[00:00:15] Speaker A: Hello. Welcome to the Roundhouse podcast with Paul Solentrop of Wichita State University strategic communications. Thank you for listening. Our guest today is softball coach Christy Breadbenner. Christy is here to talk about one of the more significant events in program history. Coming up this weekend, Wichita State is hosting groundbreaking for the indoor practice facility at Wilkins Stadium. That will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. The public is invited. Christie is entering her 14th season at Wichita State. This groundbreaking is significant for many reasons. It's much needed. Wilkins Stadium opened in 1998, and I think everybody would agree it's time for a refresh. It's the athletic department's first major fundraising effort targeted specifically at a women's sport, at least since Wilkins was built. And the renovation reflects both WSU's success in softball and the rise in the sports popularity on a national level. The indoor facility, about 14,000 sqft. You'll get a full indoor infield, batting cages and storage areas. So, Christy, kind of give us the breakdown. What is shocker softball getting with this new space?
[00:01:20] Speaker B: Man, you know, the possibilities are endless of what we're getting here. I mean, obviously a space to call our own, and obviously for baseball space for them to call their own as well. You know, we'll have two really nice indoor facilities.
I think the biggest thing for our program is having that ability to, you know, go inside on a day maybe that you're feeling like it's a little windy outside or a little chilly or you've got some elements and that you can go inside and really get the work done that you would get outside. And, you know, I think we've obviously always been a pretty offensive minded program.
The fact that we're putting and the outdoor cages on the north side of the building, I think is going to be a real positive for our program. It just gives our kids an opportunity to have a plethora of options. You know, there's nothing better than, obviously, hitting outside in the elements because that's what you're hitting in, you know, on a daily basis, the light, things like that. But then to be able to go inside when you're struggling a little bit with, with snow or cold or rain, you know, whatever it is that day, you've got that flexibility. So we're super excited about it, you know, so thankful for everybody that's, you know, been a major contributor to the program. And, you know, to me, I think it's just a great testament of where this program is and the people who got us there, our alums, we're excited to have them in this weekend to help with the groundbreaking. And, you know, it just, it's exciting. It's an unbelievable time for shocker softball because you start this project and the shovels going the ground to something really special that will definitely, you know, compete with some of the programs out there that have nice facilities. This will be right up there, if not nicer with some of the major programs out there.
[00:03:12] Speaker A: Yeah. Describe the competition first around the conference. Are these kind of facilities pretty standard in the american?
[00:03:18] Speaker B: Actually, not, not really at all. You know, our conference obviously, as a whole has kind of split between warm and cold climate. You know, Memphis and East Carolina Charlotte all have their own indoor facilities and they're very nice. But this is going to be probably four times as big as all three of those. South Florida's got a nice little hitting area. I believe there's some things in the work for North Texas here in the future to start improving their facilities, and they've got a covered hitting area that's pretty nice.
But, you know, UTSA, Tulsa, they both need to kind of step up their game and start investing in their women's sports a little bit more. I haven't been to UAB, so I can't speak to them and I haven't been to Florida Atlantic, so I can't speak to them.
You know, to me, this is just the start of something that's going to make our facility one of the best ones in the conference, for sure, and definitely one of the best in the midwest.
[00:04:16] Speaker A: There are probably schools in the American that don't really need an indoor or would not use it as much as Wichita State would. I remember being with the Shockers Fayetteville regional in 2018, and they were hitting inside some of Arkansas's hitting facilities. And you talked about the importance of that. Is that what you're aiming for? Will this be comparable to some of those kind of places?
[00:04:35] Speaker B: Yeah, I think we modeled a lot of the design off of Arkansas softball facility and things we would do, things we wouldn't want to do.
I think spatial awareness, we might be a little bit bigger than them and just being a little bit more aware. They ended up putting dirt, bullpens in theirs, and that creates a pretty dusty environment because it's hard to obviously water and maintain dirt inside. So we didn't go with that. We're just sticking with the traditional turf all the way around. But one of the things we liked about their facility is the ability to kind of change the netting. So all of the nets are on their own, individual motor which allows you to set the facility up the way that you would particularly want, which I think is a real positive for the ability to change things up and have some flexibility.
[00:05:22] Speaker A: So I guess I'm envisioning a softball practice stations. You've got people running from place to place, hitters, infielders doing different kind of drills. Does it give you that kind of flexibility?
[00:05:32] Speaker B: Yeah, the options are pretty endless, I think. You know, outside of a full outfield, you can do pretty much everything that you need. So it will be a full infield with, obviously, space in the holes and things like that. It'll have a perimeter of nets, so four different motors that are running the entire perimeter. So you could lift up one side if you wanted or keep one open, and then it'll have three drop down nets that all run on individual motors. So if you're really doing a hitting focused workout, you could have four large cages. You know, our goal is to have some bigger nets that we can move on, wheels that will split some of the nets in half, too. So, you know, it's feasible that we would have eight lanes if we needed to. So if we're doing a camp or something like that, we really wanted to focus in on eight lanes.
You know, you could split it in half and have defense going on one side, offense going on the other. You have pitchers going on one side, defense going on the other.
The nice thing is, is that we put an area kind of in the middle of the backside of it. So on that north wall, there's like a plyo area. So we put a plyo wall. And coach Horn has aspirations of putting a weight rack in there that I'm not 100% sure we're sold on yet, but just the ability to kind of rehab and focus on shoulders and things like that's going to be in there. And then it'll have a garage door that opens out to the outdoor cages on that north side. So just a lot of cool stuff. I mean, the way that I look at it is that you could have, you know, cages going in the, you know, on the outside. On the north side, you could have your infield working inside and then your outfield working outside at Wilkins. And everybody's on turf. So when you have one of those days that maybe for whatever reason your infield got washed out, it's muddy or whatever, you've got flexibility. You can still get a really great day of practice because everybody's going to be standing on some turf in some way, shape or form.
[00:07:26] Speaker A: Explain a plyo wall.
[00:07:28] Speaker B: Yeah, plio wall is just a reinforced wall. Allows us to do Plyo throws, whether it's med balls or something like that, that the girls can throw in. Becoming a pretty big deal right now, I think, with just shoulder awareness, making sure we're strengthening the shoulder. And so they sell small, little plyo balls that can be different types of weights or, like I said, throwing med balls in there. But it gives us an opportunity to add station work into our hitting or defense that can help with the girls, you know, the medical side of things, making sure we're prehabbing or rehabbing in the right way.
[00:08:04] Speaker A: So you've obviously done a lot of research. When did you start taking notes and compiling your wish list for this facility?
[00:08:11] Speaker B: Well, I think we've been, you know, wishing for this since we went back to Arkansas in 22, and that's where we really started to pay attention to it a little bit more, take some pictures, take some videos of things that we thought were really great. And, you know, this has been something that we've been talking about for a couple years now, and so you never wanted to get too excited because you didn't know exactly when it was going to happen. But knowing now that, you know, if you've got this groundbreaking coming up, I think over the last probably six to nine months, Brad Pittman and his crew have done a really great job of making sure that we're thinking outside the box and anything that we can think of from a future perspective. I know we talked a lot about the windows on the south side of the building being something that would, when we do build the operations building next, those windows will allow us to look into the indoor when we're walking down that hallway piece. Or my office will have a window that looks into the indoor, which I'm pretty excited about. That way, you can kind of keep an eye on everything that's going on, but when you've got recruits in there, you know, they're getting a firsthand look at seeing how cool our facilities are. So just being kind of creative, I think, you know, when we hired the outside group to come in and kind of facilitate the building project, one of the coolest things that we heard was probably two or three months ago, they're going to air condition the building. It was about the same price to air condition the building as it was to run ventilation and enough fans to cool it down enough. And that's one thing that has always been a struggle at Eck, is in the summers, it's unbearably hot over in that indoor facility. Because there's not a lot of ventilation and air circulation. So we're excited about that.
That'll allow us to be able to do some things late spring and then into the beginning of the fall when it can be pretty hot without feeling like we're roasting in there. But, you know, it's little things. I mean, from the color of the turf and to the types of netting. I mean, I think when we first started talking, they wanted the netting to be all one on the perimeter. And, you know, you kind of handcuff yourself a little bit when everything moves at once. And I think that's something that we've seen a little bit more over it at X Stadium and at Bombardier. And so I think those are the things like you kind of take what you've got already. What are some things that you would do differently? How would you arrange the field? And, you know, what's going to create a safe space for our student athletes, but also give them the ability to be creative and get out there and get after it a little bit. So everything was taken into consideration over the last two years.
[00:10:50] Speaker A: You mentioned the operations building, which is a good opportunity to mention there are other phases, other fundraising phases for Wilkins Stadium. Describe the operations building, what will go into that.
[00:10:59] Speaker B: Yeah, so, you know, the hope is, is that by the time that we get finished with this first part of phase one, which is the indoor and in those outdoor cages, that we'll move right into that operations building which will be all new coaches offices, new entryway, locker room, team room, training room, classroom.
You know, I think something that'll be super beneficial for us here is storage. I mean, you know, we're, we're struggling over here at Wilkins. We've got, you know, additional coaches that have been added to the program, a director of Ops managers, and, you know, we've got five people sometimes office ing out of our old team room, which is actually supposed to be an area for the girls to hang out and lounge. And so as time has kind of changed the sport of softball and evolved, we've been pretty landlocked inside Wilkinse to be able to evolve with it. So we're excited for everybody to have their own office, their own private space, but also for storage, laundry, things like that. That can be all inclusive over in one facility versus having to kind of take things over from coke and back over here and vice versa.
You know, the girls having a space to hang out and relax, eat their lunch. I mean, where they're not all doing everything in one small locker room, they're going to have nice big locker rooms that are spread out, new showers. I mean, we've fought a battle for a long time over here and they finally have it fixed here in the last year. But for the longest time, it take 30 to 45 minutes just to get warm water in our showers. And so no one ever has really used them. So just a lot of really cool upgrades. I just, I think more than anything, it's when that project gets done and that's where John and Gila Wadsworth, I think the building will be named after them, have been a huge part of that piece of it. It's going to be pretty exciting. That's, to me, phase one is a reflection of our alumni. It's for the student athletes. It's something that impacts them in a great way. And I think it's something that, for me, I'm most excited about. Don't get me wrong, two, three, and four in the project are awesome, but this one is for the student athletes and it's much needed.
[00:13:12] Speaker A: So WSU has played in five NCAA regionals since 20. ₩16, the AAC regular season title in 21 and 23. We're at the point it's no longer unusual to have a sellout in Wilkins Stadium throughout the season.
Was it important? How helpful was it to present people with, here's our success, help invest in us. How important was that part of it?
[00:13:34] Speaker B: Well, that part's huge. You know, anytime that you want to get somebody to invest in you, you've got to put a good product out in the field. And, you know, we've been fortunate enough for the last several years. We've been able to put a pretty good product out on the field, had some tremendous athletes and, you know, Sid McKinney and Addie Barnard and last year CC Wong and, you know, plenty of other ones where we've won conference championships and, you know, we're in a conference that I think is pretty tough. And being one of the northernmost schools and beating teams, you know, back in the day, like Central Florida, are competing, you know, at a high level against South Florida and North Texas and UtSA, UAB, Florida, Atlantic. Now, I mean, it's only going to get tougher because obviously their ability to be outside is much longer than ours. And, you know, having this indoor facility helps us to kind of alleviate a little bit of that stress.
But, you know, at the end of the day, I think the biggest thing for us is we got to continue to keep putting that good product out there. We've got to continue to keep drawing more and more fans to Wilkins. And, you know, hopefully softball in itself has become such a streamlined sport.
On tv now it's popular. You're seeing the growth in the sport just growing like gangbusters. And to me, that just gives us an opportunity to have a bigger platform and have more people that want to invest in our young women.
[00:14:57] Speaker A: So there are a lot of donors for a project like this. You mentioned John and Gail Wadsworth, the WSU board of trustees, the estate of Linda park and Jeanne and Ricky Brotherton, among the. The main ones. I think everybody goes to softball, knows the brothertons. They're at every game sitting in the cold, in the rain. The Wadsworths, both of them longtime WSU supporters with a really strong connection to women's sports at WSU. So in talking with them and working with them, what was their motivation in getting involved?
[00:15:27] Speaker B: I think the biggest thing for both of those couples is that they want to invest in student athletes that have shown that they have passion, that have made them proud, that, you know, I can speak for Ricky and Jeannie. I mean, they love giving back to the girls and seeing the impact that they have on them directly.
You know, they've enjoyed and kind of fallen in love with the sport. And I think have, you know, traveled with us a little bit, been around our program, and, you know, they're like family to us. I mean, every time we see them, our girls know who they are. Coaching staff, obviously, you know, loves being around them. And so they're people that I feel like, you know, want to give back to that family atmosphere. And Gayle and John, I mean, Gail's been a mentor over in academic services for a long time and has had a number of student athletes, especially softball players, that have made an impact in her life. And the measurable impact that she's made in their lives is undeniable. And so for John and Gayle to give back to women's sports, a sport that I feel like they have enjoyed. You know, I know both of their daughters played volleyball, but I think softball and baseball has been something that they've gotten a passion for here as of late. And it's really cool to see them, you know, want to support something, but I think more than anything, they're looking to make a big impact. And, you know, nobody needed a more impact than shock or softball. And Wilkins Stadium, it was a facility that was built, and maybe not necessarily built the right way, but at the time, it was nice and it was state of the art. It wasn't built for longevity. And I think that's been the reason that we're seeing this change in the Wadsworths, the Brothertons, the park family, and obviously this university want to see this program continue to keep thriving and surviving, and this is going to be a big step for us.
[00:17:18] Speaker A: Yeah. Refresh. Much needed. I think WSU has done some good things. The outfield platforms, the new dugout on the third base side have kind of helped. But it's definitely time. If you've spent any time at all around Wilkins, it's time to upgrade, for sure. My favorite piece of shocker trivia is that in 1997, when they broke ground for Wilkins stadiums, Phyllis Diller was here. She was a friend of Howard Wilkins. Do we have any Hollywood celebrities planned for Saturday? Is Kevin Saul stepping up? And I'm hoping maybe Harrison Ford. He seems to really love Wichita. He's here a lot.
[00:17:51] Speaker B: Hey, that would be awesome. You know, I haven't heard any local celebrities or celebrities outside of the Wichita area are going to be there. But, you know, we are fortunate that, you know, Charles Wilkins granddaughters are going to be there. So be really cool to see them have this full circle moment of seeing this program grow a little bit, you know, and with it being an alumni weekend, we're going to have some celebrity alums there. I mean, it's Addie B's on the list. Obviously, Sid's in season at Marshall, so she's unable to be there, but, you know, is hoping so that she could make it. I mean, there's about 18 to 20 alums planning on coming back and being there for the groundbreaking.
Many of them who have had really great careers here as student athletes, Casey Williams, Brittany Weber, you know, just kind of thinking some names that I remember seeing on the list, you know, right off the bat. And even, obviously, for us, our alumni that were here prior to the stadium that was currently here, you know, who played on an open field with no fence and no bleachers and had to go to the Heskett center to go to the bathroom.
For them, this is a full circle moment. This is something that I hope they're just as proud of to see how much this sport has changed and evolved and the investment that they're making into our young women has to make every alum that's ever played here super proud.
[00:19:14] Speaker A: So I'll have anybody who's under 45 Google Phyllis Diller. I'm not going to get into her history, but in 1997, that had to be significant.
Take us through the timeline for Wichita state getting into the indoor.
[00:19:26] Speaker B: Yeah, the hope is, you know, obviously, with any kind of construction, you're going to see, you know, challenges with weather and things like that. But the hope that we can get in sometime maybe in late March, early April's there, you know, which would be awesome, I think. You know, we plan on having athletes unlimited here at some point this spring or summer. So, you know, they're gonna be able to benefit from it. But hopefully our girls will get in there by the end of the season. And then, you know, the plan is for the operations building to follow. Now, it'll be a little bit more in detail. It's gonna take a little bit longer to build the operations building than I think that it's gonna take to build the indoor facility. So, you know, the way that we've been looking at it is that at the very least, our 2025s are gonna have a really great indoor facility. And then our 2027 2026 grads that are coming that next year should have a really nice operations building to move into.
I'm actually currently building a house, and mine's a month and a half early, which is unexpected. So you never know. You know, sometimes you see them taken a little bit later. But, you know, in my situation, it's early. So I'm hoping that these builders are on the same timeline as my builder.
[00:20:42] Speaker A: Okay, let's talk about the fall. Shockers are working out. Practicing for the fall. To refresh your memories, Wichita State, 28 and 22 last season, 1611 in the american. They advanced to the championship game of the conference tournament with just a really fun week of softball.
Among those who have departed from that team, outfielder Addison Barnard, CC Wong, outfielder Bailey Urban, catcher Lainey Brown, and pitchers Lauren Howell and Allison Cooper. Top returners. We've got outfielder Lauren Lucas. She set out last season with an injury. She's back. Pitchers Chloe Barber and Alex Aguilar. Third baseman Kristin Nelson. Taylor Solochek, who played both infield and outfield. Second baseman Sammy Hood. First baseman Caroline talent. Take us through the early workouts. What's been your focus?
[00:21:29] Speaker B: Well, obviously, we've got nine new players, you know, so when you're looking at nine new players right now, you're going to kind of create a little bit of a foundation and kind of go back to the drawing board a little bit, kind of see what everybody can do.
We're a couple weeks in, I think last week. Wednesday was our first day of team practice, and more than anything, it's getting our young people new to the pace. Right. And the expectation level of you know, playing catch and taking care of the ball and just kind of getting a true understanding of where we're at. We're jumping into games pretty quick here this next weekend, so we'll only be two weeks into team practice, which is actually six practices because we only team practice three times a week. We do individuals on Mondays and Tuesdays, you know, so for us, it's just about gathering information. We're going to put everybody out there over the next couple weeks and let them, you know, do their thing, see what they do, see what they need to get better at, see who can play where. I think that's been a big component of this fall season is, you know, we've got some kids that can play multiple positions, and so it's just really finding what's going to be the best recipe for success.
You know, obviously, offense takes a big part in that, on deciding who's in the outfield and maybe who's playing first base and maybe this year who's catching. But we're pretty deep in a lot of different areas. We've got three catchers that are highly capable of looking pretty good behind the dish. We've got a plethora of outfielders a little bit deeper in the middle infield. As long as we can get healthy here in these next couple weeks, because it seems like that is the area for whatever reason that whether it was last year or this year already, we're already seeing a little bit of some medical attention in that spot. But, you know, to me, it's exciting just to kind of see what that depth looks like. Having Lauren Lucas back, having Cam Compton back, both people that have had, you know, success in their own ways on the field, but more can be leaders off seeing some of our juniors and seniors that maybe weren't leaders last year step up this year and be leaders as in Caroline Talent and Kristen Nelson. Seeing Mila, who was a freshman last year, come back this year and be in that leadership role as well. You just are seeing a lot of different things that are really positive. And, you know, we're going to take our lumps a little bit. We're not playing as strong of a schedule this fall, but we're playing a lot of good teams from a junior college perspective, division two perspective, we're not playing Oklahoma State this fall. Just couldn't get it to work out. But a doubleheader against Kansas, just going to give us a really good opportunity to see where we're at and see who can play where.
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[00:24:49] Speaker B: I think one of the things I'm excited about is really just kind of seeing what our freshman pitchers can do. Riley Neihardt, Ava Sligar are both people that I think do a great job of commanding the zone, and Coach O has got a strategy with them this fall, and it's a pretty big challenge. They're only really going to be able to throw fastball change up here this first couple weeks, and then they'll kind of move into one or two pitches as the fall progresses. But, you know, I think we all have kind of decided we've got to command the zone. We've got to minimize the number of balls that we throw, the number of walks that we allow. And I think these two pitchers are pitchers that do that. They're okay with getting ground balls and pop ups. They're not looking to try to strike somebody out every time they get up to bat, and I think that that can be really beneficial to our program. So excited to see them, you know, but more than anything, just trying to see them grow as the fall goes, as young women and getting used to being student athletes. But really, the pace, I think the first day, it was overwhelming. From a team practice perspective, I thought offensively looked pretty good. Defensively, we struggled, and then we had to kind of slow it down a little bit, take a step back, and I thought Thursday and Friday, we responded well to that.
[00:26:01] Speaker A: So let's start with Quecher. That's been a really solid position going back, I guess, seven years with Madison Perrigan and then Laney Brown. They started almost every game behind the plate. Take us through that competition this fall.
[00:26:12] Speaker B: Yeah, so Sophie Johnson, Gabby Scott, Caitlin Beckerley. So one sophomore, two freshmen all have different strengths. I mean, Sophie Johnson's got one of the strongest arms I've ever seen.
Caitlin and Gabby, just kind of solid. I mean, they're quick, they're explosive, they get rid of the ball quickly. I think really at the end of the day for that position, it's going to come down to offense and, you know, who can hit and who receives the best, that combo. So it'll be a really good competition, but it's nice to have a little bit of depth back there in that catcher spot.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: So, Lauren Lucas, we've mentioned her a couple times. She was a third team All American in 2023 just an RBI machine. She's back after missing last season. How is Lauren looking this fall?
[00:26:58] Speaker B: Yeah, Lauren looks great and I think determined. You know, I think she's not necessarily exactly where she wants to be, but she's getting there. I mean, she played all summer down in a Texas league, and I think that was awesome for her. Ended up being an offensive player of the year in that league. To me, that tells us that she's barreling up a lot of balls and doing what she was doing before she got injured. So just excited to have her back. Just continuing to try to get her arm a little bit stronger more than anything in the outfield. But I really like what we're seeing with her.
[00:27:29] Speaker A: You have three transfers. Outfielder Ellie Eck, an Andale student. She transferred here from Stanford. Have infielder Michaela Navarro from Florida International, and outfielder Jody Epperson from North Texas. How do those three fit into the plans?
[00:27:46] Speaker B: I'll tell you what, these three are pretty special, you know, excited about each and every one of them. I think, you know, Ellie, we wish we would have more than one year with because she's got an Addie B type body build and strength and power. I mean, she's crushed some balls out of the ballpark, and so it's going to be really exciting to see, exciting to see how she develops. I think one of the coolest things about her is she's a great outfielder but also can play a little infield. And so we've been playing her there a little bit, getting that rust knocked off. I think it's been a hot minute since she's been out there, but a hard worker really gets it. I think she's enjoying the process of being out there, and we look for her to be a big part of the process here this next year.
Michaela Navarro goes by Mimi, so we'll refer to her as Mimi moving forward, but, you know, great hands, skilled defensively, needs to get a little bit stronger with the bat, but somebody that I think is going to give us some really good innings in that middle infield spot and definitely give us some depth in that area.
Jody Epperson's to me, the wild card, obviously a transfer from in our conference at North Texas, a kid that same age as Sammy Hood played on the same travel ball team as Sammy, and so she was part of the COVID class that was really tough to recruit. It was all via Zoom, facetime, those types of things. We weren't ever really able to go out and watch them, but when we had watched her prior to all that. Starting for as small as she is, she could crush the ball. She hit more home runs than most of the kids on her travel ball team, and she's like five four. And, you know, I won't say her weight, but it's not, you know, tremendous, but she has quick hands, she's explosive, super athletic, you know, runs down a ball well, has a great arm, can also play in the middle infield and looks pretty good in the middle infield as well. So, you know, just somebody that, I think, in a program that creates a lot of confidence for their athletes and could be somebody that really thrives this year. So really all three of them, I think, can make a pretty big impact.
[00:29:58] Speaker A: Pitcher Chloe Barber. She was on the conference's all rookie team. Strong freshman season team records, 16 strikeouts against Illinois State, 15 and a win over Arkansas. She threw a no hitter versus Memphis. What's the next step for Khloe?
[00:30:13] Speaker B: Yeah, that next step is just consistency. I mean, last year she had some really, really great games, like you mentioned, and then she struggled a little bit with some control.
You know, I think we just look for her to get more mature this year, a little bit stronger, understanding what's expected of her and what the game is like. Obviously, we got a tough schedule in the spring, but this fall, it kind of gives her an opportunity to hopefully create some confidence and go out there and do her thing. I mean, she's got electric speed and spin, and, you know, when she puts her mind to it can be really great. I just think it's that emotional side of things that she needs to mature on. And hopefully in year two, that's something that really steps up.
[00:30:51] Speaker A: Big weekend for shocker softball groundbreaking for the indoor practice facility at Wilkins Stadium is at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, they play McLennan Community College in a doubleheader at 01:00 p.m. the Shockers will play six opponents over this fall. They play Murray State on Sunday. They go to KU on September 27.
And if you would like to donate to future improvements to Wilkins Stadium, I will put the link in the show notes Christy, thank you for your time.
[00:31:20] Speaker B: Thanks so much. Paul.
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[00:31:52] Speaker E: Martin left wing to Mike Jones, 8 seconds left. Smithson out to Mike Jones, 25 footer. Good. He got it with 3 seconds left. Mike Jones from about 25ft out hit another long jumper. 2 seconds showing on the clock. That may not be official, but Wichita State leads 6665. Timeout Kansas, 2 seconds to go. Wichita State 66, Kansas 65.
