Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball

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Kansas State Wildcats
Basketball current event.svg 2023–24 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
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University Kansas State University
First season1902
All-time record1,717-1,222 (.584)
Athletic director Gene Taylor
Head coach Jerome Tang (2nd season)
Conference Big 12
Location Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Arena Bramlage Coliseum [1]
(Capacity: 11,000)
Nickname Wildcats
ColorsRoyal purple and white [2]
   
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NCAA tournament runner-up
1951
NCAA tournament Final Four
1948, 1951, 1958, 1964
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1948, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1988, 2010, 2018, 2023
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2010, 2018, 2023
NCAA tournament round of 32
1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2023
NCAA tournament appearances
1948, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
Conference tournament champions
1977, 1980
Conference regular season champions
1917, 1919, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2013, 2019

The Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represents Kansas State University in college basketball competition. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I, and is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The head coach is Jerome Tang.

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The program began competition in 1902. The first two major-conference titles won by the school were won by the men's basketball team, in 1917 and 1919 (in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association). Kansas State has gone on to win 19 regular season conference crowns. Jeff Sagarin listed the program 27th in his all-time rankings in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. [3] Following the 2022-23 season, the Wildcats have a record of 1,717–1,222.

History

Kansas State University has appeared in 32 NCAA basketball tournaments, most recently in 2023. The team's all-time record in the NCAA tournament is 39–35 (.527). Kansas State's best finish at the tournament came in 1951, when it lost to Kentucky in the national championship game. The school has reached the Final Four 4 times, the Elite Eight 14 times, and the Sweet Sixteen 18 times. Included among K-State's tournament wins are some all-time classics, including an 83–80 win over Oscar Robertson's Cincinnati team in 1958, which Sports Illustrated called "the most exciting game of the 1958 season," and a 50–48 win over second-ranked Oregon State in 1981, which USA Today listed as one of the greatest games in NCAA tournament history. [4] [5]

The team also had some notably successful seasons before the creation of the NIT (1938) and the NCAA tournament (1939), including conference titles in 1917 and 1919 under coach Zora G. Clevenger. The Helms Athletic Foundation named Frank Reynolds the program's first All-American player in 1917, and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively ranked Kansas State #12 in 1910, #18 in 1916, #8 in 1917 and #7 in 1919. [3]

Big Eight Player of the Year Lon Kruger with coach Jack Hartman. Kruger Hartman.jpg
Big Eight Player of the Year Lon Kruger with coach Jack Hartman.

The best season in the school's history may have been 1959, when the team finished the season ranked #1 in the final Associated Press poll and Coaches poll. K-State has finished ranked in the Top 10 of one of the two polls on eleven total occasions (most recently in 2023), and in the final top 25 polls 22 total times. The team has also posted a winning record at home every year since 1946. [6]

After a lengthy period with little success during the 1990s and 2000s, the team returned to prominence under head coach Frank Martin. Following a twelve-year absence, the team returned to the NCAA tournament after the 2007–08 season. Following that season, Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley was named an All-American and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year. In the 2009–10 season, the team spent much of the year ranked in the Top 10 of the AP poll and finished second in the Big 12. The team received a #2 seed in the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight. Along the way, the Wildcats defeated Xavier in a double-overtime thriller, which CBSSports.com called "one of the best games in the history of the Sweet 16." [7]

Bramlage Coliseum, home of KSU basketball Bramlage Coliseum.JPG
Bramlage Coliseum, home of KSU basketball

On March 31, 2012, Bruce Weber was announced as head coach after Frank Martin left for South Carolina. During the 2012–2013 season, Weber's first in Manhattan, Kansas State won its first regular season conference title since 1977 and advanced to the NCAA tournament. [8] Weber's team won the conference title again in the 2018–2019 season. K-State appeared in the NCAA tournament five times in Weber's seven seasons, including advancing to the Elite Eight in 2018.

After three consecutive losing seasons, Weber resigned under pressure in March 2022. He was succeeded by longtime Baylor assistant coach Jerome Tang. In Tang's first season, he guided a KSU team picked to finish last in the Big 12 to a third-place finish and to the NCAA Tournament, the first NCAA appearance since 2019. With wins over Montana State, Kentucky, and Michigan State, Tang brought the Wildcats to its first Elite Eight appearance since 2018 and its fourteenth Elite Eight appearance in program history.

Achievements

Kansas State has a total of 36 All-Americans, 19 regular-season conference championships and nine conference tournament championships. [9]

The program ranks in the top 25 nationally in the following categories:

Top 25 All-TimeRanking
Weeks ranked #1 in AP poll [10] [11] 16th (tie)
Weeks ranked in top 5 of AP poll25th
NCAA Tournament appearances 22nd
NCAA Final Four appearances 22nd (tie)
NCAA Elite Eight appearances 6th (tie)
NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances 12th
#1 NBA draft picks 3rd (tie)
NCAA Tournament wins 25th

The program also ranks in the top 50 nationally in the following categories:

Top 40 All-TimeRanking
All-time wins (NCAA Division I) [10] 42nd
Appearances in final AP poll [11] 29th (tie)
Appearances in top 10 of AP poll [11] 38th (tie)

Top 25 rankings

Kansas State University has finished in the final rankings of the AP poll or Coaches poll on 22 occasions throughout its history, including one season at #1 in the final polls (pre-NCAA Tournament). The AP poll first appeared in 1948, and has been published continuously since 1950–51. The Coaches poll began in the 1950–51 season. Currently, the final AP poll is released before the tournament and the final Coaches poll is released after the tournament.

SeasonFinal recordAP pollCoaches poll
1949–50 17–714n/a
1950–51 25–443
1951–52 19–536
1952–53 17–4129
1956–57 15–820
1957–58 22–534
1958–59 25–211
1959–60 16–1016
1960–61 22–544
1961–62 22–365
1962–63 16–919
1972–73 23–597
1974–75 20–915
1976–77 24–71611
1979–80 22–920
1987–88 25–9208
2009–10 29–877
2010–11 23–112124
2012–13 27–81220
2017–18 25–1219
2018–19 25–91819
2022–23 26–10159

Rivalries

Kansas: Sunflower Showdown

Kansas State's main rivalry is with the Kansas Jayhawks. The rivalry peaked in the 1950s when both teams were annually national title contenders. The 1987–88 season also proved to be momentous in the rivalry. In the first matchup of the season, on January 30, 1988, Mitch Richmond scored 35 points to lead Kansas State to a 72–61 win to halt KU's then-record 55-game home winning streak. On February 18, KU turned the tables, prevailing 64–63 at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan to deny K-State a victory over KU in the old field house's last year. In what was supposed to be the rubber game, in the 1988 Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament, Kansas State won a decisive victory by a 69–54 score. However, the biggest was yet to come. Both teams qualified for the NCAA tournament, and after three wins each in the tournament they faced each other on March 27 in Pontiac, Michigan, for the right to advance to the Final Four. Led by Danny Manning's 20 points, KU turned a tight game into a runaway and prevailed 71–58. Kansas would go on to win the national championship.

The rivalry slipped in significance after the 1988 season, and from 1994 to 2005 KU won 31 straight games against K-State, the longest streak for either school in the series. KU also posted a 24-game win streak against the Wildcats in Manhattan, which ended on January 30, 2008, when #22 Kansas State upset #2 Kansas 84–75.

Jeff Sagarin's rankings of the nation's top programs by decade in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia nicely track the history of the rivalry. [3] In the 1950s, when the rivalry was at its peak, Kansas State finished the decade ranked as the #3 program in the nation and KU was ranked as #4. [3] In the 1960s KU was ranked #9 for the decade and KSU was ranked #11. In the 1970s, the programs were again nearly even, with Kansas State ranked at #24 and KU at #25. In the 1980s some separation appeared, as KU finished the decade ranked at #19 and Kansas State at #31. The big difference appeared in the 1990s and 2000s when KU was ranked at #4 and #2 for the decades, while Kansas State does not appear anywhere in the top 40. [3]

The rivalry has become more relevant again in recent years, with both teams ranked in the AP Top 25 for many of their match-ups. [12]

Missouri

As of the 2022–23 season, Missouri is Kansas State's second most-played rival, with 237 games dating back to 1907. Kansas State leads the series 121–116. The series was last played regularly in the 2011–12 season, before Missouri moved to the Southeastern Conference. [13] [14] For nearly a century beforehand, the two schools shared conferences, beginning in the 1913–14 season in the Missouri Valley Conference, then in the Big Eight Conference and its predecessors from 1928 to 1996, and finally the Big 12 Conference from 1996 to 2012.

Since Missouri's move to the SEC, the two teams have matched up twice, meeting on neutral floors in 2015 and 2018, both Kansas State victories.

Wichita State

Kansas State had an ongoing in-state, out-of-conference rivalry with Wichita State, dating back to 1932 and last played in 2022. Kansas State leads the series 22–11. The series had six games from 1932 to 1964, then six games on a home-and-home rotation from the 1969–70 to 1971–72 seasons, and most recently 19 home-and-home games every season from 1985–86 to 2003–04. [15]

When Wichita State became a Top 25 regular in the early 2010s, there came interest in reviving the series. [16] In February 2013, Kansas state senator Michael O'Donnell introduced a bill requiring Kansas and Kansas State to schedule Wichita State. [17]

The series was renewed in 2021, with a four-game series calling for games at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita that year, at Bramlage Coliseum in 2022, T-Mobile Center in Kansas City in 2023, and finally at Charles Koch Arena in 2024. [18]

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Wildcats have appeared in the NCAA tournament 32 times. Their overall record in the NCAA Tournament is 40–36 (.526) through the 2023 tournament. [19]

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1948 Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd-place game
Wyoming
Baylor
Holy Cross
W 58–48
L 52–60
L 54–60
1951 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship
Arizona
BYU
Oklahoma A&M
Kentucky
W 61–59
W 64–54
W 68–44
L 58–68
1956 Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd-place game
Oklahoma City
Houston
L 93–97
W 89–70
1958 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd-place game
Cincinnati
Oklahoma State
Seattle
Temple
W 83–80OT
W 69–57
L 51–73
L 57–67
1959 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
DePaul
Cincinnati
W 102–70
L 75–85
1961 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Houston
Cincinnati
W 75–64
L 64–69
1964 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd-place game
Texas Western
Wichita
UCLA
Michigan
W 64–60
W 94–93
L 84–90
L 90–100
1968 Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd-place game
TCU
Louisville
L 72–77
L 63–93
1970 Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd-place game
New Mexico State
Houston
L 66–70
W 107–98
1972 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Texas
Louisville
W 66–55
L 65–72
1973 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Southwestern Louisiana
Memphis State
W 66–63
L 72–92
1975 First round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Penn
Boston College
Syracuse
W 69–62
W 74–65
L 87–95OT
1977 First round
Sweet Sixteen
Providence
Marquette
W 87–80
L 66–67
1980 #7First round
Second round
#10 Arkansas
#2 Louisville
W 71–53
L 69–71OT
1981 #8First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
#9 San Francisco
#1 Oregon State
#4 Illinois
#2 North Carolina
W 64–60
W 50–48
W 57–52
L 68–82
1982 #5First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#12 Northern Illinois
#4 Arkansas
#8 Boston College
W 77–68
W 65–64
L 65–69
1987 #9First round
Second round
#8 Georgia
#1 UNLV
W 82–79OT
L 61–80
1988 #4First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
#13 La Salle
#5 DePaul
#1 Purdue
#6 Kansas
W 66–53
W 66–58
W 73–70
L 58–71
1989 #6First round#11 Minnesota L 75–86
1990 #11First round#6 Xavier L 79–87
1993 #6First round#11 Tulane L 53–55
1996 #10First round#7 New Mexico L 48–69
2008 #11First round
Second round
#6 USC
#3 Wisconsin
W 80–67
L 55–72
2010 #2First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
#15 North Texas
#7 BYU
#6 Xavier
#5 Butler
W 82–62
W 84–72
W 101–962OT
L 56–63
2011 #5Second round
Third Round
#12 Utah State
#4 Wisconsin
W 73–68
L 65–70
2012 #8Second round
Third Round
#9 Southern Miss
#1 Syracuse
W 70–64
L 59–75
2013 #4Second round#13 La Salle L 61–63
2014 #9Second round#8 Kentucky L 49–56
2017 #11First Four
First round
#11 Wake Forest
#6 Cincinnati
W 95–88
L 61–75
2018 #9First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
#8 Creighton
#16 UMBC
#5 Kentucky
#11 Loyola Chicago
W 69–59
W 50–43
W 61–58
L 62–78
2019 #4First round#13 UC Irvine L 64–70
2023 #3First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
#14 Montana State
#6 Kentucky
#7 Michigan State
#9 Florida Atlantic
W 77–65
W 75–69
W 98–93OT
L 76–79

From 2011 to 2015 the round of 64 was known as the Second round, round of 32 was Third Round

NCAA tournament seeding history

The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.

Years → '80 '81 '82 '87 '88 '89 '90 '93 '96 '08 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '17 '18 '19 '23
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NIT results

The Wildcats have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) seven times. Their combined record is 6–8.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1976 Quarterfinals Kentucky L 76–81
1992 First round
Second round
Western Kentucky
Notre Dame
W 85–74
L 48–64
1994 First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd-place game
Mississippi State
Gonzaga
Fresno State
Vanderbilt
Siena
W 78–69
W 66–64
W 115–77
L 76–82
L 79–92
1998 First round NC State L 39–59
1999 First round TCU L 71–72
2007 First round
Second round
Vermont
DePaul
W 59–57
L 65–70
2009 First round
Second round
Illinois State
San Diego State
W 83–79OT
L 52–70
2024 First round Iowa  

NCIT results

The Wildcats appeared in one of the only two ever National Commissioners Invitational Tournaments. Their record is 0–1.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1974 Quarterfinals Bradley L 64–68

Individual awards and accomplishments

Retired jerseys

The following players' jerseys have been retired by Kansas State, though their respective jersey numbers remain available for use. They represent the finest basketball players to come through Kansas State. The criteria for determining the honor includes statistical achievement, conference and national records, honors received (such as all-conference, All-American, Academic All-American), character and sportsmanship. [20]

Kansas State Wildcats retired jerseys
No.PlayerPositionCareerYear of Retirement
10 Chuckie Williams SG 1972–19762006
12 Mike Evans PG 1974–19782006
12 Lon Kruger PG1971–19742006
22 Ernie Barrett F / G 1948–19512005
23 Mitch Richmond SG1986–19882009
25 Rolando Blackman SG1977–19812007
30 Bob Boozer PF 1956–19592005
33 Jack Parr C 1955–19582005
33 Dick Knostman C1950–19532007

National honors

Michael Beasley was named National Freshman of the Year, an All-American and the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2008 Beasley kstate.JPG
Michael Beasley was named National Freshman of the Year, an All-American and the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2008

The following Kansas State players and coaches are in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (with induction year):

The following Kansas State players and coaches are in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (with induction year):

Kansas State players and coaches have won the following national awards:

All-Americans

The following players were named first, second or third-team All-Americans by one of outlets used by the NCAA to determine consensus selections

PlayerYear(s)Team(s)
F. I. Reynolds 1917 Consensus First TeamHelms (1st)
Frank Groves 1937 Converse (3rd), Omaha World Newspaper (2nd)
Ernie Barrett 1951 Consensus Second TeamAP (2nd), UPI (3rd), Look Magazine (2nd), International News Service (1st)
Dick Knostman 1952 AP (3rd)
1953 Consensus Second TeamAP (2nd), UPI (2nd), Look Magazine (1st), NEA (1st), International News Service (2nd), Collier's (2nd)
Jack Parr 1958 NABC (3rd)
Bob Boozer 1958 Consensus First TeamAP (2nd), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (2nd), NEA (2nd), International News Service (2nd)
1959 Consensus First TeamAP (1st), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (1st), NEA (1st)
Mike Evans 1978 AP (3rd)
Rolando Blackman 1980 AP (3rd)
1981 NABC (3rd)
Mitch Richmond 1988 Consensus Second TeamUSBWA (2nd), UPI (2nd)
Michael Beasley 2008 Consensus First TeamAP (1st), USBWA (1st), USBWA (1st), SN (1st)
Jacob Pullen 2010 SN (3rd)
2011 AP (3rd), NABC (3rd), SN (3rd)
Keyontae Johnson 2023 AP (3rd), NABC (3rd)
Markquis Nowell 2023 AP (3rd), USBWA (3rd), NABC (3rd), SN (3rd)

Conference honors

The Big Eight Conference established the Conference Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards in 1957. These awards have continued into the Big 12 Conference era.

Wildcats to pros

The following former Wildcats have gone on to play professionally, either in the NBA or elsewhere. [21] Kansas State University has had two overall #1 draft picks in the NBA since the draft began in 1947: Howie Shannon (1949) and Bob Boozer (1959).

Draft history

NBA/ABA Draft Picks
RoundPickOverallPlayerYear
1st1st1st Howie Shannon 1949
1st1st1st Bob Boozer 1959
1st2nd2nd Michael Beasley 2008
1st5th5th Mitch Richmond 1988
1st7th7th Ernie Barrett 1951
1st9th9th Rolando Blackman 1981
1st15th15th Chuckie Williams 1976
2nd10th19th Lew Hitch 1951
1st21st21st Mike Evans 1978
2nd9th24th Gene Williams 1969
4th6th31st Willie Murrell 1964
2nd3rd33rd Wes Iwundu 2017
2nd15th38th Norris Coleman 1987
2nd17th44th Steve Henson 1990
2nd17th47th Bill Walker 2008
2nd20th50th Keyontae Johnson 2023
10th2nd70th Jack Parr 1958
10th8th91st Larry Comley 1961
8th5th166th Ed Nealy 1982

Former players as coaches

A number of former Wildcat players have gone to successful careers as head basketball coaches, including:

Coaches

Kansas State has had 23 head coaches. A number of notable and successful coaches have led the Wildcats through the years. Following are all the coaches that have been at Kansas State. [9]

CoachYears at KSUWLWin%Conf. WConf. LConf. Win %Awards and Achievements During Tenure
Charles W. Melick 1905–190679.438N/AN/AN/A
Mike Ahearn 1906–19112624.520N/AN/AN/A
Guy Lowman 1911–19143016.652010.000
Carl J. Merner 1914–19161915.5591313.500
Zora G. Clevenger 1916–19205417.7613816.704• Highest winning percentage in program history
• 2 Conference regular season championships (1917, 1919)
E.A. Knoth 1920–1921146.700114.733• Highest conference winning percentage in program history
E.C. Curtiss 1921–1923528.152527.156
Charles Corsaut 1923–19338981.5246163.492
Frank Root 1933–19393872.3451947.287
Jack Gardner ^1939–1942; 1946–195314781.6456646.589• NCAA Championship Game (1951)
• 2 Final Fours (1948, 1951)
• 2 Elite Eights (1948, 1951)
• 1 Sweet Sixteen (1951)
• 2 NCAA Tournament appearances (1948, 1951)
• 3 Conference regular season championships (1948, 1950, 1951)
• 3 Conference Holiday tournament championships (1947, 1950, 1952)
• 2 times ranked in top 6 of final AP and UPI polls (1951, 1952)
Chili Cochrane 1942–1943614.30019.100
Cliff Rock 1943–1944715.31819.100
Fritz Knorr 1944–19461433.298614.300
Tex Winter ^1953–1968261118.68915457.730• 2 Final Fours (1958, 1964)
• 4 Elite Eights (1958, 1959, 1961,1964)
• 6 Sweet Sixteens (1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968)
• 6 NCAA Tournament appearances (1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968)
• 8 Conference regular season championships (1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1964, 1968)
• 4 Conference Holiday tournament championships (1958, 1960, 1961, 1963)
• Ranked No. 1 in final AP and UPI polls (1959)
• 4 times ranked in top 6 of final AP and UPI polls (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962)
UPI National Coach of the Year (1958)
• Big 7 Coach of the Year (1958)
• 2× Big 8 Coach of the Year (1959, 1960)
• Undefeated conference season (14–0) (1959)
• Developed the Triangle offense
Cotton Fitzsimmons 1968–19703420.630199.679• 1 Sweet Sixteen (1970)
• 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (1970)
• 1 Conference regular season Championship (1970)
• Big 8 Coach of the Year (1970)
NABC District Coach of the Year (1970)
Jack Hartman 1970–1986295169.63613391.594• 4 Elite Eights (1972, 1973, 1975, 1981)
• 6 Sweet Sixteens (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982)
• 7 NCAA Tournament appearances (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980–1982)
• 1 NIT Tournament Appearance (1976)
• 3 Conference regular season championships (1972, 1973, 1977)
• 2 Conference tournament championships (1977, 1980)
NABC Coach of the Year (1980)
• 2× Big 8 Coach of the Year (1975, 1977)
• NABC District Coach of the Year (1977)
• Most wins in program history
Lon Kruger^1986–19908146.6383422.607• 1 Elite Eight (1988)
• 1 Sweet Sixteen (1988)
• 4 NCAA Tournament appearances (1987–1990)
• NABC District Coach of the Year (1988)
• Only KSU coach to take squads to NCAA Tournament in four consecutive seasons
Dana Altman 1990–19946854.5571937.339• 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (1993)
• 2 NIT Tournament appearances (1992, 1994)
• Big 8 Coach of the Year (1993)
Tom Asbury 1994–20008588.4912963.315• 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (1996)
• 2 NIT Tournament appearances (1998, 1999)
Jim Wooldridge 2000–20068390.4803264.333
Bob Huggins 2006–20072312.657106.625• 1 NIT Tournament Appearance (2007)
Frank Martin 2007–201211754.6845032.610• 1 Elite Eight (2010)
• 1 Sweet Sixteen (2010)
• 4 NCAA Tournament appearances (2008, 2010–2012)
• 1 NIT Tournament Appearance (2009)
• Big 12 Coach of the Year (AP & Coaches) (2010)
• Highest NCAA seed (2) in program history (2010)
• Most wins (29) in one season (2010)
CollegeInsider.com Big 12 Coach of the Year (2008)
• Jim Phelan Award as mid-season National Coach of the Year (2009–10)
USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2010)
NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2010)
• Only KSU coach to win 20 or more games in first 5 seasons
Bruce Weber 2012–2022184147.5568298.456• 1 Elite Eight (2018)
• 1 Sweet Sixteen (2018)
• 5 NCAA Tournament appearances (2013, 2014, 2017-2019)
• 2 Conference regular season championships (2013, 2019)
• Big 12 Coach of the Year (AP & Coaches) (2013)
USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2013)
NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2013)
• Most wins (27) in the first year (2013)
• Most wins (47) in the first 2 years
• Most conference wins (14) in the first year (2013)
• Most conference wins (24) in the first 2 years
• Most conference wins (32) in the first 3 years
• Most all-time Top 25 victories (27)
• Only KSU coach to win 25 or more games in back to back seasons
Jerome Tang 2022–Present2610.722117.611• 1 Elite Eight (2023)
• 1 Sweet Sixteen (2023)
• 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (2023)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (2023)
• College Hoops Today Coach of the Year (2023)
• Big 12 Coach of the Year (AP & Coaches) (2023)
USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2023)
NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2023)
• Most Top 25 wins in a single season (7)
†Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^Inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Conference membership history

Series records

Record vs. Big 12 opponents

Kansas State
vs.
Overall recordat Manhattanat Opponent's
Venue
at neutral siteLast 5 meetingsLast 10 meetingsCurrent streakBig 12 era
Games
Baylor KSU, 26–25KSU, 14–11BU, 11–9tied, 3–3KSU, 3–2BU, 7–3W 3BU, 24–21
BYU KSU, 5-4KSU, 1-0BYU, 3-1KSU, 3–1KSU, 3–2KSU, 5–4W 1tied, 1-1
Cincinnati UC, 8-1UC, 2-0UC, 3-0UC, 3–1UC, 5–0UC, 8–1L 7UC, 1-0
Houston KSU, 5-4tied, 1-1UH, 3-1KSU, 3–0UH, 3–2KSU, 5–4L 1UH, 1-0
Iowa State KSU, 146–93KSU, 85–29KSU, 54–53ISU, 11–7KSU, 3–2KSU, 6–4W 1ISU, 30–29
Kansas KU, 205–96KU, 81–50KU, 95–35KU, 29–11KU, 3–2KU, 8–2L 1KU, 58–8
Oklahoma OU, 114–104KSU, 65–38OU, 67–28KSU, 11–9OU, 4–1OU, 6–4L 1OU, 22–19
Oklahoma State KSU, 86–59KSU, 43–18OSU, 37–28KSU, 15–4KSU, 3–2OSU, 6–4L 1OSU, 24–20
TCU KSU, 21–13KSU, 9–7KSU, 8–3KSU, 4–3TCU, 3–2tied, 5-5L 2KSU, 18–11
Texas KSU, 25–23KSU, 11–10UT, 12–11KSU, 3–1KSU, 3–2UT, 7–3W 1UT, 23–20
Texas Tech KSU, 26–23KSU, 18–5TTU, 17–7tied, 1–1TTU, 3–2TTU, 7–3L 2TTU, 22–19
UCF KSU, 3-0KSU, 2-0tied, 0–0KSU, 1–0KSU, 3-0KSU, 3–0W 3KSU, 1-0
West Virginia WVU, 16–12KSU, 8–4WVU, 9–4WVU, 3–0KSU, 3–2tied, 5–5W 2WVU, 15–11
*As of March 13, 2024 [9]

Record vs. former Big 12 opponents

Kansas State
vs.
Overall recordat Manhattanat Opponent's
Venue
at neutral siteLast 5 meetingsLast 10 meetingsCurrent streakLast meeting
Colorado KSU, 96–48KSU, 54–11CU, 33–32KSU, 10–4CU, 4–1KSU, 6–4L 5Nov 11, 2020
Missouri KSU, 121–116KSU, 62–44MU, 64–42KSU, 17–8KSU, 5–0KSU, 7–3W 5Nov 19, 2018
Nebraska KSU, 128–93KSU, 69–35NU, 55–39KSU, 20–3KSU, 5–0KSU, 8–2W 7Dec 17, 2022
Texas A&M KSU, 18–10KSU, 11–1TAMU, 8–3KSU, 4–1TAM, 3–2tied, 5–5L 3Jan 30, 2021
*As of March 2, 2023 [9]

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