WSU Versus New Mexico State Predictions and Pregame Discussions

[forevershockerfan]

Here's the deal. Santa is coming soon followed by the Aggies from Las Cruces next Monday. New Mexico State won the WAC last Season and return Pascal Siakam who has exceeded his fair share of double- doubles already and also a tough defender and Ian Baker is also a maker. They also have a 7'3" player by the name of Tanveer Bhullar. It appears they still play Baylor soon before us so might come in here around 7-6 or 8-5.

Now for our rested Shockers. Our success at 21st and Hillside will continue. Our inside-outside game must continue to improve for us to accomplish what we started towards doing. Things are looking up and we have only just begun to fight. The script we had in mind took some twists and turns with adversity. Now with most of our players back and healthy, it is not too late to have another Season to remember. Merry Christmas to each and every one of you and God bless you.

Pistol Pete Cowboy---65

WuShock-------------74

[molly jabali]

The shockers will continue to right the ship even more....80-65.

And, BTW...I KNOW I can go to the ticket exchange but if any of you will be out for the game and want to dump your tickets, let me know!:)

[Play Angry]

Our guards will have fun in this one.


Shockers 84
Aggies 60

[ShockdaWorld]

Beat down. Maybe not quite as much of a beat down as Nevada, but close. 18+

[1972Shocker]

An opportunity for the Shocks to really refine and define their rotation with a lineup being as close to fully healthy as they have had so far this year in preparation for Evansvilling the Valley.

BTW, the Shocks SOS per WarrenNolan.com is 7. By comparison SIU (11-2) is 280, Evansville (10-2) is 242, Drake (4-7) is 255 and Loyola (6-5) is 247.

[WuDrWu]

I think with a likely Christmas hangover, injuries and Bush.....I think we have our hands full. These guys pelted UTEP the other day. I'll take any win.

[Kung Wu]

75
74

[Cdizzle]

75
74

Whichever team we are, hope this is wrong. I'm tired of giving up 70+ points.

[WuDrWu]

Pascal Siakam is a player. He'll give our bigs all they want and more. These guys played New Mexico about the same as UNI did, fwiw.

[Cdizzle]

Pascal Siakam is a player. He'll give our bigs all they want and more. These guys played New Mexico about the same as UNI did, fwiw.

Soooo, they pooped the bed and were never really in the game?

I'm not sure what to do with this information, but I appreciate the added info anyway.

[FlyingWheat]

KenPom Ratings:

35 - Wichita State
75 - Northern Iowa
132 - New Mexico State
153 - Nevada

I'll take 82-68 good guys.

[1972Shocker]

I think with a likely Christmas hangover, injuries and Bush.....I think we have our hands full. These guys pelted UTEP the other day. I'll take any win.

NMS is 6-2 at home and 1-3 on the road. They did pelt UTEP but I am not sure how much cache that carries this year. UTEP is 6-5 in D-1 games with a SOS of 241.

That said I don't think this Shocker team can afford to take any opponent for granted. I will take any win but would like to see a win coupled with quality play. If we play well the point spread will take care of itself.

[60Shock]

Shocks by 15 if we continue to hit our FT's.

[DUShock]

I suspect I will have a similar look on my face as the ball tips, wondering which Shocker team will show up.

[pogo]

So the Wu Brothers (Kung and Dr) have us in a cat fight. I'm going up the tree and out on the limb to bag the cat. Shocks by a dozen