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Wichita State top seed in brutal Midwest Region
Shockers
Wichita State players celebrate on the sideline towards the end of a game against Drake in Wichita on Feb. 22.
Wichita State’s reward for a perfect regular season is a loaded Midwest Region, where the top-seeded Shockers will be joined by fellow Final Four participants Michigan and Louisville from a year ago and two of the titans of college hoops.Now that’s something for the Shockers to be angry about.Coach Gregg Marshall’s team landed the first No. 1 seed in school history on Sunday night and will begin play Friday in St. Louis, where they ran their record to 34-0 by winning the Missouri Valley tournament title last weekend. The Shockers will open against the winner of a First Four game between Big West champion Cal Poly and SWAC champion Texas Southern.Also inhabiting the Midwest are the second-seeded Wolverines and fourth-seeded Cardinals, who played each other in last year’s title game won by Louisville.