Perhaps a third of the crowd remained in Koch Arena when the Shockers completed the hand-shake line and turned to the locker room.
The fans applauded, doing what they could to pick up a team that dropped an 85-81 overtime decision to Temple on Sunday at Koch Arena. It is a devastating loss for the Shockers (7-7, 0-2 American Athletic Conference). The Shockers played well for long stretches, played hard and had a redemptive victory almost in hand.
The fans recognized that, despite the painful result, some substantive progress appeared.
"We played our best basketball of the year in the first half," Wichita State senior Markis McDuffie said.