WICHITA STATE BASKETBALL TUNING in OPENING TIPS No. 4
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WICHITA STATE BASKETBALL Contact: Bryan Holmgren, Asst. Director/Media Relations • [email protected] • o: 316-978-5535 • c: 316-841-6206 [4] WICHITA STATE (25-7, 14-4 American) vs. [13] MARSHALL (24-10, 12-6 C-USA) Friday, Mar. 16, 2018 • 12:30 pm CT (10:30 am PT) • San Diego, Calif. • Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl NCAA Men's Basketball Championship • First Round 33 Winner to Second Round: Sunday, March 18 vs. [5] West Virginia or [12] Murray State [4] WICHITA STATE [13] MARSHALL OPENING TIPS TUNING IN Overall Conf Overall Conf No. 4 seed Wichita State (25-7 and ranked 16th in the latest AP TELECAST TNT 25-7 14-4 Record 24-10 12-6 and USA Today Coaches Polls) tips off its seventh-consecutive NCAA Talent: Carter Blackburn (pbp), Debbie Antonelli 13-3 7-2 Home 15-2 7-2 Tournament appearance Friday morning in San Diego against No. (analyst) & John Schriffen (reporter) 9-2 7-2 Away 6-8 5-4 Streaming ncaa.com/march-madness-live 3-2 Neutral 3-0 13 seed Marshall (24-10) on TNT. The WSU-Marshall winner advances to Sunday's second round RADIO Shocker Radio // KEYN 103.7 FM (Wichita) Lost 1 Streak Won 4 Talent: Mike Kennedy, Bob Hull & Dave Dahl 16 / 16 AP / Coaches -/- to face either No. 5 West Virginia or No. 12 Murray State. Streaming: none 16 NCAA RPI* 87 WSU and Marshall meet for just the third time. The teams split 20 KenPom* 114 a home-and-home, with WSU winning in Wichita in December, RADIO Westwood One // Sirius 145 & XM 203 14 At-Large S-Curve 54 Auto Talent: John Sadak & Mike Montgomery 1940. Marshall avenged the loss a year later in Huntington, W. Va. Streaming: westwoodoneradio.com/sandiego As of Monday, March 12; Out of 351 Division I schools WSU head coach Gregg Marshall was a Marshall University LIVE STATS ncaa.com/march-madness-live assistant under Greg White for two seasons (1996-98). This isn't Gregg Marshall Head Coach Dan D'Antoni FACEBOOK Go Shockers 286-97 11th Current School 72-62 4th the first time he's faced the Herd as a head coach. He went 0-2 TWITTER @GoShockers / @GoShockersMBB 480-180 20th Overall 72-62 4th against Marshall during his time at Winthrop. Shocker assistant YOUTUBE wsuathletics Donnie Jones was a Marshall University assistant for six years Individual Stat Leaders and returned as head coach from 2007-10. Landry Shamet 15.0 Points Jon Elmore 22.8 th 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Rashard Kelly 7.5 Rebounds Ajdin Penava 8.6 WSU makes its 15 NCAA tournament appearance all-time. The Landry Shamet 5.1 Assists Jon Elmore 6.9 Shockers are 18-15 with Final Fours in 1965 and 2013. Date Opponent Time TV Shaquille Morris 51 Blocks Ajdin Penava 130 WSU is one of five programs that have reached the round of 32 Nov 10 UMKC W 109-57 Cox 2022 Shamet & Frankamp 23 Steals Elmore/Jarrod West 52 in each of the five previous NCAA Tournaments, joining Gonzaga, Nov 13 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON W 81-63 CBSSN Kansas, North Carolina and Oregon. Nov 20 vs. California ^ W 92-82 ESPN2 Rank Total Team Stats Total Rank WSU's six-man senior class is its largest in 42 years. Nine of the Nov 21 vs. Marquette ^ W 80-66 ESPN Nov 22 vs. 13/12 Notre Dame ^ L 66-67 ESPN2 T-19 83.0 Offense 84.3 12 10 rotation players who saw time in last year's NCAA Tournament 152 71.3 Defense 78.8 321 Nov 28 SAVANNAH ST. W 112-66 Cox 2022 16 11.7 Scoring Margin 5.4 95 are back for more, including each of the top-eight scorers. Dec 02 at 16/16 Baylor W 69-62 ESPNU 3 9.8 Rebound Margin -4.4 324 After winning four-straight and five of the last six Missouri Val- Dec 05 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. W 95-85 Cox 2022 3 18.5 Assists 17.2 11 ley Conference titles, Wichita State departed last summer for the Dec 09 rv/- Oklahoma St. W 78-66 ESPN2 93 3.9 Blocks 5.9 5 American Athletic Conference. In their debut season, the Shockers Dec 16 rv/24 OKLAHOMA % L 83-91 ESPN2 330 4.7 Steals 6.8 93 Dec 19 ARKANSAS ST. W 89-80 Cox 2022 finished a point shy of yet another crown, falling to 62-61 to first- Dec 22 FLORIDA GULF COAST W 75-65 CBSSN 186 0 Turnover Margin 1.0 107 place Cincinnati in the regular season finale. 7 1.60 A-TO Ratio 1.31 45 Dec 30 at UConn * W 72-62 CBS 34 47.8 FG % 46.9 64 WSU is one of three American teams in this year's NCAA Tourna- Jan 4 HOUSTON * W 81-63 ESPN 61 41.9 FG % Defense 44.0 193 ment field, along with Cincinnati (No. 2 seed) and Houston (No. 6). Jan 7 USF * W 95-57 CBSSN 54 9.1 3-Pointers 10.0 22 All three are nationally-ranked. Jan 11 at ECU * W 95-60 ESPN2 36 38.5 3-Point % 35.4 156 th th Jan 13 at Tulsa * W 72-69 ESPNU The Shockers' last three tournament teams were seeded 7 , 11 Jan 17 SMU * L 78-83 ESPNU 87 73.8 FT % 76.7 24 and 10th despite combining for just four conference losses. This T-26 78.1 Winning % 70.6 T-51 Jan 20 at Houston * L 59-73 ESPNU year's group went 14-4 but moved up to the No. 4 line. Jan 25 UCF * W 81-62 ESPN2 WSU has played 19 of its 32 games against RPI top-100 teams, Jan 28 TULSA * W 90-71 CBSSN STARTERS & KEY RESERVES compared to just seven at this time last year. Just five teams had Feb 1 at Temple * L ot 79-81 ESPN2 more Quadrant I & II wins than the Shockers (14) heading into Se- Feb 6 at Memphis * W 85-65 CBSSN Starters (Last Game) Ht Cl Pts Reb Other Feb 10 UCONN * W 95-74 ESPN2 PF 0 Rashard Kelly 6-7 Sr. 5.7 7.5 3.06 off reb. (AAC #1) lection Sunday. Feb 15 TEMPLE * W 93-86 ESPN2 SF 1 Zach Brown 6-6 Sr. 4.7 3.1 20 steals The Shockers reached 25-wins for the ninth-consecutive year. Feb 18 at 5/5 Cincinnati * W 76-72 ESPN C 24 Shaquille Morris 6-8 R-Sr. 14.0 5.5 1st Team All-AAC It's the nation's fourth-longest active streak behind Kansas (13), Feb 21 TULANE * W 93-86 CBSSN PG 11 Landry Shamet 6-4 R-So 15.0 3.2 1st Team All-AAC Gonzaga (11) and Duke (10). Feb 24 at SMU * W 84-78 ESPN SG 33 Conner Frankamp 6-1 R-Sr. 10.1 1.8 68 A : 10 TO (6.80) Since its NCAA Tournament run began in 2011-12, WSU's .833 Mar 1 at UCF * W ot 75-71 ESPN Mar 4 10/10 CINCINNATI * L 61-62 CBS Others Ht Cl Pts Reb Other winning percentage (204-41) is second only to Gonzaga. Mar 9 vs. [7] Temple + W 89-81 ESPNU SG 3 C.J. Keyser 6-3 So. 1.7 0.8 18 GP, 7.1 mpg Senior center Shaquille Morris and sophomore point guard Mar 10 vs. 21/21 [3] Houston + L 74-77 CBS PG 4 Samajae Haynes-Jones 6-0 Sr. 5.3 1.0 14/32 3pt (.438) Landry Shamet landed first team all-conference honors. Shamet Mar 16 vs. [13] Marshall $ 12:30 pm CT TNT SG 12 Austin Reaves 6-5 So. 8.3 3.2 43.5% 3pt (AAC #3) (15.0 points) tops The American charts in assists (5.1) and assist- F/C 20 Rauno Nurger 6-8 Sr. 4.6 2.8 13.7 minutes ^ = Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Hawaii/ Lahaina Civic Center) to-turnover ratio (2.5). Morris leads the league in blocks (51). % - Wichita Kan./INSTRUST Bank Arena F/C 21 Darral Willis Jr. 6-9 Sr. 10.4 6.0 5 double-doubles rd C 22 Asbjørn Midtgaard 7-0 Fr. 1.2 1.9 9 GP WSU ranks in the top-10 nationally in rebound margin (3 , * - American Athletic Conference game rd th + Aaron's American Athletic Conference Tournament (Orlando, Fla./Amway Center) F 32 Markis McDuffie 6-8 Jr. 8.5 3.2 19.0 mpg +9.8). assists (3 , 18.7) and assist-to-turnover ratio (7 , 1.6). $ = NCAA First & Seconds Rounds (San Diego, Calif./ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl) KenPom grades the Shockers fifth out of 351 teams in offensive efficiency, behind Villanova, Purdue, Duke and UNC. 1 2017-18 WICHITA STATE GAME NOTES NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name Po. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School(s) 0 Rashard Kelly F 6-7 227 Sr. 3L Fredericksburg, Va. / Hargrave Military Academy 1 Zach Brown F 6-6 213 Sr. 3L Houston, Texas /Sunrise Christian Academy 3 C.J. Keyser G 6-3 185 So. 1L Baltimore, Md. /Brewster Academy 4 Samajae Haynes-Jones G 6-0 177 Jr. TR Wichita, Kan. / East HS 5 Rod Brown *** F 6-7 190 Fr. HS Cordova, Tenn. / Cordova HS 10 Kaelen Malone G 6-0 168 Jr. 1L McKinney, Texas / McLennan CC 11 Landry Shamet G 6-4 180 R-So.