Article: Marshall's Role Is Supporting Factor

Some of you with particularly keen eyesight may have noticed that the wristbands Danny Manning wears are numbered differently than his jersey. Across Manning's chest is a 25; around his wrists, a 23. The 23 is actually Archie Marshall's number. Marshall is the senior forward whose collegiate career ended for all practical purposes in Madison Square Garden Dec. 30 when he blew out his left knee in the final of the Holiday Festival against St. John's. So severe was Marshall's injury that he needed to be carried off the floor. In Kansas' next game, to honor his friend and teammate, Manning took the court with 23 on his wrists. "Because Archie couldn't be out there physically," Manning ...

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