Wichita State: vs. #3 Houston (02/02/23)

[WuDrWu]

Incredibly proud of those guys on the court tonight. They gave everything they had. Houston made a few more plays at the end and had fresher legs and more depth. But that effort works every freaking time.

[rjl]

Anyone who was rooting for this team to lose so that IB wouldn't have a chance of saving his job can just go really **** right off. This team fought hard as hell and hustled their asses off. Just a few turnovers at inopportune times, and a few 3 pointers by Houston down the stretch and that was the difference in the game. Against the number 3 team in the country.

[WuShock16]

Nothing to be ashamed about tonight.

But here’s the problem. That effort easily handles Alcorn State and ECU. That effort gives us a few more plays to pull out wins against Missouri and Tulane. 15-7 vs 11-11.

You can easily tell the difference in culture. Down the stretch, the Houston bench was very much engaged in the game. Our bench was not. Gregg would MF people into getting energized. IB just doesn’t have that in him.

[ShockRef]

Nothing to be ashamed about tonight.

But here’s the problem. That effort easily handled Alcorn State and ECU. That effort gives us a few more places to pull out wins against Missouri and Tulane. 15-7 vs 11-11.

You can easily tell the difference in culture. Down the stretch, the Houston bench was very much engaged in the game. Our bench was not. Gregg would MF people into getting energized. IB just doesn’t have that in him.

Effort tonight, no question.
For the who played, can not question it. They gave all they had.
I kept wondering,... it's a 40 minute game... why isn't IB substituting anyone? Anyone please.
But noticed over and over, only KW, CP and KP are UH athletic equivalent. But ran out of gas.

Knew UH would wear WSU dudes down and get out of town with a 'W'...
Not sure how...but WSU and those in control need to have talks with KW and keep him in town - dude can play with anyone out there.
Athletic freaks are in short supply and high demand. KW fits the bill.

That is all.

[Atxshoxfan]

Good effort tonight, Walton was a stud. Photo is playing better, still needs to get stronger. Our bench was exposed tonight. Houston over the last 5-6 minutes hit the offensive boards and got lots of second chances and cashed in. We need a true point guard and some help for Photo next year. I was waiting for the Houston run, good game and effort though

Nailed it. I believe our first 5 can play with anyone. But since they would be gassed playing 40 minutes, IB has to put others in the game. Some of them for to long.
I've ragged on JR a couple times this year as his game was and still is ugly. But that dude gives about as much effort in games as anyone I've ever seen. He must be putting the effort in practice as well, as his game is consistently getting better. He needs to work on keeping his emotions in check though.
If these guys can keep this up the rest of the season, they shouldn't lose more than 2 or 3 more games.
Trick will be holding onto key players and strengthening the lineup with a quality point guard, another big, and a couple shooters.

[ShockerFever]

Anyone who was rooting for this team to lose so that IB wouldn't have a chance of saving his job can just go really **** right off. This team fought hard as hell and hustled their asses off. Just a few turnovers at inopportune times, and a few 3 pointers by Houston down the stretch and that was the difference in the game. Against the number 3 team in the country.

Don’t think short-sighted.

[Stickboy46]

Effort tonight, no question.
For the who played, can not question it. They gave all they had.
I kept wondering,... it's a 40 minute game... why isn't IB substituting anyone? Anyone please.
But noticed over and over, only KW, CP and KP are UH athletic equivalent. But ran out of gas.

Knew UH would wear WSU dudes down and get out of town with a 'W'...
Not sure how...but WSU and those in control need to have talks with KW and keep him in town - dude can play with anyone out there.
Athletic freaks are in short supply and high demand. KW fits the bill.

That is all.

KW?

I'm assuming you are referring to Jaykwon Walton?

And IB did sub... But the drop off is drastic to the bench.

[ShockingButTrue]

IB's teams bear no resemblance to Cohen, Thompson or Smithson teams. Ray Charles emphatically agrees...

[molly jabali]

Nothing to be ashamed about tonight.

But here’s the problem. That effort easily handled Alcorn State and ECU. That effort gives us a few more places to pull out wins against Missouri and Tulane. 15-7 vs 11-11.

You can easily tell the difference in culture. Down the stretch, the Houston bench was very much engaged in the game. Our bench was not. Gregg would MF people into getting energized. IB just doesn’t have that in him.

All this is true...and if they WERE 15-7, chances are bench IS more engaged....

[Dan]

How this team responds against our next opponent will be the measure of this team. Do we go back to playing dumb and lazy with long mental lapses or do we keep the intensity dialed up for the rest of the season?

[Singeril]

How this team responds against our next opponent will be the measure of this team. Do we go back to playing dumb and lazy with long mental lapses or do we keep the intensity dialed up for the rest of the season?

Hard to say that with the next opponent being a bottom dweller, Tulsa.

[shock-it-to-me]

Anyone who was rooting for this team to lose so that IB wouldn't have a chance of saving his job can just go really **** right off. This team fought hard as hell and hustled their asses off. Just a few turnovers at inopportune times, and a few 3 pointers by Houston down the stretch and that was the difference in the game. Against the number 3 team in the country.

I can't imagine anyone on this board is actually rooting against Wichita State. I was cheering as hard as anybody for the shox last night. But my sentiment is, once the game is over, it takes a little bit of the sting away knowing that more losses steer us in the right direction of a sooner than later coaching change.

[shock-it-to-me]

Hard to say that with the next opponent being a bottom dweller, Tulsa.

We were down double digits to Tulsa at home in the first half, so yeah, I think we can hope to see some thing that's an improvement over that last effort.

[Singeril]

We were down double digits to Tulsa at home in the first half, so yeah, I think we can hope to see some thing that's an improvement over that last effort.

Remember, Tulsa couldn’t miss in the first half of that game…and couldn’t throw it in the ocean in the second.

[shocker43]

Gonna miss playing Houston. We always had good games against them, win or lose. Hopefully we can schedule some non-conference games.