We Love Our Shox

Cass and I both graduated from Wichita State University.  We are proud Shockers, and we are excited about the upcoming basketball season.  Although we live too far away from Wichita to get the games on cable, we still keep up with what is happening with the team and watch any televised games we can down here in Okie-land.  The Puerto Rico tourney was a rare chance for us to see the Shockers play on national television.  Even though they weren’t very successful, it was awesome to see our little midwestern team playing on ESPN.

This looks like it will be a good season.  Wichita State was ranked pre-season at # 39 according to Sporting News and is expected to place second in the Missouri Valley Conference behind Creighton.  I think we can probably go ahead and say that Creighton, as usual, will be our toughest opponent.

We had the chance last week to watch the Shockers in person as they came down to play Tulsa.  We met up with friends before the game and walked right across the street to the arena.  Wichita State showed up in force with a crowd full of people which gave the arena a good ole’ Koch Arena feel.  After struggling during the first half, the Shox came through in the clutch, winning by 10.

It was also Jackson’s first basketball game.  The boy had a blast.  He stood and actually WATCHED the game through the entire first half and sat on Cassandra’s lap and ate popcorn the second half.  It was a blast for the entire Bushell family.