In the third quarter of an exhibition game between Wichita State and McGill University in Montreal, Shockers head coach Gregg Marshall went a little nuts, rushed the court, and had to be restrained from going after referees by several of his players and assistants. Marshall was apparently upset about a lot of the calls, or non-calls, throughout the game. After a foul called on his player led to a loss of possession as WSU sought to cap off a 12-point comeback, he got very upset and earned his second technical of the night and an ejection. Then he went off.Marshall lunged after referees several times, shoving his own players and assistants out of the way, and eventually broke free to wag a menacing finger in one referee's face and then went nose-to-nose with another. After breaking off from the second ref, he went back to the first and was intercepted by one of his players, whom he shoved into the referee. Eventually Marshall stalked off the court and went back to watch the rest of the game in the office of McGill's soccer coach, whom Marshall said "was so nice.""I'm definitely not proud of my reaction to that situation, but at some point your players have to know you're going to stand up for them and you've got some fight in you," he said, according to the Wichita Eagle. "Once I reacted, I said 'I might as well get my money's worth.'"The game was a physical affair with not many fouls called—the Eagle's write-up described it as a "no-blood, no-foul game"—and Marshall was particularly incensed by a play that resulted in a concussion and three stitches for Shockers center Rauno Nurger. There was also an issue with the McGill scoreboard operator not crediting WSU with earned points on three separate occasions. The final straw was a foul called on sophomore forward Zach Brown while boxing out for a rebound. The Shockers were in the middle of a 10-0 run to come back from being down 58-46 when Brown was whistled and Marshall lost it.Even though he didn't look it, Marshall says he had everything somewhat under control: "I wasn't going to do anything physical, but I wanted to make sure they understood what I felt was happening was incorrect and wrong." Pretty sure that came across, Gregg.h/t SI[Wichita Eagle]
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