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On Saturday morning, a 7:30 a.m. fire alarm woke the Shockers up at their hotel a few minutes earlier than needed.

Saturday morning’s shoot-around ended with Illinois State’s players watching the final three or four minutes, clapping and laughing, while the Shockers were on the court, from the tunnel at Redbird Arena.

WSU director of operations Dominic Okon threw up a stop sign as the Redbirds walked down the tunnel toward the court, which may have been the only thing that kept the game from tipping early.

It was an unusual scene.

Shoot-arounds are private events (unless you carry a tool-belt and coaxial cable). I’ve seen players, coaches and administrators go to great lengths to avoid walking in an arena when the opponent is practicing. I’ve never seen another team pop in like that. Neither had Adams.

WSU thought it had the court from 9-10 a.m. Illinois State’s spokesperson said the team thought WSU’s time ran from 8:45-9:45, so the Redbirds could practice at 10.

The reaction of the Shockers ranged from surprised to amused to irritated. This is an already contentious rivalry. The mix-up didn’t amount to much, other than another entertaining moment.

specialsauce wrote:http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/shockwaves/article126624699.html

On Saturday morning, a 7:30 a.m. fire alarm woke the Shockers up at their hotel a few minutes earlier than needed.

Saturday morning’s shoot-around ended with Illinois State’s players watching the final three or four minutes, clapping and laughing, while the Shockers were on the court, from the tunnel at Redbird Arena.

WSU director of operations Dominic Okon threw up a stop sign as the Redbirds walked down the tunnel toward the court, which may have been the only thing that kept the game from tipping early.

It was an unusual scene.

Shoot-arounds are private events (unless you carry a tool-belt and coaxial cable). I’ve seen players, coaches and administrators go to great lengths to avoid walking in an arena when the opponent is practicing. I’ve never seen another team pop in like that. Neither had Adams.

WSU thought it had the court from 9-10 a.m. Illinois State’s spokesperson said the team thought WSU’s time ran from 8:45-9:45, so the Redbirds could practice at 10.

The reaction of the Shockers ranged from surprised to amused to irritated. This is an already contentious rivalry. The mix-up didn’t amount to much, other than another entertaining moment.

Classy and professional as always.

specialsauce wrote:It's the truth though.

And I can't believe you're bringing other school message boards into this. Kinda lame. Do you want me to start throwing around quotes on here from your bro retire12 on your board? Not a good showing either, but I digress..


Btw, do you live out of town? Are you not going to the game?

specialsauce wrote:It's the truth though.

And I can't believe you're bringing other school message boards into this. Kinda lame. Do you want me to start throwing around quotes on here from your bro retire12 on your board? Not a good showing either, but I digress..


Btw, do you live out of town? Are you not going to the game?

E-Villan wrote:James,

Saw somebody posted on your board to leave Barry in Evansville and bring Rodney Watson back. How about you guys go ahead and leave Barry here and take Marty back?

E-Villan wrote:James,

Saw somebody posted on your board to leave Barry in Evansville and bring Rodney Watson back. How about you guys go ahead and leave Barry here and take Marty back?

James_SIU wrote:

ACECARD wrote:I absolutely guarantee that the Aces will not finish ninth in the Valley this year.

They will finish dead last. They have the least amount of D1 players as any team in the league.

That may be abit of a stretch. Taylor and Brown are both legit players and they were clearly SIUs defensive focus for the game and they still got 38 combined points. Glad SIU ended their 3 year lossing streak to Evansville though...that was a brutal streak to have.