Wichita State Shockers women's basketball

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Wichita State Shockers women's basketball
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University Wichita State University
Head coach Terry Nooner (2nd season)
Conference The American
Location Wichita, Kansas
Arena Charles Koch Arena
(capacity: 10,506)
Nickname Shockers
ColorsBlack and yellow [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Alternate
NCAA tournament appearances
2013, 2014, 2015
Conference tournament champions
2013, 2014, 2015
Conference regular season champions
2013, 2014, 2015

The Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team is the NCAA Division I college basketball program representing Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference, after 43 seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference. [2]

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History

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A Shockers women's basketball game in 2024

Wichita State began play in 1905. They have played in Division I since 1974. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, they have an all-time record of 556–631. They have made the NCAA Tournament in the three years they've won the Missouri Valley Conference title, in 2013, 2014, and 2015. They have made the WNIT four times 1999, 2000, 2011, 2012), and the WBI once (2010). Jody Adams had coached the team since 2008 (with the team winning a school record 29 games in 2014, though they finished with 8 wins the next season) until her departure was announced on January 22, 2017. [3] Adams was replaced by Kansas native, Keitha Adams of University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). [4]

NCAA tournament results

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2013 No. 14First RoundNo. 3 Texas A&ML 45–71
2014 No. 14First RoundNo. 3 Penn StateL 56–62
2015 No. 13First RoundNo. 4 CaliforniaL 66–78

References

  1. Wichita State Athletics Brand Guide 2019 (PDF). August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  2. "American Athletic Conference votes unanimously to add Wichita State". ESPN.com. 7 April 2017.
  3. "Jody Adams-Birch out at Wichita State, replaced by Linda Hargrove for rest of season".
  4. "Wichita State will hire UTEP's Keitha Adams as women's basketball coach". The Wichita Eagle . Retrieved 2017-03-30.