“GOAT” OF 100 YEARS OF SHOCKER LORE TOURNAMENT

[WuShock Reaper]

This year’s “Corona Madness” event will include teams from the last 100 years. The big questions on Shocker Fans minds are: who gets the coveted #1 Seeds (top 4 teams), who are the Last Four-in and who are the First Four-out, what Regions (Black, Gray, White, or Yellow) will teams be placed and matched up against, and which Head Coach gets the most teams in?

32 Teams will enter this year’s ROUNDHOUSE, but there can only be ONE CHAMPION!
So who will be the last team standing, who will be cutting down nets, and who will be crowned the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT).

Selection Show to be held Sunday at 7:30pm on July 19^th on SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

Schedule
1st Round match-ups will played Monday, July 20th and Tuesday, July 21st – 32 teams
2nd Round match-ups will played Wednesday, July 22nd and Thursday, July 23rd – 16 teams
3rd Round match-ups will played Tuesday, July 28th – 8 teams
Final Four match-ups will played Wednesday, July 29th – 4 teams
Championship Game played on Thursday, July 30th – 2 teams

SELECTION COMMITTEE: WuShock Reaper, Chairman

SELECTION CRITERIA: The “Committee” will be evaluating team selection based on Total Wins/Losses (win %), Conference Record (win %) and Placement, Post Season Play and Record, etc.

SEEDING CRITERIA: Seeding and bracketing will based on an extensive season-long evaluation of teams through historical recollections, watching games, monitoring press coverage, and our secret advisory committee member’s rankings which will be used to seed each team. Also, to avoid coaches from playing themselves in the First and Second rounds, teams may be moved up/down a seed-line.

p.s. the Selection Committee Chairman is susceptible to inducements.

[shockrah]

Wagering?

[WuShock Reaper]

Wagering?

According to subparagraph 6.5.2.2 of the Greatest of All Time “GOAT”of 100 Years of Shocker Lore Tournament Bylaws:

"To protect the integrity of college athletics contests, GOAT regulations prohibit student-athletes from betting money on any sporting event (college, professional or otherwise) in which the GOAT conducts collegiate championships. However, these prohibitions do not apply to student-athletes or their representatives, who have exhausted all eligibility, so therefore they may wager, bet, bribe, extort, payoff, entice, blackmail, etc, any and all members of the "Selection Committee" .

However, Freddy always said:

[WuShock Reaper]

BREAKING NEWS: "Kansas basketball hit again, with major NCAA violation charges stemming from FBI probe". J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director commented, “we caught the Jayhawks red-handed, and it was bad, like a man wearing a dress.”

Well for punishment, Cleveland State (CSU) would have been banned from post-season play for two years during the last century. However, since CSU did not field a team until 1929, the “Committee on Unfair Penalties”, had no choice but to go to their backup plan, which resulted in Wichita State’s Teams, Coached by Sam Hill in both the 1923-24 (10 wins -12 losses) and 1924-25 (9 wins - 9 losses) teams being banned for two years.

Coach Hill commented, “Our chances for making the Shocker Lore ‘GOAT’ Tournament were pretty much non-existent, however, we are extremely disappointed in the C.U.P. and their decision. We are being penalized for coaches and players from a different era. Hell, it’s a different century. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have cussed.”

[WuShock Reaper]

COMMITTEE UPDATE: The “Selection Committee” arrived this evening and was immediately sworn into secrecy. In a secure location, more secretive then a CIA safe house (I think they are at Larry Bud’s), over the next three days the committee will deliberate the worthiness of 100 teams (minus 2 because of sanctions) as they whittle down these teams to just 32. Their votes will be made public on Sunday, July 19th 2020 at 7:30pm on SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuShock Reaper]

COMMITTEE UPDATE - DAY 1:
"The Committee" has completed their first full day of deliberations and its been a busy one. Already, head coaches like Lindsay Austin, Mark Turgeon, Gene Smithson, Gregg Marshall, and Ralph Miller have had teams eliminated. Its brutal folks, When you have top WSU historical coaches losing teams this early, you can rest assured "the Committee" is taking their task of finding the very best 32 teams seriously. In addition, two teams appear to be headed for #1-seeds already and will have an inside track to make it past the first round of the “GOAT” OF 100 YEARS OF SHOCKER LORE TOURNAMENT. After that, all bets are off.

Stay tuned-in for periodic updates over the next 48 hours, right here on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuShock Reaper]

COMMITTEE UPDATE - DAY 2, 9:00a.m.:
"The Commiitte" is back in the deliberations room, and already discussions are centering around whether or not there should be limits on the number of teams from a particular "Coaching Era". "The Committee" was instructed to go back to their selection criteria and select the top 32 teams. They should ignore the coaches name on the back of Jersey, and select the top 32 teams.

[Shockm]

I don't like anyone on the Selection Committee. They are biased and their backgrounds, qualifications, and credentials are questionable. I'm sure I won't agree with their selections.

[WuShock Reaper]

COMMITTEE UPDATE - DAY 2, 12;00 noon:
In this morning’s deliberations, “the Committee” has identified 13 teams, after the first two-rounds of voting, who have made this year’s “GOAT” tournament, with 19 more teams to be added. There are now 37 teams remaining in consideration for those final spots. Several Coaches have already expressed publicly, “My teams have had very good seasons and should be invited. They might not have names on the back of their jerseys, but they are winners and have proven it throughout the full-season. We also had some early season injuries which lowered our overall record and that should be taken in consideration. We are coming on strong here lately and have the potential to make a deep-run.”

In addition, this year’s “Selection Committee” is the most diverse and experienced committee in the history of the “GOAT”. There is over 3+ years of experience as a player in Biddy League (with one league Championship), 5+ years of experience as a player in Church Leagues (with one league Championship and one runner-up), and 4+ years of experience as a intramural player while attending WSU playing on such courts as Henrion Gymnasium, Heskett Center, and Levitt Arena. In addition, “the Committee” has 4+ years head-coach of Youth League (we never finished last), and has 30+ years’ experience as a fan. To impugn the integrity of this year’s “Selection Committee” is a travesty and the “the Committee” will not allow such baseless lies to go unanswered.

Stay tuned-in for continued updates, right here on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuShock Reaper]

COMMITTEE UPDATE - DAY 2, 6;00pm:
After another round of voting, 4 more teams have been included, leaving 15 bids still available with 31 teams still in contention. In addition, 1 more team has been selected for the coveted #1-seed, leaving just one more team for the final top spot.

Stay tuned-in for continued updates, right here on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuShock Reaper]

COMMITTEE UPDATE - DAY 2, 8;45pm:
The last round of voting for the day has ended and now a total of 26 teams have been invited to this years’ “GOAT Shocker Tournament”. Also the four #1-seeds have been selected. Six bids remain, with 13 teams remaining in contention.

Stay tuned-in for continued updates tomorrow until the LIVE SELECTION SHOW at 7;30pm, right here on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuDrWu]

I don't like anyone on the Selection Committee. They are biased and their backgrounds, qualifications, and credentials are questionable. I'm sure I won't agree with their selections.

I wonder if there's going to be a BCS bias?

[Shockm]

I wonder if there's going to be a BCS bias?

Probably

[WuShock Reaper]

SECURITY ALERT: "Committee Selection Room" 7:45am:
This morning, an intruder tried to enter the "Committee Selection Room" with the intention of accessing the GOAT Tournament data prior to the official release of the 32- team field tonight at 7:30pm on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE! However, our highly trained security detail was spot on and was able to prevent any unauthorized access.

[WuShock Reaper]

COMMITTEE UPDATE - DAY 3, 8:00am:
"The Selection Committee (SC)" will be conducting the final round of voting this morning (before 11;45am) and then all 32 teams will have been invited to this years’ “GOAT Shocker Lore Tournament". This afternoon, the SC will be be finalizing seeds and region placement.

Furthermore, the SC encourages everyone to attend their local faith-based services this morning, whether in-person or on-line. The SC have chosen to attend early morning services at Grace Memorial Chapel on the WSU Campus. If you run into them, please thank them for their service.

Stay tuned-in for continued updates today until the LIVE SELECTION SHOW at 7;30pm, right here on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!