in the 2012–13 college basketball season, the wichita state university shockers, under sixth-year head coach gregg marshall, finished the season 30–9 and 12–6 in missouri valley play to finish in second place. they advanced to the championship game of the missouri valley tournament where they lost to creighton. they received an at-large bid to the 2013 ncaa tournament, receiving a 9 seed in the west region, where they defeated 8 seed pittsburgh and 1 seed gonzaga to advance to the sweet sixteen. in the west region semifinals they defeated 13 seed la salle and 2 seed ohio state in the regional finals to be crowned west region champions and advance to the final four for the second time in school history and first time since 1965. in the final four, they lost to eventual-champion louisville, 72–68. wichita state was ranked #4 in the final coach's poll of the 2012-13 season.