Wichita State fans had to be on the edge of their seat screaming at the television when the Shockers turned the ball over seven times in the final seven minutes trying to protect a lead against Clemson in a second-round National Invitation Tournament game on Sunday.
Many will remember the Shockers barely holding on for a 63-55 victory over the Tigers at Littlejohn Coliseum to advance in the NIT to face Indiana on Tuesday, one win away from heading to Madison Square Garden.
But lost in the wild finish was how well WSU played to build a cushion large enough to, as WSU coach Gregg Marshall phrased it, “withstand the debacle at the end.