Austin Reaves

[ARShocker]

Does he ever say what he thinks of the crowd at home games? I'd be interested to hear a players thoughts that wasn't here before this year.

He told me that the crowd in Colorado State was pretty good but nothing compared to the home crowd in Wichita. Says it's sometimes impossible to communicate on the floor.

[forevershockerfan]

Coach Marshall and his Staff have Always had a speciality of finding really good guards. This Season, I like all 4 of our guards, knowing the best is yet to come. These Shocks have no Seniors that play much but have not even begun to fight and will continue to grow as a team as the Season rolls on. They are playing team ball, knowing they will get the individual minutes in various games in the confines of what our team happens in need in different matchups in each game. Austin was still another great find that flew under the radar of even the teams in his own back yard.

[Stickboy46]

Austin's step back fade away three with the shot clock expiring was a thing of beauty yesterday.

[ShockerFever]

Austin's step back fade away three with the shot clock expiring was a thing of beauty yesterday.

The kid is uber special.

I know Mark Adams can be way over the top, but he was already drawing some RB comparisons from him. His minutes need to increase IMO. Where do they go? I dunno.

[SHOXAAC]

The kid is uber special.

I know Mark Adams can be way over the top, but he was already drawing some RB comparisons from him. His minutes need to increase IMO. Where do they go? I dunno.

He can have a few of CF's minutes.

[Cdizzle]

Reaves needs to get better defensively to get more minutes. But I think he will, and soon. The ceiling of the team is much higher with him playing more minutes than Frankamp

[1979Shocker]

The kid is uber special.

I know Mark Adams can be way over the top, but he was already drawing some RB comparisons from him. His minutes need to increase IMO. Where do they go? I dunno.

He would have gotten more minutes in the Oklahoma game if he hadn't gotten into foul trouble.

[pinstripers]

Baker was one of the best defensive players to ever play at WSU. Reaves may have his jersey in the rafters someday, but he's never going to be Baker on that side of the ball.

[Ashockalypse]

Reaves needs to get better defensively to get more minutes. But I think he will, and soon. The ceiling of the team is much higher with him playing more minutes than Frankamp

I love Austin as much as the next but your statement of a higher ceiling is just conjecture. Some on here feel the need to beat up Conner just because they like Austin and DS. There is no need to force rank. All of are players are doing well. No need to badmouth. I'm sure Greg will play those who give the team the highest ceiling regardless of how many coaches on here feel they are better suited. Conner made some great plays vs OU notwithstanding his missed shots.

[shockmonster]

Reaver has a lot of positives. The only thing that dampens my enthusiasm for him is the continuing and ongoing questions regarding his shoulder. I would not wish to be in the place where we depend on him as much as Ron Baker and his shoulder dislocates in the middle of an NCAA Elite 8 game.

As for Conner, Gregg still sees what he can be and continues to periodically calls plays designed for him to get open.

I watched the OSU game yesterday and Forte. I saw him play several times between 2-3 years ago. He was a great shooter and could pull the trigger from anywhere. He was a great shooter. Last year, he succumbed to injury and missed the entire year except for 3 games, and was redshirted. He is a 5th year Senior this year. It was noted by tv analysts that Forte was 6-27 prior to yesterday's game vs. Tulsa. I don't know his exact numbers yesterday but he was not effective. Coach Underwood still sang Forte's praises, saying they need him to get it back and he is not giving up on him. For this Shocker team to reach its ceiling, we need CF to get his confidence back. Especially if Reaves has an ongoing health issue that doesn't get solved.

[Cdizzle]

I knew Lutz got a lot of his info from this board, but I had no idea he had so many accounts.

[shoxilla]

D1 defense for a true freshman has to be really really tough.
D1 Marshall defense has to be even tougher.
AR seems to have the competitive desire to want to improve on his weaknesses.
Should be fun to watch.

[pinstripers]

Should be fun to watch.

It will be. Hell it already is.

[wufan]

When I first saw Austin, I thought he looked like Pistol Pete...the more I've seen him, the more he looks like a short Larry Legend.

[1972Shocker]

When I first saw Austin, I thought he looked like Pistol Pete...the more I've seen him, the more he looks like a short Larry Legend.

Not sure I ever thought he looked much like Pistol Pete but I have thought he kind of reminds me of a smaller version of Larry Legend.