Wichita State media love thread

[1972Shocker]

Of course Dickie V is picking against this team. I hope for nothing more them for him to eat crow.

Dickie V = Lee Corso. These guys are in show business. The only thing that matters is the delivery. Substance is of little value to them. Whether people are entertained by their schtick or irritated by it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that they are drawing attention.

[Musty Nutz]

Dickie V = Lee Corso. These guys are in show business. The only thing that matters is the delivery. Substance is of little value to them. Whether people are entertained by their schtick or irritated by it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that they are drawing attention.

It's all about the presentation

[ShockerMas]

2014 NCAA Tournament: The Team We Will Remember As Perfect Despite the 'And 1'

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2014-ncaa-tournament/2014/3/23/5541138/2014-ncaa-tournament-wichita-state-perfect-kentucky

I liked this section in particular:
"Both teams played as if the trophy was going to be handed out at the end of the game, and they were just going to call off the rest of the NCAA Tournament. That is how good that game was.That is why it hurt so much to have it end that way. That shot was supposed to go in. This run should have -- no, needed to keep going.
I have no reason for feeling this way. I didn't go to Wichita State. I didn't go to a Missouri Valley school. I am not related to any of the players.
And yet, something about this team made it possible to root for them while trying to remain impartial as much as possible. We stayed away from overtly defending them on the site. We didn't fight back against the criticism of the team. They did the talking themselves on the court.
But we watched, and watched, and as they wanted us to do, we watched. Whether it was the little things that they did each game, or the way they would just make it so suffocating for the other team every night, they made you appreciate what really good basketball looks like."

[ShockTop]

This damn game should've at least gone into 1 ot. It was truly the best game I've ever seen.

[jocoshock]

“(VanVleet’s) face never changed throughout the whole game,” Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein said. “You could tell he was locked into the game. He played so smooth. I thought, ‘If this dude gets a clean look, it’s going to the bottom.’ I don’t know how he missed it.”

If Wichita State had appeared rattled and over-matched by the Wildcats, then yes, maybe so. But Sunday was one of those rare occasions where a team actually enhanced its image in a loss.

@JasonKingBR: Wichita State loses game, wins respect. My column from St. Louis: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...rt-vs-kentucky

[ShockTop]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/03/wichita-state-kentucky-classic-ncaa-tournament/

[shockerfan]

1/2: @PaulS:uellentrop: RT @JasonKingBR: In my 14th season covering college hoops. Other than KU-Memphis in 2008, the Wichita State-Kentucky tilt was the best game I've ever covered

[jocoshock]

@AshleyJudd: "#Shockers legendary season. There is nothing I can write, no praise I can heap upon this fantastic team that can assuage the agony - "

[jocoshock]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-college-basketball-mens-tournament/news/20140324/kentucky-ends-wichita-state-perfect-season-history/

In the 38-hour buildup to Sunday's game -- which might have been the greatest round-of-32 matchup in the history of the expanded NCAA tournament -- it was subjected to two-outcome hype: That Wichita would either wipe out criticism that its unbeaten season was too much the product of a mediocre schedule; or that preseason No. 1 Kentucky, with its greatest-on-paper recruiting class of all-time, would save a season that was on the verge of falling apart in early March.

What happened was not one outcome or the other. It was both.

[wsushox1]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-co...eason-history/

In the 38-hour buildup to Sunday's game -- which might have been the greatest round-of-32 matchup in the history of the expanded NCAA tournament -- it was subjected to two-outcome hype: That Wichita would either wipe out criticism that its unbeaten season was too much the product of a mediocre schedule; or that preseason No. 1 Kentucky, with its greatest-on-paper recruiting class of all-time, would save a season that was on the verge of falling apart in early March.

What happened was not one outcome or the other. It was both.

Must read.

[WuDrWu]

@AshleyJudd: "#Shockers legendary season. There is nothing I can write, no praise I can heap upon this fantastic team that can assuage the agony - "

She's not being creative enough, imho..........

[Capitol Shock II]

Loved it! Hell of a Shocker team.

[kcshocker11]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2003070-ncaa-tournament-2014-winners-and-losers-from-1st-week-of-big-dance/page/6

[Shock Top]

[AndShock]

I find it a bit odd that we're now validated because we lost to UK while Gonzaga is still chastised for being overrated last year and was constantly brought up this year as a reason for why we didn't deserve a 1 seed. I guess in this case it's a good thing we lost to a BCS team and not a Final Four quality "mid-major."