| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 2018–19 |
| Team: | Wichita State Shockers |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | AAC |
| Record: | 22–15 |
| Conf Record: | 10–8 |
| Head Coach: | Gregg Marshall |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach1: | Isaac Brown |
| Asst Coach2: | Tyson Waterman |
| Asst Coach3: | Lou Gudino |
| Stadium: | Charles Koch Arena |
| Bowl: | NIT |
| Bowl Result: | Semifinals |
The 2018–19 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas and were led by 12th-year head coach Gregg Marshall as members of the American Athletic Conference. Samajae Haynes-Jones and Dexter Dennis have, in total, three notable buzzer-beaters at SMU, UConn and Tulane. This season was the first time not making the NCAA field of 68 since the 2010–11 season. They finished the season 22–15 overall, 10–8 in AAC play to finish in sixth place. As a No. 6 seed in the AAC tournament, they advanced to the semifinals, where they were defeated by Cincinnati.
With a 19–14 record, they were awarded an at-large bid to the NIT tournament.[1] As a No. 6 seed, they were winners of the Indiana bracket when they defeated No. 3 seed Furman in the first round, No. 2 seed Clemson in the second round, and No. 1 seed Indiana in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal matchup at Madison Square Garden, they were defeated by the winners of the UNC Greensboro bracket, Lipscomb, 64–71.
The Shockers finished the 2017–18 season 25–8, 14–4 in AAC play to finish a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the AAC tournament, they defeated Temple in the quarterfinals[2] before losing to Houston in the semifinals.[3] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the seventh straight season.[4] [5] As the No. 4 seed in the East region, they were upset in the first round by Marshall.[6] [7]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | F | 227 | Fredericksburg, VA | Graduated | ||||
| 1 | F | 216 | Graduated | |||||
| 3 | G | 194 | Baltimore, MD | Walk-on; transferred to North Carolina Central | ||||
| 10 | G | 168 | McKinney, TX | Transferred to Oral Roberts | ||||
| 11 | G | 180 | Declared for 2018 NBA draft[8] | |||||
| 12 | G | 175 | Newark, AR | Transferred to Oklahoma[9] | ||||
| 20 | C | 231 | Keila, Estonia | Graduated | ||||
| 21 | F | 225 | Madison, WI | Graduated | ||||
| 24 | C | 280 | Edmond, OK | Graduated | ||||
| 25 | F | 210 | Wichita, KS | Transferred to Omaha | ||||
| 33 | G | 172 | Wichita, KS | Graduated |
In addition to the departing players, two of the three assistants in the 2017–18 season left during the offseason. Kyle Lindsted left after three seasons on the Shockers' staff to take the same position at Minnesota under Richard Pitino.[10] Donnie Jones left after one season to join the Dayton staff under Anthony Grant, who had been his colleague from 1996 to 2006 as part of Billy Donovan's staff at Florida.[11]
| Name | Num. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Allen | 23 | G/F | 6'5 | 225 | Sophomore | Mesa, AZ | Transferred from West Virginia. Under NCAA transfer rules, Allen will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.[12] [13] |
| Eli Farrakhan | 11 | G | 5'11 | 165 | Junior | Melbourne, FL | Transferred from Central Georgia Tech. Farrakhan will have two years of immediate eligibility. |
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