The American Athletic Conference voted unanimously on Friday morning to add the Wichita State Shockers to the league for the 2017-18 season, ESPN’s Brett McMurphy reported.
The Shockers announced that they’ve accepted the AAC’s invitation and will leave the Missouri Valley Conference.
Here we go! #WichitaState will join the American Athletic Conference! #watchus @American_Conf pic.twitter.com/yRxQ2B2GdW
The Shockers have had a consistent basketball program, making the NCAA men’s tournament for the last six years. Most notably, in 2013, they made it to the Final Four, where they dropped to Louisville 72-68.