ST. LOUIS
There will be no mystery or surprise strategy when Wichita State and Northern Iowa play in Saturday’s MVC Tournament semifinals. The Panthers are going to assign most of their team to guard Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet and give some open shots to other Shockers.
Evan Wessel, Zach Brown, Markis McDuffie will get shots, usually corner threes, if the Shockers move the ball quickly. Conner Frankamp will have chances to make jumpers. Northern Iowa will make those choices and gladly surrender those shots at the cost of swarming Baker and VanVleet when they venture into scoring territory.