Official NMSU vs WSU game thread

[Mr. Pickle]

Solid effort all around. Impressed with the defense and Shaq. WTF is up with half the crowd not clapping until the opponent's first field goal of each half?

[Ricardo del Rio]

there were a few people here holding the door open for Shaq ready to escort him out. Funny how one game can change things.

I may be one eating crow. I must admit, Shaq's game tonight was not anything like his first game against NW.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Does anyone other than me care we have little kids not paying attention to what they are doing mopping the playing floor?

I marvel at their lack of training, effectiveness, attitude and energy at every game. They might as well be using air brooms.

[Rosewood]

Solid effort all around. Impressed with the defense and Shaq. WTF is up with half the crowd not clapping until the opponent's first field goal of each half?

Game 1 rust. NBD. They will sort it.

[ShockerEngineer]

After this game, I think dunk city has moved from FGCU to Wichita.

[ShockerFever]

Solid effort all around. Impressed with the defense and Shaq. WTF is up with half the crowd not clapping until the opponent's first field goal of each half?

Overall, a weak effort IMO. Didn't help that we entered blowout mode early against this opponent.

I really hope this crowd/fanbase doesn't start getting complacent.

[asiseeit]

Have only read the posts on this page so this might be a little redundant. What impressed
me most was team defense, depth and court awareness. It all makes me hope like heck
that both Wessell and RB will play their full careers. Nurger and Kelly continue to impress.
Shaq finally made an appearance and a pretty good one - has good upside if, I say if, he
plays angry. Play angry still needs to be the teams mantra. They are so fun to watch when
they are and hitting on all cylinders.

[wu_shizzle]

I noticed that Coach Forbes has taken Coach Jans seat on the bench as COO.

I would call him the Associate Head Coach but I would hate to demote FVV.

[Shocktoberfest]

I'm down with that WuDrWu. I get it. It was just one game. My point was simply that I had not seen any effort from him at any time. And that included a couple of looks at some practices earlier this year. He looked like he had already mailed it in. That was simply not the same dude last night. KEEP IT UP SHAQ! Your city is behind you.

[jocoshock]

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-sports/ci_26943384/shockers-defense-slows-down-aggies

"They were men, they were physically very strong and played that way. We tried to hold serve as much we could in the second half, but we still turned the ball over too much and they outrebounded us. So, we couldn't really crack that lead they had."

[Dan]

Another point that hasn't been discussed as much is about game planning against the Shox. As some have mentioned, trying to win by shutting down FVV is not going to make you victorious. Guess what? FVV doesn't care if he only scores 6 points. You can't deny his defense and his leadership. We have too many weapons. Keeping Fred from scoring is playing right into his game.

[SHOXAAC]

FVV was not part of the PG rotation last night...He was the rotation. I think he played all 20 minutes in the first half. Got some rest in the second and I think he was on the floor at the final buzzer. I would like to see him rest more, but never mind my drivel.

[WuDrWu]

It was two conference POYs going against each other last night and it looked like it.

[1979Shocker]

Have only read the posts on this page so this might be a little redundant. What impressed
me most was team defense, depth and court awareness. It all makes me hope like heck
that both Wessell and RB will play their full careers. Nurger and Kelly continue to impress.
Shaq finally made an appearance and a pretty good one - has good upside if, I say if, he
plays angry. Play angry still needs to be the teams mantra. They are so fun to watch when
they are and hitting on all cylinders.

We weren't quite hitting on all cylinders. 0-11 from 3-pt range and only 9-16 from the FT line, If we were hitting on all cylinders, it would have been a 30 point blow out. On a normal 3-pt shooting night, we probably would have made 4 or 5 out of the 11 and on free throws, you could add in another 3. So that right there is another 15-18 points.

Of course, NMSU had 2-3 injured players, but that wouldn't have stopped what our 3-pt and FT shooting could have done. It might have just given them a few more points. So at a minimum, on a good shooting night, we would have won by at least another 10 points.

[shoxilla]

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces...ws-down-aggies

"They were men, they were physically very strong and played that way. We tried to hold serve as much we could in the second half, but we still turned the ball over too much and they outrebounded us. So, we couldn't really crack that lead they had."

......Aggies lost to the No. 11 Shockers 71-54 in both team's season opener Friday night at Charles Kock Arena

add this to the almost-got-the-name-right list...