A wise basketball player named Jason Terry once said that no one loves a showboat. At the time his team was losing to a heavily favored opponent that was definitely showing up his team. Terry told his taunting opponent that no one likes a showboat and then promptly led the Dallas Mavericks to a huge comeback win en route to an historic championship upset.

As infuriating as front-running showoffs can be, there is something even worse: people who celebrate a play when they are down big or about to lose. We see it all the time in football, especially. A well-rehearsed touchdown dance or taunt even as the score is lopsided.

Such was the case in the WolfPack’s dominant win against Western Tech at Redsten Gymnasium. Just how dominant was it? This column started being written midway through the second set.

Yet that didn’t stop Western Tech from engaging in some poorly mannered, horribly timed showboating. After each of their very, very occasional offensive points, Western Tech players would gather in a circle and shout “Tick, tick, boom!” In the rare circumstances that the WolPack made an error, the Tech players would give a “whooo!” These things were highly noticeable because Tech was hardly able to mount any offense against a peaking WolfPack. For example, the WolfPack jumped out to an impressive 16-2 score in the third set. So, what happened when Tech was able to score to make it a 16-3 game? That’s right: tick, tick boom! Clearly, Tech was unable to at least act like they’ve been there before. It was sad to see a team clearly struggling with their play and their conduct out on the floor.

Luckily, the WolfPack have displayed no such issues. Coming off a preseason in which they faced huge hype and crushing pressure to perform, the WolfPack have left it all out on the floor. They are coming off a stretch in which they have won 14 sets in a row and it is now glaringly obvious that any preseason hype was warranted. The WolfPack thoroughly dominated No. 5 ranked Rock Valley on the road and dismantled their two previous home opponents, Triton College and Western Tech, in convincing fashion.

Yet you won’t hear any tick, tick, boom emanating from the WolfPack. They have conducted themselves with class throughout the season. Teams with overwhelming amounts of talent can face issues of chemistry and cohesiveness. But both from the vantage point of the stands and in conversation with WolfPack coach Toby Parker, it is clear that the players on this team understand one another and understand their roles.

“As we tell the girls week in and week out you have to put the time in and you have to do the work” Parker said.

Hard work and effort have indeed been lynchpins of the WolfPack season to date. They have been ranked No. 1 in the nation in every poll so far this season. As of the latest poll, from Sept. 25, they were the only team to even receive a first place vote.

But if you want to hear from them about their top ranking, you’re going to have to bring it up yourself. If you want to know which players are putting up gaudy statistics, you’re going to have to look them up yourself.

Most of all, if you want to see cocky swagger and flashy play, you’re going to have to go watch a different team play.

The WolfPack aren’t about any of those things. The only thing that goes boom for them are the spikes and kills from the stratosphere they use to dominate their opponents.