A Wichita State, Post-Season Resurrection

by Kevin Burton    I printed an NIT bracket Sunday night, because I always do. I was looking for one thing, but got myself a shocker.    Make that a Shocker, capital S  Shocker.    Just two days after Wichita State lost in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, and one day after I posted a …

Deflated Wichita State Program Limps Offstage

by Kevin Burton    Well, at least it’s over.    The 2024-25 version of Wichita State basketball bowed out yesterday, when the Shockers lost an American Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinal game to Memphis 83-80.    The team went 19-14 this year and will not go to a post-season tournament. They were far from sublime, not …

NCAA Marching On Despite The Virus

by Kevin Burton      The virus became real for me at March Madness time last year.     I went to work having heard that the NCAA had cancelled all the conference post-season basketball tournaments.  In my heart, I knew that by the time I got home the big tournament would be cancelled.     And so …