Former Wichita State star Ron Baker remembers the noise, much of it directed at teammate Carl Hall, the look on Shaka Smart's face and Malcolm Armstead's winning basket.
"VCU was on the pedestal where Wichita State is now," he said. "That was the first (big) college basketball game for all of us new guys."
Wichita State travels to VCU on Saturday for the start of a two-game series that revives a rivalry that helped push both teams – and schools outside the elite conferences – into the national spotlight. VCU returns the game to Koch Arena next season.