WSU Odds of UNDEFEATED Regualar Season? 100%

[iSASO]

You are correct, Snaggletooth.

Truth is, no one except Shocker fans want the Shox to get a protected seed and have a paved road to the Final Four again. Valley schools are happy playing the spoiler role and, in general, prefer to have other schools in the conference play the spoiler role as well. Shared mediocrity seems to be the preference, unless conference domination can be rotated in some communist fashion. How disgruntled would Valley schools be if WSU becomes Gonzaga and the Valley becomes the West Coast Conference? How much hatred would be generated if WSU basketball won 14 consecutive conference titles as WSU baseball did? It would be that x100 and I suppose I wouldn't blame you.

[rlh04d]

If I were the Shockers, I'd want to have a loss....maybe two......maybe three.....maybe four. Nothing worse than the 'hanger of not having lost a game before embarking on a possible tour.

I'd worry about that if this wasn't a team that returned a bunch of experience from a Final Four run. They know how to handle success and they know what their real goal is.

They'll almost certainly lose a game or two, but doing so isn't going to help them much.

[Snaggletooth]

WSU probabilities have climbed to 7.8% for undefeated regular season and to 30.4% for 1 loss.

[Wufan]

WSU probabilities have climbed to 7.8% for undefeated regular season and to 30.4% for 1 loss.

I would assume that our odds of beating Drake and MSU went up based on the results of this weekend.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Well, that's probably the best explanation of why you aren't a fan of the Shocks.

I don't get that attitude. Why wouldn't you want to win EVERY game?

That would be an incredible achievement. Now, are you saying the odds of a successful post season run increase with every loss? I would disagree there as well. Win out and they might be a 1 seed (probably not but possible). That means a 16 seed and a pretty decent chance to advance. Lose 4 and a protected seed is unlikely.

I just don't get that thought process...

That is the difference between winners and losers. Losers are afraid what happens if they have success. Winners strive to win every time out and are unafraid of losing. They want that ball with 3 seconds left down by 2 and want the opportunity to hit that 3 pointer to win the game. Losers don't want the ball.

[FearDaTrees]

Feb. 5......

[Wufan]

Feb. 5......

Should be a good game!

[glm38]

Article in the Springfiel paper about the Shox and the possibility of going undefeated.

http://www.news-leader.com/article/2014 ... VC-Insider

[bigdawg]

A good Shocks team matched with a down Valley and there's a chance. HCGM needs to get his guys excited to play about 5 times in MVC play and that's it.

[AndShock]

Our noncon opponents have been performing great, causing our % to rise to 9.52%