Wichita State’s success has always translated more favorably in Ken Pomeroy’s college basketball rankings than in national polls.
The Shockers have finished as a top-30 team in his ratings for eight straight seasons, but they’ll have some work to keep that streak going after the 2018-19 season.
Pomeroy released his preseason rankings over the weekend with WSU coming in at No. 72. According to the KenPom projection model, which is based on cumulative probabilities of winning, WSU is slated for an 18-12 overall record and fifth-place finish in the American Athletic Conference with an 11-7 record.
But in KenPom’s game-by-game probabilities, WSU is favored in 21 of its 30 games and 13 of its 18 conference games.