A Little Love from Doug Gottlieb

[Shox21]

A little love from Doug Gottlieb via ESPN:

Whenever I read preseason rankings like Andy Katz's top 25 or Dick Vitale's top 40, I immediately think about the massive group in the middle of the college basketball world that feels forever disrespected by not being on such lists. That's why making such a list is never an easy task -- there are plenty of teams with a legit argument.

So I decided to sit down and think of how many teams could end the season on such a list, and if everything worked out, be right in the NCAA tourney discussion. Programs that have a certain buzz about them in college basketball circles are the ones I'm going to identify here.

In the end, I picked 30 teams that weren't in Vitale's top 40 -- 30 teams worth watching and discussing. I will reveal 15 this afternoon and 15 more on Tuesday

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Wichita State: Gregg Marshall finally has what he had at Winthrop. Experience, depth, talent and his type of interchangeable parts. Toure' Murry can beat you off the catch or the bounce and the Shockers have size with Garrett Stutz and J.T. Durley. I wrote this piece last preseason and gave the big boys a fair warning about Northern Iowa. Kansas saw how that turned out. Fellow Valley member Wichita State has the same potential.

[1972Shocker]

Nice find.

:good:

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Getting love from Doug Gottlieb is the sports equivalent to getting smashed in old town and settling for the fat midget with tourettes syndrome.

I mean yeah you're gonna score but really?

[KC Shox]

Getting love from Doug Gottlieb is the sports equivalent to getting smashed in old town and settling for the fat midget with tourettes syndrome.

I mean yeah you're gonna score but really?

Better to be name dropped in a positive light rather than being obscured in the background like 250 other D1 programs. I will take free advertising any day.

[Ashockalypse]

Yeah, don't trash the only respect we get.

[wsushox1]

Getting love from Doug Gottlieb is the sports equivalent to getting smashed in old town and settling for the fat midget with tourettes syndrome.

I mean yeah you're gonna score but really?

I do agree with this.

But publicity is publicity lol.

[wu_shizzle]

Getting love from Doug Gottlieb is the sports equivalent to getting smashed in old town and settling for the fat midget with tourettes syndrome.

I mean yeah you're gonna score but really?

Nightwatchman says she makes a mean breakfast...

[another shocker]

So Doug Gottlieb doesn't think Wichita State is top-20 worthy? :-x

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Getting love from Doug Gottlieb is the sports equivalent to getting smashed in old town and settling for the fat midget with tourettes syndrome.

I mean yeah you're gonna score but really?

Nightwatchman says she makes a mean breakfast...

He scored with his mom? /shocked

[Speed]

So Vitale didn't mention us? There are 50+ teams that exist east of the Mississippi. He then asks some of his bandwagon to give him a couple of token BCS western schools + KU. He pulls every other vote out of his Duke for he Blue Devils. No matter what WSU is projected to be it isn't a consideration for Vitale. I'm just glad that we are projected to win the Valley so that we can get our obligatory 12 seed & move on.

[another shocker]

Gotlieb doesn't mind lumping them in with the "best of the rest" either, Speed. :-x Gotlieb backs down to Vitale like Vitale backed down to nerd Jay Bilas.

[Shox21]

Of the 30 teams Gottlieb talks about, we were in his first 15 revealed yesterday. The second 15 came out today and Creighton and Northern Iowa are among them.

[Snapshot9]

I think that when we get favorable national publicity or exposure that we shouldn't 'knock' it. Who cares if Vitale includes us or not, we all know he is biased in his opinion.

All we really have to do is worry about winning the games we should win.

[ShockerFever]

Getting love from Doug Gottlieb is the sports equivalent to getting smashed in old town and settling for the fat midget with tourettes syndrome.

I mean yeah you're gonna score but really?

Better to be name dropped in a positive light rather than being obscured in the background like 250 other D1 programs. I will take free advertising any day.

I concur.

We still have a lot to prove.

[Speed]

I want the0attention we deserve. Its good for recruiting & getting an at-large bid. The inferiority complex of this town is what sucks. There are plenty of economic reasons for the complex. Pro teams that were have a geographic connection to & we've traditionally support have sucked about as bad as possible. (The worst of these teams even ripped our farm team from us. But Wichita State & the current state of that basketball program are not a reason to carry on our complex. (Well some. Not all of the dance team is a little weak.)