Tag: Wichita State Shockers

  • Sweet Sixteen – La Salle vs Wichita State Predictions

    Sweet Sixteen – La Salle vs Wichita State Predictions

    The surprise matchup on the first evening of Sweet Sixteen stage in the 2013 NCAA tournament, with La Salle needing two very close wins to make it this far, while Wichita State have been surprisingly dominant in both their wins over highly favored opponents.

  • NCAA Tournament – The First Number One Seed to Say Goodbye

    NCAA Tournament – The First Number One Seed to Say Goodbye

    If there was one number seed everyone was predicting to make an early exit, it had to be Gonzaga. So according to the script, the Bulldogs fell against ninth seed Wichita State, leaving Ohio State as the favorite in the West Regional. Other than that, upsets weren’t really a popular thing on day 3 of the tournament, as Louisville had no problem excreting their top seed status, while both Michigan and Michigan State enjoyed easy games in their Round of 32 games.

  • NCAA Tournament Upsets in Second Round

    NCAA Tournament Upsets in Second Round

    Four upsets, meaning lower seeds being higher ranked teams, occurred on the opening day of the real NCAA tournament, as Harvard pulled off the biggest one with a win over New Mexico, followed by California upsetting UNLV, Wichita State destroying rather easily the Pittsburgh Panthers while Oregon beating Oklahoma State was a shocker considering the seeding, but most people weren’t that surprised.