Wichita State University
Public university in Wichita
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| 2024 | Became a single-sport member of Conference USA for bowling. |
| 2023 | Wichita State and Kansas scheduled a regular season game for the 2023-24 season, their first such game since 1993. |
| March 22 2023 | Wichita State hired Paul Mills as the new head basketball coach. |
| March 11 2023 | Wichita State fired Isaac Brown after two seasons with a 32–28 record and no postseason tournament invitations. |
| 2021 | In his first year, Isaac Brown took the Shockers to the NCAA Tournament but lost to Drake in the First Four. |
| 2021 | Isaac Brown was named full-time head coach during the season. |
| 2020 | Craig Porter Jr. joins the Wichita State Shockers, playing until 2023, and was later undrafted into the Cleveland Cavaliers. |
| 2020 | Isaac Brown was named interim head coach for the 2020–21 season. |
| 2020 | The university hired a St. Louis-based law firm to conduct an independent investigation into allegations of player abuse. |
| 2020 | Isaac Brown takes over as head coach, succeeding Gregg Marshall and coaching until 2023. |
| 2020 | Gregg Marshall resigned before the 2020–21 season, with Wichita State buying out his contract for $7.75 million over six years. |
| February 2020 | Tulsa breaks Wichita State's 5-game winning streak with a dramatic buzzer-beating 3-point victory in Tulsa. |
| 2019 | Wichita State Shockers participated in the NIT, winning games against Furman, Clemson, and Indiana before losing to Lipscomb in the semifinals. |
| 2019 | Eight Wichita State Shockers basketball players entered the NCAA transfer portal, with seven eventually leaving the program, following allegations of physical and verbal abuse by head coach Gregg Marshall. |
| 2017 | Concluded participation in the Missouri Valley Conference after the 2016-17 season. |
| 2017 | Wichita State Shockers defeated No. 7 Dayton (64-58) but lost to No. 2 Kentucky (62-65) in the second round. |
| 2017 | Wichita State Shockers men's golf team wins the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, continuing their strong historical performance. |
| 2017 | Wichita State transitioned to the American Athletic Conference (The American). |
| 2016 | Wichita State Shockers won in the First Four against No. 11 Vanderbilt (70-50) and defeated No. 6 Arizona (65-55), but lost to No. 3 Miami (FL) (57-65). |
| 2016 | Fred VanVleet completes his collegiate basketball career with the Wichita State Shockers, setting the team's top career assists record with 637 assists. |
| 2016 | By the 2016-17 season, Wichita State established a dominant position in the rivalry, leading the series 39-30 after achieving a 15-game winning streak against Missouri State. |
| 2015 | Wichita State defeated Kansas 78-65 in the NCAA tournament, their last meeting prior to their 2023-24 season regular season game. |
| 2015 | Fred VanVleet recorded 55 steals during the 2015–16 season. |
| 2015 | Landry Shamet begins playing for the Wichita State Shockers, continuing until 2018, and was later drafted by the Phoenix Suns. |
| 2015 | Ron Baker records 64 three-pointers during the 2015–16 season. |
| 2015 | Women's basketball team qualified for the NCAA tournament and set a record with 29 wins in the season. |
| 2015 | Men's basketball team reached the 'sweet sixteen' in the NCAA tournament. |
| January 29 2015 | The baseball program was placed on one-year probation and had victories vacated for providing extra benefits to athletes, including a 50-percent discount on non-baseball apparel from the team's manufacturer, affecting 21 players over two years. |
| 2014 | Wichita State defeated Northern Iowa Panthers in the regular season finale, winning their 9th Missouri Valley Conference regular season title and becoming two-time defending MVC champions. |
| 2014 | Fred VanVleet recorded 66 steals in the 2014–15 season, ranking fourth in the program's single-season steals record. |
| 2014 | Cleanthony Early is drafted by the New York Knicks after playing for Wichita State from 2012 to 2014. |
| 2014 | Fred VanVleet achieved 193 assists in the 2013-14 season. |
| 2014 | Ron Baker sets second-highest three-point field goal record with 80 three-pointers in the 2014–15 season. |
| 2014 | Women's basketball team qualified for the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. |
| March 2014 | Wichita State becomes the first Division I team to finish the regular season 31-0, wins the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, and advances to a 35-0 record before losing to Kentucky in the NCAA tournament. |
| March 2014 | Advanced to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament, continuing the team's recent success. |
| February 25 2014 | The Shockers become the 11th Division I team to start a season 30-0, and the first to do so solely in the regular season. |
| 2013 | Fred VanVleet recorded 193 assists, achieving the second-highest season assists record. |
| 2013 | Ron Baker records 68 three-pointers during the 2013–14 season. |
| 2013 | Fred VanVleet recorded 69 steals in the 2013–14 season, ranking second in the program's single-season steals record. |
| 2013 | Cleanthony Early makes 151 free throws in the 2013-14 season, ranking sixth in the team's individual free throw records. |
| 2013 | Wichita State Shockers made their second Final Four appearance, losing to Louisville 68-72 in the semifinal game. |
| 2013 | Kadeem Coleby recorded 44 blocked shots during the 2013–14 season. |
| 2013 | Men's basketball team reached the Final Four for the second time in program history. |
| 2013 | Women's basketball team qualified for their first NCAA tournament in team history after winning the Missouri Valley Conference tournament title. |
| April 2013 | Reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, marking a significant milestone in the program's history. |
| February 2013 | Kansas state senator Michael O'Donnell introduced a bill requiring Kansas and Kansas State to schedule Wichita State, but the bill did not pass. |
| January 2013 | ESPN's Jason King ranked Koch Arena as the 7th best home court advantage in college basketball. |
| January 9 2013 | Cleanthony Early scored a career-high 39 points against Southern Illinois, marking a significant individual performance for the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team. |
| 2012 | Ehimen Orupke and Carl Hall both recorded 56 blocked shots during the 2012–13 season. |
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