That's when Wichita State forgot even how to inbound the ball, turning it over Cotton didn't step onto the court quick enough to receive a return pass.
On a cloudy August morning at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport I stepped into the Mustang's front left seat.
Ron Baker and Cotton hit last-minute free throws to secure the second Final Four trip in Wichita State's history.
The string of five straight 3s began when Tekele Cotton spotted up with 6:05 remaining and hit a shot that cut Wichita State's seven-point deficit to four.
Although the Shockers have a beautiful home arena and robust support from fans and donors in Kansas' largest city, coach Gregg Marshall acknowledged that Wichita State's athletic budget is a fraction of what a BCS school can spend.
With the packed, yellow-clad cheering section behind their bench roaring and rolling, the Shockers stretched their lead to 13 points 1:48 before halftime even though Ohio State finally got some defensive stops, bodying up to Carl Hall and Wichita State's low-post offense.
The new compilation Smart's Palace finally reissues the track alongside a dozen or so other Wichita rarities, bringing the beautiful fragility of Theron and Darrell's unsung masterpiece to the rest of the world.
"It's going to take them a while to adjust to the zone, " said junior guard Brandon Triche, who, like the rest of his teammates, was brimming with confidence that defense is going to carry Syracuse to Monday night's title game against either Louisville or Wichita State.
L. Stine marvels at the NCAA tournament's knack for mass hypnosis, Pizza Hut plans a shockingly good deal at Wichita State, a rare travel plan for the Maryland women and the tournament's interference with educating tomorrow's leaders.
Three more wins by Wichita State, and it's time for an all-time college-student favorite: free pizza.
Now, Wichita State is the MVC's first Final Four team since Larry Bird led Indiana State to the title game in 1979.
But Randle, who now lives in Wichita, says she thinks McDaniel's Academy Award was simply misplaced.
Country singer Miranda Lambert's concert Saturday night at the Intrust Bank arena in Wichita was interrupted by an apparent tornado.
But largely, Wichita State acted like a team that's been there before.
For Louisville, which will play Wichita State Saturday in the NCAA tournament's Final Four, winning basketball games and earning the tournament's No. 1 overall seed has come a lot easier than meeting another challenge: sticking to a balanced diet.
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Wichita State has 19 national championships between its men's and women's programs since 1975.
It's our first edition for the regional finals, with Syracuse and Wichita State having secured the first spots in the Final Four.
The third leg, from Dallas to Wichita, was a jolting ride on a regional airline's jet.
But after two weeks of upsets in the wild West bracket, underdog Wichita State was an appropriate choice to cut down Staples Center's nets.
Marshall's efforts to secure a home-and-home series with either or both have met with such futility that a state senator from Wichita this winter introduced a bill that would require the state's three Division I schools to play each other.
No. 10 Colorado beats top-rated Indiana in the East regional final (Trister: "Yes, you read that correctly"), and No. 9 Wichita State shocks third-rated New Mexico (on Malcolm Armstead's trey with 1 second left) to win the West.
Not only has he digested the entire Ayn Rand syllabus of free market theory, but he's had the chance to put it to work from his headquarters on the plains north of Wichita.
Schools in Wichita, Kansas, were closed Tuesday for a fourth straight day after last week's storm, which dumped a record 14.2 inches on the city.
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