Shockers

[everyone shut up]

I'm not sure what's gonna happen to this town now.

put back on their ku tshirts and hate ksu till the end of time

[catzacker]

I'm not sure what's gonna happen to this town now.

third shift at Spirit is just going to be a little tougher, that's all.

[MakeItRain]

I'm not sure what's gonna happen to this town now.

I think oscar needs to go ahead and pull the trigger on the #EMAW/#watchus game. It should be called "The Loser Leaves the T-Shirt Aisle of the Grocery Store, Sponsored by Dillons."

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I'm not sure what's gonna happen to this town now.

I think oscar needs to go ahead and pull the trigger on the #EMAW/#watchus game. It should be called "The Loser Leaves the T-Shirt Aisle of the Grocery Store, Sponsored by Dillons."

[Demo158]

TBS just showed Marshall giving his guys their post game speech in the locker room. Highly motivating and classy speech IMO. You could tell how well he relates to his players. I'll see if I can find a copy online.

[bones129]

I'm not talking about the fans, but you gotta feel bad for the kids that lose that game. Whether it was Kentucky or WSU who came out on top. That was high-level basketball from start to finish. I enjoyed every minute of it as a basketball fan. That was fun to watch.

 

[joda]

Like I said in game, hating WSU fans is understandable, most are horrible, and hating Marshall for being a bit of a dick is also understandable. But if you truly watched that team play and came away hating the team you deserve every first round loss oscar gives us.

They'll be back next year too. Losing Early hurts, he's a bonafide stud, but Baker and VanVleet will destroy the MVC again next year.

Random side note, but if the AAC and WSU don't figure out a way to get together heads should roll. With them taking Navy as football only they fit together like only a commuter school and the BCS cast-offs can

[TheCatFanSpeaks]

Wsu getting getting broken was great!

[Panjandrum]

I can't help but feel like wsu played to its ceiling today but I guess I have no way of knowing bc it was the first time this season they've had to. Even still I really doubt wsu could have played any better than they did.

2nd best shooting game, 2nd worst oboarding game, worst defensive game of the year.

If I'm a Kentucky fan, I'd be kind of pissed at the fact that this Kentucky team didn't play anywhere near this hard most of the season.

Their tenacity on defense, especially on the perimeter, has been really good.  Combine that with the rebounding ability, and they may go really damn far.

[420seriouscat69]

If I was a Kentucky fan, I'd be really happy right now, pan.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I'm disappointed WSU lost, but that was a great game and hardly an upset. Both are FF caliber teams, both played well, and either could have won. The problem, of course, is that this never should have been a 1-8 matchup. WSU got royally screwed drawing a significantly under seeded Kentucky in the second round. Somewhat crapty season aside, Kentucky's raw talent and athleticism finally started clicking in the SEC tourney.

By same token, K-State also got hosed, but we weren't making the Sweet 16 anyway.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I've seen a lot of people say that Kentucky isn't really an 8 seed. Who did they beat this year to justify giving them a better seed? They lost 3 out of their last 4 games coming into the tournament.

[Spracne]

I've seen a lot of people say that Kentucky isn't really an 8 seed. Who did they beat this year to justify giving them a better seed? They lost 3 out of their last 4 games coming into the tournament.

How is that possible considering they played Florida in the SEC championship game?

[Rage Against the McKee]

I've seen a lot of people say that Kentucky isn't really an 8 seed. Who did they beat this year to justify giving them a better seed? They lost 3 out of their last 4 games coming into the tournament.

How is that possible considering they played Florida in the SEC championship game?

Sorry, that was going into the SEC tournament. They lost 4 or their last 7.

[sonofdaxjones]

Felt bad for the players, didn't really feel bad at all for WSU fans and Marshall tho.

[kso_FAN]

Kentucky got the correct seed based on their season. Its not like the committee can say that they didn't perform well, but we'll seed them higher because they have talented players. 

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I've seen a lot of people say that Kentucky isn't really an 8 seed. Who did they beat this year to justify giving them a better seed? They lost 3 out of their last 4 games coming into the tournament.

How is that possible considering they played Florida in the SEC championship game?

And lost by 1 point. I know the conference tourneys don't matter much to the committee, but if a team as talented as Kentucky suddenly gets hot, they should.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I've seen a lot of people say that Kentucky isn't really an 8 seed. Who did they beat this year to justify giving them a better seed? They lost 3 out of their last 4 games coming into the tournament.

How is that possible considering they played Florida in the SEC championship game?

And lost by 1 point. I know the conference tourneys don't matter much to the committee, but if a team as talented as Kentucky suddenly gets hot, they should.

The problem is that the SEC's only good team is Florida, and Kentucky failed to beat them. They had a really nice win over Louisville, but their second best win was against Tennessee. If I were looking at Kansas State's schedule and results versus Kentucky's, I would give us the 8 seed and them the 9. They are pretty similar.

[Spracne]

There isn't really much consistency when it comes to how the committee operates.  On the one hand, you are allegedly rewarded (or punished) for what you accomplish during the regular season.  But on the other hand, they do take into account how you might perform during the tournament based on externalities.  Take for example how the committee announced they would be in constant communication w/ KU in regards to Embiid's availability.

[Rage Against the McKee]

There isn't really much consistency when it comes to how the committee operates.  On the one hand, you are allegedly rewarded (or punished) for what you accomplish during the regular season.  But on the other hand, they do take into account how you might perform during the tournament based on externalities.  Take for example how the committee announced they would be in constant communication w/ KU in regards to Embiid's availability.

Yeah, and that is just wrong, imo. The committee should only consider the results during the season. A team with only one win vs a ranked team that was swept by Arkansas and lost to South Carolina just shouldn't be seeded above an 8/9. If anything, that seeding might have been generous.

[ChiComCat]

Fans complaining about seeding or tough draws past the first round annoy me.  It's the National Championship.  You are going to have to play some good teams and beat some.  You either play your way into a top 3 seed where you have a 90% chance of winning in round one or you play a capable team.

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http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/warm-welcome-home-for-the-shockers/25131112

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Wichita's (and NYC's) gone bonkers for these shockers!

http://blogs.kansas.com/haveyouheard/2014/03/11/garvey-center-goes-to-great-heights-to-show-shocker-support/

http://blogs.kansas.com/haveyouheard/2014/03/24/you-dont-say-921/

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http://www.kansas.com/2014/03/26/3370077/pr-firms-insult-to-team-draws.html

[Spracne]

http://www.kansas.com/2014/03/26/3370077/pr-firms-insult-to-team-draws.html

I read a lot of dissent from said e-mail, but what the article failed to mention was the specific content of the offending article.  If the gist of the article were about not being totally butthurt, then I would say that PR news ethically and responsibly couched their message.  But what do I know?  I'm not a PR pro living in Wichita.