[Kung Wu]

Who's betta? Tekele Cotton or Jake Odum?

THAT was a rhetorical question.

[WstateU]

Who's betta? Tekele Cotton or Jake Odum?

Who's betta? Cleanthony Early or Kyle "cutthroat" Weems? Asking for my primate friend...

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[WichitaStateGuy]

Working in finance, I've seen my fair share of graphs...

This is easily one of the most beautiful I've ever seen.

[ShockTalk]

Am I to assume the other dots represent the other WSU players? If so, shouldn't our PGs have the most assists and the best A/TO ratios? Now if you have a graph comparing to other PGs of other top teams...….

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[Stickboy46]

Maybe we can get back to running things like this. Rather than dribbling around aimlessly or trying to find the best time to jack a long 3

[Shockm]

Fred was good on set plays but he also dribbled around quite a bit during a 30 second clock, just looking for an opening, just to find one in the last 5 seconds or so. The difference was that he wasn't just dribbling, he was looking for an opening.