Wichita State Shockers

When Mark Gelvin turns the corner in his F-150, he turns a few heads too. "Your first reaction is, wow that is cool," Mark said. He and his wife Karen first saw their pickup at a Wichita State baseball game in 2010, and Mark had to have it. "We...

They call him the original "Wu." Former Wichita state cheerleader Dave Johnson designed the first Wu Shock costume back in 1954, when the Shockers didn't have a mascot. These days the "Shocker" is becoming known around the world, which is what...

With tip-off just 20 hours away, a group of Wichita State students assembled for what's sure to be a memorable weekend. "Shockers in the Final Four!  How great is that?" Cody Gilstrap said as he prepared to board the bus. It's a free ride into the...

Wichita State has been counted so far out of tonight’s match up with Louisville, that it’s almost an insult to the teams the Shockers have beaten along the way. The Brand has changed--- Regardless what happens tonight, the view of Wichita...

ATLANTA -- This Final Four will be "lights out" on the scoreboard only if there's a second-half power outage at the Georgia Dome. (Hey, it already happened at one football stadium this year.) Saturday's two games in a vacuous, 75,000-seat venue have...

ATLANTA (AP) — Tip-off time is nearing. Time to see if Louisville can live up to the hype or one of those other guys can turn the Final Four into their party. The Cardinals are not only the favorites to win the national championship, they've...

I have a long-standing rule for myself about covering games:  I don't wear the color of the team I'm covering or the team that they're playing.  Usually that means I just end up wearing black a lot.  Today, I'm breaking that rule.  I'm wearing a neon...

Tip off is coming. CBS has already set the truck up. The new uniforms are sitting in the locker room already and we are only a little over an hour away from the Shockers first Final Four game since 1965. First Final Four game since 1965. Read that...

A sea of black and gold packed the Georgia World Congress Center Saturday afternoon before the Shockers tipped off agaisnt Louisville. As the only Kansas team left in the tournament, thousands of Wichita State fans came out of the woodwork to cheer on...

Atlanta, Los Angeles thinks your traffic is awful. Seriously. We talked to someone from Atlanta before we landed here and they said that the traffic is rough. We didn't believe them. I regret that mistake. To move a couple miles in your car takes an...

A funny thing happened on the way out of the ladies room today.  Yes, that's right, just as I was leaving the ladies' bathroom I nearly ran right smack into Bob Hull.  You know Bob, he does radio color commentary for Wichita State.  And he also happens to...

Keep doing what you're doing, that's the advice from two members of the only other Wichita State team to reach the Final Four.  Dave Stallworth and Bob Powers took a look back at their Final Four season. Even back then, crowds packed into the arena on...