by Aargh » November 13th, 2016, 9:36 pm
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.