Katz: Daily Word

[vbird53]

Some Observations from Wednesday's Action

Gregg Marshall has quietly put together quite a team at Wichita State. The Shockers are back to being a contender like they were under Mark Turgeon in his final two seasons. Wichita put Missouri State back into pretender-instead-of-contender status by winning on the Bears' homecourt by three. WSU is 14-2, 3-1 in the league.

We're still on the national periphery. Win against CU this weekend will get some more national pub.

[Capitol Shock]

Very nice...I agree with him about Northern Iowa, they should be ranked.

They would be if it wasn't for the man.

[MTXE]

Very nice...I agree with him about Northern Iowa, they should be ranked.

They would be if it wasn't for the man.

Agreed! Northern Iowa is a VERY potent program and are building on the success of last year which was nothing to ho hum about.

[WuDrWu]

Agreed! Northern Iowa is a VERY potent program and are building on the success of last year which was nothing to ho hum about.

VERY potent program????? :roll:


My sarcasm meter just pegged off the charts.

[1972Shocker]

I agree that the win at MSU was a big step in the right direction for the Shocks. I don't agree that one loss though has relegated MSU from a contender-to-pretender. They look like a contender to me.

Hopefully, at the end of the season a home loss to the Shocks will not be considered a bad loss at all.

[Shox21]

You can't count MSU out. If you do, I think you are making a very, very big mistake. If that game had gone into overtime ----

[ShockerPrez]

It will be a good win when we beat UNI.

[SB Shock]

You can't count MSU out. If you do, I think you are making a very, very big mistake. If that game had gone into overtime ----

MSU has also lost 3 out of their last 5 games. If Bradley would have happen to beat them Saturday who knows what may happen with them the rest of the season.

[1972Shocker]

You can't count MSU out. If you do, I think you are making a very, very big mistake. If that game had gone into overtime ----

MSU has also lost 3 out of their last 5 games. If Bradley would have happen to beat them Saturday who knows what may happen with them the rest of the season.

A loss in OT on the road at Arkansas, a loss on the road at UNI 84-76 and the home loss to the Shocks. Throw in a 14 pt road win over Evansville and a nice home win over Illinois State and I don't exactly see the Bears as imploding. I think they will be very competitve the rest of the way.

[SB Shock]

You can't count MSU out. If you do, I think you are making a very, very big mistake. If that game had gone into overtime ----

MSU has also lost 3 out of their last 5 games. If Bradley would have happen to beat them Saturday who knows what may happen with them the rest of the season.

A loss in OT on the road at Arkansas, a loss on the road at UNI 84-76 and the home loss to the Shocks. Throw in a 14 pt road win over Evansville and a nice home win over Illinois State and I don't exactly see the Bears as imploding. I think they will be very competitve the rest of the way.

That is usually the way it starts. Look at what happened to WSU in 2007 with a Top 10 ranking loses by 3 to NM, then losses by 4 to USC, then drop a game to UNI at home by 4, another loss at SIU and all of sudden WSU is reeling. WSU goes from a lock for at-large to just another mid-level MVC team.

[1972Shocker]

Anything's possible. ILS, MSU, SIU and WSU all seem pretty evenly matched, maybe a half-step behind UNI. CU, INS and BU will be difficult at home. A long way to go and it's shaping up as a pretty competitive race. Still I expect the Bears will hold their own. May all boil down to who can consistently win the close games.

[SB Shock]

Anything's possible. ILS, MSU, SIU and WSU all seem pretty evenly matched, maybe a half-step behind UNI. CU, INS and BU will be difficult at home. A long way to go and it's shaping up as a pretty competitive race. Still I expect the Bears will hold their own. May all boil down to who can consistently win the close games.

I agree. MVC really needs to have 2-3 teams dominate the rest of the way and not have a competitive bloodbath.