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Valleyball wrote:Should know more about Bradley after today. It is a game they should win if they are going to be a .500 team. Not sure if they can though. Rebounding will be the key to the game

4:00 vs Deleware

Hopefully the 2nd half goes a little better, 34-15 at half yikes

Valleyball wrote:Should know more about Bradley after today. It is a game they should win if they are going to be a .500 team. Not sure if they can though. Rebounding will be the key to the game

4:00 vs Deleware

I know more about Bradley now and it is very bad.

Wufan wrote:The interior defense is the only negative I've seen for the Bears thus far. It might be because the guards are really getting into the passing lanes and opening up the paint if they overcommit.

IMO Obi is very capable of manning the interior. He's only 6 7 but he's off the charts athletic and definitely stronger this year. We do have that problem when he goes out though. Tonight when he went out with 3 fouls Jacksonville definitely took advantage of us inside. It will help when we get Tmac back and hopefully he can stay healthy.

Shox beat Long Beach 92-55.

2 games is not a large sample size but damn do the Shockers look good so far.

I am still expecting some stumbles. And likely be on the road. But man these Shox have come out swinging. Small sample size, but Long Beach is a high scoring, quick and athletic team. I did not expect to beat them by almost 40.

And they don't lose any of the players that play meaningful minutes after this year. Future still looks ok post Ron and Fred

Long Beach State was rpi 84 last year. A lot of predictions on ShockerNet were for a single-digit win, so Shocker fans are a little surprised.

WSU's guard play is different than last year's, but the production and defense from the guards was better than WSU had last year. That's not to say it's going to happen every game, or even ever again, but the guard play was what WSU fans are used to seeing, if not a little bit better.

Post play is improved over last year. PF - Kelly's assertiveness on the boards might offset Wessel's ability to get loose balls. SF is the same guys as last year.

Austin Reaves, 6'5" Fr PG from a small school in Arkansas, is double nasty. He's already playing both PG and SG. It usually takes players at least a year to learn two positions in Marshall's system. He's the third option at both PG and SG. that might change by the time Valley play gets going.

Nurger's emergence as a legitimate 2nd string center is a big factor as well. Our front court is big and talented this year.

Hope for WSU's demise might be a bit premature.

LBSU is picked to win the Big West and is a pretty athletic team. WSU took them behind the woodshed. That was unexpected.

I know the britches are awful small round these parts, but it seems some folks still need to go find a belt.