The 2019 AfterShocks went big with some of the best centers in recent Wichita State basketball history. The 2021 AfterShocks are smaller, leaning on lessons from that 1-1 performance two years ago in The Basketball Tournament.
"There's really not even X's and O's (in TBT)," AfterShocks general manager Ron Baker said. "The teams that are good are the ones that force a bad shot and, literally, make two passes and go. Sideline Cancer, their team was extremely guard-heavy."
Sideline Cancer made 14 three-pointers in 2019 to eliminate AfterShocks 87-79 in Koch Arena. Baker and AfterShocks coach Zach Bush went to school on that game and others in TBT.