It was just after 5 p.m. on Sunday that Wichita State found out what seed they would be chosen as, where they would be traveling, and who their first opponent would be. When CBS Selection Show host Greg Gumbel announced that Wichita State would be the 5th seed in the South Bracket, the crowd at Koch Arena burst into cheers. They would be traveling to Portland and face the 12th seeded VCU Rams. Wichita State faces off in what many [...]

This year The MVC and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation has teamed up to raise $100,000 for the VFW. The gist of the fundraiser is that you can make a pledge to give money per free throw made in The MVC for the year. Over the past two years, The MVC has averaged 2,558 free throws made. You can pledge to donate a penny, nickle, dime, quarter, or fifty cent piece per free throw. To find out more information [...]

With a 68-55 win last night on the road against Illinois State, this Shocker team clinched the regular season MVC title, and is one step closer to going down in the history books, as one of the best teams to grace The Roundhouse. The scary thing about this team is that I don’t think they’ve peaked yet. I truly believe that we haven’t seen the best basketball that this team can play. The closest to perfection this team has played [...]

To say that Wichita State is on a roll is almost an understatement. Ever since the triple overtime loss to Drake, Wichita State is on a six game win-streak, with two wins over Missouri State, a win over Indiana State, UNI, Creighton and Davidson. Out of those six big wins, three were on the road, MSU, Creighton, and Davidson which add more W’s to the already impressive road record the Shockers have. If you haven’t heard, Wichita State has the [...]

On Saturday evening, Wichita State prepared to play #15th ranked Creighton, in Omaha, in front of the largest crowd ever to watch a game at the Centurylink Center. Not only did Wichita State come out of Omaha with a win, but put a beating on Creighton that hasn’t been seen since 1995. With WSU’s commanding win over UNI earlier in the week, I had mentioned that it was the best the Shockers had looked all year. Well they continued to [...]

Big games await The Shockers this week. UNI comes to town today, and a road game at Creighton this Saturday could decide who wins the regular season MVC title. With Creighton’s eight point loss to Evansville yesterday, there is a feeling that Wichita State is now in the driver’s seat of their destiny for a regular season title. Ever since Creighton beat WSU at home, it has felt like a constant uphill battle to get back to first place, let [...]

At this point in the season, Wichita State has a very respectable record of 15-3 and 6-1 in Valley play. The Shockers have an RPI of 32, based on Warren Nolan’s RPI website (all rpi data further referenced in the article is from Warren Nolan). Out of the three losses on the year, all three come from teams with an RPI of 25 or higher.  Alabama’s RPI is 22, Temple’s is 25, and Creighton’s is 20. There hasn’t been a [...]

I found the video that Wichita State plays before every game. The one where Marshall is getting everyone hyped up. The creators of the video have disallowed embedding, so you’ll have to go to their Vimeo page to view it, but it’s all good. Here is the link: http://vimeo.com/34677810 Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it

There is nothing better for a Shocker fan to celebrate the New Year than with a game against Creighton in Koch Arena on New Year’s Eve. There is nothing more heart breaking to a Shocker fan than losing at home to Creighton, no matter what time of year it is. The Roundhouse was rocking on New Year’s Eve, and it showed in the first half, with Wichita State taking an electrifying eight point lead to go into half time. From [...]

On the road again. The Shockers started Valley play on the road this year, going to Peoria to play Bradley yesterday evening. Going into the game I felt strongly that Wichita State would pull out a win, but at the same time, a bit nervous not knowing what to expect from Bradley. Recently the Braves had played #19 Michigan closely, and if Bradley played a perfect game against WSU, we could have walked away with a loss. However, the absolute [...]