The 2018–19 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented

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in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at

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and were led by 12th-year head coach Gregg Marshall as members of the

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. 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

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. With a 19–14 record, they were awarded an at-large bid to the NIT tournament. 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

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in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal matchup at

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, they were defeated by the winners of the UNC Greensboro bracket, Lipscomb, 71–64.

Previous season

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

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in the quarterfinals before losing to

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in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the seventh straight season. As the No. 4 seed in the East region, they were upset in the first round by

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Offseason

Departures

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

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under Richard Pitino. Donnie Jones left after one season to join the

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staff under Anthony Grant, who had been his colleague from 1996 to 2006 as part of

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's staff at

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2018 recruiting class

Incoming transfers

Roster

*Dec. 17th, 2018 - Chance Moore elected to transfer to

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after the fall semester.

Schedule and results

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References

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