Wichita State media love thread

[wsushox1]

Sorta. Their OOC SOS is 298.

They basically took a buy game at Texas (who is much better than expected) then tried to play nothing but 200+ creampuffs. I'd feel differently if they had at least made an effort in the non-con.

This.

[Cdizzle]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/monthfromnow140217/a-month-selection-sunday-brings-predictions-make-look-smart-stupid

*******. Hilarious. Double-down. No, wait, quadruple-down! Wait, can I do more? Octuple-down!!!!!! I'll look like a genius!

[HockeyShock]

What about Andy Katz there? How can we keep from burying Oklahoma State when they're out there with the shovels themselves?!

They're rapidly reaching the point where they'll have to win out just to get to 0.500 in conference.

[pie n eye]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/pa...k-smart-stupid

*******. Hilarious. Double-down. No, wait, quadruple-down! Wait, can I do more? Octuple-down!!!!!! I'll look like a genius!

Wow. It seems like the other writers put a bit more effort into this exercise.

[AdamCC]

Gary Parrish in his podcast today suggested we take buy games at a top teams' arenas and call it the "Beat Your Ass" Tour. I kinda like it.

[Mr. Obvious]

Great read. Good writer.

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/67852794/wichita-state-shockers-look-to-complete-undefeated-college-basketball-season

[Rlh04d]

The writer is making the argument that there are some people who would take the Shockers more seriously if they had one loss. However, he is arguing against that position, not agreeing with it. (Besides the point of a headline is to provoke a reaction that gets you to read the article)

With the way some people play the bracketology game, we actually would be better to them if we lost a game.

If we play Missouri State twice the rest of the way, losing one of the games, Missouri State is likely a top 100 RPI. That would add two top 100 RPI wins to our resume, even though we'd have a loss.

If we lost to Indiana State in the tournament, ISUb would instantly cement a top 50 RPI, giving us an extra two top 50 RPI wins.

Going undefeated really hurts the RPI of the rest of the conference. Any team we lost to instantly would get a strong RPI boost by beating us. By losing to us, they look significantly weaker, and so our wins are devalued. Our wins would be valued higher with losses. Ass-backwards way of looking at things.

[Cdizzle]

Gary Parrish in his podcast today suggested we take buy games at a top teams' arenas and call it the "Beat Your Ass" Tour. I kinda like it.

Has he watched how games are called at places like Duke, UNC, and KU?

Frankly, don't those teams have more incentive to take a buy game at WSU so they can hand us a loss and prevent us from continually stealing 1 and 2 seeds? This argument goes both ways, which is why Home and Homes are the only thing we should accept.

[Shock Top]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/pa...k-smart-stupid

*******. Hilarious. Double-down. No, wait, quadruple-down! Wait, can I do more? Octuple-down!!!!!! I'll look like a genius!

ESPN should look into ******* diatribe against WSU/Marshall.

Seriously, it's starting to become very unprofessional.

[KC Shox]

Man would I love to see the Shox run the table, get a one seed and twitterverse steamroll *******'s account.

[tgcshock]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/pa...k-smart-stupid

*******. Hilarious. Double-down. No, wait, quadruple-down! Wait, can I do more? Octuple-down!!!!!! I'll look like a genius!

To be fair, he did list is as a prediction that would make him look stupid--and it does.

[kochHead]

But guys...******* really respects what Marshall has done.

[wushock27]

Respect and like are two different things IMO...

[RoyalShock]

With the way some people play the bracketology game, we actually would be better to them if we lost a game.

If we play Missouri State twice the rest of the way, losing one of the games, Missouri State is likely a top 100 RPI. That would add two top 100 RPI wins to our resume, even though we'd have a loss.

If we lost to Indiana State in the tournament, ISUb would instantly cement a top 50 RPI, giving us an extra two top 50 RPI wins.

Going undefeated really hurts the RPI of the rest of the conference. Any team we lost to instantly would get a strong RPI boost by beating us. By losing to us, they look significantly weaker, and so our wins are devalued. Our wins would be valued higher with losses. Ass-backwards way of looking at things.

That might fool the talking make-up men, but not the selection committee.

I'm actually starting to enjoy the line that's been drawn between the DeCourcy types and the ******* types. The ******* types are going to come out of it with egg on their face and crow in their mouths.

[WSUwatcher]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/pa...k-smart-stupid

*******. Hilarious. Double-down. No, wait, quadruple-down! Wait, can I do more? Octuple-down!!!!!! I'll look like a genius!

******* is Octomom in disguise.