Gregg Marshall

The NCAA Tournament is when we get to hear Charles Barkley, who usually discusses the NBA, dish out his opinions on college basketball. It took until halftime of tonight’s “First Four” game between Wichita State and Drake for Barkley to raise some eyebrows with his comments. It happened when he addressed former Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall.

Before playing in the Class 6A semifinals, the Campus boys basketball team heard from someone who knows a thing or two about winning high-stakes games at Koch Arena. Former Wichita State men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall, the all-time winningest coach at Koch Arena, was the team’s guest motivational speaker on Thursday afternoon. The Colts went out that night and clawed out a 42-37 win over Lawrence Free State at the Roundhouse to advance to their first state championship game since 1988.