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‘I’ve improved as a basketball player, and grown as a man’: Seniors McDuffie, Haynes-Jones reflect on Wichita State careers

Markis McDuffie first arrived at Wichita State a follower.

He was a lanky 17-year-old on a team with All-Americans Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker. That team was full of success.

McDuffie became accustomed to winning. As a sophomore, his team-best scoring and rebounding average catapulted Wichita State to the top of the Missouri Valley Conference. Even still, Gregg Marshall would have described him as a follower.

Joseph Barringhaus Wichita State senior Markis McDuffie is surrounded by his family as he lifts up his jersey at center court after his final game at Charles Koch Arena.