2024–25 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team
2024–25 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball | |
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Conference | American Athletic Conference |
Record | 9–3 (0–0 AAC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Kenton Paulino |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Charles Koch Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Memphis | 0 | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 AAC tournament winner As of December 21, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2024–25 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represents Wichita State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Shockers, led by second year head coach Paul Mills, play their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas as members of the American Athletic Conference.
Previous season
[edit]The Shockers finished the season 15–19 and 5–13 in conference play. They finished in a five-way tie for 10th place in the AAC. With tie-breakers they got the 12th seed in the AAC tournament. In the first round, the Shockers would play the 13th seed Rice 88–81. In the second round, the Shockers would play the fifth seed Tigers team and would upset them, 71–65. The Shockers reached the quarter-finals and would play against UAB, but would lose 60–72 ending their season.
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason |
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Colby Rogers | 4 | G | 6'4" | 190 | RS-Junior | Covington, GA | Transferred to Memphis[1] |
Isaac Abidde | 5 | F | 6'8" | 208 | RS-Sophomore | Albany, GA | Transferred to Cleveland State[2] |
Dalen Ridgnal | 10 | F | 6'6" | 209 | Graduate Student | Kansas City, MO | Graduated |
Kenny Pohto | 11 | F | 6'10" | 243 | Junior | Stockholm, Sweden | Transferred to UC Santa Barbara[3] |
Trevor McBride | 14 | G | 6'0" | 150 | RS-Freshman | Basehor, KS | Entered Transfer Portal |
Jacob Germany | 24 | F | 6'10" | 226 | Senior | Kingston, OK | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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AJ McGinnis | 0 | G | 6'3" | 178 | Fifth-Year Senior | Huntsville, AL | Lipscomb[4] |
Zane Meeks | 5 | F | 6'9" | 231 | Graduate Student | Prairie Village, KS | Arizona State[5] |
Corey Washington | 6 | F | 6'5" | 188 | Junior | Sherwood, AR | Saint Peter's[6] |
Justin Hill | 11 | G | 5'11" | 191 | Fifth-Year Senior | Houston, TX | Georgia[7] |
Matej Bosnjak | 17 | C | 6'9" | 240 | Senior | Zagreb, Croatia | Signed from KK Cibona[8] |
2024 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Zion Pipkin G |
Houston, TX | Legacy School of Sport Sciences | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Oct 6, 2024 | |
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 79 | ||||||
TJ Williams G |
Wichita, KS | Wichita Heights High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||
Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78 | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 27, 2024* 6:30 p.m. |
Emporia State | W 99–53 | – |
15 – Washington | 8 – Tied | 3 – Cortes | Charles Koch Arena (5,940) Wichita, KS | ||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., CBSSN |
at Western Kentucky | W 91–84 | 1–0 |
31 – Hill | 8 – Hill | 6 – Hill | E. A. Diddle Arena (4,547) Bowling Green, KY | ||||
November 9, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Montana State | W 89–69 | 2–0 |
17 – Hill | 6 – Tied | 5 – Hill | Charles Koch Arena (6,179) Wichita, KS | ||||
November 14, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Northern Iowa | W 79–73 | 3–0 |
19 – Washington | 7 – DeGray III | 4 – Hill | Charles Koch Arena (5,927) Wichita, KS | ||||
November 18, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Monmouth | W 70–66 | 4–0 |
20 – Washington | 8 – Washington | 5 – Hill | Charles Koch Arena (5,582) Wichita, KS | ||||
November 22, 2024* 9:30 p.m., Peacock |
vs. Saint Louis Hall of Fame Classic |
W 88–63 | 5–0 |
17 – Hill | 8 – Washington | 4 – Hill | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | ||||
November 28, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2 |
vs. Minnesota ESPN Events Invitational semifinals |
W 68–66 OT | 6–0 |
16 – Beverly | 7 – Tied | 3 – Cortes | State Farm Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||
November 29, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN |
vs. No. 18 Florida ESPN Events Invitational championship |
L 51–88 | 6–1 |
11 – Bosnjak | 4 – Tied | 2 – Tied | State Farm Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||
December 4, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Alcorn State | W 78–54 | 7–1 |
14 – Tied | 14 – Ballard | 8 – Beverly | Charles Koch Arena (5,642) Wichita, KS | ||||
December 7, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
East Tennessee State | W 96–87 | 8–1 |
20 – Hill | 13 – Washington | 8 – Cortes | Charles Koch Arena (5,602) Wichita, KS | ||||
December 14, 2024* 12:00 p.m., FS1 |
at DePaul | L 72–91 | 8–2 |
14 – Tied | 8 – Washington | 7 – Cortes | Wintrust Arena (3,861) Chicago, IL | ||||
December 17, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Kansas City | L 64–74 | 8–3 |
21 – Bell | 11 – Ballard | 3 – Beverly | Charles Koch Arena (5,722) Wichita, KS | ||||
December 21, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Kansas State | W 84–65 | 9–3 |
24 – Bell | 10 – Tied | 5 – Cortes | Charles Koch Arena (8,253) Wichita, KS | ||||
December 29, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Friends | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
AAC regular season | |||||||||||
January 3, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Temple | Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||
January 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
South Florida | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UTSA | Convocation Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
January 14, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Charlotte | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
East Carolina | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Memphis | FedExForum Memphis, TN | |||||||||
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Tulsa Rivalry |
Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK | |||||||||
January 29, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
North Texas | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
February 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU |
at Charlotte | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC | |||||||||
January 9, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at South Florida | Yuengling Center Tampa, FL | |||||||||
February 16, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU |
Memphis | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
February 20, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Florida Atlantic | Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena Boca Raton, FL | |||||||||
February 23, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Tulane | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
February 27, 2025 TBA, ESPN2/ESPNU |
UAB | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
March 3, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at North Texas | The Super Pit Denton, TX | |||||||||
March 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Rice | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX | |||||||||
March 9, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Tulsa Rivalry |
Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | |||||||||
AAC tournament | |||||||||||
March 12–16, 2025 TBD |
vs. | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Source[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tigers Sign Sharpshooter Colby Rogers". gotigersgo.com. June 6, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Cleveland State Men's Basketball Signs Isaac Abidde to Letter of Intent". csuvikings.com. April 24, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ Eldridge, Taylor (May 3, 2024). "Wichita State's Kenny Pohto finds new basketball home out west through transfer portal". kansas.com. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "AJ McGinnis Signs with Wichita State". goshockers.com. April 24, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Shockers Snag Kansas Native Zane Meeks". goshockers.com. June 12, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Shockers Add Transfer Forward Corey Washington". goshockers.com. May 15, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Shockers Ink Georgia Transfer Justin Hill". goshockers.com. May 1, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Shockers Complete Roster with Croatian Big Man". goshockers.com. June 20, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". goshockers.com. Retrieved October 18, 2024.