Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
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| University | Kansas State University | |||
| First season | 1902 | |||
| All-time record | 1,612–1,121 (.590) | |||
| Conference | Big 12 | |||
| Location | Manhattan, KS | |||
| Head coach | Bruce Weber (5th year) | |||
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Bramlage Coliseum (Capacity: 12,528) |
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| Nickname | Wildcats | |||
| Colors | Royal Purple and White |
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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 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2010 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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 current head coach is Bruce Weber.
The program began competition in 1902, and has a long history of success. The first two major-conference titles captured by the school were won in the sport, in 1917 and 1919 (in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association). Kansas State has gone on to capture 18 regular season conference crowns in the sport. Street & Smith ranked K-State 22nd in its 2005 list of the greatest college basketball programs of all time, while Jeff Sagarin listed the program 27th in his all-time rankings in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Following the 2015–2016 season, the Wildcats had a record of 1612–1121.
Through the years Kansas State University has appeared in 29 NCAA basketball tournaments, most recently in 2017. The team's all-time record in the NCAA tournament is 34–32 (.508). 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 12 times, and the Sweet Sixteen 16 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.
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