Wichita State opens the men's basketball season on Tuesday as the reigning American Athletic Conference champion.
The Shockers won their 12th conference title as an NCAA Division I team in March – 11 in the Missouri Valley Conference and one in the American. History tells us titles come in clusters for the Shockers. They won consecutive titles in the MVC four times and two in three years in the early 1980s.
To tip off the season, here is a look at each of Wichita State's conference titles.
Today: The Stallworth era
Monday: Cheese, Super Cal and MTXE
Tuesday: Roundhouse Renassiance
The Stallworth era
The Shockers took their big step onto the national stage in the early 1960s by moving toward the top of the MVC, then one of the nation's top basketball conferences.