Long Beach State game thread

[ShockerFever]

Oh, and in case you haven't been paying attention the last 15 years, Steed and Eades are the WORST.

[pinstripers]

Jeeeze, this team is tall and long.

[Cdizzle]

Steed. Just. Wow.
I hope that filled our quota for the year.

[wsushox1]

Oh, and in case you haven't been paying attention the last 15 years, Steed and Eades are the WORST.

Steed was so bad tonight.

[wsushox1]

Not sure how much longer Darral Willis will be remaining on the bench for the start of the game. He was impressive tonight.

[SB Shock]

I do not know the quality of the two opponents we have played. But even if they are the worst two teams in D1, it is encouraging to beat the snot out of those teams by 40.

especially when some MVC teams are playing crap teams and losing.

[Cdizzle]

especially when some MVC teams are playing crap teams and losing.

Yeah. And that's all good and well. But I'm about 3 years past giving a crap how we stack up against the Valley.

[WuDrWu]

Does anyone miss Fred, Ron, and Evan yet?

That's silly....I'd say stupid if I didn't know what you're getting at.


I'll say this.....this current team, so far, is doing an excellent job at carving their own niche.

[WuDrWu]

Not sure how much longer Darral Willis will be remaining on the bench for the start of the game. He was impressive tonight.

Yeah he's going to be really good. He's going to have to limit the number of times he needlessly puts the ball on the floor, but dude's got a motor and some skill.

[Stickboy46]

Yeah he's going to be really good. He's going to have to limit the number of times he needlessly puts the ball on the floor, but dude's got a motor and some skill.

They need to limit the amount of popcorn he eats before the game

[WuDrWu]

One has to be cautious when you shoot the ball well. You always look good when you shoot the ball well.

That being said, this team does a lot of things besides shoot the ball well.

Not that it should be a surprise, but they get after it on D and get SO many deflections that turn into atomic bombs. I don't know how many layups we had but it was a lot.

They pass and share the ball like no team I can remember at WSU. And the team chemistry is fantastic.

I know Gregg was upset we didn't get a couple of loose balls, but I think he'll be mostly ok with how it happened. Guys are hustling all over the court.

If we can stay healthy, not many teams will withstand the wave after wave of really good players that we can throw at them.


Tonight

The Good:

Conner again ran the point well. Smith caught fire and Reaves is just a freaking stud.

Zach Brown was incredible. He did a lot, but emblematic of his strong play was late in the game, up a bunch, he dives for a loose ball on 1 end, didn't get it, but got up and busted ass back on D to secure the board. Watch it, it was impressive.

Willis' miss that McDuffie flushed...I'm telling you it was NOT a miss, it was intentional. He saw MM and laid it off the glass to him I promise you.

3 point shooting.


The Not Quite as Good (because nothing tonight was bad):

Shaq needs to stay out of foul trouble because he's dominant while he's in there.

Eric Hamilton please stop shooting 3s.

Only 9 O boards to 15 for the Beach...however looking deeper, we got 9 on 24 missed shots, while LBSU got their 15 on 44 misses. Ours is the higher %. That being said, as @WuShock16: said to me at halftime, we aren't yet a great rebounding team.

Only 64% from the line. Got to do better.

Any shot for Kelly outside 2 feet is not a great shot. He's playing at a very high level, but stay closer to basket young man.

Even though we were 21-36 from inside the stripe for the game (58.3%) we still missed a fair number of bunnies. That's good and bad.




There is no controversy on PG. Conner is doing a great job. But yes we have depth.

Willis is very good. No comparison with Hamilton. Just can't see where EH will get meaningful minutes outside foul trouble and injuries.

Question....when is McDuffie going to start?

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

Everyone here has done a good job pointing out the outstanding performances of every Shocker except one.

Shane Dennis. How seriously good has he been on the tv play by play? Professional, knowledgable, doesn't try too hard like Bruce always did, and he seems so natural.

[WuDrWu]

I enjoy Shane anytime he does the PBP. The highlight tonight when I watched the replay just a bit ago, was when Bob Hull called Conner's deep 3 in the 2nd half.

Ball wasn't even out of his hands when Bob exclaimed, "that's going down though". Very funny.

[BOBB]

Reaves looks like he's thinking too much a few times with ball in his hands, but that will stop as he gets more comfortable with the system. When he is just playing basketball is awesome and he fundamentally know hows to make the ball go through the hoop. Really good player.

[SlyShock]

Replay of the game is available through WatchESPN btw. Not sure how long it will be up.