u25aa From Clevin Hannah to Joe Ragland to Malcolm Armstead to Fred VanVleet, Wichita State long started each game with the knowledge it stood even, at worst, or better most times than its Missouri Valley Conference opponent at point guard.
Tonight is different, facing Illinois State’s Paris Lee. WSU’s guards are capable of playing well, but there’s no guarantee can it win that position.
Lee averages 13.2 points and 5.2 assists and shoots 46.7 percent from three-point range. He possesses that Fred VanVleet-like abilility to snatch the ball from big men who aren’t careful.
ESPN’s Marks Adams frames this as a match-up between Lee and WSU’s four players who all do point-guard things — Daishon Smith, Conner Frankamp, Landry Shamet and Austin Reaves.