They played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas and are led by 11th-year head coach Gregg Marshall.

The only two seniors on the prior season's roster, Zach Bush and John Robert Simon, were walk-ons.

[12] Shamet was expected to be ready for the team's season opener on November 10,[13] and that proved true, as he scored 17 points in only 17 minutes of action in the Shockers' 109–57 blowout of UMKC and, according to the Associated Press, "looked completely recovered".

[14] Shortly before practices began on September 29, it was announced that Markis McDuffie would be sidelined with a stress fracture in his left foot.

[15] It was expected that he would miss a majority of the non-conference schedule, but would return some time in late December.

[18][19] At the conference's annual media day, the Shockers were narrowly picked to finish second in the AAC, receiving five of the 12 first place votes.