Wichita State

megablue · 2026-11-04T19:09:16-0600

Watching them now ... we play them this year.
Very scrappy team that plays three (3) small guards. It is like watching three (3) Mason Williams on the court together.

MidseasonTweak · 2026-11-04T19:13:38-0600

megablue said:
Watching them now ... we play them this year.
Very scrappy team that plays three (3) small guards. It is like watching three (3) Mason Williams on the court together.

We're going to whoop their ***. Fear not.

megablue · 2026-11-04T19:23:29-0600

MidseasonTweak said:
We're going to whoop their ***. Fear not.

Not worried about them, just pointing out how much FUN they are to watch. They have taken twenty (20) threes in the first half.
They are short, so our height will be an incredible advantage. However, their pesky guards will make ball-handling difficult for Diallo, Wilkins and Momcilovic. Our bigs should get all they want in the paint !!!

MidseasonTweak · 2026-11-04T19:24:15-0600

megablue said:
Not worried about them, just pointing out how much FUN they are to watch. They have taken twenty (20) threes in the first half.

I'll have to tune in to a couple of their games

BluWildcatz · 2026-11-04T19:29:34-0600

Didn't even realize we played them. Do you think they're the best mid major we play?

BluWildcatz · 2026-11-04T19:35:36-0600

They would be a Q2 win.

megablue · 2026-11-04T19:49:15-0600

Even with the guard trio, they hit the boards.
They were in the top ten last year in offensive rebounding and in top thirty overall rebounding.

megablue · 2026-11-04T19:51:46-0600

BluWildcatz said:
Didn't even realize we played them. Do you think they're the best mid major we play?

My guess is they might be the best OOC team we'll play at home, besides Louisville.

Catastic5 · 2026-11-04T20:03:07-0600

We really gotta go against 5-1 Kansas, Wichita State, Louisville, Virginia, Indiana and UNC in the non-conference schedule. Kinda worried we end up 3-3 or 2-4.

kyjeff1 · 2026-11-04T20:45:51-0600

BluWildcatz said:
Didn't even realize we played them. Do you think they're the best mid major we play?

Louisville will be the best mid major we play.

kyjeff1 · 2026-11-04T20:48:21-0600

Catastic5 said:
We really gotta go against 5-1 Kansas, Wichita State, Louisville, Virginia, Indiana and UNC in the non-conference schedule. Kinda worried we end up 3-3 or 2-4.

Why would you be worried? If we go 2-4, there's a very good chance Pope will be relieved of his duties.
Gotta rip the bandage off, amirite?

TheGyeroMan · 2026-11-04T21:11:56-0600

Shock the nation.

bbnkat02 · 2026-11-04T21:50:04-0600

Catastic5 said:
We really gotta go against 5-1 Kansas, Wichita State, Louisville, Virginia, Indiana and UNC in the non-conference schedule. Kinda worried we end up 3-3 or 2-4.

I'd take 4-2 out of that all day too. Virginia shouldn't be an issue nor should IU.

Catastic5 · 2026-11-04T22:01:54-0600

kyjeff1 said:
Why would you be worried? If we go 2-4, there's a very good chance Pope will be relieved of his duties.
Gotta rip the bandage off, amirite?

I have no interest in firing a coach mid-season. If the guy wins the SEC, suddenly the 2-4 doesn’t seem so bad. But I sure as heck won’t be too enthused about going into the SEC with 3-4 losses.

JustBlue · 2026-11-04T22:08:23-0600

kyjeff1 said:
Why would you be worried? If we go 2-4, there's a very good chance Pope will be relieved of his duties.
Gotta rip the bandage off, amirite?

Not a chance in hades that they will fire a coach mid season

bbnkat02 · 2026-11-04T22:13:40-0600

JustBlue said:
Not a chance in hades that they will fire a coach mid season

Depends. It would have to be a VERY bad start though. Like 2-10 bad

gbl97 · 2026-11-04T23:22:23-0600

MidseasonTweak said:
We're going to whoop their ***. Fear not.

Everybody all 2015 after the Manhattan win (where we didn't cover the spread). Hope you're right though.

Cleatortoises · 2026-11-05T00:32:54-0600

gbl97 said:
Everybody all 2015 after the Manhattan win (where we didn't cover the spread). Hope you're right though.

The spread is a gambling device.
It is not an actual measure of basketball prowess.
Carry on.

kyjeff1 · 2026-11-05T06:11:45-0600

Catastic5 said:
I have no interest in firing a coach mid-season. If the guy wins the SEC, suddenly the 2-4 doesn’t seem so bad. But I sure as heck won’t be too enthused about going into the SEC with 3-4 losses.

JustBlue said:
Not a chance in hades that they will fire a coach mid season

Never said he would get fired mid season. The only way Pope gets fired, is if he loses and loses a lot.

UKWildcats1987 · 2026-11-05T06:30:39-0600

Just wanna give the op props watching that garbage college basketball game. I barely watch any other than UK nowadays.

Dedication there by op.

Littlecreek10 · 2026-11-05T06:40:01-0600

I wonder where their former coach is at that had that crazy wife that was drunk at a game? He seemed like Louisville material for a coach.

RunninRichie · 2026-11-05T06:45:43-0600

Littlecreek10 said:
I wonder where their former coach is at that had that crazy wife that was drunk at a game? He seemed like Louisville material for a coach.

"Retired" after being fired for abusing his players and staff.

SenseMaker_Cats · 2026-11-05T06:50:51-0600

RunninRichie said:
"Retired" after being fired for abusing his players and staff.

No way. Not Gregg Marshall. Lol

Littlecreek10 · 2026-11-05T09:01:37-0600

SenseMaker_Cats said:
No way. Not Gregg Marshall. Lol

I really expected him to become the coach at Louisville someday

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-05T09:07:14-0600

Catastic5 said:
We really gotta go against 5-1 Kansas, Wichita State, Louisville, Virginia, Indiana and UNC in the non-conference schedule. Kinda worried we end up 3-3 or 2-4.

Me too sadly. I’d take 4-2 honestly. We just need to win 2-3 against UofL, IU, UNC. If we lose all 3… ugh I can’t take that.

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-05T09:08:08-0600

SenseMaker_Cats said:
No way. Not Gregg Marshall. Lol

I bet his wife abused them too. She was quite the drunken mess in the stands.

UKWildcats1987 · 2026-11-05T09:34:28-0600

*Fox2Monk* said:
Me too sadly. I’d take 4-2 honestly. We just need to win 2-3 against UofL, IU, UNC. If we lose all 3… ugh I can’t take that.

Id take 4 and 2 as well. Anything worse than that and not good feeling for sec play.

megablue · 2026-11-05T09:48:03-0600

UKWildcats1987 said:
Just wanna give the op props watching that garbage college basketball game. I barely watch any other than UK nowadays.

Dedication there by op.

Thanks, but props are not really deserved. Like you, I rarely watch games other than KY games (and do not watch them if I have something better to do, like a concert) ... but I wanted to watch this game because I was interested to see how Jordan Frison performed. He was a quick portal guard that I mentioned here way back as a possibility for Pope to look at. A quick, pesky, darting player, he's the type that always seems to give us problems. He did not have a good shooting game (2-11), but did display the kind of extreme quickness that I thought he would show, having transferred in from UT-Chattanooga. I thought Barnes would pick him up, as a Ziegler type, but he ended up at Wichita State. He, along with several other of their guards that play together, can get to the rim any time they want to, it seemed to me.

I clearly think we'll easily handle Wichita State, but their guards may present unique defensive challenges because of their quickness and ball-handling.
They all QUICKLY and ADEPTLY drive, draw and dish out for spot-up threes. They took twenty (20) threes in the first half, so they are not bashful to stroke it from beyond the arc. If they are hot, it could get interesting, but I will be surprised if we don't beat them by at least twenty (20) points ...

Jordan Frison College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Jordan Frison - Stats, Game Logs, Splits, and much more

www.sports-reference.com

Men's Basketball vs CSUN on 11/4/2026 - Box Score - Wichita State Athletics

The official box score of Men's Basketball vs CSUN on 11/4/2026

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Padsfs07 · 2026-11-05T10:51:11-0600

gbl97 said:
Everybody all 2015 after the Manhattan win (where we didn't cover the spread). Hope you're right though.

Why didn't we cover the spread? What happened with 5 and a half minutes left when we were up 40?

UKWildcats1987 · 2026-11-05T10:53:37-0600

Padsfs07 said:
Why didn't we cover the spread? What happened with 5 and a half minutes left when we were up 40?

We certainly could have covered. Pope wisely chose to spread the wealth some on minutes. Refs also did their usual questionable things when teams start to sprint past the spread.

But covering doesnt matter anyways so not sure why other poster cares. I mean if we won by 6 and didnt cover thats one thing but 28 on full coast. Come on.

CELTICAT · 2026-11-05T11:03:19-0600

Have been discussing taking the wife and kid to this game. Secondary market tickets are not bad at all right now.

megablue · 2026-11-05T11:13:42-0600

CELTICAT said:
Have been discussing taking the wife and kid to this game. Secondary market tickets are not bad at all right now.

I would try to go, if you can, as it might be interesting and entertaining .. . the size differential is enormous, creating a David vs Goliath type vibe.
Your child might enjoy the cat-and-mouse nature of our defense chasing their guards. My 2 cents ... fwiw

If you go, ENJOY THE GAME !!!

St.Patterson_54_ · 2026-11-05T11:33:04-0600

Unless they still have that crazy azz drunken coaches wife in the stands, I ain't skeered.

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