Patty Beamer keeps a signed picture of former Shocker Carl Hall in her office.
Hall, a 6-foot-8 senior on Wichita State’s Final Four team, signed the picture, “ To Patty: Thanks for looking out for me.” Beamer is always looking out for others — and when she set her sights on Hall, she noticed something other’s didn’t. He was struggling to look back.
“He was always squinting,” Beamer said.
Hall was a force. His 6-foot-8, 240-lb body would bully opponents. He was a full embodiment of Gregg Marshall’s “Play Angry” motto — but perhaps too angry.