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Your comment a week ago on TV mentioned you considered this team "soft". What is your process for toughening them up and how do you measure their "toughness"?
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I should know better than to try to argue with the infamous "Cold", but anyway... You say that the past is the past and then you try to say that you would have no problem with being in a league with programs with tradition like Tulsa and Memphis. Which one is it? You can't have it both ways. If you want to leave the past in the past, then you can't respect a program for its "tradition".Originally posted by C0|dB|00ded
Tradition takes time to build. Can't you see that the Valley in the last two years has taken a huge leap? Three teams in the sweet sixteen the last two years. Creighton and Southern Illinois ARE NOW household names in college basketball, every bit as Tulsa is (or was). ESPN College Gameday going to SIU Arena for the Creighton game this year is proof of this. The reason why WSU doesn't dominate the league in basketball is because there are some great basketball teams in this league, and the rest of the nation now recognizes that.
Yes, some of the programs in Conference USA have more tradition than in the Valley. They have schools like Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, UTEP, and UAB, all great programs from a historical standpoint. But the Valley is building it's history right now. Give it some time. The Valley has a window of maybe one or two more years to solidify its status as a major league in college basketball. If a Valley school doesn't make it into the Elite 8 or Final Four in the next few years, then the rest of the country will give up on the Valley and it will fall back into obscurity with the rest of the mids. But right now the Valley has the spotlight on it, and that helps WSU.Comment
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“Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.”
John WayneComment
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Is Kung Wu really your favorite Shockernetter or did you just put that on his ball to make him happy?Comment
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Sorry about that extra year, thanks for your patience.Originally posted by Snapshot9 View Post"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability."
-John WoodenComment
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fixedOriginally posted by jdmee View PostI have come here to chew bubblegum and kickass ... and I'm all out of bubblegum.Comment
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Sure, because Sheep eat grass. and Netflix has 21,374,916.375 actual subscribers.Originally posted by rZ View Post"I not sure that I've ever been around a more competitive player or young man than Fred VanVleet. I like to win more than 99.9% of the people in this world, but he may top me." -- Gregg Marshall 12/23/13 :peaceful:
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Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:
"We have to pass it, to find out what's in it".
A physician called into a radio show and said:
"That's the definition of a stool sample."Comment
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I'm thinking this is a question I would like to ask Chris Lamb.Originally posted by martymoose View PostComment
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Did we lose to VCU in 2012 so we could get a better pick in the draft?Comment
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Hey Gregg,
Can I get a spot as a GA for the team next year?Up your nose with a rubber hose - BarbarinoComment
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Me too!Originally posted by small tyme baller View PostShocker fan since December 28th, 2005!Comment
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Oh, my goodness...I did not realize until late into my reading that this question was 5.5 years old!!!!!! And, yet...good questions!!!!
It is also good to know that people don't really change all that much!!!:)
Trivia...in the added picture, what brand of shoes is the player on the far left wearing?Comment
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Those shoes kind of look like Pro Keds...and behind that guy with the shoes in question, is that a young Coach K???Comment
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How many teeth did the Illinois State assistant coach almost lose?Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!Comment
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