Wichita State media love thread

[mjbaker84]

thanks!

[RoyalShock]

Here's the quote that struck me:

Dragging that "0" in the loss column into the fishbowl of the NCAA tournament would be like loading a 500-pound anvil in with the team travel gear. It's a huge and non-essential burden.

Especially when you're Wichita State.

Evidence that he doesn't understand what makes this team so consistent. The Shockers are simply tougher than what the college basketball world is used to seeing. I don't for one single, solitary second believe that a loss will take any pressure off this team. If anything, a loss will only add to the pressure they'll put on themselves.

I should have kept reading because it only gets worse. Lowly, upstart WSU simply is not used to handling the pressure like the anointed Dukes, UNCs and Kansas's of the world. PUKE! Give me a break. Forde obviously has not been paying attention.

Newsflash, Mr. Forde . . . the narrative has changed, at least with this Wichita State team. If only you'd have been there last year and told Marshall, Early, Baker, VanVleet and Cotton that they couldn't handle the pressure because they haven't been coaching or playing in the ACC, SEC or Big 12. Guess what, Mr. Forde, our guys just gave a big middle finger to that line of thinking. It would be wise to switch fraternities now, before the guys who have joined up with DeCourcy and Glockner decide the frat house has no more open beds. But who knows, maybe they'll let you sleep on the floor.

[Signman]

Not sure this is the right place to post this but who do you think voted Marshall 3rd in the MVC coach of the year award?

[Shock Therapy]

Not sure this is the right place to post this but who do you think voted Marshall 3rd in the MVC coach of the year award?

Muller

[wushock27]

Forde was a tool when he wrote for the newspaper in Louisville... Wasn't highly liked in these parts

[HockeyShock]

Point of Information: Pat Forde is a 1987 graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia.

So, it's likely either conflict-of-interest, or just the logical result of that Mizzou education.

[RoyalShock]

Sports Illustrated - Five reasons why Wichita State can contend for the national title

[wsushox1]

Sports Illustrated - Five reasons why Wichita State can contend for the national title

He is rightin every account.

[RoyalShock]

BAM! USA Today body-slams Pat Forde.

[RoyalShock]

Here's a good listen from Kansas Public Radio, of all places, regarding WSU and KU in the tournament.

[Shocker Mama]

Point of Information: Pat Forde is a 1987 graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia.

So, it's likely either conflict-of-interest, or just the logical result of that Mizzou education.

It's just nuts. It is like saying to a couple, "I know you have been happily married for thirty-one years, and you are just crazy about each other, but you really ought to get a divorce, just for your personal growth." Moron.

[Rosewood]

BAM! USA Today body-slams Pat Forde.

bang biscuit

[Shocktoberfest]

Sports Illustrated - Five reasons why Wichita State can contend for the national title

Dude! Articles like this get the juices flowing big time. Can't wait for the tournament to start.

[jocoshock]

@SInowLIVE: .@SethDavisHoops talks #WichitaState & says who the next 'dunk city' might be http://bit.ly/1fKfNNw http://twitter.com/SInowLIVE/status/...503040/photo/1

Seth owns up.. Sort of.. Short but sweet..

[jocoshock]

@tsnmike: Starting Five: Would a loss help Wichita State? Should Jahii go pro? And what makes Beilein special http://dlvr.it/54zb83

Of course, it certainly is an option for WSU to both enter and exit the NCAAs undefeated.

Could you imagine that? There’d be Bill Russell and the 1956 San Francisco Dons, Bill Walton and the 1972 UCLA Bruins, Quinn Buckner and the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers—and Cleanthony Early and the 2014 Wichita State Shockers.

Nobody’d forget that team.