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April 7, 2017 / 1:56 PM

American Athletic Conference (AAC) adds MVC's Wichita State Shockers for 2017-18 season

Witicha State head basketball coach Gregg Marshall points to a member of his bench during the first half against Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on March 5, 2017. File photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Witicha State head basketball coach Gregg Marshall points to a member of his bench during the first half against Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on March 5, 2017. File photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo

The American Athletic Conference voted unanimously on Friday to add Wichita State to the league starting with the 2017-18 season.

Wichita State announced it accepted the AAC's invitation and will leave the Missouri Valley Conference. The Shockers have been members of the MVC since 1945.

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Wichita State will join the AAC in all its sports -- the school does not have a football program -- giving the AAC both a 12-team football and basketball league. The AAC has 11 all-sports members (Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa and UCF) and Navy is a football-only member.

The Shockers were targeted for the AAC because of their basketball success. Wichita State has been to the NCAA Tournament six consecutive years, winning at least one game in the past five tournaments and reaching the 2013 Final Four.

Wichita State returns most of its key players from a team that went 31-5 this past season. The Shockers lost to Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last month.

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