2015-16 Media love thread

[im4wsu]

KAKE Shane Ewing @ShaneEwing 47m47 minutes ago Gregg Marshall told ESPN today that @WizKellyy is the most improved player on roster. Said offensive game has evolved, body is cut #Shockers


ESPNRadio @ESPNRadio 6h6 hours ago #ESPNUCBB @ESPNAndyKatz & @SethOnHoops: SMU/UNC sanctions, @PCAthletics' Kris Dunn and @GoShockers HC Gregg Marshall! http://es.pn/1N1lA1P

[SHOCKvalue]

KAKE Shane Ewing @ShaneEwing 47m47 minutes ago Gregg Marshall told ESPN today that @WizKellyy is the most improved player on roster. Said offensive game has evolved, body is cut #Shockers


http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=13777929

That's really exciting news!

[wufan]

This team is so damn deep! The new talent is uber-talented and the returners, to a man, have done everything asked of them in the off-season. Some All-Valley level talent isn't going to see much court time this year.

[wufan]

KAKE Shane Ewing @ShaneEwing 47m47 minutes ago Gregg Marshall told ESPN today that @WizKellyy is the most improved player on roster. Said offensive game has evolved, body is cut #Shockers


ESPNRadio @ESPNRadio 6h6 hours ago #ESPNUCBB @ESPNAndyKatz & @SethOnHoops: SMU/UNC sanctions, @PCAthletics' Kris Dunn and @GoShockers HC Gregg Marshall! http://es.pn/1N1lA1P

http://m.espn.go.com/general/play?id=13777929

Fantastic interview! It starts at about the 25 minute mark and is 15 minutes long.

A couple of highlights I found interesting:

Markis McDuffie will be a prime time player when he can adjust to the physicality of basketball in D-I. HCGM stated carefully that his game is very similar to Kevin Durant. MM is at least 6-8.

Landry Shamet is the player HCGM likes to mention when doing preseason interviews. He's 6-5, has a 67" box jump, "can play the two, three, or even the one."

Stated that 2, 3, or maybe even all 4 freshman are going to see significant minutes this year.

Conner is the best shooter Marshall has been around in his 31 years as a coach. He has really tight handles. Needs to work on the rest of his game.

Anton plays an old mans game (mentioned as a compliment).

The Shockers are going to be really hard to guard when Conner, Fred, and Ron are on the court with Anton or Rashard at the 4.

Fred and Ron will do the majority of the ball handling with less than 10 seconds on the shot clock.

4 or 5 teams have a chance to push the Shockers this year (UE is his favorite, followed by ISUr, UNI, and LUC in no particular order).

[im4wsu]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/play?id=13777929

Fantastic interview! It starts at about the 25 minute mark and is 15 minutes long.

A couple of highlights I found interesting:

Markis McDuffie will be a prime time player when he can adjust to the physicality of basketball in D-I. HCGM stated carefully that his game is very similar to Kevin Durant. MM is at least 6-8.

Landry Shamet is the player HCGM likes to mention when doing preseason interviews. He's 6-5, has a 67" box jump, "can play the two, three, or even the one."

Stated that 2, 3, or maybe even all 4 freshman are going to see significant minutes this year.

Conner is the best shooter Marshall has been around in his 31 years as a coach. He has really tight handles. Needs to work on the rest of his game.

Anton plays an old mans game (mentioned as a compliment).

The Shockers are going to be really hard to guard when Conner, Fred, and Ron are on the court with Anton or Rashard at the 4.

Fred and Ron will do the majority of the ball handling with less than 10 seconds on the shot clock.

4 or 5 teams have a chance to push the Shockers this year (UE is his favorite, followed by ISUr, UNI, and LUC in no particular order).

great recap, I was too lazy to do it.

[jocoshock]

http://fansided.com/2015/09/30/30-toughest-college-basketball-arenas-play/22/

Thirty toughest home courts..

[Kochaddict]

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article37262325.html

http://www.kansas.com/incoming/article37242276.html

[wufan]

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college...e37262325.html
http://www.kansas.com/incoming/article37242276.html

Good stuff! We are starting to get a hint of what the rotation might look like.

PG- FVV
SG-RB
SF-EW or ZB
PF-AG
C-SM or BW

G-CF and LS
F-RK

That's 10. The other four, IMO, are well liked by the staff and with huge upside, but have work to do, and/or require a fortuitous opportunity to make the regular rotation.

[ShockdaWorld]

This team is so deep that in several positions (3-5), it's entirely possible that the starter, whomever it may be, could average less mpg than the backup.

[ArtVandalay]

The way I see it, all of our bigs who show they are capable of handling DI basketball will find their way onto the court. We know Shaq had foul issues last year, and maybe that was due to his injury. But, we have had bigs with foul issues for multiple years in a row. We play an aggressive style of defense. It happens. I really hope Shaq, Grady, Bush, Kelly, Hamilton, Nurger, McDuffie, can go out and just play hard and not be worried or concerned with getting into foul trouble because they know there are guys sitting on the bench who are more than capable of filling in. It seemed Carter and Morris last year played timid at times looking to avoid fouls because we had to have them on the court, and in turn, fouled more.

[AZ Shocker]

But, we have had bigs with foul issues for multiple years in a row.

The refs might as well give up on calling the phantom calls this year on our bigs. Easy substitution for Gregg Marshall. Plug another big in there and if more calls come...plug in another big. And another. And another.

Eventually the phantom calls will go away. Refs will just start feeling silly about it and contend to for-gedda-bout-it. Especially in Valley play on the road. With our frontcourt depth...should the refs wanna help other Valley teams with phantom calls to try to even the playing field per Doug Elgin's request....get ready for 4 hour basketball games. It would be a good try...but the gratuity charity stripe will not be enough to "even" the playing field this season.

[Steeleshocker]

The refs might as well give up on calling the phantom calls this year on our bigs. Easy substitution for Gregg Marshall. Plug another big in there and if more calls come...plug in another big. And another. And another.

Eventually the phantom calls will go away. Refs will just start feeling silly about it and contend to for-gedda-bout-it. Especially in Valley play on the road. With our frontcourt depth...should the refs wanna help other Valley teams with phantom calls to try to even the playing field per Doug Elgin's request....get ready for 4 hour basketball games. It would be a good try...but the gratuity charity stripe will not be enough to "even" the playing field this season.

I've never understood why Elgin would want an "even" playing field. First, he should want the cream to rise to the top and not get bit by the ankle biters in the conference to ensure maximum bids. And beyond that he should be cheering for WSU to go undefeated in order to get another great seed and improve chances for a deep run (more tourney shares for the conference).

[another shocker]

I've never understood why Elgin would want an "even" playing field. First, he should want the cream to rise to the top and not get bit by the ankle biters in the conference to ensure maximum bids. And beyond that he should be cheering for WSU to go undefeated in order to get another great seed and improve chances for a deep run (more tourney shares for the conference).

i can understand why he would want a level playing field. he's no more of a wichita state fan than anybody else from outside of wichita (although the shox are VERY popular on the east coast.. said bob hurley and the city of philly, too). i don't think he cheers for wichita state domination.

[Signman]

Hyperbole post. Ok...I've now watched the Shockers play pick up games three times this year. In 2013 I predicted (not on this site, but to several friends) that our Shocks "should" reach the final four. I have a prediction.........Coach Marshall & our Shockers: "I think you are going to start dominating the power five conferences for the next several years". It might even get to the point that the rules will have to change to keep the P5 conferences up to speed with our Shockers.

[wufan]

We may see some SERIOUS blowouts this year! Against several Valley teams, our second team will be better than their first team and our third team will keep it even or extend the lead (assuming Nurger, Hamilton, McDuffie, and Taylor plus one) against their second teams.