No. 11 Wichita State ended the regular season on a sour note, losing at home to No. 8 Cincinnati on Sunday. It cost the Shockers a share of the American Athletic Conference title in their first year in the league.
The Shockers will look to bounce back from that loss when they make their AAC Tournament debut by taking on Temple in a quarterfinal matchup in Orlando, Fla.
The Owls (17-14) advanced to face Wichita State by holding off Tulane 82-77 in an opening-round game Thursday.
The Shockers took a couple of days off after suffering the 62-61 loss to Cincinnati when they shot 40.