2018–19 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team

2018–19 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball
NIT, Semifinals
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record22–15 (10–8 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCharles Koch Arena
2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Houston 16 2   .889 33 4   .892
No. 22 Cincinnati 14 4   .778 28 7   .800
Temple 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
UCF 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
Memphis 11 7   .611 22 14   .611
Wichita State 10 8   .556 22 15   .595
Tulsa 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
South Florida 8 10   .444 24 14   .632
UConn 6 12   .333 16 17   .485
SMU 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
East Carolina 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
Tulane 0 18   .000 4 27   .129
2019 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas and were led by 12th-year head coach Gregg Marshall as members of the American Athletic Conference. Samajae Haynes-Jones and Dexter Dennis have, in total, three notable buzzer-beaters at SMU, UConn and Tulane. This season was the first time not making the NCAA field of 68 since the 2010–11 season. They finished the season 22–15 overall, 10–8 in AAC play to finish in sixth place. As a No. 6 seed in the AAC tournament, they advanced to the semifinals, where they were defeated by Cincinnati.

With a 19–14 record, they were awarded an at-large bid to the NIT tournament. As a No. 6 seed, they were winners of the Indiana bracket when they defeated No. 3 seed Furman in the first round, No. 2 seed Clemson in the second round, and No. 1 seed Indiana in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal matchup at Madison Square Garden, they were defeated by the winners of the UNC Greensboro bracket, Lipscomb, 71–64.