From K-State Athletics
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State will play six of its 10 Big 12 home games on weekends, as the league office announced the dates for its conference-only schedule on Thursday (Sept. 26).
The new 20-game league schedule will run from the end of December to the second week of March with each team playing 10 games at home and on the road as the conference expands to 16 teams in 2024-25 with the additions of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah.
Game times and television information will be released at a later date.
Among the six weekend conference home games will be visits from projected top 10 teams Houston (Saturday, Jan. 11), Kansas (Saturday, Feb. 8) and Iowa State (Saturday, March 8). The Wildcats will also host West Virginia on Saturday, Jan. 25 as well as first-ever Sunday conference games with league newcomers Arizona State (Sunday, Feb. 23) and Colorado (Sunday, March 2).
The expanded conference schedule will tip on Monday, Dec. 30 with a home game against Cincinnati. It will be the first meeting in Manhattan as conference foes and the first visit by the Bearcats since 1967.
Other home games include Texas Tech on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Oklahoma State on Wednesday, Jan. 29 and perennial top 10 program Arizona on Tuesday, Feb. 11.
The road portion of the Big 12 slate starts with back-to-back trips to TCU (Saturday, Jan. 4) and Oklahoma State (Tuesday, Jan. 7). The Wildcats also have consecutive road trips three other times, including Kansas (Saturday, Jan. 18) and Baylor (Wednesday, Jan. 22), Iowa State (Saturday, Feb. 1) and Arizona State (Tuesday, Feb. 4) and BYU (Saturday, Feb. 15) and Utah (Monday, Feb. 17).
The expanded Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship will run Tuesday-Saturday, March 11-15 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City and will coincide with the women’s championship, which runs Thursday-Monday, March 6-10, also at T-Mobile.
Season tickets for the 2024-25 season are currently available, with prices starting at less than $18 per game. Fans can purchase now to see the Wildcats all year by visiting www.kstatesports.com/tickets or calling (800) 221.CATS.
Thirteen of the 16 Big 12 teams won at least 17 games in 2023-24 with 11 winning at least 20 games, including 32 wins by league champion Houston. Thirteen made the postseason a season ago, including NCAA Tournament appearances by Arizona, Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, TCU and Texas Tech.
K-State finished the 2023-24 season with a 19-15 record, including a tie for ninth in the Big 12 with an 8-10 mark, and advanced to the NIT. Among the Wildcats’ 19 victories were 4 over Top 25 teams, including 3 in the Top 10. The team has won 45 games in head coach Jerome Tang’s tenure, including consecutive postseason appearances.
2024-25 Men’s Basketball Schedule
Tuesday Oct. 29 Fort Hays State (Exh.)
Tuesday Nov. 5 New Orleans
Saturday Nov. 9 Cleveland State
Thursday Nov. 14 LSU
Tuesday Nov. 19 Mississippi Valley State
U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam
Friday Nov. 22 vs. George Washington
Sat./Sun. Nov. 23/24 vs. Liberty/Louisiana
Monday Nov. 25 vs. TBD
Sunday Dec. 1 UAPB
Big 12/BIG EAST Battle
Saturday Dec. 7 @St. John’s
Wildcat Classic
Tuesday Dec. 17 Drake (Kansas City)
Saturday Dec. 21 @Wichita State
Monday Dec. 30 Cincinnati*
Saturday Jan. 4 @TCU*
Tuesday Jan. 7 @Oklahoma State*
Saturday Jan. 11 Houston*
Tuesday Jan. 14 Texas Tech*
Saturday Jan. 18 @Kansas*
Wednesday Jan. 22 @Baylor*
Saturday Jan. 25 West Virginia*
Wednesday Jan. 29 Oklahoma State*
Saturday Feb. 1 @Iowa State*
Tuesday Feb. 4 @Arizona State*
Saturday Feb. 8 Kansas*
Tuesday Feb. 11 Arizona*
Saturday Feb. 15 @BYU*
Monday Feb. 17 @Utah*
Sunday Feb. 23 Arizona State*
Wednesday Feb. 26 @UCF*
Sunday March 2 Colorado*
Wednesday March 5 @Cincinnati*
Saturday March 8 Iowa State*
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