WICHITA, Kan. -- No. 10/12 Wichita State hosts Division II Hawaii Pacific in an exhibition contest. Tip time it scheduled for just after 2 p.m. CT on Saturday at Charles Koch Arena, Home of Devlin Court. The game will not count toward either team's regular season record.
 
COVERAGE:

Telecast---
On Air: Cox Channel Kansas (statewide via Cox Communications) with similcasts in select markets, including Kansas City, Lincoln and Northwest Arkansas.
Online: ESPN3 (subject to blackout in Cox Kansas and KC viewing areas)
Announcers: Bruce Haertl (PBP) and Bob Hull (Analyst)

Channel Listings, by location ---
*Wichita (& statewide) – Cox Communications – Cox Channel Kansas – 22 (HD 2022)
*Kansas City – Time Warner Cable – TWC SportsChannel – 30
*Kansas City - Comcast Missouri – TWC SportsChannel - 44 (HD 913)
*Kansas City - Comcast Kansas – TWC SportsChannel – 68 (HD 913)
*Lincoln, Neb. – WOW! – TWC SportsChannel – 37 (HD 226)
*Northwest Arkansas - Cox Communications – Cox Channel Arkansas – 78 (HD 2078)
*Outside Cox Kansas and Kansas City markets – select providers – ESPN College Extra
*Outside Cox Kansas and Kansas City markets – ESPN3.com
 
Radio ---
FM 103.7 KEYN
Announcers: Mike Kennedy (PBP), Dave Dahl (Analyst)
 
Social Media ---
Twitter: @GoShockers, @GoShockersLive
Facebook: facebook.com/WichitaStateUniversityAthletics
Instagram: instagram.com/goshockers
Exposure: goshockers.exposure.co
 
THE SERIES:
This is WSU's first-ever meeting with Hawaii Pacific…. HPU head coach Darren Vorderbruegge's deep Kansas ties helped facilitate the matchup. He earned his undergrad from Bethany College in Lindsborg and his master's from WSU. A former high school head coach at Hoisington, Vorderbruegge led Wichita Northwest to a City League title and was named Coach of the Year in 2000 before moving on to the college ranks.
 
ABOUT HAWAII PACIFIC:
Hawaii Pacific University (enrollment 6,736) is located in Honolulu, Hawaii… The NCAA Division II Sharks finished 16-11 in 2014-15 and finished sixth out of 13 teams in the PacWest Conference with an 11-9 mark…  HPU owns the state of Hawaii's only national hoops championship of any kind, winning the 1993 NAIA crown… Formerly known as the Sea Warriors, they changed their name to the Sharks in August of 2014… The school's most famous athletics alumnus is Benny Agbayani, a five-year Major Leaguer who appeared with the Mets in the 2000 World Series.
 
ABOUT WSU:
The Shockers return three starters and nine lettermen from last year's 30-5 team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. A tenth holdover, redshirt junior walk-on Zach Bush, appeared in three games before a season-ending injury… The 10 holdovers combined to produce 64.1 percent of the scoring in 2014-15 and nearly two-thirds of the minutes (66.1%) and almost three-quarters of the rebounds (71.5%)... Eight newcomers (five true freshmen and three transfers with Division I experience) join the mix. All but Conner Frankamp (eligible Dec. 12) and Peyton Allen (eligible in 2016-17) are able to compete in Saturday's exhibition without burning a redshirt year.
 
MVC FAVORITES:
WSU is a near-unanimous favorite to win its third-straight Missouri Valley Conference title. The Shockers swept 42 of the 43 first-place votes cast by MVC coaches, media and SID's… The Shockers have been tabbed preseason favorites in each of the last three years. The 2013-14 and 2014-15 teams made good on those predictions by winning the league's regular season title with a combined 37-1 record in loop play.
 
WSU IN THE POLLS:
No. 10 Wichita State extended the nation's fourth-longest active streak in the Associated Press poll and will open with a Top-10 ranking for the first time in 34 years… The Shockers' current run of 40-straight weeks in the AP rankings is one of the longest in Division I basketball, trailing only Duke (156 weeks), Kansas (124) and Arizona (60)… This is WSU's fourth preseason Top-10 appearance but its first since the 1981-82 campaign when it opened at No. 6 with a roster boasting future NBA standouts Antoine Carr and Cliff Levingston… WSU has spent 17 weeks in the Top-10 under head coach Gregg Marshall and 62 overall.
 
ACCOLADES FOR BAKER AND VANVLEET:
WSU guards Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet are poised for big senior seasons. Baker is a Sporting News first team preseason All-American and VanVleet (a Sporting News second teamer) was named the Missouri Valley Conference's preseason Player of the Year… Baker and VanVleet were each named to the MVC first team and are looking to join a select group players with three first-team All-Valley selections. Only 42 others in conference history have done it… VanVleet (Bob Cousy Award, point guard), Baker (Jerry West Award, shooting guard) and Anton Grady (Karl Malone Award, power forward) are on the preseason watch list for the Basketball Hall of Fame's position-specific player of the year honors.
 
HIGH-SCORING TRIO:
Grady – a Cleveland State transfer – brings 1,173 career points with him. He now combines with Baker (1,145 points) and VanVleet (1,060) to form the nation's only trio of 1,000-point scorers heading into the season.
 
NEXT:
WSU will unveil banners for its latest MVC title and Sweet 16 appearance before its regular season opener against Charleston Southern, next Friday evening (7:00 pm CT) at Charles Koch Arena. Game will air on Cox Channel Kansas (Cox channel 22, HD 2022), in the Kansas City area on Time Warner SportsChannel, and outside of the CCK and Kansas City markets on ESPN3.com.