Official Site of the Hoosiers · Mar 26, 2019
GRAHAM: NYC Calling. Banner Beckoning?
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Monday afternoon marked Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall's first time inside Indiana University's Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
But he had driven past it before, around a quarter-century ago. And had seen its most famous occupant exiting.
Marshall, at that time an assistant coach for the College of Charleston, had driven to Bloomington to scout prospects during an AAU event at the Twin Lakes Sports Complex.
"It was a good event, at a big center where they have like eight courts, somewhere in town," recalled Marshall, whose Wichita State Shockers play host IU in the NIT quarterfinals Tuesday at 7 p.m. "I drove over here on my own, grabbed a bite to eat.