Tulsa vs Wichita State Game Thread 3-10-22

[wichshock65]

TULSA (10-19, 4-14 AAC) at WICHITA STATE (15-12, 6-9 AAC)
AAC CHAMPIONSHIP, FIRST ROUND
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022 | 2:00 PM CT (following the first game, so might be a little late)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS| DICKIES ARENA
TV: ESPNU
RADIO: KEYN 103.7 FM https://www.radio.com/keyn/listen
SERIES: Wichita State leads 74-62
LAST MEETING: March 2, 2022 in Tulsa (WSU, 72-62)
GAME NOTES:

• The No. 7 seed Wichita State Shockers meet the No. 10 seed Tulsa Golden Hurricane in a first-round matchup at the Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship, Thursday afternoon at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
• The game will tip off 30 minutes after the competition of the Cincinnati-ECU game (approximately 2:30 p.m. CT) and air nationally on ESPNU.
• The winner advances to Friday's quarterfinal round against No. 2 seed SMU (6 p.m. CT, ESPNU).
• The WSU-Tulsa clash comes just eight days after the last – a 72-62 Shocker victory in Tulsa.
• WSU swept the regular season series and has captured five-straight and 17-of-19 meetings going back to 2003.
• WSU will try to sweep three games from its longtime rival for only the second time in series history. The 1988 Shockers did it three times in a span of 16 days, capped by an MVC quarterfinal win in Peoria, Ill.
• This is the 137th meeting all-time between WSU and Tulsa and the seventh in a postseason setting. The teams split six MVC tournament games between 1984 and 1995, highlighted by Shocker victories in the 1985 and 1987 title games.
• WSU has won six of its last 11 games on the heels of an 0-4 conference start.
• Shocker teams have won at least one game in every conference tournament since 2009 and have advanced to 11-straight semifinal rounds (2010-17 MVC, 2018-19, 21 AAC).
• Third-year guard Tyson Etienne became the Shockers' first two-time All-AAC selection, earning third team honors. He's averaging a team-high 14.9 points and ranks second on the AAC's three-point field goal chart (2.73). Etienne scored his 1,000th career point on Feb. 27 and needs just two more threes to become the fourth player in WSU history with 200 career triples.
• Fourth-year guard Dexter Dennis is 19 points shy of 1,000 and was named AAC Defensive Player of the Year.
• Second-year guard Ricky Council IV (11.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.2) is the AAC's Sixth-Man of the Year.
• Fourth-year point guard Craig Porter Jr. ranks among the league's top-10 in assists (3.6), blocks (1.1) and steals (1.6).
• Fourth-year forward Morris Udeze (10.5 ppg) is No. 6 on the AAC rebounding chart (6.1).

[60Shock]

Not always, but it can sometimes become difficult to beat a team three times in a season. But not this year - Shocks by 9.

[ShockerFever]

Not always, but it can sometimes become difficult to beat a team three times in a season. But not this year - Shocks by 9.

Bold prediction minus the team’s best player

[SubGod22]

With no Craig, this game gets a lot more interesting.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones is in the house in Ft. Worth. Apparently Tristan Newton from ECU is his cousin.

[ShockerPrez]

Go Shox!

[wichshock65]

With no Craig, and a pissed off Jeriah Horne, this game gets a lot more interesting.

FIFY

[Onegreatracer]

Part of me wants the misery to end here

[ShockerFever]

Part of me wants the misery to end here

But it doesn’t end here. It’s gonna continue for at least another year or two.

[Onegreatracer]

But it doesn’t end here. It’s gonna continue for at least another year or two.

A fair point. What's the margin of defeat it would take to leave IB in DFW?

[BostonWu]

But it doesn’t end here. It’s gonna continue for at least another year or two.

[Woodrow]

A caller on the radio show said he hoped Mo doesn't come back. Said he can't compete against the big guys in the AAC. Mike and company did not like it. Lol.

[WuTheOne]

Starting Lineup:
Dennis, Council, Etienne, Pleasant, Udeze

Pretty obvious that Etienne will be playing on ball at PG. Warm up the bus.

[rjl]

Etienne at PG? Guess that should be motivation for everyone else. If they want to touch the ball they'd better rebound.

[SubGod22]

But it doesn’t end here. It’s gonna continue for at least another year or two.

But at least there's a break from some of the pain and suffering