3 MVC games tonight (Wed. 2/5)

[bu fan 9]

Last years WSU team was better.

[Chico]

As opposed to our defensive plan when we played Indiana State, which was to foul Odum whenever he drove, sending him to the line 13 times. Odum's a master at drawing fouls, so maybe the Shock just made him earn his points.

I know you're trying to play the realist, T, but your lack of love for what WSU is doing is puzzling. What would any of us BU fans give to be where they are? You've set it up so if the Shock lose in an early round you'll say "I told you so." A lot of really, really good teams lose in second or third round games -- even ones that have been successful in tough power conference leagues. It might happen to WSU. But geez, they're in rare air -- beating all comers, at home or on the road where they draw raucous, sell-out crowds. I tip my hat to them.

+1. Would love to be in their shoes.

[tornado]

there was a time a lot of MVC teams would have loved to be in the shoes of a team in the Sweet Sixteen...

anyway - in 2007 Wichita lost Mark Turgeon and went out to hire a new head coach...
they didn't waste time asking administrators or east coach search firms...they just went after winners...
They whiffed on their top candidate but then threw up to $1 million at Gregg Marshall, an amazingly large sum in 2007 for a mid-major to be throwing around -
The one selling point that Marshall says won him over was the passion of the fans and the sellouts.....something we used to have, too..
Anyway - they got him, then promptly lost a few of their key players (Ogirri, Mekel ...) some of whom apparently didn't like Marshall. Then Marshall even got criticized after a terrible first year. ...before finally turning the ship around and getting headed in the right direction.

[Chico]

I think all, not just a lot, of MVC teams would still like to be in their shoes. Why wouldn't they?
I congratulate them and their coach for being so successful. Most coaches have players that don't like them. Sure, he was criticized by some after a terrible first season but he's made them eat their words. As weak as the conference is this year I really don't think they should be rated as high as they are, but take it if you can get it. Would be nice to see the Braves beat the #4 team. Hope nobody beats us to it.