Wichita State’s basketball coach charged at referees after getting ejected in a Canadian exhibition game

Tuesday’s exhibition game between Wichita State and McGill University of Montreal ended with Shockers coach Gregg Marshall nowhere to be found. Marshall was ejected in the fourth quarter after getting a second technical foul, but before he left, he ran onto the floor, and his players and staff did their best to distance him from the referees.

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It was a foul call on Wichita State’s Zach Brown that angered Marshall, but according to Paul Suellentrop of The Wichita Eagle, it was more a culmination of bad playing from his team and what he felt was bad officiating that set him off:

Of more concern, Marshall wasn’t pleased with the officiating in a no-blood, no-foul game — center Rauno Nurger suffered a concussion and needed three stitches to close a cut on his chin.— and wasn’t pleased with his team’s play into the third quarter.

Even though Marshall was “not proud” of the way he reacted, there was no turning back for him. “Once I reacted, I said ‘I might as well get my money’s worth,’” Marshall said. The incident, while ugly and uncomfortable, apparently gave the Shockers a boost, and they came back and beat McGill 77-71.

Meanwhile, this is how Marshall spent the rest of the game:

Marshall said he spent the rest of the time in the office of Jose Valdes, McGill’s women’s soccer coach.

“He was so nice,” Marshall said. “We talked. He was great.”

(h/t NBC Sports)