2016 – 17 Wichita State Shockers men 's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . They played their home games at the Charles Koch Arena in Wichita , Kansas and were led by 10th-year head coach Gregg Marshall . They were members of the Missouri Valley Conference . They finished the season 31 – 5 , 17 – 1 to finish in a tie for first place in MVC play . In the MVC Tournament , they beat Bradley , Missouri State , and Illinois State to win the tournament championship . As a result , they earned the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament . As the No. 10 seed in the South region , they defeated Dayton in the First Round before losing to No. 2-seeded Kentucky in the Second Round . This was the Shockers ' final season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference as the school announced on April 7 , 2017 that it would be joining the American Athletic Conference effective July 1 , 2017
MVC Tournament
2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team