Kansas State Wildcats
2023–24 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
UniversityKansas State University
First season1902
All-time record1,717-1,222 (.584)
Athletic directorGene Taylor
Head coachJerome Tang (2nd season)
ConferenceBig 12
LocationManhattan, Kansas, U.S.
ArenaBramlage Coliseum[1]
(Capacity: 11,000)
NicknameWildcats
ColorsRoyal purple and white[2]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
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.

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.

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

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-Time Ranking
Weeks ranked #1 in AP poll[10][11] 16th (tie)
Weeks ranked in top 5 of AP poll 25th
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-Time Ranking
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.

Season Final record AP poll Coaches poll
1949–5017–714n/a
1950–5125–443
1951–5219–536
1952–5317–4129
1956–5715–8—20
1957–5822–534
1958–5925–211
1959–6016–10—16
1960–6122–544
1961–6222–365
1962–6316–9—19
1972–7323–597
1974–7520–915—
1976–7724–71611
1979–8022–9—20
1987–8825–9208
2009–1029–877
2010–1123–112124
2012–1327–81220
2017–1825–12—19
2018–1925–91819
2022–2326–10159

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]

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1948Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd-place game		Wyoming
Baylor
Holy Cross		W 58–48
L 52–60
L 54–60
1951Sweet 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
1956Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd-place game		Oklahoma City
Houston		L 93–97
W 89–70
1958Sweet 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
1959Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight		DePaul
Cincinnati		W 102–70
L 75–85
1961Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight		Houston
Cincinnati		W 75–64
L 64–69
1964Sweet 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
1968Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd-place game		TCU
Louisville		L 72–77
L 63–93
1970Sweet Sixteen
Regional 3rd-place game		New Mexico State
Houston		L 66–70
W 107–98
1972Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight		Texas
Louisville		W 66–55
L 65–72
1973Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight		Southwestern Louisiana
Memphis State		W 66–63
L 72–92
1975First round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight		Penn
Boston College
Syracuse		W 69–62
W 74–65
L 87–95OT
1977First 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 MinnesotaL 75–86
1990#11First round#6 XavierL 79–87
1993#6First round#11 TulaneL 53–55
1996#10First round#7 New MexicoL 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 SalleL 61–63
2014#9Second round#8 KentuckyL 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 IrvineL 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
Seeds→78594611610112584911943

NIT results

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

Year Round Opponent Result
1976QuarterfinalsKentuckyL 76–81
1992First round
Second round		Western Kentucky
Notre Dame		W 85–74
L 48–64
1994First 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
1998First roundNC StateL 39–59
1999First roundTCUL 71–72
2007First round
Second round		Vermont
DePaul		W 59–57
L 65–70
2009First round
Second round		Illinois State
San Diego State		W 83–79OT
L 52–70

NCIT results

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

Year Round Opponent Result
1974QuarterfinalsBradleyL 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. Player Position Career Year of Retirement
10Chuckie WilliamsSG1972–19762006
12Mike EvansPG1974–19782006
12Lon KrugerPG1971–19742006
22Ernie BarrettF / G1948–19512005
23Mitch RichmondSG1986–19882009
25Rolando BlackmanSG1977–19812007
30Bob BoozerPF1956–19592005
33Jack ParrC1955–19582005
33Dick KnostmanC1950–19532007
72Nicky ClickiePF19692006

National honors

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

Player Year(s) Team(s)
F. I. Reynolds1917Consensus First Team – Helms (1st)
Frank Groves1937Converse (3rd), Omaha World Newspaper (2nd)
Ernie Barrett1951Consensus Second Team – AP (2nd), UPI (3rd), Look Magazine (2nd), International News Service (1st)
Dick Knostman1952AP (3rd)
1953Consensus Second Team – AP (2nd), UPI (2nd), Look Magazine (1st), NEA (1st), International News Service (2nd), Collier's (2nd)
Jack Parr1958NABC (3rd)
Bob Boozer1958Consensus First Team – AP (2nd), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (2nd), NEA (2nd), International News Service (2nd)
1959Consensus First Team – AP (1st), USBWA (1st), NABC (1st), UPI (1st), NEA (1st)
Mike Evans1978AP (3rd)
Rolando Blackman1980AP (3rd)
1981NABC (3rd)
Mitch Richmond1988Consensus Second Team – USBWA (2nd), UPI (2nd)
Michael Beasley2008Consensus First Team – AP (1st), USBWA (1st), USBWA (1st), SN (1st)
Jacob Pullen2010SN (3rd)
2011AP (3rd), NABC (3rd), SN (3rd)
Keyontae Johnson2023AP (3rd), NABC (3rd)
Markquis Nowell2023AP (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
Round Pick Overall Player Year
1st1st1stHowie Shannon1949
1st1st1stBob Boozer1959
1st2nd2ndMichael Beasley2008
1st5th5thMitch Richmond1988
1st7th7thErnie Barrett1951
1st9th9thRolando Blackman1981
1st15th15thChuckie Williams1976
2nd10th19thLew Hitch1951
1st21st21stMike Evans1978
2nd9th24thGene Williams1969
4th6th31stWillie Murrell1964
2nd3rd33rdWes Iwundu2017
2nd15th38thNorris Coleman1987
2nd17th44thSteve Henson1990
2nd17th47thBill Walker2008
2nd20th50thKeyontae Johnson2023
10th2nd70thJack Parr1958
10th8th91stLarry Comley1961
8th5th166thEd Nealy1982

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]

Coach Years at KSU W L Win% Conf. W Conf. L Conf. Win % Awards and Achievements During Tenure
Charles W. Melick1905–190679.438N/AN/AN/A
Mike Ahearn1906–19112624.520N/AN/AN/A
Guy Lowman1911–19143016.652010.000
Carl J. Merner1914–19161915.5591313.500
Zora G. Clevenger1916–19205417.7613816.704• Highest winning percentage in program history
• 2 Conference regular season championships (1917, 1919)
E.A. Knoth1920–1921146.700114.733• Highest conference winning percentage in program history
E.C. Curtiss1921–1923528.152527.156
Charles Corsaut1923–19338981.5246163.492
Frank Root1933–19393872.3451947.287
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 Cochrane1942–1943614.30019.100
Cliff Rock1943–1944715.31819.100
Fritz Knorr1944–19461433.298614.300
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 Fitzsimmons1968–19703420.630199.679• 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 Hartman1970–1986295169.63613391.594• 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 Altman1990–19946854.5571937.339• 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (1993)
• 2 NIT Tournament appearances (1992, 1994)
• Big 8 Coach of the Year (1993)
Tom Asbury1994–20008588.4912963.315• 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (1996)
• 2 NIT Tournament appearances (1998, 1999)
Jim Wooldridge2000–20068390.4803264.333
Bob Huggins†2006–20072312.657106.625• 1 NIT Tournament Appearance (2007)
Frank Martin2007–201211754.6845032.610• 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 Weber2012–2022184147.5568298.456• 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–Present 26 10 .722 11 7 .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
Baylortied, 25–25KSU, 13–11BU, 11–9tied, 3–3BU, 3–2BU, 7–3W 2BU, 24–20
BYUKSU, 4-3tied, 0-0BYU, 2-1KSU, 3–1KSU, 3–2KSU, 4–3W 1tied, 0-0
CincinnatiUC, 7-1UC, 2-0UC, 2-0UC, 3–1UC, 5–0UC, 7–1L 6tied, 0-0
HoustonKSU, 5-3tied, 1-1UH, 2-1KSU, 3–0KSU, 3–2KSU, 5–3W 1tied, 0-0
Iowa StateKSU, 145–92KSU, 84–29KSU, 54–52ISU, 11–7KSU, 3–2tied, 5–5W 1ISU, 29–28
KansasKU, 204–95KU, 81–49KU, 94–35KU, 29–11KU, 4–1KU, 9–1L 1KU, 57–7
OklahomaOU, 113–104KSU, 65–37OU, 67–28KSU, 11–9OU, 3–2tied, 5–5W 1OU, 21–19
Oklahoma StateKSU, 85–58KSU, 42–18OSU, 36–28KSU, 15–4KSU, 3–2tied, 5–5W 2OSU, 23–19
TCUKSU, 21–12KSU, 9–6KSU, 8–3KSU, 4–3TCU, 3–2tied, 5-5L 1KSU, 18–10
TexasKSU, 24–22KSU, 11–10tied, 11–11KSU, 2–1UT, 3–2UT, 7–3L 1UT, 22–19
Texas TechKSU, 26–22KSU, 18–5TTU, 16–7tied, 1–1TTU, 3–2TTU, 7–3L 1TTU, 21–19
UCFKSU, 2-0KSU, 1-0tied, 0–0KSU, 1–0KSU, 2-0KSU, 2–0W 2tied, 0-0
West VirginiaWVU, 16–10KSU, 7–4WVU, 9–3WVU, 3–0WVU, 3–2WVU, 6–4L 1WVU, 15–9
*As of March 10, 2023[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
ColoradoKSU, 96–48KSU, 54–11CU, 33–32KSU, 10–4CU, 4–1KSU, 6–4L 5Nov 11, 2020
MissouriKSU, 121–116KSU, 62–44MU, 64–42KSU, 17–8KSU, 5–0KSU, 7–3W 5Nov 19, 2018
NebraskaKSU, 128–93KSU, 69–35NU, 55–39KSU, 20–3KSU, 5–0KSU, 8–2W 7Dec 17, 2022
Texas A&MKSU, 18–10KSU, 11–1TAMU, 8–3KSU, 4–1TAM, 3–2tied, 5–5L 3Jan 30, 2021
*As of March 2, 2023[9]

See also

References

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