Wichita State Shockers men's basketball
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| University | Wichita State University | |||
| Conference | Missouri Valley | |||
| Location | Wichita, KS | |||
| Head coach | Gregg Marshall (10th year) | |||
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Charles Koch Arena (Capacity: 10,506) |
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| Nickname | Shockers | |||
| Colors | Black and Sunflower Yellow |
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1965, 2013 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1964, 1965, 1981, 2013 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1964, 1965, 1981, 2006, 2013, 2015 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | ||||
| 1964, 1965, 1981, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1964, 1965, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 1985, 1987, 2014 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1964, 1965, 1976, 1981, 1983, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | ||||
The Wichita State Shockers basketball team is the NCAA Division I college basketball program representing Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. The team is a long-time member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Shockers have made 13 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Final Four twice, the Elite 8 four times, and the Sweet 16 six times. The team plays its home games at Charles Koch Arena (10,506), where it averaged 10,391 fans per game in 2012, ranking 38th nationally.
In 2013 Wichita State reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, winning the West Regional with victories over the #1 team in the nation, Gonzaga, the #7 team in the country, Ohio State, the #20 team in the country, Pittsburgh, and La Salle, before losing to the tournament's top overall seed, Louisville. The prior year, Wichita State competed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, where it lost to the #12-seeded Virginia Commonwealth Rams.
In 2015 Wichita state defeated the UNI Panthers in the regular season finale for their 9th Missouri Valley conference regular season title, becoming two-time defending MVC champions.
Wichita State, then known as Fairmount College, first took the court in 1906 under head coach Willis Bates. During this time, the sports teams were known as the "Wheatshockers". The first official game was held in the basement of Fairmount Hall. Fairmount lost to Washburn University by a score of 37–10. During this inaugural season, the Wheatshockers only won two games.
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