The 2016–17 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. They played their home games at the

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and were led by 10th-year head coach

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. They were members of the

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. They finished the season 31–5, 17–1 to finish in a tie for first place in MVC play. In the MVC tournament, they beat

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, and

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to win the tournament championship. As a result, they earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 10 seed in the South region, they defeated

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in the first round before losing to No. 2-seeded

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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 the

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effective July 1, 2017.

Previous season

The Shockers finished the 2015–16 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 the MVC tournament to

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. The Shockers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed. They defeated Vanderbilt in the First Four and

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in the first round before losing to

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in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Class of 2016 recruits

Preseason

The Shockers were picked, for the fourth consecutive year, to win the Missouri Valley Conference by an MVC preseason poll.

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, the 2016 MVC Freshman of the Year, was selected to the conference's preseason All-MVC team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

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