#12 WSU @ #18 UNI - Game Thread

[Rlh04d]

Also, I'm proud of UNI's fans for not rushing the court or starting "overrated" chants. Sure didn't take long for teams like Tulsa to start them against us in games we ended up winning by double digits.

They've got generally good fans.

[WstateU]

Evan hits a trey to start the game and Baker follows with a lay-up in transition; I'm thinking we're $hittin' in tall cotton.

[SHOXAAC]

Evan hits a trey to start the game and Baker follows with a lay-up in transition; I'm thinking we're $hittin' in tall cotton.

Tall cotton turned into a cotton swab unfortunately.

[KSUUWSU]

Good grief dude.

Here, let me help you out with teams to cheer for where you might be less disappointed than as a WSU fan:

College Football - Alabama
College Basketball - Kentucky

NFL - Patriots
NBA - Heat
MLB - Yankees

HTH...

Your attempt to make me appear as a band wagoner is pathetic. Sympathy sent you way...dude. Like I say, I do not like to lose at anything.

[HenryMuto]

It's only one game guys and it was on the road vs a very good team. We see top 25 teams lose on the road to teams made of poo all the time and hell Miami lost at home to Eastern Kentucky by 28!

I would just chalk this one up to "one of those nights" and move on. It happens and just move on.

[shoxrox89]

When is the last time we beat a ranked team? We just dont seem to do very well against ranked teams.

[kochHead]

When is the last time we beat a ranked team? We just dont seem to do very well against ranked teams.

We have been paying ranked teams on the road. That matters.

[Shoxfan11]

I'm only disappointed because I felt this was the game to finally break the barrier and beat a quality team.

What the hell?

[Carolina_Shock]

Made a lot of mental errors and couldn't hit water if we fell out of a boat shooting wise, UNI played phenomenal. Could count the amount of teams in the country on one hand that could go into that atmosphere the way UNI played and win. Let's all take a chill pill, this Shox team is damn good and will be a top 5 seed, regardless of this outcome the nature of the beast is the tournament is what matters most. Look at how UCONN and Kentucky were doing late January last year. I'm going to enjoy this large pizza and Yuengling and selfishly hope this loss sends the Shox to Charlotte in March. Beers on me.

[shoxrox89]

We have been paying ranked teams on the road. That matters.

Yes, but have we beaten any of those teams on the road? We cant truly be cosidered road warriors if we arnt actually beating tough teams on the road.

[KC Shox]

I would like to see Shaq and Carter both start.

I'm totally down with this. Anything to get 'No Load' Wessel off the court.

[1972Shocker]

I'm not quite getting the let's take a chill pill admonitions. Seems to me that for the most part Shockernetters are taking this loss relatively calmly and pragmatically. I sure don't sense any particular panic or meltdown.

[AZ Shocker]

this is the most worried I've been about our ability to play postseason ball since the 2010 season.

Me too. Saw it first in the Utah game and immediately became worried about post season.

Our bench is not good enough to play with high level teams. They're young, and they're going to get better ... but at this point in the season I really hoped to see more than one consistent player come out of that logjam. Guys like Brown, Kelly, Bush, Holland, etc. have had opportunities to take that next step and just haven't been able to do so. This is probably the weakest bench I can remember under Marshall. We have solid players 1-6, and that drops off to "good enough against most Valley competition" 7-10, and then just flat out unreliable against anyone past that.

Still crossing fingers for Shaq. Absolutely showing signs....but Coach is afraid to play both Carter and Shaq at the same time due to possibly getting both of those guys in early foul trouble. There's NOTHING behind them should they both be on the bench with fouls.

I don't buy into the sky-is-falling! nonsense of some people here, and I still think we have an excellent chance to beat UNI at home, and excellent chances to win both the regular season and Arch Madness. However, I have a hard time seeing where success in the NCAA tournament is going to come from, barring favorable matchups, a significant change from some of our lesser players, or a major hot streak from one of the big three from the perimeter.

Boom!!! Either 3 of those come to fruition and we WILL have a chance to win a couple maybe even a third game in March .

This isn't our ceiling by any means, but I'm pessimistic about our chances in the tournament without some changes. We have to be able to handle good post players to have a chance at a solid run in March.

Yep. We will continue to have problems guarding the post until Coach has the confidence to play both Carter and Shaq at the same time. Too bad we don't have one more quality big man this year. I've completely given up on Nurger for this year at least about 14 games ago. Bush not showing much better. :(

Oh...btw... I LOVE defense but when we need POINTS...maybe it's time to insert Glass. He seems to have good offensive energy and gulp...kinda reminds me of Early on occasion.

[SB Shock]

I'm totally down with this. Anything to get 'No Load' Wessel off the court.

Wsu had him off the court already this season - it ended up where wsu struggled (lost a game) and struggled with passion. Wessel does a lot that not shown in the box score that makes baker and fred look better.

[shoxrox89]

At the end of the day all our loses amount to the lack of depth we have in our front court. I mean the fact that we had wessel guarding tuttle speaks volumes to the lack of depth we have in the front court. Shaq is starting to show some bright spots but he is prone to foul trouble, nurger really isnt much more than a 6''10 sg he has no real post skills. We just lack depth this year.