Coach Gregg Marshall directs his players during Wednesday night’s game against Southern Illinois. After winning 76-55, Marshall captured win No. 221, making him the program’s winningest coach.
Head coach Ralph Miller, seated on a footstool, watched his young-guns power around the basket in a less than sellout 10,235-seat arena. The program had nine season-ticket holders.
“There were many people who thought we had no business in an arena that big, that we wouldn’t be able to fill the place,” Miller wrote in his book “Spanning the Game.”
On Wednesday, Gregg Marshall captured a milestone victory with win No.