There would be no repeat this February at Koch Arena.
It was just one year ago when the Wichita State men’s basketball team captured one of its most significant victories, taking down Houston at the Roundhouse for a win that catapulted the Shockers to their first American Athletic Conference championship and the NCAA Tournament — and essentially sealed the full-time job for coach Isaac Brown.
And for a while on Sunday afternoon, it appeared like the Shockers would conjure up the same magic to pull off another upset. But the No. 14-ranked Cougars had other plans.