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Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall likes to hold up Gonzaga as a template for building a mid-major program. He might as well hold up Zags coach Mark Few as a blueprint for staying put.Marshall and Few are just two examples of how the coaching carousel of yesteryear has slowed down lately.There were 51 coaching changes in men's Division I basketball last season, including 10 at BCS-member institutions, a three-year low and a drop from 57 changes the previous year. As of April 1, there had only been 31 changes this offseason, though Rutgers came open on Wednesday.Marshall says it would take the right opportunity at the right time for him to leave Wichita State, with his team playing in the Final Four this weekend....
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games.___FINAL FOUR ...
Living up to its nickname, Wichita State pulled off the shocker of Saturday's third round of the NCAA Tournament.Cleanthony Early and Ron Baker each scored 16 points...
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Louisville will have a new backcourt rotation for the Final Four without Kevin Ware in the lineup.The sophomore guard, who was a regular substitution for starters Pe...
Gonzaga's gone.Cleanthony Early and Ron Baker scored 16 points apiece and Wichita State hit 14 3-pointers, including seven straight late, to knock the top-ranked and...
Wichita State is halfway to pulling off another NCAA shocker.The ninth-seeded team leads top overall seed Louisville 26-25 at halftime of the first national semifina...
Gonzaga was No. 1, yet never really played like it in the NCAA tournament.Not in Thursday's second-round game, when the Zags struggled against 16th-seeded Southern o...
As Hurricane Irene churned along the East Coast, flight after flight got canceled and Cleanthony Early remembers thinking to himself, "I'm stuck in Kansas."The talen...
A look at Saturday's games at the Final Four:LOUISVILLE (33-5) vs. WICHITA STATE (30-8)LOUISVILLEROAD TO THE FINAL FOURBeat No. 16 North Carolina A&T 79-48; beat No....
There's no way Wichita State is going to shock anybody next season.The upstarts from the Missouri Valley Conference were picked to finish somewhere in the middle of ...
Malcolm Armstead scored 22 points as Wichita State defeated Pittsburgh, 73-55, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.Cleanthony Early tallied 21 points off the ...
Wichita State isn't shocking anyone anymore.Withstanding an Ohio State stampede at the end, the unheralded and ninth- seeded Shockers are taking their stifling defen...
Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall could be plying his trade in a BCS conference by now. He's turned down more than a few opportunities.First it was to stay at tiny ...
The one-and-done rule has had an interesting effect on college basketball. While it has guided many top-caliber players to school for a season to create a much deepe...
There was no second-guessing for Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall about his team's failed bid to force overtime.He was proud of the way the Shockers made a game of...
Coach: Gregg Marshall Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown 0 Chadrack Lufile F 6-9 251 Jr Burlington, Ontario 2 Malcolm Armstead G 6-0 205 Sr Florence, Ala. 5 Demetric Williams G 6...
As he took a seat in the media room of his home arena, Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall shook his head."Been a while since we had to do this," he muttered.Indeed, ...
Cleanthony Early kept stealing glances down at the hat in his hands while he waited for his turn to climb the stepladder. The Wichita State forward seemed stunned at...
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