WSU vx. Evansville GAME THREAD

[ShockerFever]

Good lord how long are they going to play "Tonight's gonna be a good night" in that stadium?

Doesn't happen match there, so they're gonna get their season's worth in. Again, SUPER BOWL.

[ShockerFever]

Bottom line, we played badly. We are now a month, if not two, from getting back in the rankings.

vs. Illinois State is a must win. Lose, and there goes your nice at-large bid.

Gregg should make the players run a mile of sprints for each turnover they had.

5 each for Malcolm Armstead and Williams.
4 for Early
3 for Cotton
1 for Orukpe, Lufile, White, Van Vleet, and Wiggins.

This is not acceptable. We shot almost 10% better than them from the field and 20% better from the line. We outrebounded them by 14. But we fouled them 24 times (to their 14), and turned the ball over 22 times.

You CANNOT give shitty teams a chance to beat you. Because they will beat you, and they revel in it. They love nothing more than ruining the aspirations of other teams because they have none of their own. This lose to Evansville will decimate our RPI. We just had our one hiccup, and we walk a razor's edge from here on. We will not get another loss. If we are 26-4 with losses to Creighton and one other team, we are probably going to have a hard time getting in to the tournament. The Valley is that bad.

vs Evansville is beyond a must win. It is a must crush. We are tied with them now, and they may take the 3rd spot if we fall to Creighton.

Here we go again. CBB fan's post total is about to triple within the next 3 days.

[SHOXAAC]

The problem is that our worst 3PT shooter took it. Jake White should not be shooting 3s. I repeat, Jake White should not be shooting 3s. He is at 10.5% percent for the season... why did he get that last shot? He shouldn't be shooting 3s at any point of the game (I'd honestly rather have Lufile shooting 3s, because at this point him attempting that shot is just a turnover), let alone at the most crucial point.

FYI...sometimes you can't pick the shooter in a helter skelter last shot situation. Remember the other team is allowed to play defense.

[1972Shocker]

I'm going to go against the grain here and give Evansville some credit. They have a very experienced team starting 4 seniors. Colt Ryan is an outstanding player who played an oustanding game and the are very well coached. They generally do not beat themselves. Something that the Shocks did tonight with the 22 turnovers. I think the difference in the game tonight came down to BBIQ. Not sure how diminishing our opponent as being a lousy D-2 school makes us look any better.

Fortunately, we get another shot at Evansville at Koch Arena.

[ShockerFever]

Watch it again. Can you show me who wanted the ball besides Jake?

Jake gets good looks from that range for a reason. It should have never come down to that.

[shoxlax]

HCGM subtly hammers the refs on his post game show as well as the league.

[AZ Shocker]

Coach just asked on Kennedy why we (WSU) does not get into the bonus. Coach....please talk to Elgin.

[CBB_Fan]

Where will we be in the RPI after this?

20s? 30s? 40s?

[ABC]

Marshall seems okay during the post game and gives these those nine players a lot of credit for going 6-1.

He has a big question mark why the Shocks aren't getting to the bonus late in games.

[1972Shocker]

FYI...sometimes you can't pick the shooter in a helter skelter last shot situation. Remember the other team is allowed to play defense.

And they know who your primary threats are also.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Jake gets good looks from that range for a reason. It should have never come down to that.

Don't watch Jake being open, and calling for the ball. Look where everyone else was. Who wanted it? No one.

Besides the refs, that is the thing that will big me most. More than the 22 TO's. we over came everything to have a chance to tie or win, and no one wanted the ball.

[ShockerFever]

Where will we be in the RPI after this?

20s? 30s? 40s?

900,000's.

[XManCometh]

Good thing ref's can't change a game. We had a chance to win, but Early on the bench most of the first half hurt us as much as the turn overs.

22 turnovers. 27 points off those turnovers.

Blame the refs all you want guys, but they were probably a 5% factor in this loss. If WSU turns it over even 12 times they blow out EU and nobody is saying anything about the refs.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Marshall seems okay during the post game and gives these those nine players a lot of credit for going 6-1.

He has a big question mark why the Shocks aren't getting to the bonus late in games.

Not late in games.

In LEAGUE games.

[vancedave56]

The problem is that our worst 3PT shooter took it. Jake White should not be shooting 3s. I repeat, Jake White should not be shooting 3s. He is at 10.5% percent for the season... why did he get that last shot? He shouldn't be shooting 3s at any point of the game (I'd honestly rather have Lufile shooting 3s, because at this point him attempting that shot is just a turnover), let alone at the most crucial point.

I remember the beginning of the season when Early wasn't hitting 3's. Some on here were saying he should not be shooting 3's.