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![If America’s racial reckoning were real, violent lunatic Gregg Marshall would already be fired](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/k0sq3etdvp9bngdkakls.jpg)
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![Cleanthony Early Hammers Dunk Over Kentucky](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/yzpvkqq4ftckhb51lo8h.gif)
Cleanthony Early Hammers Dunk Over Kentucky
Fred Van Vleet found Cleanthony Early streaking to the rim near the end of the first half of Wichita St.-Kentucky and it was just all over. Done. Said Shockers coach Gregg Marshall, "I just wish we had more time in the half." Same....
![These Old Ladies Chugging An Energy Drink Are The Best Basketball Fans](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
These Old Ladies Chugging An Energy Drink Are The Best Basketball Fans
These two Wichita State fans weren't going to let a 12 a.m. start time get in the way of them watching their beloved Shockers put a hurting on Western Kentucky. While other ladies their age were sleeping soundly after enjoying a 4 p.m. dinner, these two heroes were housing an energy drink and watch...
![What Makes Them So Good? A Video Breakdown Of The Final Four Teams](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18jsvepw8r01pjpg.jpg)
What Makes Them So Good? A Video Breakdown Of The Final Four Teams
The Final Four play tonight, with Wichita State-Louisville at 6:09 p.m. ET and Syracuse-Michigan following it up at 8:49 p.m. Here, we're breaking down the four teams' special qualities: What should you know about Syracuse's zone? Who's that white guy who hits all the threes for Wichita, and how the...
![The Missouri Valley Conference's Wichita State Shockers Are Going To The Final Four](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
The Missouri Valley Conference's Wichita State Shockers Are Going To The Final Four
Ninth-seeded Wichita State continued a stunning run through the NCAA Tournament, downing second-seeded Ohio State despite nearly losing a 20-point second-half lead. It's the first appearance in the Final Four for a Missouri Valley Conference team since Larry Bird led Indiana State to the national t...
![Wichita State Stuns, Overwhelms, Flabbergasts, Bewilders, Dumbfounds Top-Seeded Gonzaga](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Wichita State Stuns, Overwhelms, Flabbergasts, Bewilders, Dumbfounds Top-Seeded Gonzaga
Wichita State became only the seventh 9-seed in history to defeat a 1-seed, knocking off Gonzaga 76-70 in a result only hacky headline writers would call "shocking."...
![Tragically, The Best Mascot In March Madness Has Been Eliminated](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Tragically, The Best Mascot In March Madness Has Been Eliminated
On this week's video excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, Mike Pesca of NPR tells you everything you might want to know about WuShock, the wheaty Wichita State Shockers mascot. The real Shockers fell to VCU, 62-59, last night, but WuShock lives on with all of us....
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It Took A Self-Proclaimed "Hockey Luvin Homo" To Make A Canucks-Kings Game Noteworthy
Your morning roundup for April 1, the day you are permitted to seek vengeance against anybody who you think has wronged you, with no legal ramifications whatsoever....
![George W. Bush: Fan Of The Sun Devils ... Or The Shocker?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18j5uycd8shl4jpg.jpg)
George W. Bush: Fan Of The Sun Devils ... Or The Shocker?
If you've been on the Internet lately, you've probably seen this picture of the President of the United States making a hand gesture that you probably wouldn't make in front of your own mother. He only did it while posing with the men's and women's track teams from Arizona State University and then ...
![Wichita State Needs A New Mascot](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Wichita State Needs A New Mascot
They're not renaming themselves, thankfully, they just want to replace the guy on the left there. When I first saw the headline, I feared that the people at Wichita State had gotten tired of all the jokes that make people like us so happy. But that's not the case, and besides, changing to somethin...