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I'm an outsider here, and I KNOW that most posters here on ShockerNet have all but thrown in the towel for this year, but I for one wouldn't be so quick to throw the Shockers under the bus.
WSU has played the toughest (first third) MVC sched of ANY school. 2 games against ISU-Red, one against CU, one against DU means that 4 of their 6 have been against the top 3 teams. You can be a cynic and say that the Shockers helped put those top 3 teams in their postions, but in reality ALL 3 were playing extremely well coming into Valley play.
So that means WSU have split with the other 2 teams. Bradley is usually a TOUGH place to win at, and MSU who desperately needed to defend home court.....that kind of puts things in perspective a bit. If there was a SOS for Valley games only, then the Shockers would indeed have the #1 SOS so far. No doubt about it.
Have a feeling things are going to be looking up real quick for WSU. 3 out of the next 4 Valley games are at home, and all are against VERY beatable foes. The road game at SIU could be a tough one, but other than St. Mary's (who I'm still not sold on), who exactly have the Saukis beat at home? Northern Illinois (who's GOD AWFUL), a so-so WKU Hilltopper team, a struggling Ruffin-less BU team, and a wildly inconsistent MSU team.....NOT exactly a murderer's row.
Have a feeling that the old SIU Arena home court advantage might not be what it's been in years past. Anyway, just as an observer I look at it that out of the remaining 12 Valley games, the Shockers only have 2 left against the top 3 teams. Just some thoughts for Shocker Nation. :)
WSU has played the toughest (first third) MVC sched of ANY school. 2 games against ISU-Red, one against CU, one against DU means that 4 of their 6 have been against the top 3 teams. You can be a cynic and say that the Shockers helped put those top 3 teams in their postions, but in reality ALL 3 were playing extremely well coming into Valley play.
So that means WSU have split with the other 2 teams. Bradley is usually a TOUGH place to win at, and MSU who desperately needed to defend home court.....that kind of puts things in perspective a bit. If there was a SOS for Valley games only, then the Shockers would indeed have the #1 SOS so far. No doubt about it.
Have a feeling things are going to be looking up real quick for WSU. 3 out of the next 4 Valley games are at home, and all are against VERY beatable foes. The road game at SIU could be a tough one, but other than St. Mary's (who I'm still not sold on), who exactly have the Saukis beat at home? Northern Illinois (who's GOD AWFUL), a so-so WKU Hilltopper team, a struggling Ruffin-less BU team, and a wildly inconsistent MSU team.....NOT exactly a murderer's row.
Have a feeling that the old SIU Arena home court advantage might not be what it's been in years past. Anyway, just as an observer I look at it that out of the remaining 12 Valley games, the Shockers only have 2 left against the top 3 teams. Just some thoughts for Shocker Nation. :)
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