“GOAT” OF 100 YEARS OF SHOCKER LORE TOURNAMENT

[ShockTalk]

How long does it take to run a game? Given any thought to running your top 16 seedings multiple times until a pattern of winner is more clear (than 1 game chance), then going to the next round, same pattern, and so on. Still hard for me to think one of those Stallworth, Bowman, Moore, Pete, Leach, Kelley teams wouldn't finish in the top 4.

No offence to McBurney (as his jersey should hang), but basketball just wasn't the same then. I wouldn't have any team pre-60's. And yes, it's pretty hard to tell just how our best 60's teams would compete with today's players. I assume none of that kind of thing goes into how the simulation works, however.

[WuShock Reaper]

Good evening Shocker Fans, I'm the WuShock Reaper, and were about to begin coverage of the FINAL FOUR of the “GOAT” OF 100 YEARS OF SHOCKER LORE TOURNAMENT. Tonight’s first match-up pits the overall #1-seed 2013-14 Gregg Marshall team out of the YELLOW REGION against the #2-seed 1982-83 Gene Smithson team out of the GREY REGION.

In our second game, we have the #2-seed 1980-81 Gene Smithson team out of the BLACK REGION against the #3-seed 2005-06 Mark Turgeon team out of the WHITE REGION. Tip-off has been moved back to approximately 8:15pm cst right here on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuShock Reaper]

FIRST SEMI-FINAL GAME

#1-seed 2013-14 Gregg Marshall vs. #2-seed 1982-83 Gene Smithson

2013-14 Gregg Marshall - Starting Five
G Fred VanVleet
F Tekele Cotton
G Ron Baker
F Cleanthony Early
C Kadeem Coleby


1982-83 Gene Smithson – Starting Five
F Xavier McDaniel
F Antoine Carr
G Aubrey Sherrod
C Zarko Durisic
F Karl Papke

[WuShock Reaper]

#1-seed 2013-14 Gregg Marshall vs. #2-seed 1982-83 Gene Smithson

1ST HALF
20:00 Xavier McDaniel wins the tip. 0 - 0
15:49 1st media timeout 6 - 7
11:58 2nd media timeout 12 - 15
7:50 3rd media timeout 28 - 22
3:54 4th media timeout 36 - 36
0:00 Carter comes up short on a bank shot. 38 - 38

HALFTIME
38 = 2013-14 Gregg Marshall
38 = 1982-83 Gene Smithson


VanVleet leads all scores at the half with 12 points.

[WuShock Reaper]

#1-seed 2013-14 Gregg Marshall vs. #2-seed 1982-83 Gene Smithson

HALFTIME
38 = 2013-14 Gregg Marshall
38 = 1982-83 Gene Smithson

2ND HALF
20:00 13-14 Shockers inbounds the ball. 38 - 38
15:55 1st media timeout 38 - 44
11:49 2nd media timeout 41 - 48
8:57 3rd media timeout 52 - 56
3:58 4th media timeout 67 - 66

[WuShock Reaper]

#1-seed 2013-14 Gregg Marshall vs. #2-seed 1982-83 Gene Smithson

Final Minute of play
1:32 Xavier McDaniel makes the front end of the one-and-one. 70 - 69
1:32 Xavier McDaniel makes the back end of the one-and-one. 70 - 70
1:17 VanVleet buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing. 73 - 70
1:00 Aubrey Sherrod clanks the 3pt jumper from the right wing. 73 - 70
0:59 Antoine Carr snags the offensive rebound. 73 - 70
0:52 Karl Papke hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing. 73 - 70
0:51 Ron Baker snags the rebound. 73 - 70
0:25 VanVleet makes the open shot from 16 ft with the assist by Baker. 75 - 70
0:20 Aubrey Sherrod misses the open 3pt shot from the right wing. 75 - 70
0:19 Darius Carter rips down the rebound. 75 - 70
0:17 VanVleet is fouled by Zarko Durisic on the floor. Foul #4 on Zarko Durisic, team foul #12. 75 - 70
0:17 Fred VanVleet makes FT 1 of 2. Fred VanVleet makes FT 2 of 2. 77 - 70
0:07 Aubrey Sherrod connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish from Jones. 77 - 73
0:06 Baker is fouled by Antoine Carr on the floor. Foul #4 on Antoine Carr, team foul #13. 77 - 73
0:06 Ron Baker makes FT 1 of 2. Ron Baker makes FT 2 of 2. 79 - 73
0:00 Xavier McDaniel misses a contested 3 pointer. 79 - 73

FINAL SCORE
79 = 2013-14 Gregg Marshall
73 = 1982-83 Gene Smithson

And there you have it folks, out first entry into the Championship Game: #1-seed 2013-14 Gregg Marshall team

[WuShock Reaper]

Our second game of the Semi-Final contest, we have the #2-seed 1980-81 Gene Smithson team out of the BLACK REGION against the #3-seed 2005-06 Mark Turgeon team out of the WHITE REGION. Tip-off has been moved to approximately 9:05pm cst.

So who will it be Marshall vs Smithson (again), or Marshall vs. Turgeon. Stay right here of all the action on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuShock Reaper]

#2-seed 1980-81 Gene Smithson vs. #3-seed 2005-06 Mark Turgeon

1980-81 Gene Smithson – Starting Five
F Cliff Levingston
F Antoine Carr
G Randy Smithson
G Tony Martin
C Ozell Jones

2005-06 Mark Turgeon – Starting Five
PG Matt Braeuer
SG Sean Ogirri
SF PJ Couisnard
PF Kyle Wilson
C Paul Miller

[WuShock Reaper]

#2-seed 1980-81 Gene Smithson vs. #3-seed 2005-06 Mark Turgeon

1ST HALF
20:00 Ozell Jones wins the tip. 0 - 0
15:52 1st media timeout 8 - 4
11:41 2nd media timeout 17 - 13
7:47 3rd media timeout 25 - 18
3:57 4th media timeout 31 - 23
0:01 Kyle Wilson misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing. 39 - 28

HALFTIME
39 = 1980-81 Gene Smithson
28 = 2005-06 Mark Turgeon

And the 1980-81 Gene Smithson team smells blood in the water...Turgeon better find a life boat.

[WuShock Reaper]

#2-seed 1980-81 Gene Smithson vs. #3-seed 2005-06 Mark Turgeon

HALFTIME
39 = 1980-81 Gene Smithson
28 = 2005-06 Mark Turgeon

2ND HALF
20:00 05-06 Shockers inbounds the ball. 39 - 28
15:49 1st media timeout 52 - 34
11:56 2nd media timeout 58 - 42
7:50 3rd media timeout 75 - 46
3:44 4th media timeout 83 - 49

And Smithson starts to empty the bench:
Mike Jones, Jay Jackson, Mike Denny, James Gibbs, Karl Papke, Zoran Radovic, and Zarko Durisic

FINAL SCORE
88 = 1980-81 Gene Smithson
52 = 2005-06 Mark Turgeon

Ouch!

[WuShock Reaper]

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“GOAT” OF 100 YEARS OF SHOCKER LORE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Black vs. Yellow

1980-81 vs. 2013-14

Smithson vs. Marshall

Tip-off at 8:05pm cst

On your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[1979Shocker]

So no consolation game? I know the NCAA dropped it about 40 years ago.

The 1980-81 Gene Smithson team played in the last year that they had a National Third Place Game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_NCAA_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament

[WuShock Reaper]

It's an hour before tip-off, the Roundhouse is packed to row 33, and there are no fence-sitters as Shocker fans are saying "screw you Corona, I'm not missin' this game even if it kills me." Good evening folks, I'm the WuShock Reaper, and I'll be your host for tonight's contest

Mike Kennedy will be bringing you play-by-play of tonight's contest, along with Dave Dahl and Bob Hull for color momentary.

Tip-off is scheduled for approximately 8:05pm cst, right here on your favorite Internet sports forum: SHOCKERNET.NET LIVE!

[WuShock Reaper]

Tonight's lineups


2013-14 Gregg Marshall
Player and Position
*Cleanthony Early F
*Ron Baker G
*Fred VanVleet G
*Tekele Cotton G
*Kadeem Coleby C
Darius Carter F
Chadrack Lufile F
Nick Wiggins G
Evan Wessel G
Derail Green F
John Robert Simon G
Zach Bush F

* = starters

1980-81 Gene Smithson
Player and Position
*Cliff Levingston F
*Antoine Carr F
*Randy Smithson G
*Tony Martin G
*Ozell Jones C
Mike Jones F
Jay Jackson F
Mike Denny G
James Gibbs G
Karl Papke F
Zoran Radovic G
Zarko Durisic C

[WuShock Reaper]

Ladies and Gentlemen, please turn your attention to center court: