Wichita State Shockers men's basketball
| Wichita State Shockers men's basketball | |||||||||
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| University | Wichita State University | ||||||||
| Head coach | Paul Mills (2nd season) | ||||||||
| Conference | The American | ||||||||
| Location | Wichita, Kansas | ||||||||
| Arena | Charles Koch Arena (capacity: 10,506) | ||||||||
| Nickname | Shockers | ||||||||
| Colors | Black and yellow | ||||||||
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| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||||||||
| 1965, 2013 | |||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||
| 1985, 1987, 2014, 2017 | |||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||
| 1921, 1933, 1964, 1965, 1976, 1981, 1983, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 | |||||||||
The Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team is the NCAA Division I college basketball program representing Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.
The Shockers have made 16 appearances in the NCAA tournament, reaching the Final Four twice, the Elite Eight four times, and the Sweet Sixteen six times. The team plays its home games at Charles Koch Arena, where it averaged 10,391 fans per game in 2012, ranking 38th nationally.
The Shockers have made two Final Four appearances, losing both games. They made their first Final Four appearance in 1965 losing to UCLA 108–89. They made their second appearance in 2013, losing to Louisville 72–68.
In 2014, Wichita State defeated the Northern Iowa Panthers in the regular season finale for their 9th Missouri Valley conference regular season title, becoming two-time defending MVC champions. The Shockers completed a perfect, undefeated regular season and swept the conference post-season tournament en route to a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament where they lost to eventual national runner-up Kentucky in the round of 32.
The Shockers competed in the Missouri Valley Conference from 1949–50 to 2016–17 and have competed in the American Athletic Conference since the 2017–18 season.