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PERFECT SHOCKERS
No. 4 Wichita State becoming marquee matchup for challengers
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Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall directs his team during the second half against Drake on Saturday. - photo by The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Wichita State’s Ron Baker has grown accustomed to looking up in the stands during a pregame shoot-around, peering from one section to the next, and seeing very few empty seats.Not just when the Shockers are at home, either.Fourth-ranked Wichita State, which beat Drake over the weekend to run its record to 21-0, has become a marquee opponent on everybody’s schedule. When it rolled into Missouri State earlier this month or Illinois State last week, the story was exactly the same.“This is the third game in a row where people have said that,” Baker replied, when asked about drawing Drake’s best crowd of the year. “We’re starting to get used to it.”All those fans are getting used to watching Wichita State win, too.Along with top-ranked Arizona and No.