Malcolm Armstead, after a one-season display of confidence, passed the leadership role to Fred VanVleet, who set a national standard for three seasons. So that’s the recent history of leadership at Wichita State basketball, and it’s full of victories.
Nobody seems to know who’s next.
That is one of the tasks of the summer for the Shockers — developing a leader or two who can help this team-in-transition through a challenging schedule. All of WSU’s new players reported for summer practices and classes in early June. WSU gets 10 full practices in association with its August trip to Canada and has started using them, in addition to small-group workouts and weights.