Charles Barkley on Wichita State

[ProwlingPanther]

It's "not their fault they play in a weak conference. It's not their fault the other teams in their conference suck." Charles Barkley

[Codytwo]

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Barkley has been ridiculous the last few days. It's obvious he knows nothing about these teams and that he's a one-trick (NBA) pony.

[Kyle]

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He's absolutely correct.

[achrist70]

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It pissed me off too when he said it, but I'm not going to get butt hurt about it, I doubt that Charles can even name all 10 teams in the Valley.

Man that's trbl

[Blue42]

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Barkley loves to be outspoken.

Earlier today, within 15 minutes, he said...
1. the play in the NBA is the worst it's ever been
2. the NCAA selection committee intentionally stacked the deck on Wichita St.

I'm sure he doesn't know too much about the Valley. And he's trying to defend Wichita in his own way.

But there's also some truth to what he said...the rest of the Valley was weak this year. That's not the case year in and year out though. Ask KU.

[FOTY]

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I actually find him to be refreshing. He calls it as he sees it and doesn't hide from anything. I actually appreciate that.

Let's be honest, overall, the MVC was not very good this year. InSU couldn't even win their first round NIT game. Outside of WSU, the MVC was weak. I expect that to change next year. Yeah yeah... we were the 11th best league by RPI... consider the MAC was 12 and the Summit was 17. Now, how's that 11 feel?

[hoopfan]

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He's correct and the truth hurts. His next question of "Is Gregg Marshall supposed to recruit for all the other schools?" was very entertaining as well.

Barkley is outspoken and opinionated, but he's spot on in his assessment of the Valley.

[SteinPizza]

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Barkley has been ridiculous the last few days. It's obvious he knows nothing about these teams and that he's a one-trick (NBA) pony.

BS. By virtue of playing in the NBA, Chuck knows more about balling at a high level than 90% of college coaches in the country. Also, his comments (this season) were dead on accurate. The MVC has some really good young players though, so the future is bright.

[run&blade]

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When you are talking about high quality games in the NCAA tournament vs. the MVC he is dead on 100% correct.

It reflects exactly what the rest of the country thinks of the MVC.

[ProwlingPanther]

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I agree. Truth hurts. He obviously doesn't understand how hard the UNI players try though.

[Kyle]

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And the 11th RPI rating obviously includes WSU. Barkley was talking about everyone in the conference except the Shockers.

Imagine our conference RPI without WSU? We'd probably fall somewhere between the Summit and Patriot league.

[SteinPizza]

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And the 11th RPI rating obviously includes WSU. Barkley was talking about everyone in the conference except the Shockers.

Imagine our conference RPI without WSU? We'd probably fall somewhere between the Summit and Patriot league.

Sad, but probably true. However, the future is bright. SIU has a bunch of guys back, and they beat us. We have players back, and the league's best freshman plays for the league's worst team (Loyola). He has take over a game potential too. In other words, there's a lot of logic in adding bad, "grinder" recruits from the Dakotas (MASSIVE sarcasm intended).

[Codytwo]

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http://www.kansas.com/2014/03/19/3354401/wichita-state-will-play-memphis.html

[run&blade]

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Sad, but probably true. However, the future is bright. SIU has a bunch of guys back, and they beat us. We have players back, and the league's best freshman plays for the league's worst team (Loyola). He has take over a game potential too. In other words, there's a lot of logic in adding bad, "grinder" recruits from the Dakotas (MASSIVE sarcasm intended).

Sometimes having lots of guys coming back is bad news.

[Trapped in California]

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Bump - not that Charles will care, but the loss to Kentucky looks a bit more plausible at this point.