| 2016–17Wichita State Shockers men's basketball | |
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MVC regular season co-champions MVC tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second Round | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 21 |
| AP | No. 19 |
| Record | 31–5 (17–1 MVC) |
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| Home arena | Charles Koch Arena |
Seasons | |
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| Illinois State | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19Wichita State† | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Chicago | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2016–17 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team representedWichita State University in the2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at theCharles Koch Arena inWichita, Kansas and were led by 10th-year head coachGregg Marshall. They were members of theMissouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 31–5, 17–1 to finish in a tie for first place inMVC play. In theMVC tournament, they beatBradley,Missouri State, andIllinois State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to theNCAA tournament. As the No. 10 seed in the South region, they defeatedDayton in the first round before losing to No. 2-seededKentucky in the second round.
This was the Shockers' final season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, as the school announced on April 7, 2017 that it would be joining theAmerican Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2017.[1]
TheShockers finished the2015–16 season with a record 26–9, 16–2 in Missouri Valley play to win the MVC regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of theMVC tournament toNorthern Iowa. The Shockers received an at-large bid to theNCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed. They defeatedVanderbilt in the First Four andArizona in the first round before losing toMiami (FL) in the second round.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason left |
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| Evan Wessel | 3 | G | 6'3" | 218 | Senior | Wichita, KS | Graduated |
| Anton Grady | 15 | F | 6'8" | 230 | Graduate | Cleveland, OH | Completed athletic eligibility; graduated fromCleveland State in 2015 |
| Tom Wamukota | 21 | C | 6'11" | 224 | Senior | Bungoma, Kenya | Graduated |
| Fred VanVleet | 23 | G | 6'0" | 195 | Senior | Rockford, IL | Graduated |
| Ron Baker | 31 | G | 6'4" | 220 | RS Senior | Scott City, KS | Graduated |
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Darrlyn Willis PF | Poplarville, MS | Pearl River C.C. | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | Nov 13, 2015 | |
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| C. J. Keyser G | Wolfeboro, NH | Brewster Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Nov 23, 2015 | |
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| Daishon Smith G | Tallahassee, FL | Tallahassee C.C. | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Nov 23, 2015 | |
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| Austin Reaves PG | Newark, AR | Cedar Ridge High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Jan 20, 2016 | |
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The Shockers were picked, for the fourth consecutive year, to win the Missouri Valley Conference by an MVC preseason poll.[2]Markis McDuffie, the 2016 MVC Freshman of the Year, was selected to the conference's preseason All-MVC team.[2]
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Nov 5, 2016* 2:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Augusta | W 73–67 | 24 – Morris | 7 – Tied | 7 – Shamet | Charles Koch Arena (10,105) Wichita, KS | |||||
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| Nov 11, 2016* 8:30 pm, Cox Kansas | South Carolina State | W 85–39 | 1–0 | 14 – Nurger | 9 – Kelly | 4 – Tied | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Nov 13, 2016* 7:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Long Beach State Battle 4 Atlantis opening round | W 92–55 | 2–0 | 15 – Frankamp | 6 – Smith | 6 – Smith | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Nov 16, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Tulsa | W 80–53 | 3–0 | 18 – McDuffie | 7 – McDuffie | 4 – McDuffie | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Nov 20, 2016* 2:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 116–79 | 4–0 | 16 – Tied | 4 – Tied | 5 – Frankamp | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Nov 23, 2016* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | vs. LSU Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals | W 82–47 | 5–0 | 16 – Shamet | 6 – Kelly | 7 – Frankamp | Imperial Arena (1,604) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
| Nov 24, 2016* 1:30 pm, ESPN | vs. No. 10 Louisville Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals | L 52–62 | 5–1 | 10 – Tied | 5 – Nurger | 3 – Shamet | Imperial Arena (1,604) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
| Nov 25, 2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | vs. No. 24 Michigan State Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game | L 72–77 | 5–2 | 16 – Willis Jr. | 6 – Willis Jr. | 3 – Shamet | Imperial Arena (1,569) Nassau, Bahamas | ||||
| Nov 29, 2016* 7:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Southern Nazarene | W 87–57 | 6–2 | 15 – Morris | 9 – Willis Jr. | 5 – Smith | Charles Koch Arena (10,436) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Dec 3, 2016* 4:00 pm, CBSSN | at Colorado State MW–MVC Challenge | W 82–67 | 7–2 | 16 – Brown | 6 – Morris | 4 – Smith | Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO | ||||
| Dec 6, 2016 7:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Saint Louis | W 75–45 | 8–2 | 15 – Kelly | 8 – Kelly | 5 – Shamet | Charles Koch Arena (10,157) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Dec 10, 2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | vs. Oklahoma All-College Classic | W 76–73 | 9–2 | 17 – Brown | 8 – McDuffie | 6 – Smith | Chesapeake Energy Arena (11,157) Oklahoma City, OK | ||||
| Dec 17, 2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | Oklahoma State | L 76–93 | 9–3 | 24 – Willis Jr. | 13 – Willis | 3 – Tied | Intrust Bank Arena (15,004) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Dec 22, 2016* 7:00 pm, Cox Kansas | South Dakota State | W 89–67 | 10–3 | 21 – Shamet | 9 – Willis Jr. | 6 – Brown | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
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| Dec 28, 2016 6:00 pm, Cox Kansas | at Indiana State | W 80–72 | 11–3 (1–0) | 25 – Willis Jr. | 10 – Willis Jr. | 4 – Shamet | Hulman Center (4,550) Terre Haute, IN | ||||
| Jan 1, 2017 1:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Bradley | W 100–66 | 12–3 (2–0) | 15 – Tied | 6 – Kelly | 6 – Shamet | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Jan 4, 2017 7:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Drake | W 90–65 | 13–3 (3–0) | 13 – Tied | 11 – McDuffie | 5 – Shamet | Charles Koch Arena (10,383) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Jan 8, 2017 3:30 pm, ESPNU | at Northern Iowa | W 80–66 | 14–3 (4–0) | 17 – Shamet | 5 – McDuffie | 3 – Tied | McLeod Center (5,547) Cedar Falls, IA | ||||
| Jan 11, 2017 6:00 pm, Cox Kansas | Loyola–Chicago | W 87–75 | 15–3 (5–0) | 26 – McDuffie | 6 – Nurger | 3 – Tied | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Jan 14, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Illinois State | L 62–76 | 15–4 (5–1) | 14 – Tied | 9 – Willis Jr | 6 – Shamet | Redbird Arena (9,078) Bloomington, IL | ||||
| Jan 17, 2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN | at Evansville | W 82–65 | 16–4 (6–1) | 17 – Morris | 10 – Morris | 5 – Shamet | Ford Center (4,019) Evansville, IN | ||||
| Jan 21, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Indiana State | W 84–58 | 17–4 (7–1) | 24 – Morris | 8 – Morris | 4 – Morris | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Jan 24, 2017 6:00 pm, CBSSN | Southern Illinois | W 87–45 | 18–4 (8–1) | 20 – McDuffie | 9 – McDuffie | 4 – Tied | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Jan 29, 2017 3:00 pm, ESPNU | at Bradley | W 64–49 | 19–4 (9–1) | 19 – Shamet | 14 – McDuffie | 6 – Shamet | Carver Arena (6,001) Peoria, IL | ||||
| Feb 1, 2017 6:00 pm, Cox Kansas | at Drake | W 77–69 | 20–4 (10–1) | 17 – Shamet | 14 – McDuffie | 8 – McDuffie | Knapp Center (3,024) Des Moines, IA | ||||
| Feb 4, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | Illinois State | W 86–45 | 21–4 (11–1) | 18 – Frankamp | 11 – Morris | 5 – Brown | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Feb 9, 2017 8:00 pm, CBSSN | Missouri State | W 80–62 | 22–4 (12–1) | 13 – Morris | 4 – 3 tied | 5 – McDuffie | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Feb 12, 2017 3:00 pm, ESPNU | at Loyola–Chicago | W 81–64 | 23–4 (13–1) | 16 – Frankamp, Shamet | 9 – Morris | 7 – Shamet | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (4,156) Chicago, IL | ||||
| Feb 15, 2017 6:00 PM, Cox Kansas | at Southern Illinois | W 87–68 | 24–4 (14–1) | 14 – Frankamp | 9 – McDuffie | 6 – Shamet | SIU Arena (4,447) Carbondale, IL | ||||
| Feb 18, 2017 11:00 am, ESPN2 | Northern Iowa | W 73–44 | 25–4 (15–1) | 14 – Shamet, Willis | 11 – Willis | 5 – Frankamp | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | ||||
| Feb 21, 2017 7:00 pm, Cox Kansas | No. 25 | Evansville | W 109–83 | 26–4 (16–1) | 18 – Morris | 6 – Kelly | 6 – Kelly | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | |||
| Feb 25, 2017 11:00 am, ESPN2 | No. 25 | at Missouri State | W 86–67 | 27–4 (17–1) | 23 – Shamet | 8 – Shamet | 5 – Tied | JQH Arena (6,823) Springfield, MO | |||
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| Mar 3, 2017 6:05 pm, ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC | (2)No. 21 | vs. (7) Bradley Quarterfinals | W 82–56 | 28–4 | 14 – Kelly | 10 – McDuffie | 3 – Tied | Scottrade Center (9,124) St. Louis, MO | |||
| Mar 4, 2017 5:00 pm, CBSSN | (2)No. 21 | vs. (6) Missouri State Semifinals | W 78–63 | 29–4 | 21 – Morris | 7 – Tied | 4 – Shamet | Scottrade Center (12,124) St. Louis, MO | |||
| Mar 5, 2017 1:00 pm, CBS | (2)No. 21 | vs. (1) Illinois State Championship | W 71–51 | 30–4 | 19 – Frankamp | 10 – Morris | 2 – Kelly | Scottrade Center (11,744) St. Louis, MO | |||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 17, 2017* 6:10 pm, CBS | (10 S)No. 19 | vs. (7 S) Dayton First Round | W 64–58 | 31–4 | 13 – Shamet | 11 – Kelly | 3 – Tied | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,269) Indianapolis, IN | |||
| Mar 19, 2017* 1:40 pm, CBS | (10 S)No. 19 | vs. (2 S) No. 5 Kentucky Second Round | L 62–65 | 31–5 | 20 – Shamet | 8 – Tied | 3 – McDuffie | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,293) Indianapolis, IN | |||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South Region. All times are inCentral Time. | |||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 20 | 19 | Not released |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 22 | 19 | |
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings