Wichita State media love thread

[Shox21]

And the Mighty Spartans fall once again.

[ABC]

Haskin of the TCJ with another good piece: http://cjonline.com/sports/2014-02-2...rs-no-1-or-not

Scheme could be grand for Shockers, at No. 1 or not; Undefeated WSU deserving of top ranking, but critics abound

[jocoshock]

Haskin of the TCJ with another good piece: http://cjonline.com/sports/2014-02-2...rs-no-1-or-not

Scheme could be grand for Shockers, at No. 1 or not; Undefeated WSU deserving of top ranking, but critics abound

Nailed it...

[mjbaker84]

Sigh.

what did izzo say? I haven't heard anything recently about him saying anything?

[Shox21]

what did izzo say? I haven't heard anything recently about him saying anything?

See Post No. 1465 above.

[mjbaker84]

See Post No. 1465 above.

oooo weee time to show izzo what the shockers do to B1g ten teams

[jocoshock]

@hammyshock:: My son just showed me @Clearly_BallLyf in Sports Illustrated for Kids! Love the 'best way to end my Shocker career.' http://twitter.com/Hammyshock/status...183296/photo/1

[boyshocker]

Play us Tommy.

[ShockerFever]

Play us Tommy.

Tommy can't handle 6th place Big Ten teams.

[Speak2me]

Article from the Lawrence Journal World on the Shocks. It was very complimentary much to my surprise. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/fe...top-spot-poll/

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

1. Wichita State (29-0)

Analysis: In response to an inquiry, here is what I wrote the Wichita Eagle about my decision to rank the Shockers No. 1:

1-It’s incredibly hard to be unbeaten at this stage of the season, no matter who you are.

2-Wichita isn’t exactly a nobody. Team was in a Final Four last season. The previous mid-majors to reach No. 1 (St. Joes and Gonzaga) never did that. Unlike Gonzaga, which gets held up as an example of why a mid-major should never be No. 1, the Shockers actually have a recent March pedigree.

3-If you watch Wichita play, the team is damn good.

No big winners this week as movement up was incremental. The big loser was San Diego State, which plummeted nine spots after the 14-point loss to New Mexico . . . The final two spots on the ballot are sketchy and essentially up for grabs between New Mexico, UMass, SMU and Oklahoma. I gave New Mexico and UMass credit for posting big wins this week.

- See more at: http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/hoo....I20K9HCz.dpuf

[HockeyShock]

Article from the Lawrence Journal World on the Shocks. It was very complimentary much to my surprise. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/fe...top-spot-poll/

Tom Keegan is a friend of the board. Earlier this year, he forgot - yes, forgot - to put WSU on his ballot and we all howled in anger, and he had the stones to come ONTO THE BOARD and apologize personally (I think it's buried in the Poll Watch thread somewhere).

Even so, wow! He all but called out KU personally in the article. I wonder if he's got a national job lined up. ;)

[Play Angry]

Tom Keegan, all around solid guy.

[jocoshock]

In fairness to Izzo, think about it. Do you dis a team out of conference or say no, I think the SHOX would be in the top two. Now, instead of giving bulletin board material to one team that you might never play, you give it 4 teams in the Big10 that you might have to play at least 1 or 2 more times this year.

[pogo]

In fairness to Izzo, think about it. Do you dis a team out of conference or say no, I think the SHOX would be in the top two. Now, instead of giving bulletin board material to one team that you might never play, you give it 4 teams in the Big10 that you might have to play at least 1 or 2 more times this year.

I see your point but why not just say "I think they could compete at the highest levels of ANY conference."