(01-23-2018 04:17 PM)payday Wrote:  My point is...DOOK, UNC, UK, Kansas, Florida is a current national power. UCLA, Indiana, Cincy are historical ones. I just don’t buy the WSU is a national power meme.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/co.../31214251/

Quote:The slate, which was announced Thursday, features the Pirates’ most attractive non-league home game in many years. National power Wichita State comes to the Prudential Center on Dec. 19, a return visit for last year’s trip to Wichita, Kansas.

http://www.wsou.net/news/tenkeystosetonhallgeorgia.cfm

Quote:This is especially important after the Pirates were controlled in their toughest road test by national power Wichita State, 77-68.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/col...story.html

Quote:The Ramblers finished last season 10-22 overall, 4-14 in the MVC. It was Loyola's first season in the highly competitive Valley, which boasts national power Wichita State.

http://www.csusports.com/sports/mbkb/201...1112vfnq00

Quote:CSU set to open year Friday at national power Wichita State

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/20306...n-position

Quote:Marshall, 51, has built the Shockers program from perpetual mediocrity in the Missouri Valley Conference into a burgeoning national power.

http://appstatesports.com/news/1970/1/1/...print=true

Quote: The home opener versus Southern Conference-rival Davidson, a home date with national-power Wichita State

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...ew-league/

Quote:Yes, this move will include all of Wichita State’s sports. But it’s obviously rooted in the school’s desire to play in a better men’s basketball league now that the Shockers have made six straight NCAA Tournaments and established themselves as a national power -- most notably while reaching the 2013 Final Four. They’ve averaged 30.4 wins the past five seasons and advanced in the NCAA Tournament each year.

http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=wsunews&p=/top10_hoops/

Quote:Wichita State continued to cement its place as a national power in NCAA men’s basketball in 2015.

http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/.../83501690/

Quote:WE BREAK DOWN HOW WICHITA STATE BECAME A NATIONAL POWER

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/...story.html

Quote:Waving signs that applauded their unblemished record, fans packed inside Koch Arena serenaded a senior class led by Early that managed to elevate the program from a solid mid-major into a national power in the midst of a memorable season.

http://theamerican.org/news/2017/4/12/MB...ath=mbball

Quote:But Shockers' coach Gregg Marshall, who arrived at Wichita in 2007, has taken the program to new heights, coaching the Shockers to a 261-90 record (.744) in 11 years. He has reestablished the Shockers as a regional and national power

http://www.kwch.com/content/sports/AAC-W...35851.html

Quote:Wichita State’s basketball program is the bait on the hook. The addition of the Shockers would instantly bolster the American Athletic Conference into one of the elite basketball conferences in the nation. The Shockers resume of success is lined with 13 NCAA tournament appearances. In the past four seasons, head coach Gregg Marshall has architected a 35-1 season, as well as a Final 4 and Sweet 16 appearance. They are no mid-major. They are a nationally relevant program, capable of competing with the Power 5 and they are powerful.

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20151111/SPORTS/151119847

Quote:“Wichita State has raised the profile of the league, but they’ve also raised the bar inside the league,” Elgin said. “Coaches’ compensation has improved, practice facilities have been improved. You can’t really overstate what the rise of the Shockers as a national power means. They’ve kept our league in the national focus. They beat Indiana and Kansas in a weekend last March. And there is enough depth on Gregg Marshall’s roster that the program will be healthy for a long time.”

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/20...n-athletic

Quote:Wichita State’s duality as a dominant national program from outside of a power conference is becoming an increasing anomaly. The Shockers may play in the Missouri Valley Conference, but they have a national brand, a consistently packed arena and they pay coach Gregg Marshall well over $3 million per year. Essentially, everything about them aside from their league schedule and the respect from the NCAA selection committee is high-major.

https://dailyegyptian.com/68270/sports/w...ri-valley/

Quote:Wichita State has risen to a national power in some sports, and a conference power in all. In the six sports it holds teams for both men and women — baseball/softball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, and track and field — as well as women’s volleyball, the school has collected a total of 51 MVC championships in just the last 10 years.

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the...57780.html

Quote:Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall has tried to publicly goad Kansas into agreeing to a home-and-home series for the past couple years to no avail. Kansas coach Bill Self feels his program has nothing to gain by deviating from his longstanding policy of not scheduling the Shockers even as they have ascended from quality mid-major to budding national power.

http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketba...o-everyone

Quote:Marshall has elevated his program to the status of national power over the past several years.

http://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials...02579.html

Quote:In the 1990s, a decade fans would like to erase, it looked as if WSU might never again be a national power, much less a top-25 team.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketb...ampionship

Quote:Marshall's "play angry" mantra and approach have turned Wichita State basketball into a national power with a legitimate opportunity to win the American Athletic Conference in its inaugural season with the league.

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