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The Kentucky Wildcats’ 65-62 win over the Wichita State Shockers on Sunday was marred by an ugly incident at the end of the game, w Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall’s wife, Lynn, was escorted from her seat by Bankers Life Fieldhouse security in Indianapolis.
Two reporters sitting on press row in front of Lynn Marshall speculated that she was drunk and one of them, Kentucky Sports Radio’s Drew Franklin, tweeted video of Marshall leading cheers that he says NCAA officials told him to take down.
The Associated Press reported Lynn Marshall spent 10 minutes in the stands after Wichita State’s defeat, initially consoling fellow Shocker fans but then yelling about calls made during the game.
Should Lynn Marshall have been removed sooner? According to accounts, security members said they felt they “Had to be delicate” with Marshall because she was the coach’s wife.
Franklin’s video – which was fairly innocuous! – had already been disseminated by the time the NCAA made him delete it.
That said, the NCAA disputes Franklin’s series of events, saying no one asked him to delete the video – at least, no one acting under directions from the NCAA. “We do have a policy that no one can shoot video from inside the bowl once we get to within 30 minutes of the first game of a session,” NCAA spokesman David Worlock told Philly.com’s Rob Tornoe.
Franklin said his encounter was with two NCAA officials, while Tornoe writes that a source said it could have been an Indiana Pacers employee acting without permission.
Nobody comes out of this looking good Lynn Marshall doesn’t come away from this looking good.