Marshall Snuffs Out Any Hope You Still Had for Your Bracket

Your bracket is officially busted.

Jarrod West #13 of the Marshall Thundering Herd celebrates.
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SAN DIEGO, CA - MARCH 16: Jarrod West #13 of the Marshall Thundering Herd celebrates the victory with his teammates over The Wichita State Shockers in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament held at Viejas Arena on March 16, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Jarrod West #13 of the Marshall Thundering Herd celebrates.

Two No. 13 seeds have knocked off No. 4s as, after Buffalo stunned Arizona Thursday night, Marshall came from behind to topple the heavily favored Wichita State Shockers Friday afternoon.

The Shockers, led by coach Gregg Marshall and smooth-shooting two guard Landry Shamet, went 25-8 and looked strong in American Athletic Conference play.

Wichita State led at halftime and for much of the second half, but the Thundering Herd (25-10) stormed back and iced the game with clutch defensive stops in the final minute. Wichita State hit only eight of its 29 three-point attempts, turned the ball over 15 times, and committed 18 fouls. 

Jon Elmore hit four threes and scored 27 points to lead Marshall. With the few upsets that have already occurred in the first two days of the NCAA Tournament, many have found their brackets are already pretty busted.

THEY. ARE. MARSHALL. pic.twitter.com/NvPw8Civio

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 16, 2018

A shocker in San Diego!

In its first tourney game in 31 years, Marshall takes down 4th-seeded Wichita State. pic.twitter.com/UqZJz2nQxE

— ESPN (@espn) March 16, 2018

Y’ALL SLEPT ON MARSHALL. Y’ALL SLEPT ON IT!!!!!!!! YOUR BRACKETS ARE WRECKED!!!!!

— old gregg (@onesixfourfive1) March 16, 2018

Marshall coach Dan D'Antoni, Mike's brother, on his team's huge upset of #4 seed Wichita State: "Tell my brother we'd beat his team." Well, I'd give them a better chance than Dallas. pic.twitter.com/jnZJJPc3Zq

— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) March 16, 2018

MARSHALL WINS!!! FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT WIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY!!!!!! 81-75 over Wichita State!!! #HerdNation #MarchMadness #SurviveAndAdvance

— Downtown Huntingtonâ„¢ (@DowntownHWV) March 16, 2018

The Thundering Herd waited 31 years to make it back to the big dance, and from the looks of it Marshall means BUSINESS. pic.twitter.com/4UB3py9qod

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 16, 2018

After Marshall's upset, only 22 perfect brackets remain in @YahooFantasy's Tourney Pick'em. pic.twitter.com/DLPdYJ2mcc

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 16, 2018

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