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For the day, the Shockers are:
2 and 1
Regular Season (Games of Interest):
2009 – Beat Buffalo in Wichita 84-73. College Basketball Invitational (CBI) -- campus sites. Toure’ Murry, a 2008 Klein Forest (Houston area) graduate, is already making an impact at the college level. Murry, a freshman guard for the Wichita State men’s basketball team, and teammate Clevin Hannah led the Shockers (17-16) in scoring with 11.1 points per game apiece. Murry scored 12 points and had four assists in Wichita State’s 84-73 victory over Buffalo Wednesday night in the College Basketball Invitational, a second-year tournament.
2006 – Won vs. (#18) Tennessee in Greensboro, North Carolina 80-73. NCAA First & Second Rounds (Greensboro, N.C.). WSU punched its first Sweet 16 ticket in a quarter-century with an upset of No. 2 seed and SEC East champion, Tennessee… Sweet 16 trips by WSU and Bradley helped further silence those who wondered why the mid-major MVC had gotten four tournament bids… P.J. Couisnard finished with 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 4-of-4 from deep… First round heroes Paul Miller and Sean Ogirri struggled, but Kyle Wilson helped pick up some of the slack with 17 points on three triples. Ryan Martin scored 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting and provided the final exclamation point on the victory with a steal and slam in the closing seconds… Chris Lofton -- who hit a last-second shot to beat Winthrop 63-61 in the first round -- and C.J. Watson each scored 20 points to lead the Volunteers… Tennessee led 63-58 on a pair of free throws from Watson with 5:42 left, but the Shockers rallied to tie it at 63 on a 3-pointer from Ogirri… After the teams traded baskets, Karon Bradley drained a jumper from just outside the lane for a 67-65 lead with 2:12 left. Couisnard followed with the step-back three for a 70-65 lead with 1:05 left… Tennessee twice cut the deficit to three points in the final seconds, but got no closer as WSU went 8-for-10 at the foul line in the final minute
Other:
1996 - Randy Smithson, the former guard whose playing days brought WSU’s second-highest NCAA finish, was hired and given the reins of the WSU program.
2 and 1
Regular Season (Games of Interest):
2009 – Beat Buffalo in Wichita 84-73. College Basketball Invitational (CBI) -- campus sites. Toure’ Murry, a 2008 Klein Forest (Houston area) graduate, is already making an impact at the college level. Murry, a freshman guard for the Wichita State men’s basketball team, and teammate Clevin Hannah led the Shockers (17-16) in scoring with 11.1 points per game apiece. Murry scored 12 points and had four assists in Wichita State’s 84-73 victory over Buffalo Wednesday night in the College Basketball Invitational, a second-year tournament.
2006 – Won vs. (#18) Tennessee in Greensboro, North Carolina 80-73. NCAA First & Second Rounds (Greensboro, N.C.). WSU punched its first Sweet 16 ticket in a quarter-century with an upset of No. 2 seed and SEC East champion, Tennessee… Sweet 16 trips by WSU and Bradley helped further silence those who wondered why the mid-major MVC had gotten four tournament bids… P.J. Couisnard finished with 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 4-of-4 from deep… First round heroes Paul Miller and Sean Ogirri struggled, but Kyle Wilson helped pick up some of the slack with 17 points on three triples. Ryan Martin scored 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting and provided the final exclamation point on the victory with a steal and slam in the closing seconds… Chris Lofton -- who hit a last-second shot to beat Winthrop 63-61 in the first round -- and C.J. Watson each scored 20 points to lead the Volunteers… Tennessee led 63-58 on a pair of free throws from Watson with 5:42 left, but the Shockers rallied to tie it at 63 on a 3-pointer from Ogirri… After the teams traded baskets, Karon Bradley drained a jumper from just outside the lane for a 67-65 lead with 2:12 left. Couisnard followed with the step-back three for a 70-65 lead with 1:05 left… Tennessee twice cut the deficit to three points in the final seconds, but got no closer as WSU went 8-for-10 at the foul line in the final minute
Other:
1996 - Randy Smithson, the former guard whose playing days brought WSU’s second-highest NCAA finish, was hired and given the reins of the WSU program.
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