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GAME 5 vs. Pittsburgh // Monday, November 25, 2019 // Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans Fort Myers Tipoff 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 [4-0, 0-0 Big 12] vs. [4-2, 1-0 ACC] n 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RECORD K-STATE PITTSBURGH Monday, November 25 // 5 p.m. CT // Suncoast Credit Union Arena (3,500) // Fort Myers, Fla. Overall Record: 4-0 WILDCATS PANTHERS Big 12: 0-0 n Non-Conference: 4-0 Head Coach: Bruce Weber Head Coach: Jeff Capel III Home: 3-0 n Away: 1-0 n Neutral: 0-0 Record at K-State: 154-89/8th Year Record at Pitt: 18-21/2nd Year MATCHUP OCTOBER Career Record: 467-244/22nd Year Career Record: 180-131/11th Year vs. Pitt: 0-1 (0-1 at neutral site) vs. K-State: 1-4 (0-0 at neutral site) 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 (4-0) heads to south for the Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans Fort Tues. 5 NORTH DAKOTA STATE Big 12 Now W, 67-54 Myers Tipoff this coming week, as Wildcats begin the semifinal round against ACC Sat. 9 @UNLV ESPN+ W, 60-56 n GAME INFORMATION foe Pittsburgh (4-2) at 5 p.m., CT on Monday, Nov. 25 at the Suncoast Credit Union Wed. 13 MONMOUTH Big 12 Now W, 73-54 Arena in Fort Myers, Fla. The winner will face either Bradley (4-1) or Northwestern Tues. 19 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF Big 12 Now W, 62-51 FORT MYERS TIPOFF (2-2) in the championship game on Wednesday night, as the Braves and Wildcats Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans Fort Myers Tipoff K-State will play in the Championship will play in the second semifinal game at 7:30 p.m., CT on Monday. The championship rounds of the Rocket Mortgage by (Suncoast Credit Union Arena; Fort Myers, Fla.) game is set for 7:30 p.m., CT on Wednesday, while the third-place game is slated for Quicken Loans Fort Myers Tipoff on Mon. 25 vs. Pittsburgh FS1 5 pm 5 p.m., CT. All games will be broadcast nationally on FS1. Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 25-27. All Wed. 27 vs. Bradley/Northwestern FS1 5/7:30 pm games will be broadcast on FS1. u This will mark just the second year for the Fort Myers Tipoff, as Boston College DECEMBER won the inaugural championship with a 78-66 win over Loyola Chicago on Nov. 21, SERIES HISTORY Mon. 2 FLORIDA A&M Big 12 Now 7 pm 2018 in a tournament that included Richmond and Wyoming. This will mark the third Overall..................................................Pittsburgh leads 1-0 Big 12/Big East Alliance (Bramlage Coliseum; Manhattan, Kan.) in-season tournament appearance for the Wildcats in the state of Florida, following Current Streak................................................Pittsburgh, 1 Sat. 7 MARQUETTE ESPN2 8 pm the Capital City Classic in Tallahassee, Fla., on Dec. 29-30, 1994 and the Advocare In Fort Myers ..................................................First meeting Invitational (formerly Old Spice Classic) on Nov. 22-25, 2007. K-State, which won the At Suncoast Credit Union Arena..................First meeting Wed. 11 ALABAMA STATE Big 12 Now 7 pm U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam last season with wins over Eastern Kentucky (95-68), Last Meeting..............L, 47-70 [11/26/14 in Maui, Hawai’i] Never Forget Tribute Classic (Prudential Center; Newark, N.J.) Penn (64-48) and Missouri (82-67), looks to win in-season tournaments in back-to- Weber vs. Capel..............................................First meeting Sat. 14 vs. Mississippi State ESPNU 10:30 am back years for the first time since claiming three in a row (Hawai’i Nike Festival, Capital City Classic and Otis Spunkmeyer Classic) from 1993-95. TELEVISION Wildcat Classic (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) FS1 Sat. 21 SAINT LOUIS Big 12 Now 6 pm u K-State has a 21-8 (.724) record in regular-season tournaments under head coach Sun. 29 TULSA Big 12 Now 5 pm Bruce Weber, winning the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam in 2018 and advancing Play-by-Play ..............................................Brandon Gaudin to the tournament finals on three other occasions, including the 2012 NIT Season Analyst................................................................Bill Raftery JANUARY Tip-Off (losing to No. 4 Michigan, 71-57), 2015 CBE Hall of Fame Classic (losing to Producer ..........................................................Casey Carter Sat. 4 @Oklahoma* Big 12 Now 12 pm No. 9 North Carolina, 80-70) and the 2016 Barclays Center Classic (losing to Maryland, RADIO Tues. 7 TCU* ESPN/2/U 8 pm 69-68). The team has also participated in the 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-Off (1-2 record), Sat. 11 @Texas* LHN 7 pm 2014 Maui Invitational (1-2 record) and 2017 Las Vegas Invitational (3-1). K-State Sports Network Flagships // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580 Tues. 14 TEXAS TECH* Big 12 Now 7 pm u K-State captured its first in-season tournament title at the 2018 Paradise Jam Online: TuneIn.com [free] / Sat. 18 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPNU 1 pm www.kstatesports.com/watch [free] Tues. 21 @Kansas* ESPN/2/U 6 pm since winning the 2011 Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu, Hawai’i. The Wildcats have also won tournament championships in 1990 (BMA Holiday Classic), 1993 (Hawai’i Satellite Channel 974 [internet only] Big 12/SEC Challenge (Reed Arena; College Station, Texas) Nike Festival), 1994 (Capital City Classic), 1995 (Otis Spunkmeyer Classic) and 2006 Play-by-Play ............................................Wyatt Thompson Sat. 25 @Alabama ESPN2 5 pm (Las Vegas Holiday Classic). Overall, the school has a 129-78 (.623) all-time record in Analyst ..............................................................Stan Weber Wed. 29 OKLAHOMA* Big 12 Now 7 pm 76 in-season tournaments dating to the program’s first season in 1905, most of which came in the Big Six/Seven/Eight Holiday Tournament that ran in Kansas City from LIVE STATS FEBRUARY 1943 to 1978 and involved mostly members of the Big Six, Big Seven and Big Eight. www.fortmyerstipoff.com Sat. 1 @West Virginia* ESPN/2/U 1 pm fortmyersmedia.statbroadcast.com. Mon. 3 BAYLOR* ESPN2 8 pm u K-State is off to a 4-0 start for the fifth consecutive season and the sixth time in Sat. 8 @Iowa State* ESPN2 7 pm eight seasons under head coach Bruce Weber, as the Wildcats rallied for the fourth TICKETS Tues. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN2/U 8 pm consecutive game in the second half to defeat Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 62-51. Tied at 27- www.fortmyerstipoff.com/Tickets all at the half, the team took the lead for good with an 11-2 run midway through the Sat. 15 @TCU* Big 12 Now 4 pm Single Game............................................$20/$35/$65/$85 Wed. 19 @Texas Tech* ESPN2/U 8 pm second half spurred by 5 consecutive points from senior Xavier Sneed, who scored Sat. 22 TEXAS* CBS 1 pm 12 of his team-high 21 points after halftime to go with a team-best 6 rebounds. 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 G 00 Mike McGuirl 6-2 188 Jr.-2L Ellington, Conn. 3.5 2.3 2.3 33.3 33.3 100.0 21.5 Sat. 7 IOWA STATE* Big 12 Now 3 pm G2Cartier Diarra 6-4 188 Jr.-2L Florence, S.C. 12.5 4.5 6.8 35.3 15.0 84.6 32.6 G 20 Xavier Sneed 6-5 215 Sr.-3L St. Louis, Mo. 16.0 5.8 1.0 41.2 41.2 68.4 33.6 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) F 34 Levi Stockard III 6-8 240 Jr.-2L St. Louis, Mo. 6.3 3.0 0.3 50.0 50.0 83.3 16.4 Wed. 11 First Round ESPNU 6/8 pm F 14 Makol Mawien 6-9 228 Sr.-3L West Valley City, Utah 9.5 6.5 0.8 50.0 50.0 73.3 22.7 Thurs. 12 Quarterfinals ESPN2/U Fri. 13 Semifinals ESPN/U 6/8 pm Pittsburgh Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG Sat. 14 Championship ESPN 8 pm G1Xavier Johnson 6-3 200 So.-1L Woodbridge, Va. 10.3 4.0 5.2 35.6 40.0 57.1 32.6 G2Trey McGowens 6-4 190 So.-1L Pendleton, S.C. 12.3 5.0 2.8 42.3 35.0 76.7 31.4 *Big 12 Conference game G 24 Ryan Murphy 6-2 185 Jr.-TR Calabasas, Calif. 11.7 3.2 1.8 38.6 32.4 88.2 31.7 All Times Central and Subject to Change F 11 Justin Champagnie 6-6 200 Fr.-HS Brooklyn, N.Y. 10.8 5.7 0.5 42.6 15.4 81.0 26.0 Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches F 21 Terrell Brown 6-10 235 Jr.-2L Providence, R.I. 6.7 3.7 0.2 60.0 0.0 66.7 22.3 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Tom Gilbert | Director of Men’s Basketball Communications | E: [email protected] | O: (785) 532-7979 | C: (785) 587-7868 GAME 5 vs. Pittsburgh // Monday, November 25, 2019 GAME NOTES 2019-20 KANSAS STATE WILDCATS n QUICK FACTS THE BASICS Location: Manhattan, Kan. Founded: 1863 Enrollment: 21,719 (Fall 2019) Nickname:Wildcats School Colors: Purple (PMS 268) and White Conference: Big 12 Arena (Year Opened): Bramlage Coliseum (1988) President: Richard B.