2026–27 season
Wichita State
Shockers · American
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- +7.0
- No. 74 in Division I
- Head coach
- Paul Mills
- Since 2023–24
- Home
- Wichita, KS
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthElite three-point shootingThree-point %: 47.9%99th
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 21.7%98th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Wichita St beat and who ended the run.
Each banner lists the years that round was Wichita St's finish: titles all-time, the other rounds since 2002.
Appearances
9
Record
12–9
Sweet 16s
3
Final Fours
1
Titles
0
- 202111First FourLost to 11 Drake 53–52. Bracket
- 20184Round of 64Lost to 13 Marshall 81–75. Bracket
- 201710Round of 32Beat 7 Dayton. Lost to 2 Kentucky 65–62. Bracket
- 201611Round of 32Beat 11 Vanderbilt, 6 Arizona. Lost to 3 Miami (FL) 65–57. Bracket
- 20157Sweet 16Beat 10 Indiana, 2 Kansas. Lost to 3 Notre Dame 81–70. Bracket
- 20141Round of 32Beat 16 Cal Poly. Lost to 8 Kentucky 78–76. Bracket
- 20139Final FourBeat 8 Pitt, 1 Gonzaga, 13 la-salle, 2 Ohio St. Lost to 1 Louisville 72–68. Bracket
- 20125Round of 64Lost to 12 VCU 62–59. Bracket
- 20067Sweet 16Beat 10 Seton Hall, 2 Tennessee. Lost to 11 George Mason 63–55. Bracket
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- William Berg
- 21.5 ppg
- Tallest
- William Berg
- 7′2″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Henry Thengvall
- 5 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Kenyon GilesGuard · Chesapeake, VA | 5′10″ | 159 | 2 | 2 | 32.0 | 14.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 24.5 |
| 11Jahari LongGuard · Houston, TX | 6′5″ | 211 | 1 | 2 | 31.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 13.4 |
| 8Dillon BattieForward · Dallas, TX | 6′9″ | 215 | 2 | 1 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 20.6 |
| 1Bryce HeardGuard · Chicago, IL | 6′6″ | 201 | 1 | 2 | 29.5 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 11.4 |
| 5Jordan FrisonGuard · Memphis, TN | 6′0″ | 171 | 1 | 2 | 27.0 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 90.0 | 22.0 |
| 44William BergCenter · Stockholm, Sweden | 7′2″ | 263 | 2 | 2 | 24.5 | 21.5 | 13.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 78.6 | 30.5 |
| 9Michael Gray Jr.Guard · Fredericksburg, VA | 6′2″ | 211 | 2 | 2 | 17.5 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 54.5 | 83.3 | 21.4 |
| 20Emmanuel OkoraforCenter · Abia, Nigeria | 6′10″ | 235 | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 19.4 |
| 2Jaret ValenciaForward · Quibdó, Colombia | 6′9″ | 189 | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 17.1 |
| 24Cyr MalongaCenter · Pointe-Noire, Congo | 6′11″ | 253 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 17.2 |
| 12Joy IghovodjaGuard · Abeokuta, Nigeria | 6′4″ | 203 | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 21Henry ThengvallForward · Wichita, KS | 6′7″ | 203 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4TJ WilliamsGuard · Wichita, KS | 6′5″ | 221 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7Pierre CouisnardGuard · Houston, TX | 6′2″ | 168 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22Noah HillForward · Frisco, TX | 6′8″ | 239 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10Tyrus Rathan-MayesGuard · Toronto, ON | 6′6″ | 198 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 0Desmeon Jones · Dallas, TX | 5′11″ | 176 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
0–2
ATS as favorite
0–1
ATS as underdog
0–1
ATS neutral court
0–1
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4 | vsCSUCal State Northridge | W79–67 | -15.5 | 162.25 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 8 | NUSCUSC | L86–93 | +6.25 | 156 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 11 | vsfriends-university | W113–60 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 14 | vsaustin-peay | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | @LOYLoyola Chicago | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | vsNEWNew Mexico8 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | vsTEXTexas A&M-Corpus Christi | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 27 | @UKKentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 30 | vsSE Southeast Missouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | vsBOIBoise State7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 11 | NKANKansas State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 14 | vsCAMCameron | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | vsSC South Carolina State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 21 | vsJAXJacksonville State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 31 | vsNORNorth Texas | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 3 | @CHACharlotte | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 8 | vsUABUAB | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 14 | @MEMMemphis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 17 | vsEASEast Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | @NORNorth Texas | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @TULTulsa12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28 | vsMEMMemphis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 31 | vsUTSAUTSA | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 4 | @USFSouth Florida | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 7 | @FAUFlorida Atlantic | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 10 | vsTULTulane | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 14 | @RICERice | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 18 | vsUSFSouth Florida | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 21 | @TEMTemple | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 28 | vsCHACharlotte | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 3 | @TULTulane | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsTULTulsa12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |