Wichita State Shockers

Marshall unhappy with Shockers' seeding in NCAA Tournament

Published Mar. 12, 2017 9:59 p.m. ET

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Just about the only solace Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall could find Sunday night was that his Shockers were in the NCAA Tournament.

He sure wasn't pleased with anything else.

Not with the surprisingly high No. 10 seed. Not with having to play seventh-seeded Dayton in the first round. And certainly not with the prospects of playing in the second round No. 2 seed Kentucky, which beat his top-seeded team and ruined its perfect season a few years ago.

"I'm just glad (the selection committee) didn't forget about us," Marshall said only somewhat tongue-in-cheek. "I was starting to think they might forget about us and not put us in at all."

The Missouri Valley Tournament champs were ranked 20th in the latest AP poll.

"Somehow, 20 divided by four equals 10. But that's OK," Marshall said. "That's the way it's been for a long time. I don't know what we'd do if we were a really good seed most of the time."

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