With less than a month before the beginning of the 2024-25 basketball season, American Athletic Conference coaches have selected this year’s conference favorites. The coaches’ preseason polls for men’s and women’s basketball were released on Friday afternoon.
Wichita State men’s basketball was predicted to finish fourth out of 13 teams, its best preseason placing since 2019. Last season, men’s basketball was predicted to finish in eighth place and ended the season in a five-way tie for 10th place after a 5-13 conference record.
Women’s basketball was predicted to finish second-to-last in the AAC, or 12th out of 13 teams.