2023-2024 Games of Interest

[Stickboy46]

Honestly, we messed ourselves up more than our opponents did. Even then, how many games did we get double digits up? If we can just pull ourselves together next year with a few key additional pieces, it’s not unreasonable to think it possible

FAU was 25-8. We were 15-19. FAU was within 8ish of the cut line. We would need to reasonably expect to improve by 9-10 wins (we likely won't have a top 5 win opportunity like FAU got with Arizona). I don't think it's reasonable to expect the same core team to improve by 10 wins unless we land a grand slam or two in the portal.

[SkoShox]

How many games were one possession with 4 minutes to go that we lost? Missouri, Temple, FAU, USF, ECU, Tulsa, Memphis, FAU, and Temple. I'd like to think that is an outlier that corrects itself by at least half next year... hopefully.

[ShockerExpress]

How many games were one possession with 4 minutes to go that we lost? Missouri, Temple, FAU, USF, ECU, Tulsa, Memphis, FAU, and Temple. I'd like to think that is an outlier that corrects itself by at least half next year... hopefully.

We were No. 281 out of 360 in “luck” this year on KenPom. Certainly the thought would be we won’t be that low again and some of those close L’s flip to W’s.

Idk if the same core gets us there, think you need to add better guys, lose some dead weight, and flip some of we both listed above with general improvement. Gotta be a combination of all the above.

IDK id we’re as far away as some think, but we also aren’t super close.

[NCAABound]

Lol should've stayed in MVC...closer to getting 2 teams on their own merit compared to AAC

[BAShocker]

UNT, USF and SMU in the NIT. No Charlotte.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Lol should've stayed in MVC...closer to getting 2 teams on their own merit compared to AAC

That is some seriously stupid logic. I am hoping you are kidding and not really that dense.

[JVShocker]

Lol should've stayed in MVC...closer to getting 2 teams on their own merit compared to AAC

Guessing that was sarcasm, but there is no way the MVC was close to getting 2 teams in this year. I would think USF had a better shot of an at large than Indiana State.

Nothing against Indiana State, I was hoping they would somehow get in, but I knew there was ZERO chance they get in. WSU was at the top of the MVC, especially in the later years of Gregg Marshall's tenure - they were 10X the media darling that Indiana State was this year. Yeah, we ruled the roost, but all that got the Shocks was a first 4 game as an 11 seed. There was and is still NO RESPECT for the Valley. Nowadays you have to schedule up, which is 2x more difficult than it was 7-8 years ago (because of super conferences), and you have to win the conference tourney, unless, unlesssssssssss, you can get a handful of other Valley teams to schedule up and win their games as well thereby elevating the conference as a whole. I think as fans we all witnessed the (serious) lack of dedication of many Valley schools to do the necessary work. I think the same argument could be made about some schools in the AAC.

I don't know what the answer is, but it may all be a moot point. The NCAA may not exist 5 years from now.

[ShockingButTrue]

That is some seriously stupid logic. I am hoping you are kidding and not really that dense.

One things for sure; there's no need to apply hope to determine if you're a putz. It's obvious. Other than FAU who was gettin' an at-large (but didn't).

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-ba...rating-by-conf. They're smarter than you di****t.

[ShockerFever]

One things for sure; there's no need to apply hope to determine if you're a putz. It's obvious. Other than FAU who was gettin' an at-large (but didn't).

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-ba...rating-by-conf. They're smarter than you di****t.

Obsessed with the Valley.

Go cry about it on their message board.

[WuDrWu]

FAU beat Arizona, beat TA&M, played Illinois to the wire. NO DOUBT they were in. Don't care about the couple of hiccups.

Take those out and they are probably a 5-6. Everyone knows they're deserving, except some on this board.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Obsessed with the Valley.

Go cry about it on their message board.

Yep. Small time mentality that we should still be in the Valley because of the "nostalgia". There will always be that faction of Shocker fans. Like I said, it's stupid logic. But I guess that makes me a d!ck.

[Atxshoxfan]

Yep. Small time mentality that we should still be in the Valley because of the "nostalgia". There will always be that faction of Shocker fans. Like I said, it's stupid logic. But I guess that makes me a d!ck.

Better than a puss! Wear it with pride.

[WstateU]

Better than a puss! Wear it with pride.

[TrackSuitAndTie]

After assuring the selection committee that Kevin McCullar would be available for the NCAAT, Bill Self announced today that McCullar will miss the remainder of the season.

[ShockTalk]

After assuring the selection committee that Kevin McCullar would be available for the NCAAT, Bill Self announced today that McCullar will miss the remainder of the season.

Should have been a 5 anyway, without him a 6.