Wichita State vs. Cincinnati Game Thread 1-10-21

[pogo]

I'm ready to come clean on the Houston game. It was my fault we got beat. Worn the same sweatshirt for every conference game except for the Houston game. Wore it again today with good results. Not gonna wash it either so I think we are good to win the conference this year.

[TheShocktocles]

I’m also going to go somewhat the other direction on Gilbert. Based on comments Isaac Brown made on his coaches show I think they’re in the process of giving him some coaching to get him to play more like they and we want to see.

I thought he went less one on one against the world tonight and dribbled less and passed more and quickly. He only took five shots. One turnover.

He didn’t have a “good” game but it looks to me like he is at least trying to do what the coaches are asking.

Accepting coaching and altering your game isn’t easy and doesn’t happen overnight.

As the mentor said for TE , a player must have the maturity and have the mental toughness to accept criticism from his coach and make the effort to improve. I think we got a lot of guys that understand this.. Thats good but , the problem some of our seniors have is that they are running out of time because they are seniors.

[SHOXAAC]

You guys ****ing hate Udeze.

18 points on 8/12 shooting, 5 boards (2 offensive), 2 assist (3 TO), 2/3 from the line, 1 steal.

I’d love to see him reduce the TO’s. I thought his first one should’ve been a foul on Cinci.

As you said in your previous post...one game. He is not very good.

[Dan]

I’m not totally selling Gilbert stock. He’s a very experienced player that knows what to do in a variety of situations. I get the sense that he knows he can’t shoot so he probes and prods the defense trying to find someone breaking toward the basket. You can tell he’s hesitant to shoot the ball, now he just needs to learn to find the open players. Unlike last years PGs, at least he can break down the defense.

[molly jabali]

We suck

Panic early to avoid the rush???

[MoValley John]

First half sucked. Shockers showed a lot in the second half. Ricky Council IV was a highlight reel, if he keeps it up, Shockers could contend for the league title, they are impressing me. I try not to comment much on these games, but Isaac Brown is making a case!

Its a little disappointing to see Cincinnati down, they should be better than what they have shown so far this season. Teams like the Bearcats need to be top half of the league every year.

[ShockingButTrue]

Does this victory mean we're better than SMU?

[ShauXTyme]

I’m just glad HCIB is coaching the team and not 80% of the first-half posters on this board. For those who complain about IB not knowing what he’s doing (enough to be a D-1 head coach), he’s done a heck of a job at halftime adjustments all year. He also understands his personnel better than us posters, and plays them at the appropriate times. I get tired of the passive references to the previous coach and how’d he be handling things. IB’s doing just fine.

[NCAABound]

As you said in your previous post...one game. He is not very good.

He always brings his A game against shitty teams

[ArmyShockerFan]

I know that I was ragging on AG, but really my biggest complaint is efficiency. He has many tools that can help us, but has so much wasted movement.

I know that him being smaller he uses his quickness to get his defender off balance/out of position. However, many times doesn't see the help defense that has sagged off and turns the ball over or gets him in a bad position that offsets the flow of the offense.

Today he only had 1 TO, but he only had 2 assists as well...the same total as MU.

I think AG can pull it together and I think he can be an asset to our offense. AG, along with a lot of our players, need to be decisive.

[kcshocker11]

Second half we shined....Good win!

[Shockm]

I know that I was ragging on AG, but really my biggest complaint is efficiency. He has many tools that can help us, but has so much wasted movement.

I know that him being smaller he uses his quickness to get his defender off balance/out of position. However, many times doesn't see the help defense that has sagged off and turns the ball over or gets him in a bad position that offsets the flow of the offense.

Today he only had 1 TO, but he only had 2 assists as well...the same total as MU.

I think AG can pull it together and I think he can be an asset to our offense. AG, along with a lot of our players, need to be decisive.

I agree with you that he can be good. I don’t know if he’s 25+ minutes good because I think a Porter can be good too. AG is quick and a good defender. He was great on offense the first game and solid the next 2 games on offense. I think he can be better than the last two games, but he needs to not try to do too much. Run the offense, take good shots, and penetrate looking for medium range shots and get assists to open TE, DD, RC4, etc. I’d like to see Craig Porter get more minutes, perhaps close to half his minutes in most games with the hot hand getting more in that game than the other.

[60Shock]

The thing I remembered about Gilbert is that when we played UCON, he always seemed to be near unstoppable driving to the basket. Maybe it was our poor defense as other teams seem to be most successful doing so also

Personally, I liked to see him drive more.

[TheShocktocles]

The thing I remembered about Gilbert is that when we played UCON, he always seemed to be near unstoppable driving to the basket. Maybe it was our poor defense as other teams seem to be most successful doing so also

Personally, I liked to see him drive more.

Me too. But he seems to have the problem SHJ had his junior year. Recently the lane is always congested when he goes to the cup. Thus he gets his shot blocked too much. He can get to the cup but has got to do a better job making the decision. I will take AG every day if he is going one on one. Not so much one on two or three. Go shocks.

[WeWillShockU]

Made it home to Topeka from the game. The 2.5 hour drive is much more enjoyable after a win.

I so impressed with Tyson’s maturity this year. He didn’t force many bad shots even though he only had 2 points in the first half.

The coaches made great adjustments at the half. That zone really messed with Cincinnati in the 2nd half. I thought that was key to us getting a double digit lead.

Ricky is a player. Mo can make dunks. I thought Craig Porter had good minutes when Gilbert was struggling.

Good win now on to Tulsa.