There are many ways to explain the connection between Wichita State basketball fans and their Shockers. The best might be a father and a daughter waiting outside Koch Arena in July to watch former Shockers.
The dad went to Wichita State in the 1980's and knew some of the stars of that era – Cheese Johnson and Antoine Carr, among them. His daughter and her friends grew up watching recent Shockers such as Markis McDuffie and Conner Frankamp.
For almost 70 years, fans flocked to Koch Arena in the cold of January and February to watch the Shockers.