MoValley John wrote:Kip Dynamite wrote:Yeah, that would be the equivelent of MSU losing Kyle Weems (the Bears top scorer and floor leader) but saying "yeah, but they return almost everyone".
I'm not at all saying that WSU won't be good this year. Hell, they may sweep Missouri State all three games again. I'm just saying that It might not be quite so easy this time around without Hannah running the show.
Wichita State will probably win the Valley, but I don't think they will do a cake walk through the league. And even though they are my pick, I don't count any team out. How quickly we forget that three years ago, a team loaded with former walkons, zero star recruits, a first year headf coach and little expectations caught the Valley by surprise. Two years ago, UNI broke out, nobody picked them in 2008-09, either.
Wichita State is the favorite, they are my pick, but there hasn't been one game played yet.
The Shocks will start the season at 0-4.
It is a lock that two games will be lost to the mighty Panthers, much to the chagrin of JJ Clamdip.
At least one game will be lost to the mighty Purple Aces. Only an answered prayer prevented two losses last year. See game film of the Wichita contest.
At least one game will be lost to the mighty Blue Birds. Hell, we haven't beaten the Blue Birds in Omaha in a coon's age.
An lastly remember, the Shockers did not exactly stomp all over the Bars.