[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4354]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    ACKNOWLEDGING THE WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM

  (Mr. POMPEO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POMPEO. Mr. Speaker, I am here this morning to acknowledge the 
Wichita State University men's basketball team and its unparalleled 
success this year. The number 2 ranked Shockers are the only team in 
the Nation that remains undefeated. At 34-0, the Wichita State Shockers 
are taking more wins into the NCAA basketball tournament than any team 
in the history of Division I basketball in the NCAA.
  Our Shockers' head coach this year, Gregg Marshall, was just named 
the National Coach of the Year. The players on the court say proudly 
they have not played a single game that is tougher than any of their 
practices, and their play proves that team trumps individual every 
time.
  It is said that some of these players were not five-star recruits, 
and that may be true, but I know them, and I can tell you they are 
five-star human beings. They come from places like Rockford, Illinois; 
Scott City, Kansas; Middletown, New York; and right in Wichita, Kansas. 
They come with no silver spoons. They are grinders; they are hard 
workers; they are scrappy; and they are fighters with big hearts.
  They reflect our town and the best of America, and we love them. 
Godspeed to them.
  Go Shocks.

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