The RoundHouse | 10/6/2022 3:56:00 PM

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Shocker assistant Butch Pierre joins the podcast to get fans ready for basketball season.

He discusses practices and why he thinks the Shockers will score more this season, and the talents of newcomer Jaykwon Walton. He reminisces about his exposure to Shocker basketball in 2006 and 2007 when he coached at LSU and his impression of the "unbelievable" atmosphere in Koch Arena. We also talk about playing in the SEC against Charles Barkley and Dominique Wilkins, a recruiting trip to Houston on a private plane and his love for fishing.

Wichita State's Tip-Off luncheon is Oct. 14 and Shocker Madness follows on Oct. 27.

Pierre joined Wichita State's basketball coaching staff in April after working at UTEP, part of a career that includes working at places such as Memphis, Oklahoma State, LSU and NC State. He was an assistant on the LSU staff that went to the Final Four in 2006. He recruited players such as Marcus Smart, Tyrus Thomas, Stromile Swift, Glen Davis and Brandon Bass. Pierre played at Mississippi State from 1980-84.