Familiar faces await coach Gregg Marshall and the Shockers when Wichita State travels to San Diego for Friday's NCAA Tournament opener. Marshall (the coach) previewed Marshall (the opponent) and showered praise on former assistants-turned-head coaches Chris Jans and Earl Grant (both of whom will be in San Diego with their own NCAA Tournament squads). Read on for the transcript.
HEAD COACH GREGG MARSHALL ON...
...what the bid means to the Marshall University program (his final stop as an assistant coach from 1996-98):
"I think it was 31 years for them [since their last NCAA Tournament], and I was there for two of those years -- 96' and 97'.