The 2019–20 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas and were led by head coach Gregg Marshall, who coached in his 13th and final season at the school. They are members of the American Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Shockers finished the 2018–19 season 22–15, 10–8 in AAC play and finished in sixth place. In the first round of the AAC tournament the Shockers would go on to win against the 11 seeded East Carolina, would beat Temple in the quarterfinals, but would lose in the semifinals to the eventual champions of the AAC, Cincinnati.
Wichita State would receive a six seed in the NIT and would beat Furman in the first round, beat Clemson in the second round, and beat Indiana, but would lose to Lipscomb in the semifinals.
Offseason
Departures Name NumberPos.Height Weight YearHometownReason 1 F 218 Paterson, New Jersey Graduated 3 G 189 Pinellas Park, Florida Transferred to Illinois State 4 G 180 Wichita, Kansas Graduated 5 F 215 Cordova, Tennessee Transferred to Pearl River CC 11 G 165 Melbourne, Florida Transferred to Newman 23 F 220 Mesa, Arizona Dismissed from team, transferred to Western Nebraska CC
2019 recruiting class
Incoming transfers NameNum.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious schoolTrey Wade5F6'6"219Junior Marietta, GA Junior college transferred from South Plains CC.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| American Conference tournament
Source 1.Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
Awards and honors American Athletic Conference honors All-AAC Second Team Jaime Echenique
Player of the Week Week 6: Erik Stevenson Week 9: Erik Stevenson
Rookie of the Week Week 5: Tyson Etienne Week 8: Grant Sherfield
Source
References