Chris Lamb transformed Wichita State, one innovative drill, one baseball analogy, one mind-bending speech at a time. He took over an overlooked program in 2000 and built a power in a place few expected.
Lamb starts his 20thseason at Wichita State on Friday with a resume stocked with seven conference titles, 11 NCAA appearances and 14 years in the NCAA's top 25 for attendance. His former Shockers remember some of those wins, losses and cheers. What sticks with them are the practices, the bus rides and the way Lamb's way of thinking and talking challenged, motivated and entertained.