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Why Wichita State will finish eighth or lower in the AAC

Something’s gotta give with Gregg Marshall’s recent success.

Wichita State is one of only seven teams to have made the NCAA Tournament in seven consecutive seasons. Twice in that span, they’ve earned the automatic bid to the tournament, and the other five times they’ve made it via at-large berths. Oh, and who could forget the five regular-season conference titles they’ve won in that span?

But success like that just can’t be sustained forever.

Opposing view: Why Wichita State will place better than eighth

American Athletic Conference coaches picked Wichita State to finish eighth out of 12 teams in the league, and that’s a pretty safe assumption.