cu36 wrote:To keep it as simple as possible and avoid going into shot charts, gained/lost possessions and shooting percentage. Hall had 8 more points, and the difference in blocks lead to a CU 'gain' or a WSU 'loss' of 8 points. Fairly similar numbers to me, again you don't have to agree with me but I don't see those being worthy of a claim that no one has an answer for Hall.
I know that McDermott is the best player on Creighton's team, and he has a very pretty shot.
But I don't like him at all. Echenique is the one guy on Creighton's team that I really, really wish played for WSU.
However, he really needs to learn to control his blocked shots. While I think he's a very good player, his blocks are hollow stats if he just swats the ball out of bounds and gives it right back to the other team. What do those blocks actually do for Creighton? I very rarely see EO for Wichita swat balls out of play, and he has significantly more blocks than Echenique. With 5 blocks in the CU/WSU game, he only gave the ball back to Creighton twice. EO, meanwhile, with 2 blocks in the game, turned the ball over to WSU both times. 5 blocks is a nice stat, but I'm not sure Echenique actually contributed to the game with those 5 more than EO did with 2.
That's my one real complaint about him. I don't know if he just looks better against WSU than normal, but he's the one guy that seems ready to play us every time out (McDermott, on the other hand, has been very pedestrian in previous games).
jaybydna wrote:Some of you shocker posters make it real hard for the casual basketball fan to root for you or wish you well. Is that what you want? That is the sole reason I don't cheer for the huskers anymore either. Wonder what other fans (SLU, XU, VCU) think when they come to this board.
And before you admonish me for certain CU posters, I am already on record admonishing them too.
Can't you just take compliments and move onto the next game without baiting other fan bases? You certainly lead the valley in the baiting category.
In my experience, WSU fans and the program in general were ganged up on here when they were a relatively small continent of the active users. Certain WSU fans decided to fight back, and here we are. If certain fanbases hadn't been as negative to WSU when they had a 10-to-1 fan advantage, there wouldn't be as many Wichita fans on here trolling other fanbases now. You guys earned Coldblooded