Only Houston has won more American Athletic Conference games than Wichita State in the final 11 games of the regular season entering this week’s AAC Tournament in Memphis.
After a 1-6 start, the Shockers won nine of their final 11 games to vault up to sixth in the standings. WSU’s 10-8 record and No. 6 seed in the conference tournament are both the best achieved by an AAC team that started 1-6 in conference play in its six-year existence.
Outside of the NCAA Tournament teams (Houston, Cincinnati, Central Florida, Temple), WSU poses an outside threat to steal the automatic bid when the conference tournament starts Thursday.