Wichita State (0-0) at Western Kentucky (0-0) Game Thread: Nov 4 (Mon)

[Woodrow]

Beverly and Bell were a combined 8-25 from the field.

Bell was 6 of 14. 3 of 7 from 3. Beverly 2 of 11.

[BAShocker]

Wonder what dessert they got?

[ShockerFever]

The problem with Bell is his shot selection and decision making. He just has a JUCO mindset. He got to the rim well in spurts. I don’t believe this will be his normal 3 point shooting clip, given his history. He does not look to pass the ball at all. He’s not good enough to be a guy we lean on. That’s my opinion.

[Kel Varnsen]

Wonder what dessert they got?

Probably a turnover.

[Mr. Pickle]

I've been more critical than many of this team the last few seasons, but I'll take a win tonight. Road wins are hard, and I'd be surprised if this wasnt a Q2 win at the end of the year.

Many of our guys have limited skill sets, and we again turned the ball over too many times tonight. However, this team has a higher ceiling to me than last year. If they can clean up the turnovers, refine the shot selection a little bit and stay healthy, this team should be a 20 win or more team. Lots of ifs...

[ShockRef]

I've been more critical than many of this team the last few seasons, but I'll take a win tonight. Road wins are hard, and I'd be surprised if this wasnt a Q2 win at the end of the year.

Many of our guys have limited skill sets, and we again turned the ball over too many times tonight. However, this team has a higher ceiling to me than last year. If they can clean up the turnovers, refine the shot selection a little bit and stay healthy, this team should be a 20 win or more team. Lots of ifs...

Any road win is a big deal. Especially in a particularly hostile place like Western Kentucky.

Very possible this ends up being a Q2 win. Western Kentucky will beat a lot of teams this year. We had no answer for the Fave guy, who for a while looked liked Hakeem Olajuwon!

Bell is enigma. yes he hit a couple of key treys, but he is the type who scores 2 points at one end and gives up 5 at the other.

If we are relying on him to score 17 points every game, that's not a good sign moving forward.

Very interested in the health status of Meeks. The season is a grind and his ability to play the post when Ballard gets into foul trouble (and he will) is key.

Justin Hill is one guy. But he sure made them look good, especially when it was crunch time and someone needed to step forward.
What a difference a legit point guard can make in a team!

That is all.

[WeWillShockU2]

Good win against a solid team. Great way to start the season.

[Windiwu]

Hopefully we might get to see some action from our freshman 'PG in training' next time. I would imagine he wasn't ready for the big time for this one.

[pogo]

For the most part the first half was a lot like I thought it would be like. If someone had told me that our big guy would only play sparingly because of foul trouble I wouldn’t have given us much of a chance. As it turned out everyone played up a little and traded points with each other until we were able to open it up a little at half. Don’t know what the stats were between the two halves but it seemed not as fluid the second half. Really got nervous at the end but our Shocks were able to hold on. Last year’s team does not win this game. I saw no panic on the floor or bench and as someone pointed out that last inbounds play was a great call. Just watched the end of the Chiefs game so it was a very good day. On to Nashville tomorrow. Go Shocks

[ShockerExpress]

No where near perfect. Certainly not terrible. C+ B- effort.

For those “not expecting much different from last year” crowd, do you really think we would win this game last year? I don’t.

[ShockerExpress]

I couldn't watch the game but was following the box score. XB looked like he had a good game stat wise but not on shockernet? Why?

He definitely gets over his skis a lot and forces things.

There were multiple possessions he kind of took a silly shot where a bucket for us might really have put it away.

There’s also a minority on this board that will ***** about him regardless of his line.

[ShockerFever]

No where near perfect. Certainly not terrible. C+ B- effort.

For those “not expecting much different from last year” crowd, do you really think we would win this game last year? I don’t.

I just hope you're still posting past November this year.

[WstateU]

[asiseeit]

I'll take a road win any day. Pretty solid second half. Hill was impressive to say the least. We have depth. Getting MB cleared was huge.....seven boards and three assists and a couple blocks. Plays pretty sound defense. QB gets suckered away from his man too much trying to play help defense. Needs to stay within seven feet of the rim. Our perimeter players get beat off the dribble too often. That's about it. Nine contributors. XB with slow start but ended up with a good game offensively. The good news is we will likely improve.

[N Crestway]

Matej Bosnjak being cleared is indeed huge given Meeks' injury. Getting Hill in the portal was a recruting coup.