the other teams around you in some years there may only be five or six teams with a legitimate case to be a no 1 seed now its nine or 10 thats unusualthose include no 7 kansas 185 entering monday which plays the toughest schedule in the country and tops the ratings performance index a formula the ncaa selection committee uses to seed the tournamentone loss probably would drop the shockers to a no 2 seed lunardi said which still provides a smoother path to a regional finalits a distinction without a difference he saidother than st josephs only five other teams managed unbeaten regular seasons in the last 38 years indiana and rutgers in 1976 indiana state and alcorn state in 1979 and nevada lasvegas in 1991 only indiana won the national championship indiana state advanced to the final and rutgers and unlv reached the national semifinalsin 2004 xavier stunned st josephs 8767 in the atlantic 10 tournament but the hawks drew a no 1 east region seed because of a strong schedule advancing to the regional final before losing to oklahoma state marshall says he believes the shockers have done enough to merit a top seedif its my opinion i dont think we have to go undefeated but if thats the case so be it he said maybe we end up with a no 2 seed thats still pretty good ill let you know when they call me on selection sunday to ask me where they want my team because ive got nothing to do with itmarshall no longer wears his trademark yellowframe eyeglasses because his wife lynn tired of them his team is a little different too still physical but better offensively the 6foot8 senior forward cleanthony early of middletown ny remains a force inside and outside 163 points and 63 rebounds a game and the sophomore guards ron baker and fred vanvleet combine for 246 points and 83 assists a gametheyre very confident marshall said i always tell them you dont have to play the perfect game you just have to play well that will take care of a lot of problems theyre a confident group that thinks if they play well they can beat anybody in the countrybut everybody marshall said he was not looking past southern illinois on tuesday night two other remaining opponents evansville and missouri state led the shockers by double digits in the first half of their earlier gamesthe only time we talk about it is with you guys when you ask the question vanvleet said it may be a clich or whatever but we focus on the next game we dont really worry about that too much as much success as we had last year were just focused on our conference take care of each game and try to win the conference championship at this point