Illinois State vs. Wichita State

[Da Coach]

Early-
Illinois State 0
Wichita State 15

I can't believe Dan Muller's game plan is to take the first wild shot they get and throw wild errant passes, but that is what it looks like.

[Da Coach]

Wichita State leads 22-6 with 8 minutes left in the first half. ISU has not scored a basket yet. They are 0-13 from the floor!

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=330682724

[tornado]

6 minutes to go in 1st half score is 22-8 but rebounding numbers are 23-9 in favor of WSU...
bizarre how this zone is hurting ISU - did we try a zone on them?

[tornado]

and ISU then goes to a zone and shuts down the Shox & get back in it - 26-24 Wichita at half

[Da Coach]

Halftime score-
ISU 24
WSU 26

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/playbyplay?gameId=330682724

Wichita State outscored ISU 17-1 early, and still lead 22-6 with 7:33 left, but then they went cold and only scored 4 points over the last 7:52 of the half. ISU warmed up and outscored them 18-4 over that span.

[Da Coach]

Final score-
ISU 51
WSU 66

Should be a good crowd for the Creighton-Wichita final tomorrow.

[tornado]

66-51 and I don't think ISU played all that bad - just that Wichita turned it on and did as they pleased much of the game
they should get some NIT interest....they have a 2-4 record in the NIT since the beginning of the Jank era

[BU212121]

If they get an NIT bid the NIT has lost all credibility. 18-15 record, rpi above 100. I just dont see it. it will be cbi for the the redbirds.. or cit.

I really think only one of uni and isublue will get an NIT bid, both maybe could but I just dont know..

I think we are looking at Wichita and Creighton NCAA, UNI NIT, ISUblue, Evansville, BU CIT. maybe redbirds playing a bcs school in the cbi after a cupcake 1st round game. who knows