NCAA seeding shows Wichita State-AAC partnership has been mutually beneficial

WSU finished with 14 combined Tier 1 and Tier 2 victories.

“We had a lot of wins in the first two quadrants because we had the opportunity to play good teams in those quadrants,” Marshall said. “It helped us because we get an opportunity to play Cincinnati two or three times and Houston two or three times.”

The momentum for the American to vault into the national conversation is there.