The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament begins Tuesday with the First Four, and swings into full action on Thursday with first-round games. So between now and Thursday we’re going to help you get to know all of the mid-majors, starting with the four teams playing on Tuesday. Today, it’s five tasty morsels on The Wichita State Shockers.
Broke the football coaching color barrier
Wichita State’s Willie Jeffries in 1979 became the first African-American head football coach at a predominately white Div. 1-A college.
WWE’s “The Big Show” played basketball there
Yep.