RH: End Comes Suddenly for Shockers

By Paul Suellentrop

SAN DIEGO – Landry Shamet answered questions quietly and patiently, taking on blame and giving credit to Marshall University. Rauno Nurger cut the tape off his ankles and stared into space. Austin Reaves sat motionless at his locker, then checked his phone.

The cameras and notebooks moved to Rashard Kelly, then Zach Brown. Both tried to explain the feelings, most of which were impossible to explain. For six seniors, four and five years of work and triumph ended. For all the Shockers, the buzzer sounded at a time nobody expected a few months ago.

"It's very difficult, for sure," junior Markis McDuffie said. "Especially when we've got so many seniors, it really sucks for them…