Pre-Game Thread: vs Tarleton State (11/26/22)

[WuShock Reaper]

Deep in the Heart of Texas = 63
Home on the Range = 71

Go Shockers!!!

[pinstripers]

Deep in the Heart of Texas = 63
Home on the Range = 71

71?

[BostonWu]

71?

Shox have been a steady under machine against Vegas experts.

[WuShock Reaper]

71?

Let's see what Vegas says later this evening. I bet (rhetorically) I'm pretty close to the prediction.

[WuShock Reaper]

[asiseeit]

Looks like TSU is VERY guard oriented probably playing 3-4 guards at a time. Tallest player is 6'7. Can we exploit that? Not unless we move KP and the Bear down low and get some quality entry passes. That's not our style but we should be able to eek out a 59-56 win anyway on a season high 12 assists.

[pinstripers]

Let's see what Vegas says later this evening. I bet (rhetorically) I'm pretty close to the prediction.

I would be pleasantly surprised if we can score 71

[WuShock Reaper]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401492647

Shockers come in as 7.5 favorites, with over/under 126.5

That puts the score around 67.5 WSU to 59.5 TSU

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401492647

Shockers come in as 7.5 favorites, with over/under 126.5

That puts the score around 67.5 WSU to 59.5 TSU

Take TSU and the under

[ShockingButTrue]

I would be pleasantly surprised if we can score 71

Agreed, but it seems WSU has only one gear, and it's low. It might be for the best that they don't try to speed things up.

I hope I'm proven wrong today.

[WeWillShockU2]

Our shooting woes improve and we win by 12. Go Shocks!

[1972Shocker]

WSU is assisting on just 34% of made baskets, which ranks No. 358 nationally, a stark drop-off for a program that has produced at least a 51% assist rate in every season since 1987. Even more troubling is that the team has almost no one else making plays for others outside of star point guard Craig Porter, who essentially has half of the team’s assists.

Read more at: https://www.kansas.com/sports/colleg...#storylink=cpy

That is 358 out of 363 teams playing D-1 basketball. Talk about embarrassing. Does the coaching staff not share this information with their team?

[rrshock]

I don't know if the assist problem is because of poor shooting or selfishness, but either way, something needs to change quickly. Selfishness is on HCIB to fix if that is the problem.

[WuShock Reaper]

[Stickboy46]

I don't know if the assist problem is because of poor shooting or selfishness, but either way, something needs to change quickly. Selfishness is on HCIB to fix if that is the problem.

It is a little of both. Over the first 5 games, there have been a LOT of bricked wide open looks that should have been assists. But there has also been a lot of selfish play. If we shot decently we would still likely be the lower half of D1 in assist rate .. just maybe not bottom 10