Jon Rothstein of FanRag Sports reported Thursday morning that rumors of Wichita State heading to the American Athletic Conference have recently sparked. Rothstein says that a potential move to the AAC was discussed in recent league meetings.
Wichita State University, a current Missouri Valley Conference member, has enjoyed tremendous success on the hardwood in recent years, but it is WSU’s football program (or lack thereof) that has conference presidents hesitant to welcome the Shockers to their leagues. Wichita shut down its football program back in 1986, just months after the first 64-team installment of what we now know today as "March Madness.