Wichita State University NCAA News

A couple of Omaha guys took special delight Wednesday in helping Wichita State hasten Creighton's departure from the Missouri Valley.

The Shockers are one of 10 teams in the 16-team field coming off an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Hold the conspiracy theory. It only looks that way. However, the result, after losing three games to Illinois State by a total of four runs, seems to help SIU.

Relievers Aaron LaBrie and Albert Minnis received honorable mention All-MVC. Peterson, a junior from Savage, Minn., joined catcher-third baseman Tyler Baker on the All-MVC team.

On one end of the spectrum, you have a school like New Mexico that lost its coach to UCLA a mere days after he signed a 10-year contract, while on the other end a school like Kentucky spent the spring months finalizing the commitments from approximately 300 5-star recruits.

Wichita State needed one like this. In fact, it could use two more feel-good games to prepare for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Inside speed and strength coach Rick Scarpulla's sprawling gym, Ultimate Advantage Training Center, Early and Jean reminisced about life and basketball on Thursday morning.

Wichita State's men's basketball team will play guarantee games against Western Kentucky and Oral Roberts, two programs that it wouldn't seem odd for the Shockers play home and home.

A four-run seventh inning fueled Oklahoma State's first win in Wichita in four years as the 16th-ranked Cowboys knocked off Wichita State by a 7-2 margin Tuesday night at Eck Stadium.

ST. LOUIS Saint Louis University head women's basketball coach Lisa Stone has announced the hiring of Kristy Guffey as an assistant coach.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few returned from a family vacation to Hawaii and Monday morning thought about how it would be time to begin planning for his trip with USA Basketball to the FIBA U19 World Championships.

Illinois State capitalized on 12 walks issued by Evansville pitchers, as the Redbirds beat the Purple Aces 17-3 in a seven-inning, complete-game effort by ISU right-hander Dan Savas on Saturday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field.

Wichita State coach Gene Stephenson summed up the game as quickly as possible and headed to the locker room to try to figure out a way to salvage something from this series.

After giving up two runs in the fourth on two walks and two hit batters, the Jays roared back with four runs in the top of the fifth.

The Bluejay baseball team took advantage of two costly Wichita State errors to plate six runs, claiming the series opener from the Shockers 6-5. After giving up two runs in the fourth on two walks and two hit batters, the Jays roared back with four runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead for good.

That's usually when she plays her best, she says. She's just eager to get back on the court after some time off.

On Friday, May 10, the No. 31 Drake men's tennis team will travel to Los Angeles, Calif., to take on the No.

Last week, I talked with local business leaders to get their takes on what business lessons could be gleaned from the Wichita State University men's basketball team and its run to the Final Four in March.

The Shockers started Sunday's doubleheader with an outlandish 11-9 win over Missouri State, scoring three runs in the ninth to recover from blowing an eight-run lead.

WSU pitcher Garrett Brummett pitches against Oral Roberts in the 5th inning at Eck Stadium Wednesday.