Wichita State

Official Name: 
Wichita State University
Nickname: 
Shockers
Mailing Address: 

1845 Fairmount
Campus Box 18
Wichita, KS 67260-0018

Website: 
www.goshockers.com
Telephone: 
(316) 978-3221
Fax: 
(316) 978-3336
Enrollment: 
15,100
Arena: 

Charles Koch Arena
Capacity: 10,300
Year Opened: 2003

School Colors: 
Yellow and Black
Conference: 

Missouri Valley (since 1946)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(2) 1963 and 1964

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(8) 1964, 1965, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, and 2006
8-9 record (.471)
Reached Final Four in 1965 (4th)

NIT Appearances: 

(11) 1954, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1980, 1984, 1989, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010
3-11 record (.214)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1945 and 1946
0-2 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Ralph Miller (13 years from 1952-64, 220-133 record, .623)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Cleo Littleton (2,164 points from 1952-55)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Xavier McDaniel (1,359 from 1982-85)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Antoine Carr (47 points as senior vs. Southern Illinois on 3/5/83)

All-American Selections: 

(6) F Antoine Carr (1983), F Cleo Littleton (1955), F Xavier McDaniel (1985), F Dave Stallworth (1963, 1964 and 1965)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Dave Stallworth (1964), Xavier McDaniel (1985)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Dave Stallworth (1965)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Antoine Carr (47 vs. southern Illinois)
March 5, 1983 (senior/22.5 ppg)

1

2

Total

Wichita State

52

57

109

Southern Illinois

37

46

83

Wichita State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

McDaniel

6-9

4-7

16

Carr

21-36

4-6

47

Durisic

1-1

1-2

3

Gibbs

4-8

0-0

8

Sherrod

9-15

2-2

22

Jackson

1-3

0-0

2

Wilburn

0-1

1-2

1

Cundiff

3-3

0-0

6

Atwater

0-2

0-0

0

Pierce

0-0

0-0

0

Papke

1-1

2-5

4

Phillips

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

46-80

14-24

109

Percentages

.575

.583

Southern Illinois

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Walker

5-9

5-6

15

Jones

3-9

4-4

10

Morris

3-6

0-0

6

Copeland

1-4

4-4

6

Payne

2-8

0-0

4

Smith

6-12

5-8

18

Goins

0-0

0-0

0

Byrd

5-14

5-7

15

Nance

3-5

3-3

9

Weiss

0-0

0-0

0

Hunter

0-2

0-0

0

Totals

28-69

26-32

83

Percentages

.406

.813
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Willis S. Bates

4

1906-08, 1914

15-20

.429

1914

8-7

Roy K. Thomas

3

1910-12

12-24

.333

1911

7-6

E.V. Long

1

1913

1-11

.083

1913

1-11

Harry C. Buck

2

1915-16

14-15

.483

1916

10-5

Lamar Hoover

4

1917-18, 1922-23

30-32

.484

1922

12-4

H. Kenneth Cassidy

1

1920

8-8

.500

1920

8-8

Wilmer D. Elfrink

1

1921

16-2

.889

1921

16-2

Sam H. Hill

2

1924-25

19-21

.475

1925

9-9

Leonard J. Umnus

3

1926-28

47-14

.770

1927

19-2

Gene Johnson

5

1929-33

74-24

.755

1933

14-2

Lindsay Austin

1

1935

7-13

.350

1935

7-13

Bill H. Hennigh

6

1936-41

59-68

.472

1940

10-8

Jack Starrett

1

1942

4-16

.200

1942

4-16

Melvin Binford

5

1943, 1945-48

60-52

.536

1945

14-6

Kenneth Gunning

3

1949-51

26-49

.347

1949

10-16

Ralph Miller

13

1952-64

220-133

.623

1954

27-4

Gary Thompson

7

1965-71

93-94

.497

1965

21-9

Harry Miller

7

1972-78

97-90

.519

1976, 1977

18-10

Gene Smithson

8

1979-86

155-81

.657

1983

25-3

Eddie Fogler

3

1987-89

61-32

.656

1987, 1988

.667

Mike Cohen

3

1990-92

32-56

.364

1991

14-17

Scott Thompson

4

1993-96

40-70

.364

1995

13-14

Randy Smithson

4

1997-2000

55-62

.470

1997

14-13

Mark Turgeon

7

2001-07

128-90

.587

2006

26-9

Gregg Marshall

4

2008-11

82-55

.599

2011

29-8
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,360-1,145 (.543) from 1906 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Fairmount College, the predecessor to the University of Wichita State, did not have a formal coach in 1909 (4-6 record) and 1919 (1-7)
  • Wichita State State did not field a formal team in 1934 (suspended by North Central Association) and 1944 (World War II).