The American Athletic Conference will have a new team next year. Wichita State, which is a perennial NCAA tournament team, will join the conference starting in July as a basketball and Olympic sport only school.  The Shockers were under-seeded in the tournament this year, and lost to #2 Kentucky in the Second Round by only 3 points. I think the AAC will be perfect for Wichita State because it offers competition for this yearly winner that the weak Missouri Valley Conference does not offer. It also gives them more national attention. In all this will benefit both the school and the conference. Welcome to the AAC, Wichita!