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Community invited to free WSU men’s basketball tailgate

March 3, 2026
By WSU Strategic Communications

Contact for News Reporters: Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, director of communication, 316-978-3409 or lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.

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The community is invited to a free tailgate party before the Wichita State men’s basketball team takes on Florida Atlantic University in the final home game of the regular season.

Festivities begin at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 on the south lawn of Charles Koch Arena (the rain location is in the multipurpose practice facility inside Koch Arena). Tailgate from 12:30-2:30 and the then head over to the arena for game tip-off at 3 p.m.

  • Free food, while supplies last
  • Cash bar with beer and wine
  • Free t-shirts to the first 500 people
  • Lawn games
  • Music
  • Pep rally

Click here to purchase tickets to the basketball game. WSU students get in free. Discounts are available for WSU faculty, staff and alumni. For more information, contact the Ticket Office at tickets1@goshockers.com or 316-978-FANS (3267).

Koch Arena doors open at 1:30 p.m. WSU’s seniors will be honored at 2:45 p.m.

The men's basketball team has won five straight games heading into Saturday and reached the 20-win mark for the first time since 2019-20. A win on Saturday would clinch the No. 2 seed and a triple bye in the American Conference tournament.

About Wichita State University

Wichita State University is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling more than 25,000 students between its main campus and the WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech), including students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student-centered and innovation-driven.

Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students. The National Science Foundation ranked WSU No. 1 in the nation for aerospace engineering R&D, No. 2 for industry- and defense-funded engineering R&D and No. 9 overall for engineering R&D.

The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.

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