For the first time in a decade, the Wichita State men’s basketball team is 0-3 to start conference play and tied for last place in the American Athletic Conference.
The winless start hasn’t fooled the conference’s coaches, who have seen the Shockers push three of the upper-tier teams in Memphis, Temple and Houston to the brink.
As lone conference unbeaten Central Florida (13-2, 3-0) prepares to make the trip to Wichita for a 9 p.m. tip against WSU (7-8, 0-3) on Wednesday, coach Johnny Dawkins is adamant with his team to ignore WSU’s record.
“They’re very deceiving because they are a team that has talent and they have (Markis) McDuffie, who is one of the best players in the nation, and they have a great coach (Gregg Marshall),” Dawkins said.