This generation knows so little about the terrors of SIU Arena. For that perspective, it takes experiences that flash back to the roots of Wichita State’s glory days, when the Shockers tried, and usually failed, to supplant Southern Illinois atop the Missouri Valley Conference.
“You had screaming students on both ends and screaming parents behind you,” said former Shocker Rob Kampman, who played from 2001-05 and lost four times at SIU Arena. “I remember our locker room was close to the football locker room and it stunk.”
Former Shocker Paul Miller played on the 2006 MVC title team that lost at SIU Arena.