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GAME 17 vs. 12/13 West Virginia // Saturday, January 18, 2020 2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL // GAME NOTES 1,600+ ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 31 NCAA TOURNAMENTS // 4 FINAL FOURS [1948, 1951, 1958, 1964] // 21 CONFERENCE TITLES [7-9, 0-4 Big 12] vs. 12/13 [14-2, 3-1 Big 12] n 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RECORD K-STATE WEST VIRGINIA Saturday, January 18 // 1:05 p.m. CT // Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) // Manhattan, Kan. Overall Record: 7-9 WILDCATS MOUNTAINEERS Big 12: 0-4 n Non-Conference: 7-5 Head Coach: Bruce Weber Head Coach: Bob Huggins Home: 6-4 n Away: 1-2 n Neutral: 0-3 Record at K-State: 157-98/8th Year Record at WVU: 284-153/13th Year MATCHUP Career Record: 874-364/38th Year OCTOBER Career Record: 470-253/22nd Year vs. West Virginia: 6-9 (4-3 at home) vs. K-State: 10-6 (3-4 on the road) Fri. 25 EMPORIA STATE (Exh.) Big 12 Now W, 86-49 Wed. 30 WASHBURN (Exh.) Big 12 Now W, 66-56 OPENING TIP NOVEMBER u Kansas State (7-9, 0-4 Big 12) continues its most challenging spans of the season Tues. 5 NORTH DAKOTA STATE Big 12 Now W, 67-54 on Saturday afternoon, as the Wildcats welcome former head coach Bob Huggins n GAME INFORMATION Sat. 9 @UNLV ESPN+ W, 60-56 (2006-07) and his nationally-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers (14-2, 3-1 Big 12) Wed. 13 MONMOUTH Big 12 Now W, 73-54 to Bramlage Coliseum. No. 12/13 West Virginia will be the second of 3 consecutive Tues. 19 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF Big 12 Now W, 62-51 PROMOTION Top 25 teams for K-State, which will continue with No. 6/7 Kansas (13-3, 3-1 Big 12) Legends Weekend Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans Fort Myers Tipoff on Jan. 21. Saturday’s game will tip at 1 p.m., CT on ESPNU with Chuckie Kempf K-State will host its annual Legends Weekend for former (Suncoast Credit Union Arena; Fort Myers, Fla.) (play-by-play) and Tim Welsh(analyst) on the call. It will also be Legends Weekend, men’s basketball lettermen. Mon. 25 vs. Pittsburgh FS1 L, 59-63 as the program welcomes back a number of men’s basketball lettermen. Wed. 27 vs. Bradley FS1 L, 60-73 SERIES HISTORY u Saturday’s contest will mark the 100th visit by a Top 25 opponent to Bramlage Overall............................................West Virginia leads 10-7 DECEMBER Coliseum since 1988 with K-State posting a 38-61 (.384) record against those ranked Current Streak ....................................................K-State, 2 Mon. 2 FLORIDA A&M Big 12 Now W, 76-58 foes, including a 35-58 (.376) mark against ranked Big 12 teams. Those numbers are In Manhattan ..........................................K-State leads 4-3 Big 12/Big East Battle (Bramlage Coliseum; Manhattan, Kan.) even better under head coach Bruce Weber, where the Wildcats have tallied a 16- At Bramlage Coliseum ............................K-State leads 4-3 Sat. 7 MARQUETTE ESPN2 L, 65-73 15 (.516) record vs. Top 25 teams. Among those 16 wins are 11 over Top 15 opponents, Last Meeting................W, 65-51 [2/18/19 in Morgantown] including No. 1 Oklahoma in 2016 and No. 14 Texas Tech and No. 13 Kansas last season. Weber vs. Huggins......Huggins leads 9-8 [3-4 on the road] Wed. 11 ALABAMA STATE Big 12 Now W, 86-41 u With K-State’s 77-63 loss to No. 23/23 Texas Tech on Tuesday, the Wildcats fell to Never Forget Tribute Classic (Prudential Center; Newark, N.J.) TELEVISION 0-4 in Big 12 play for the first time since the 2008-09 season. The good news is that Sat. 14 vs. Mississippi State ESPNU L, 61-67 ESPNU squad rallied from their 0-4 start to post 6 consecutive wins in league play and finish Wildcat Classic (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) with a 9-7 record and a tie for fourth place. The current Wildcats have been close in Play-by-Play ................................................Chuckie Kempf Analyst ................................................................Tim Welsh Sat. 21 SAINT LOUIS Big 12 Now L, 63-66 all 4 contests, losing their first 2 games (Oklahoma and TCU) by a combined 8 points, Producer ..............................................................Paul Ervin Sun. 29 TULSA Big 12 Now W, 69-67 and rallying from a 15-point first-half deficit against the Red Raiders to actually lead 46-45 with 13:24 to play before fading down the stretch. Junior Cartier Diarra (19) RADIO JANUARY and senior Xavier Sneed(14) combined for more than half of the Wildcats’ 63 points, K-State Sports Network Sat. 4 @Oklahoma* Big 12 Now L, 61-66 but freshman Montavious Murphy had his best game of the season with 11 points. Flagships // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580 Tues. 7 TCU* ESPNU L, 57-59 Online: TuneIn.com [free] / Sat. 11 @Texas* LHN L, 50-64 u The last time K-State and West Virginia met at Bramlage Coliseum, the Wildcats www.kstatesports.com/watch [free] Tues. 14 23/23 TEXAS TECH* Big 12 Now L, 63-77 overcame their largest deficit in school history (21 points) when then senior Barry Satellite Radio: XM 383 / Internet 973 Brown, Jr., laid in the go-ahead bucket with 29 seconds remaining to cap a 50-point Sat. 18 12/13 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPNU 1 pm Play-by-Play ............................................Wyatt Thompson second half in a 71-69 defeat on the Mountaineers on Jan. 9, 2019. K-State trailed Tues. 21 @Kansas* ESPN2 6 pm Analyst ..............................................................Stan Weber by as many as 21 points a little more than a minute into the second half in that Big 12/SEC Challenge (Coleman Coliseum; Tuscaloosa, Ala.) matchup before spouting off a 17-0 run to bring the margin to 42-38 with 13:07 left Sat. 25 @Alabama ESPN2 5 pm LIVE STATS in the game. A 4-point play by current Wildcat Xavier Sneed gave the Wildcats their www.kstatesports.com Wed. 29 OKLAHOMA* Big 12 Now 7 pm first lead with 2:30 remaining before Brown’s layup in the final minute put the team kstate.statbroadcast.com [media only] up for good at 70-69. Current junior Mike McGuirl had 18 points off the bench on FEBRUARY 7-of-12 field goals, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, while Sneed added 10. TICKETS Sat. 1 @West Virginia* ESPN/2/U 1 pm www.kstatesports.com/tickets Mon. 3 BAYLOR* ESPN2 8 pm u West Virginia has made an impressive turnaround this season under Hall of Fame (800) 221.CATS [2287] Sat. 8 @Iowa State* ESPN2 7 pm head coach Bob Huggins, who is just 2 wins shy of tying legendary coach Adolph Tues. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN2/U 8 pm Rupp (876) on all-time wins list. The Mountaineers need just 1 win to tie their entire Gameday ........................$30 (bench & GA)/$75 (chairback) Wildcat 4-Pack........................................$99 ($24.75 each) Sat. 15 @TCU* Big 12 Now 4 pm total from the 2018-19 (15) season with notable victories over Wichita State (75-63), Wed. 19 @Texas Tech* ESPN2/U 8 pm Ohio State (67-59) and Texas Tech (81-49). The team is one of the top defensive teams Sat. 22 TEXAS* CBS 1 pm in the country, ranking in the Top 10 in 4 defensive categories, including ninth in scoring defense (59.3 ppg.) and sixth in rebounding (42.0 rpg.). Tues. 25 @Baylor Big 12 Now 7 pm Sat. 29 KANSAS* CBS 12:30 pm n PROBABLE STARTERS MARCH Kansas State Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG Wed. 4 @Oklahoma State* ESPNU/2 8 pm G2Cartier Diarra 6-4 188 Jr.-2L Florence, S.C. 12.6 4.3 5.5 41.3 28.9 60.7 31.3 Sat. 7 IOWA STATE* Big 12 Now 3 pm G3DaJuan Gordon 6-4 185 Fr.-HS Chicago, Ill. 6.3 3.3 0.6 45.5 33.3 64.3 22.9 G 20 Xavier Sneed 6-5 215 Sr.-3L St. Louis, Mo. 14.6 5.0 1.5 39.5 32.6 71.8 31.6 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) F 23 Montavious Murphy 6-9 215 Fr.-HS Spring, Texas 5.4 3.9 0.8 35.7 20.0 62.5 25.3 Wed. 11 First Round ESPNU 6/8 pm F 14 Makol Mawien 6-9 228 Sr.-3L West Valley City, Utah 7.1 4.4 0.5 43.8 42.9 77.1 20.2 Thurs. 12 Quarterfinals ESPN2/U Fri. 13 Semifinals ESPN/U 6/8 pm West Virginia Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG Sat. 14 Championship ESPN 8 pm G5Jordan McCabe 6-0 188 So.-1L Kaukauna, Wis. 3.1 0.8 1.9 25.0 15.8 85.0 13.3 G 10 Jermaine Haley 6-7 215 Sr.-1L Vancouver, B.C. 9.2 4.6 1.7 58.1 25.0 58.3 22.5 *Big 12 Conference game F 11 Emmitt Matthews, Jr. 6-7 210 So.-1L Tacoma, Wash. 7.4 4.1 0.7 39.8 32.6 59.1 24.8 All Times Central and Subject to Change F1Derek Culver 6-10 255 So.-1L Youngstown, Ohio 10.8 9.7 2.1 48.0 -- 61.4 24.6 Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches F 34 Oscar Tshiebwe 6-9 258 Fr.-HS Lubumbashi, Congo 11.8 9.6 0.4 59.8 -- 65.3 22.8 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Tom Gilbert | Director of Men’s Basketball Communications | E: [email protected] | O: (785) 532-7979 | C: (785) 587-7868 GAME 17 vs.