team: Wichita State Shockers
Bill Frieder on Virginia, the Pac-12 and more
As we look around the nation and talk about great coaches, pound-for-pound, age-for-age, is there a better one out there to man the bench for your team for the next decade than Tony Bennett? I say this because he is rolling at Virginia. His squad is 21-5 and 10-4 in… Read More »
Sweet 16 Highlights: (2) Notre Dame 81 – (7) Wichita State 70
CLEVELAND, OH – For the first time since 1979, the Fighting Irish are going to the Elite Eight, as 2nd-seeded Notre Dame pulled away in the second half to defeat 7th-seeded Wichita State 81-70 in a Midwest regional semifinal. Sophomore guard Demetrius Jackson paced the Irish with 20 points. Pat Connaughton added sixteen… Read More »
Bill Frieder on the Spartans, Bruins, Irish and more
Well, that was fun. We had quite the time in Louisville on Thursday, with three one-point games back-to-back-to-back – until Kentucky got involved and stopped the streak. Saturday didn’t have the same late drama, but it was still a ton of fun with my man John Sadak. Now it’s off to Cleveland… What… Read More »
Player of the Week: Wichita State’s Fred VanVleet
This week’s AutoZone “In the Zone” College Basketball Player of the Week is Fred VanVleet. Westwood One NCAA Basketball host Jason Horowitz filed this report: “Wichita State doesn’t get to play Kansas often – it was 22 years since the in-state rivals had met before Sunday’s clash in Omaha –… Read More »