Wichita State freshman Erik Stevenson receives a technical foul during the game on Jan. 19, 2019 against Cincinnati at Charles Koch Arena. (Photo by Joseph Barringhaus/The Sunflower).
Wichita State was coming off of their first conference win of the season. Nothing was going their way early in the year, and that showed when they lost their first four conference games and were sitting at 7-8 overall. But they took down Central Florida, the preseason American Athletic Conference favorite, hoping it could be the turning point of the season.
But then Cincinnati happened.
The Bearcats were picked to finish second in the AAC.