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The American Conference has announced its 18-game men's basketball league opponent matrix for the upcoming 2025-26 season. 

Each team has been assigned six home-and-home series, plus three home-only and three road-only opponents. Wichita State will have home-and-home series against Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Memphis, South Florida and Tulsa, while also hosting North Texas, Rice and Temple in Charles Koch Arena.

🏀 : FULL RUNDOWN

The American Conference announced the home-away pairings for the 2025-26 women's basketball season. The conference schedule again features 18 games with each team playing six home-and-home series as well as three home-only and three road-only opponents.

American Conference play begins Tuesday, December 30, 2025, and will run through the weekend of March 7, 2026. The complete 2025-26 schedule, including dates and times TBA.

⛹🏽‍♀️ : FULL RUNDOWN

What else are we mixing into today’s edition of the Shocker Brew? Find out below!

🎾 Volleyball earns Team Academic Award
🏀 The TBT quarterfinal is SUNDAY!
🌾 And much, much more!

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And in other HUGE hoops news! 📰 🏀 👇🏼

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 A Bump in Status For the 13th consecutive year, the Wichita State volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. Wichita State completed a strong academic year in 2024-25 with a 3.69 team GPA.

The AVCA award was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honoring volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or a 4.1 on a 5.0 scale.

🗣 "It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom," says AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon.

And check out this rapid rewind of the Shockers volleyball team’s Content Day… 👇🏼

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🌾 SHOCKER TRIVIA

The History of Dance. In which year did the Shockers men's basketball team first make the NCAA Final Four?

Think you know the answer? Scroll to the bottom to find out!

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*All times CST

Sunday, July 27
🏀 AfterShocks vs. Heatfire or JHX Hoops - Final Eight @ 8 p.m. CT FS1

Thursday, July 31-Sunday, Aug. 3
👟 Track & Field @ USATF Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon

Friday, Aug. 29
🏐 Volleyball vs. Kennesaw State - Season Opener @ 7 p.m.

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🤓 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 1965!

The Wichita State MBB team's first appearance in the NCAA Final Four was in 1965, where the Shockers, guided by Coach Ralph Miller, lost to the eventual champion, UCLA, 108-89. They also reached the Final Four in 2013.

🌾 Have a fabulous weekend, Shocker Nation!