Todd Butler is used to changing plans on the fly.
Three weeks prior to Wichita State’s opening series, Butler’s plans for a scrimmage on the team’s home turf were pushed inside by spontaneous snowfall. In his sixth season as head of the program, Butler is pushing to restore the Shockers to the powerhouse status they once enjoyed.
There’s no time for Butler to wait around for the door to the NCAA Tournament to open. The Shockers were knocking at post-season’s door last spring with MLB signees Alec Bohm and Greyson Jenista. Those aspirations were crippled with 14 conference losses.