Top Moments in School History

[12eagle]

Where does today's announcement rank as far as top moment in school history? For me my top 5 would be
1. Today
2. Hiring Jim Schaus: Without him there is no Mark turgeon or Gregg Marshall and maybe no Koch arena
3. Going to the final four
4. Keeping and paying Gregg Marshall
5. Winning national title in baseball
Thoughts? I could be showing my age here as some top moments get lost to history

[Shoxthemonkey]

I go back to the first F4. That is on my list

[Shoxthemonkey]

Hiring Schaus, while a great hire, is only momentous with a little hindsight. The other things you list brought the euphoria as soon as they happened.

[im4wsu]

Opening the Roundhouse in 1955-56.

[ShockerPrez]

Me graduating.

[Wuchalk]

Battle of New Orleans, 1981.

[Wuchalk]

Not basketball, but the National Championship for baseball. And we were so close to winning more than one.

[ixdeezxi]

Winning the NIT has to be on there somewhere as well. Kind of kicked off the last few years of greatness.

[Wuchalk]

My favorite: Beating KU in Omaha by 13.

[ShockerPrez]

Ohio St game eeks out the NC in baseball, but just barely.

[1972Shocker]

These two probably do not qualify because it involves one of our women's teams, Volleyball, and not one of our primary sports of Men's Basketball or Baseball. Although Volleyball may now have moved past baseball in the pecking order at Wichita State thanks to the magic of Chris and Shannon Lamb and the recent decline of the baseball program.

Becoming the 1st Shocker team in school history to finish a regular season undefeated finishing 29-0 in 2008 with a sweep of Missouri State in Springfield. I felt honored to be one of about 50 or so Shocker fans in attendance for that match.

Upsetting Arkansas 3-2 and KU 3-1 in Allen Fieldhouse in 2012 to qualify for the program's 1st and, so far, only Sweet 16 appearance. Doesn't get much better than beating the Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse.

[1972Shocker]

The Press Conference that is going to start in about 30 minutes.

[Wuchalk]

The day we were accepted into the State system, due to the tireless persistence and dedication of Dr. Harry Corbin, and many others. What Dr. Bardo has accomplished would probably not have been possible without this first step.

[1972Shocker]

The day we were accepted into the State system, due to the tireless persistence and dedication of Dr. Harry Corbin, and many others. What Dr. Bardo has accomplished would probably not have been possible without this first step.

That was in 1964. We have come a long, long way since the opening of Wichita Ladies College in 1886.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_State_University

[HockeyShock]

You know, after the years ... and years ... and years of being treated like a second-class citizen in your own state; after years of getting simultaneously envied and vilified by our own conference; after years of having national media pundits run us down every March; after years of the selection committee abusing us, almost grudgingly putting us in the field; this ... THIS is one of those days I want to remember. This is one of those rare days when you hear about what your value is, from people who previously had no reason to kiss our butts.