Taylor Eldridge
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Wichita State athletics beat writer for The Wichita Eagle and @kansasdotcom. Contact me at [email protected]
Wichita, Kansas
Joined September 2011
He lost his mother at age 6. His father taught him how to navigate the world with empathy, grace and heart. Years later, that bond still defines the man and player he's become. My story on the 7-foot-2 center who is set up to thrive at Wichita State. https://t.co/KBvEwR7CzM
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He lost his mother at 6. His father taught him how to navigate the world with empathy, grace and heart. WSU is seeing the result.
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Wichita State is lowering ticket prices and leaning into a community-first approach to try to bring basketball fans back to Koch Arena. A look at the work Kevin Saal has done and the work that Paul Mills knows has to follow to fill up the Roundhouse again. https://t.co/Q6lClgkccr
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WSU is lowering ticket prices and leaning into a community-first approach to bring basketball fans back to Koch Arena.
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After their best win of the season, the Shockers return home for what coach Paul Mills believes is a crucial stretch in December. Here's why these next two weeks are so important to the growth of Wichita State for the rest of the season. https://t.co/ktBM5FoEjv
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After their best win of the season, the Shockers enter a key stretch of the season. Why coach Paul Mills believes it’s so crucial.
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The dominance looks effortless. The truth is anything but. Go inside the practices, weight room, culture and pressure that fuel @AndaleFootball's dynasty under coach Dylan Schmidt. This is the most detailed look yet at how Andale built a football machine. https://t.co/TUuGFYQxJz
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The dominance looks effortless. The truth is anything but. Go inside the practices, weight room and culture that fuel Andale’s title runs.
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Wichita Family. The boys got a big game @ Koch Arena. On Saturday @ 11 AM. vs DePaul. I need ya’ll to pull up bright & early. And support those guys. The more fans show up. The more confidence they have. Let’s go! Set your alarm clock ! And pop out. 💛🖤 @GoShockersMBB
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🧵Thread on how @Tj_williams3 grew up right before the eyes of Wichita State fans to help the Shockers pull out a top-100 win on the road behind the redshirt freshman. It's still early, but so much promise shown so far this season from the @WHtsHoops grad.
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And it's only fitting for Williams to help close out the win for WSU on D. UNI also liked its side of the Smith/Williams matchup and they clear out to let him go 1-on-1 against the freshman. Williams stands tall & forces him to finish over length. WSU gets the stop and the win.
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Another had-to-have-it bucket scored by Williams in OT and it goes back to his roots as an instinctual cutter. He's not a big threat from 3, so instead of camping out in corner, Williams dives in when Giles attacks. Great read by KG to dump off and TJW finishes key 3-point play.
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When WSU absolutely had to have a bucket here, Williams comes up huge. So much confidence to attack here and finish. Important to note the D was shading his left and Williams uses the in-and-out dribble to win right. That's huge for Williams to put on tape for the future.
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In OT, @KaronBoydd & @Tj_williams3 came up with this on the fly where Boyd set a little rub screen to help get Williams good position on the push-down. The first time, UNI's help (Schwieger) makes a great play to swat shot. The second time, help is late & Williams scores inside.
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WSU goes back to the Williams push-down twice in the final 3 minutes and the freshman comes up big twice. So much poise in both: handling the double to find Gray for the 3, then working a fifth-year senior in the post, setting him up to get back to the left hand for the finish.
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Williams didn't always have success in the matchup, however. You can see him try to attack it two times in a row and come up empty both times during WSU's collapse. Right after this is when Paul Mills challenged Williams and told him he was shrinking. That's when fuse was lit.
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Here's a nice set from WSU to get Williams a great post touch that he finishes. The handoffs out front are just window dressing to set up the back screen by Giles to spring Williams. WSU tried to run it again to start 2nd half and you can see UNI's Tristan Smith sniff it out.
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Random clip, but an example of Williams' potential as a cutter. He already has a tremendous feel for when/where to cut. If he's already doing this in his 10th game, no reason why he can't be an elite cutter for Wichita State.
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Closer look at the WSU set after falling behind late in 2nd half. First look is for Giles to set the rip screen on Berg's man. If that's not open, Giles comes off the pin down and flows into an empty 1-4 PNR. Watch how UNI 5 doesn't want to leave Berg. He still has impact on O.
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This is the kind of offensive flow Paul Mills wants to see more from Wichita State. No set called. Just organic offense, moving the ball quickly and making quick reads. Giles and Boyd both on the same page, as they instinctively connect on the pick and roll for an easy bucket.
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Last week, former @MaizeSouthAD baseball coach Chad Christensen was inducted into the KABC Hall of Fame in Manhattan. Christensen was Maize South's inaugural coach and led the Mavericks to the 2017 Class 5A state title, as well as 8 league titles and 6 regional championships.
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After four tight losses this season, Wichita State found a way to "level up" and pull out an OT win at Northern Iowa this past Saturday. A look closer at how the Shockers picked up the most important win of their young season. https://t.co/smxwP6GSjT
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After four tight losses this season, the Shockers learned from their past mistakes and finally pulled out a close game down the stretch.
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UNI was finding success against Wichita State's drop coverage in OT, so Paul Mills switched it up and had Emmanuel Okorafor blitz to change things up. Ends up leading to a turnover, then WSU converts a 3-point play at the other end. Pretty huge swing in the game.
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After leaning too much on jumpers at the end of close games, Wichita State showed some growth last night in Cedar Falls. Paul Mills clears out the right side of the floor, takes the UNI 5 away from the rim and lets Mike Gray Jr. get downhill for a foul and the game-tying FT's.
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