Wichita State Shockers: After having Mark Turgeon leave for Texas A&M in the offseason Wichita State hired former Winthrop coach Greg Marshall. They return 3 seniors who all played big minutes, including P.J. Couisnard, who is without a doubt the best player on the team. Also, senior PG Matt Braeuer, a quick and smart minded basketball player that is able to get the offense going. Marshall also brought in a group of very talented Juco players, including Ramon Clemente and Mantas Griskenas. Wichita State is also looking to receive a boost to their frontcourt in December, as their 7' ft. C Ehimen Orukpe will be hopefully arriving from Nigeria in this time. They also return Gal Mekel, an extremely talented guard from Tel Aviv, Israel, who will be stepping into a much bigger role this season as the Shockers need all the production from the guard spots that they can get. This is a very talented team, with many players who, before their opener last night, had yet to play a minute of D-1 basketball. They will do nothing but improve as the year go on and they continue to gel, and progress as a unit. I look for them to be a surprise later in the season, and do better than their predicted 6th place finish in the MVC.