Wichita has a rich history of hosting one of basketball’s biggest events. The NCAA Tournament has tipped off in the ICT 12 times since the 1950’s.

"We have 245,000 alumni and currently 3,300 donors to the Cougar Athletic Fund and 2,300 to the Cougar Collective," Osterhout told FieldHouse hosts (and WSU grads) Drew Kalaher and Darrin Carlson.

Jerry Palm of CBS already has WSU in the field as an 11 seed. WSU is 2-3 in Quad 1. And the Cougars are cheering hard for Utah and Boise State. Both wins have slipped to the Quad 2 tier but if ...