Favorite Play of the Marshall Era

[Kel Varnsen]

Sorry, I got nothin'.

I'll take this. From a win probability perspective, it was Baker's three to put us up four against Gonzaga. Our win probability took an astronomical jump, from around 54.5% to 79% per KenPom.

Now, when you take into account the fact that it essentially sent us to the Final Four, Tekele's three against Ohio State was the most important for the program at the time.

[ShockingButTrue]

Was it the play or the look on Self's face after the play?

Two for one.

[Shocktoberfest]

I'll take this. From a win probability perspective, it was Baker's three to put us up four against Gonzaga. Our win probability took an astronomical jump, from around 54.5% to 79% per KenPom.

Now, when you take into account the fact that it essentially sent us to the Final Four, Tekele's three against Ohio State was the most important for the program at the time.

Fred's late floater was huge!!!!

[rrshock]

Mine would be the cotton dunk against Illinois State. Followed closely by about anything else.

[shock]

Fred's late floater was huge!!!!

So was mine. Pissed off my wife last night because the smell woke her up.

[ShockerPhi]

Tekele's windmill
Tekele's "OH MY GOD" dunk against the Redbirds
Cle's dunk on Caulie-Stein
Cle's Dunk in the Final Four
Toure and his many 3 point game winners
Fred's Gonzaga shot
Wragge's missed 3 at the buzzer (does opposing team plays count?)
Cle's 3 to win at Illinois State


This is a tough list to choose from. I might have to go with Cle's dunk in the Final Four just because the stage it was on and the time in the game. #2 for me would be Tekele's windmill on the same day as ESPN Gameday.

[Eric]

Fred's late floater was huge!!!!

Glad you didn't say "Fred's huge floater."

[Stickboy46]

Tekele's "OH MY GOD" dunk against the Redbirds

Which one? He had multiples. You have to be specific here :)

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pnB49k-6dM

Or this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzCsbN5518

Both are just ridiculous and two of my favorite plays.

[ShockdaWorld]

Most important and favorite are not necessarily the same thing although they could be.

I am completely aware of that. It was just a little humor jab at JH4P. Nothing serious about it. I used "important" intentionally, just because I know there is no way to draw any empirical data to determine "favorite," so I thought it would make it a bit more fun.

[ShockerPhi]

Which one? He had multiples. You have to be specific here :)

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pnB49k-6dM

Or this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzCsbN5518

Both are just ridiculous and two of my favorite plays.

The first one (at Illinois State). The OH MY GOD is to quote Craig Stevens.

[WuShock16]

Not a play but in the Kansas game, WSU called a timeout with about five minutes to go after having trouble inbounding the ball. Bill Self went nuts, apparently thinking there should have been a five-second call. You could clearly read his lips. "NO!!!!! BULL$#!+!!!! (pause...looking for Higgins) JOHN!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The camera immediately panned to Gregg, who had a wonderful sarcastic smile on his face, as to say, "Look at this guy making an @$$ of himself."

That ten-second moment was an ironic microcosm of that game. One team and coach was poised like it had been there before, and one team (and PARTICULARLY the coach) panicked and acted like the stage was too big. It's just that those outside of Wichita wouldn't have guessed that the Shockers would be the poised ones and that the Jayhawks would be the ones panicking.

[Shoxthemonkey]

My favorite is the timeout given to the Shocks when Self thought he had a 5 count. The smirk from 3G makes me laugh every time I see it.

[ShockerFever]

Fred's late floater was huge!!!!

Nothin' but net.

[Eric]

Which one? He had multiples. You have to be specific here :)

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pnB49k-6dM

Or this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzCsbN5518

Both are just ridiculous and two of my favorite plays.

That second one. From where I sit in CKA, when Fred tossed it inbounds, I thought there was no freaking way TC gets high enough to snag that.

[BigDougE]

Good thread, folks. Thought I'd join in. Just a couple of my favorites since Coach Marshall took over at Wichita State.

Game Winner #1

Game Winner #2