2015–16 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 2015–16 Wichita State Shockers Wichita State Shockers alternate logo.svg 250 150 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 26–9 16–2 Gregg Marshall 9th Greg Heiar Isaac Brown Kyle Lindsted Charles Koch Arena (10,506) MVC regular season champions NCAA tournament Second Round The 2015–16 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games Charles Koch Arena and were led by ninth-year head coach Gregg Marshall. They were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 16–2 in Missouri Valley play to win the MVC regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the MVC tournament to Northern Iowa. The Shockers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an 11 seed. They defeated Vanderbilt in the First Four and Arizona in the first round before losing to Miami (FL) in the second round. Previous season The Shockers finished the 2014–15 season 30–5, 17–1 in MVC play to win the regular season Missouri Valley championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley tournament where they lost to Illinois State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Indiana in the second round and Kansas in the Third Round before losing in the Sweet Sixteen to Notre Dame. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason Darius Carter 1 12 F 6'7" 245 Senior Akron, OH Graduated Tekele Cotton 32 G 6'3" 205 Senior Marietta, GA Graduated Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Notes Anton Grady 1 15 F 80 6'8" 225 4.5 Senior (redshirt) Cleveland, OH Cleveland State Graduate transferhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12846419/anton-grady-cleveland-state-vikings-graduate-transfers-wichita-state-shockers Wichita State lands Cleveland State graduate transfer Anton Grady Jeff Goodman ESPN.com May 8, 2015 May 9, 2015 Class of 2015 recruits no no 2015 Markis McDuffie SF Jersey City, NJ St. Anthony High School 6 8 170 10/26/2014 3 3 81 Landry Shamet SG Kansas City, MO Park Hill High School 6 4 180 09/03/2014 3 4 77 Tyrone Taylor SG Grandview, MO Hargrave Military Academy 6 3 170 09/28/2014 0 3 69 Eric Hamilton PF Duluth, GA Sunrise Christian Academy 6 8 200 11/20/2013 0 3 NR 2015 2015 Wichita State Basketball Commits 2015 Wichita State Basketball Commits 2015 Wichita State Basketball Commits wichitastate 469 2724 Not Ranked Top 20 Not Ranked Top 25 Not Ranked Top 25 August 3, 2015 yes Roster 2015 Wichita State Shockers m #000000 #FFcc00 #FFcc00 #000000 yes Rashard Kelly 0 F 6 7 235 so Fredericksburg, Virginia y Zach Brown 1 F 6 6 213 so Houston, Texas Evan Wessel 3 G 6 4 218 sr Wichita, Kansas Zach Bush 5 F 6 6 200 jr y W Wichita, Kansas Tyrone Taylor 10 G 6 2 155 fr Grandview, Missouri Landry Shamet y 11 G 6 4 180 fr Kansas City, Missouri Brett Barney 12 F 6 9 215 fr W Wichita, Kansas John Robert Simon 14 G 5 10 171 jr W Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Anton Grady 15 F 6 8 230 sr y Cleveland, Ohio Rauno Nurger 20 C 6 10 242 so Keila, Estonia y Tom Wamukota 21 C 6 11 224 sr Bungoma, Kenya Peyton Allen 22 G 6 4 208 so Chatham, Illinois Fred VanVleet y 23 G 6 0 195 sr Rockford, Illinois Shaquille Morris y 24 F 6 7 261 so y Edmond, Oklahoma Eric Hamilton 25 F 6 9 225 fr Duluth, Georgia Ron Baker basketball y 31 G 6 4 220 sr y Scott City, Kansas Markis McDuffie y 32 F 6 8 185 fr Jersey City, New Jersey Conner Frankamp y 33 G 6 1 175 so y Wichita, Kansas Gregg Marshall (Randolph–Macon) Greg Heiar (Franciscan) Isaac Brown (ULM) Kyle Lindsted (Central Christian (KS))http://ksn.com/2015/06/29/marshall-adds-kyle-lindsted-to-mens-basketball-staff/ Marshall adds Kyle Lindsted to men’s basketball staff | KSN-TV Ksn.com 2015-06-29 2015-08-25 http://www.goshockers.com/roster.aspx?path=m_bkb Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Wichita State Shockers 1; color:#Wichita State Shockers 3;"| Exhibition |- November 07, 2015 2:00pm yes 10 Hawaii Pacific Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Cox Kansas Grady 13 Wamukota 7 Baker 4 91–57 10,506 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#000; color:#FFC318;"| Regular season November 13, 2015 7:00pm yes 10 Charleston Southern Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Cox Kansas Baker 15 Hamilton 7 Tied 3 88–63 10,506 1–0 November 17, 2015 7:00pm yes yes 9 Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK Cox Kansas Baker 23 Grady 9 Wessel 4 67–77 5,670 1–1 November 21, 2015 2:00pm yes 9 Emporia State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Cox Kansas Baker 23 Wamukota 7 Baker 4 76–54 10,506 2–1 November 26, 2015 1:30pm yes yes 20 USC HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL AdvoCare Invitational first round ESPN2 Baker 25 Tied 7 Baker 5 69–72 4,629 2–2 November 27, 2015 11:00am yes yes 20 Alabama HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL AdvoCare Invitational Consolation 2nd round ESPN3 Baker 15 Tied 7 Taylor II 6 60–64 4,170 2–3 November 29, 2015 10:00am yes yes 20 Iowa HP Field House Lake Buena Vista, FL AdvoCare Invitational 7th place game ESPN3 Hamilton 14 Hamilton 5 Baker 4 61–84 1,631 2–4 December 05, 2015 8:00pm yes yes Saint Louis Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO ESPNU Tied 14 Baker 6 VanVleet 7 63–58 8,459 3–4 December 09, 2015 8:00pm yes UNLV Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS MW–MVC Challenge ESPN2 VanVleet 17 Tied 6 VanVleet 4 56–50 10,506 4–4 December 12, 2015 2:30pm yes Utah 25 Intrust Bank Arena Wichita, KS ESPN2 Brown 14 Tied 4 VanVleet 6 67–50 15,004 5–4 December 19, 2015 11:00am yes yes Seton Hall Prudential Center Newark, NJ FOX VanVleet 9 Grady 6 Baker 7 76–80 OT 7,596 5–5 December 22, 2015 7:00pm yes Nevada Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Cox Kansas Baker 17 Grady 7 VanVleet 6 98–69 10,506 6–5 December 31, 2015 1:00pm Drake Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS ESPNU Baker 14 Morris 6 VanVleet 6 67–47 10,506 7–5 1–0 January 3, 2016 1:00pm yes Bradley Carver Arena Peoria, IL Cox Kansas McDuffie 14 MCDuffie 6 VanVleet 6 85–58 6,597 8–5 2–0 January 6, 2016 7:00pm Evansville Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Cox Kansas Grady 17 Grady 7 VanVleet 9 67–64 10,506 9–5 3–0 January 9, 2016 3:00pm yes Southern Illinois SIU Arena Carbondale, IL CBSSN Baker 18 VanVleet 12 VanVleet 6 83–58 8,284 10–5 4–0 January 13, 2016 8:00pm yes Missouri State JQH Arena Springfield, MO Cox Kansas McDuffie 16 McDuffie 9 VanVleet 8 78–62 7,684 11–5 5–0 January 17, 2016 3:00pm Indiana State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS ESPN3 VanVleet 29 Tied 7 VanVleet 5 82–62 10,506 12–5 6–0 January 20, 2016 7:00pm yes Northern Iowa McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA Cox Kansas Baker 21 Baker 7 VanVleet 7 74–55 5,425 13–5 7–0 January 23, 2016 2:00pm Bradley Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Cox Kansas VanVleet 13 Tied 4 VanVleet 4 88–54 10,506 14–5 8–0 January 27, 2016 8:00pm 22 Loyola–Chicago Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS CBSSN Morris 12 Baker 7 VanVleet 8 80–54 10,506 15–5 9–0 January 31, 2016 3:00pm yes 22 Evansville Ford Center Evansville, IN ESPNU VanVleet 32 Grady 8 VanVleet 3 78–65 10,034 16–5 10–0 February 3, 2016 8:00pm 21 Southern Illinois Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Cox Kansas Morris 13 Baker 8 VanVleet 11 76–55 10,506 17–5 11–0 February 6, 2016 9:00pm yes 21 Illinois State Redbird Arena Normal, IL ESPN2 Tied 10 Grady 6 VanVleet 7 53–58 8,284 17–6 11–1 February 9, 2016 7:00pm yes 25 Drake Knapp Center Des Moines, IA Cox Kansas Tied 11 Kelly 8 Tied 5 74–48 3,317 18–6 12–1 February 13, 2016 11:00am 25 Northern Iowa Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS ESPN2 Tied 12 Baker 7 Baker 6 50–53 10,506 18–7 12–2 February 15, 2016 7:00pm yes New Mexico State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS Postponed from December 28, 2015 Cox Kansas Baker 13 Wessel 6 VanVleet 7 71–41 10,506 19–7 February 18, 2016 6:00pm Missouri State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS CBSSN Brown 16 Morris 8 Baker 5 99–68 10,656 20–7 13–2 February 21, 2016 3:00pm yes Indiana State Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN ESPNU Baker 14 Wessel 7 VanVleet 8 84–54 10,200 21–7 14–2 February 24, 2016 8:00pm yes Loyola–Chicago Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL Cox Kansas Baker 19 VanVleet 7 VanVleet 7 76–64 2,709 22–7 15–2 February 27, 2016 1:00pm Illinois State Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS ESPN3 Grady 16 Wessel 8 VanVleet 9 74–58 10,506 23–7 16–2 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Wichita State Shockers 1;"| Missouri Valley tournament |- March 4, 2016 12:05 pm yes 1 Loyola–Chicago 8 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Quarterfinals ESPN3 Baker 25 Grady 6 Baker 4 66–58 10,560 24–7 March 5, 2016 2:35 pm yes 1 Northern Iowa 4 Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO Semifinals CBSSN Grady 14 Baker 9 VanVleet 5 52–57 OT 14,299 24–8 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#Wichita State Shockers 1;"| NCAA tournament |- March 15, 2016 8:10 pm yes yes 11 S Vanderbilt 11 S UD Arena Dayton, OH First Four truTV Tied 14 Baker 9 VanVleet 7 70–50 11,728 25–8 |- March 17, 2016 7:20 pm yes yes 11 S Arizona 6 S 17 Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI First Round TNT VanVleet 16 Morris 7 Baker 6 65–55 11,559 26–8 March 19, 2016 12:10 pm yes yes 11 S Miami (FL) 3 S 10 Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI Second Round CBS Tied 12 Morris 6 VanVleet 6 57–65 11,679 26–9 |- AP Poll Central Time S South Rankings 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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