On paper the Shockers are too low. They have to be the overwhelming favorites with Shockers versus the field being somewhere around even odds. WSU has three conference championships in 4 years. Over the last six years Gregg Marshall has the following record:
17-1 (1st, Sweet 16) 18-0 (1st, third round) 12-6 (2nd, Final Four) 16-2 (1st, NCAA birth) 14-4 (2nd, NIT Championship) 12-6 (2nd, NIT)
I don't see a team like UNI last year or Doug McDermott lead Creighton to challenge the Shockers. That said, I really like Illinois State, Evansville, UNI, Loyola, and Indiana State. All of those teams sans UE are very similar with deep guards but a little thin on bigs. Wins are going to be hard to come by on the road. I expect one of those above to emerge as an at-large.
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