Wichita State Set for Shocker Madness

[jocoshock]

Well, I'm pretty excited after what I saw. Then again, I get excited every year about this time as Shocker basketball is officially back on the burner. I see no possibility of not winning the Valley by less than 3 games. Our preseason #16 ranking is definitely valid and definitely a reward for what previous teams have done for the program, notably last year's.

I was very excited to see 7,000 in attendance. That was a good turnout and well-deserved. The organization of the event was sloppy at times, but overall, I felt good about it. I'm now going to watch ESPNU on the DVR and hope it came away well on TV. By the sounds of it, it appears we're getting shafted on the coverage. Big surprise. But at least we're on it at all. Any Big East teams on? Didn't think so.

Dont waste your time with the DVR. Aside from the HCGM inyerview all I saw in 4 hours was brief glimpse of a Shocker dunking at very end. Of course I might have missed something when I blinked...

[ISASO]

Thanks for nothing, ESPN.

[RussDaBus]

Dont waste your time with the DVR. Aside from the HCGM inyerview all I saw in 4 hours was brief glimpse of a Shocker dunking at very end. Of course I might have missed something when I blinked...

Agreed, I went through it twice and didn't see anything but the interview and Holland's dunk.

[calfan]

I'm very upset with the ESPN lack of coverage!!!

[DPruett2333]

Yeah, what a waste of DVR space.

[Aargh]

They should have shown Carter's dunk. Dribbled to the hoop, then stuffed twice - once with each hand.

[Capitol Shock II]

The sports world won't be able to ignore us for much longer boys.

[ShockRef]

ESPN

Their coverage was Kentucky, then some Duke, then more Kentucky. Then some UConn, then more Kentucky.
The slobbering over UK was excessive, to say the least.

WSU got a quick taped HCGM interview and Hollands dunk. Other than that, it was a drive by shooting. Hell, the UK Dance team got more air time coverage than WSU.

In a couple of words, ESPN sucked.

That is all.

[ShockerPrez]

I don't get why you designate 9 schools to have an actual warm body from your network be present and then practically give them as much time as you did for coaches that called in.

I'm not surprised. I didn't expect WSU to garner as much attention as UK or Duke. But I did expect to see maybe a few minutes of their scrimmage or something.

Oh well. At least I didn't waste 4 hours last night waiting.

[Steeleshocker]

My thoughts from last night.

- I noticed Cle is now the one setting a lot of screens, after Hall and orupke filling that role last year. That will be a nightmare for other teams to defend assuming the screens are good and Cle can avoid getting the cheap fouls on them.

-Holy cow are Carter's arms ridiculously long.

-Baker did pretty good at the point, but I think we need to bring Holland along at PG. Having Baker exhaust that much energy is not efficient, especially since he can be such a deadly shooting guard.

[shocksrbest]

Was great hearing coach talk about the crowd...what it means to the guys and how it sets the atmospheric stage for a game. I took my son and we were impressed with both the women's and men's teams. Great to see AC again. Parking was a mess with the football game in Cessna stadium.

Holland jumps like a guy twice his size...OMG. Hard to believe he's 5'10".

It's been a long 6 months, but BB season is finally here!!!

[shocksrbest]

They should have shown Carter's dunk. Dribbled to the hoop, then stuffed twice - once with each hand.

Yes, very impressive. I also liked Kadeem's dunk off the side of the back board. Derail got hosed on his score--the very first dunk.

[jocoshock]

ESPN should change its name to ESCC - Electronic Sports Country Club.

[tropicalshox]

I had to watch on a small screen. What were your thouhts on Darius Carter?

[The Mad Hatter]

I had to watch on a small screen. What were your thouhts on Darius Carter?

Big time athlete (his dunks were legit). In the scrimmage he looked like he was forcing stuff a bit on offense. He had a few decent post moves, but rushed the finish. On defense he had trouble keeping up with Cle, but that will probably be true for most players that have to guard Cle.