There was a palpable sense of anxiety bubbling up inside Koch Arena when the buzzer for the under-12 minute media timeout in the second half sounded with Wichita State trailing Tulsa by six.
Mental lapses had piled up, as the Shockers had squandered a four-point halftime lead. There were excruciating misses next to the rim, careless turnovers and a failure to come up with any loose balls.
All of the above were on coach Gregg Marshall’s mind when addressing WSU during the timeout.
“That was not a fun timeout,” Marshall said. “We were too stagnant. We were stagnant pursuing the basketball, we were stagnant in our offense.