MVC WBB Tournament

[shoxilla]

closing in on a deepfreeze situation here....

[WuDrWu]

Jody needs to pull the starters.

[WuDrWu]

Finally.

Congrats to the team for back to back titles...very well done ladies.

[shoxilla]

LOL, the announcers just gave the SHOX the trophy, 73-47 @1:32

Well Done Ladies!!!!!

[Play Angry]

A terrific accomplishment for Jody and our players! Very impressive.

[Rosewood]

Are their shirts printed correctly?!

[Purple Mustache]

All-Tournament Team
Jamillah Bonner, Wichita State
Lizzy Wendell, Drake
Michelle Price, Wichita State
Kyndal Clark, Drake
Alex Harden (Most Outstanding Player)

[im4wsu]

All-Tournament Team
Jamillah Bonner, Wichita State
Lizzy Wendell, Drake
Michelle Price, Wichita State
Kyndal Clark, Drake
Alex Harden (Most Outstanding Player)

When did they join the conference?

Great job,Shockers. Alex, Jamillah and Michelle and all the others.

When is their selection show?

[WuShock16]

When did they join the conference?

Great job,Shockers. Alex, Jamillah and Michelle and all the others.

When is their selection show?

Tomorrow night, I believe.

[flyingMoose]

Tomorrow night, I believe.

Monday at 7pm ET on ESPN

[boyshocker]

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[boyshocker]

Jody needs to pull the starters.

I agree. Up 26 with 3 minutes left and Drake coach pulls the starters. We wait til the 1:25 mark to pull ours. Easy to understand why the Drake coach does a blowby

[WuDrWu]

Nice blowby from the Drake coach.

No kidding. Took a page right out of the Short Shake Shaka handbook.

[The Mad Hatter]

I agree. Up 26 with 3 minutes left and Drake coach pulls the starters. We wait til the 1:25 mark to pull ours. Easy to understand why the Drake coach does a blowby

Whatever you think of leaving the starters for questions internal to WSU, using that as an reason for the Drake coach to be angry is ridiculous for two reasons:

1. It's the freaking championship game with an NCAA berth on the line. Am I supposed to think of Drake as cannon fodder who need to be looked upon with pity or a team that earned their way through multiple elimination games and therefore as a contender. If anything, leaving the starters in is a sign of respect for Drake and and could only be criticized if you were trying to showboat and/or balloon the score, which leads us to . . .

2. The only thing the starters were doing for the last 5 minutes or so they were in was running the entirety of the shot clock every possession. We weren't even remotely trying to score, instead being content to safely run the clock out. Note that in spite of pulling starters sooner, Drake actually cut the lead after that point instead of having it run up on them.

[boyshocker]

Whatever you think of leaving the starters for questions internal to WSU, using that as an reason for the Drake coach to be angry is ridiculous for two reasons:

1. It's the freaking championship game with an NCAA berth on the line. Am I supposed to think of Drake as cannon fodder who need to be looked upon with pity or a team that earned their way through multiple elimination games and therefore as a contender. If anything, leaving the starters in is a sign of respect for Drake and and could only be criticized if you were trying to showboat and/or balloon the score, which leads us to . . .

2. The only thing the starters were doing for the last 5 minutes or so they were in was running the entirety of the shot clock every possession. We weren't even remotely trying to score, instead being content to safely run the clock out. Note that in spite of pulling starters sooner, Drake actually cut the lead after that point instead of having it run up on them.

Why risk injury, we are not very deep to begin with. The opponent pulls the starters at the 3 min. mark and we can't let some players who have work their butts off all year have two or three minutes of playing time? One of those kids might be asked to step up in the next few weeks, be nice to have as much experience as possible. A sign of respect to Drake...really? They cut the lead but is there that much difference between a 26 and 22 point lead?

Looking at Drake perspective she threw in the towel and Jody decided no mercy. I don't know if there is something going on between them but in all my years when a coach clears the bench you show some respect by clearing your own.