Grant Sherfield looked at his phone and saw the text from coach Gregg Marshall. It included a picture of Sherfield in a basketball uniform.
Sherfield laughed. He knew when he signed with Wichita State that Marshall would challenge him. The picture showed Sherfield a year ago at Sunrise Christian Academy and looking, well, a little less athletic. Pudgy, as Marshall tells it.
"That was . . . before I lost all that weight, and got ripped," Sherfield said. "Coach challenged me and I accepted the challenge."
Marshall's challenge came with specifics beyond muscles and cardio.