Wichita State media love thread

[1972Shocker]

@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.

Mind-boggling to even contemplate really. Of course, it is impossible to go 40-0 without going 32-0.

[ripemupshocks]

Here's one from the KSU student paper you'll get a good laugh out of:

Despite being undefeated, Wichita State is overrated

There are too many gems of ignorance to choose from (and by all means, quote your favorites), but I found this funny:



At least now we know how KSU is going to make it into the tournament, being selected by an uneducated panel.

Here is the statement I really like:

Gonzaga taught us last year that playing sub-par competition all season long before being thrown into the fire that is the NCAA tournament, exposes your weaknesses.

And this is some of the "sub-par competition" that Gonzaga played "all season long before being thrown into the fire that is the NCAA Tournament".

		Gonzaga
West Virgina	50	84
Oklahoma	47	72	NCAA
Kansas State	52	68	NCAA
Baylor	87	94	NIT Champ
#22 Oklahoma State	68	69	NCAA
#13 Illinois	85	74	NCAA
#13 Butler	64	63	NCAA
Davidson	67	81	NCAA

In conference Gonzaga went 3-0 against St Mary's (NCAA), 2-0 against BYU (NIT F4) and 2-0 against Santa Clara (CBI Championship).

I guess it was going 5-0 against the B12 that exposed Gonzaga's weaknesses.

[Rosewood]

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...issouri-valley -- espn looks at the MVC tourney

[WSUwatcher]

"Sure: It would have been nice if the Shockers had a harsher schedule. It would have been helpful if they beat Florida and Duke and the Bill Walton UCLA Bruins and the '85 Chicago Bears and Rod Laver in 1969. But they played who they played. And they beat all of them. It doesn't happen very often" I like that...

If I remember correctly, Laver was extremely tough going to his left -- they'd definitely want to put Tekele on him.

Meanwhile, whose game is the #32 quest tomorrow -- Magic? Another dip into football lore for Jim Brown? It's pretty easy to guess 33-35, I'd think: Bird, X, and AC. But none of those will matter until 32 is in the bag.

[AndShock]

Milton Doyle's shot was #7 on SC, they called the MVC tournament the Wichita State Invitational.

[Rosewood]

No media love today?

[jocoshock]

No media love today?

Bias was on PTI a bit ago. Said the Shox shod be a 1 seed even if we lose in Arch Madness.

[WuShock Reaper]

"Mag Minute with Gregg Marshall"

The Wichita State coach on his favorite car and least favorite chore

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10568202/wichita-state-coach-gregg-marshall-first-undefeated-season-espn-magazine

[wu_shizzle]

"Mag Minute with Gregg Marshall"

The Wichita State coach on his favorite car and least favorite chore



http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...-espn-magazine

Coach has great taste.

[Shocker Mama]

http://msn.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/college-basketball-road-trip-wichita-state-is-the-real-deal-030714

Kinda nice.

[Shocker Mama]

http://college-basketball.si.com/2014/03/07/wichita-state-shockers-missouri-valley-tournament-evansville-32-0/

"Evansville was the latest victim by asphyxiation."

[bpwsu86]

One of the best I've seen
"College Basketball Road Trip Wichita State is the real deal"

http://msn.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/college-basketball-road-trip-wichita-state-is-the-real-deal-030714

[WuShock Reaper]

ESPN - #1 - (03-08-14).jpg

[WuShock Reaper]

ESPN - #2 - (03-08-14).jpg

[Rosewood]

So Creighton would just be one of those teams "in the field" that they don't even bother getting odds, right? Or were their 100-1 odds just the odds at winning two games?