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RON BAKER RUMORS & GOSSIP
3 in the Kee: What we learned in Wichita State's latest win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Four more games.
While Syracuse keeps finding new teeth to escape by the skin of, Wichita State (27-0, 14-0 Missouri Valley Conference) continues to add pelt after pelt to the wall, methodically. Tuesday, Salukis. Sunday, Aces: Shockers 84, Evansville 68. Hammer. Nail. Repeat.
Four more games.
Wichita lost twice to the Aces last season, and the last time the Shockers...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
February 17, 2014
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Ron Baker leading No. 4 Shockers' perfect run
WICHITA, Kan. -- All those sages who claim there are valuable lessons to be learned from a loss have never met Ron Baker, the mop-haired sophomore guard for No. 4 Wichita State.
You see, the Shockers are riding a perfect start to the season, pushing their record to 26-0 with a 78-67 victory over Southern Illinois on Tuesday night. But people seem to forget that the Fabulous Baker...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
February 12, 2014
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Loyola of Chicago-Wichita St. Preview
Wichita State's Ron Baker has grown accustomed to looking up in the stands during a pregame shootaround, peering from one section to the next, and seeing very few empty seats.
Not just when the Shockers are at home, either.
After another lopsided road win, the fourth-ranked Shockers return to Wichita to face Loyola of Chicago on Tuesday night.
Wichita State (21-0, 8-0 Missouri...
Via AP on Fox
January 27, 2014
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No. 4 Shockers still among nation's unbeatens
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Wichita State's Ron Baker has grown accustomed to looking up in the stands during a pregame shoot-around, peering from one section to the next, and seeing very few empty seats.
Not just when the Shockers are at home, either.
Fourth-ranked Wichita State, which beat Drake over the weekend to run its record to 21-0, has become a marquee opponent on everybody...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
January 27, 2014
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Preview: Is there anything Wichita State's Ron Baker can't do?
While coach Gregg Marshall has taken comfort in knowing there isn't much Ron Baker can't do, that has become a difficult lesson for Wichita State opponents.
The do-it-all guard looks to continue his tear as the 11th-ranked Shockers try to start 9-0 for the second straight season Saturday night against visiting Oral Roberts.
Baker is having a breakout sophomore season after...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
December 06, 2013
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Ron Baker Could Become First Round Prospect
Ron Baker is the leading scorer on the No. 12 ranked Wichita State Shockers and is becoming a more highly regarded NBA prospect.
Baker is a 6'3, redshirt sophomore combo guard.
"Myself and a lot of NBA scouts are very high on Wichita State's Ron Baker," wrote Chad Ford. "He's sitting in the 40s on our Big Board right now, but the more I watch him play and...
Baker leads No. 12 Wichita St past BYU 75-62
Ron Baker scored 23 points, making six straight free throws down the stretch, and No. 12 Wichita State held off BYU for a 75-62 victory Tuesday night in the title game of the CBE Classic.
Fred VanVleet and Cleanthony Early added 12 points each for the Shockers (7-0), who trailed by two at halftime but used hustle and physical play inside to wear down the Cougars.
Wichita State...
Via AP on Fox
November 27, 2013
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Preview: Shockers to take on BYU in CBE final
Wichita State hasn't been troubled very much this season.
That may change against BYU.
Ron Baker looks to continue his superb shooting and help the No. 12 Shockers overcome the high-scoring Cougars in the championship game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City on Tuesday night.
Wichita State (6-0) is beating opponents by an average of 22.0 points, while limiting them...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
November 26, 2013
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Baker paces No. 12 WSU in 90-72 rout of DePaul
Wichita State had been having trouble getting started, stumbling against overmatched teams such as William & Mary and Tennessee State before pulling away in the second half.
The Shockers didn't waste any time putting away DePaul on Monday night.
Led by 21 points from Ron Baker and 17 from Tekele Cotton, the No. 12 Shockers used a big first-half run to seize control. Wichita...
Via AP on Fox
November 26, 2013
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WSU's Baker making up for lost time in big way
You ask Ron Baker if this is what he expected the Sweet 16, the glitz of Los Angeles, the mayor of his tiny Kansas hometown declaring Thursday Ron Baker Day and he offers up this story, from about two years back:
Somewhere along Highway 56, during the three-hours-and-change drive back west to Scott City, Kan., Ron was on the return leg of his official visit to Wichita State. And...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
March 28, 2013
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