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K-STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL: A CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION 26 NCAA Tournaments | 4 Final Fours | 19 Conference Championships 40 All-Americans | 50 NBA Draft Picks | 10 Academic All-Americans GAME 32 Television: TruTV Kevin Harlan (play-by-play); Len Elmore/Reggie Miller Thursday, March 15, 2012 ■ 11:40 a.m. CST ■ NCAA Tournament East Regional ■ CONSOL Energy Center (19,069) (analysts); Marty Snider (sideline); Steve Scheer (producer) National Radio: Westwood One Scott Graham (play-by-play); Kevin Grevey (analyst) rv/rv Kansas State (21-10, 10-8 Big 12) Satellite Radio: Sirius 92/XM 191 Head coach: Frank Martin (Florida International ‘93) Radio: K-State Sports Network Career/School Record: 116-53 (5th season) ■ Postseason Record: 6-4 [5-3 in the NCAA] Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play); Stan Weber (analyst) vs Live Stats: www.k-statesports.com/multimedia Live Audio: www.k-statesports.com/allaccess (free) (25-8, 11-5 C-USA) Twitter Updates: twitter.com/kstate_gameday Southern Miss K-State at NCAA Championship: 32-29 (5-3 in 2nd round) Head coach: Larry Eustachy (Long Beach State ‘79) Career Record: 402-257 (20th season) ■ School Record: 142-112 (8th season) GAME INFO GAME K-State vs. Southern Miss: 3-3 (W, 74-55, 12/11/2008) THE GAME 2011-12 SCHEDULE Kansas State (21-10, 10-8 Big 12) earned its school-record sixth consecutive postseason appearance, including its third straight to the NCAA Tournament, as the No. 8 seed Wildcats will play No. 9 seed Southern Mississippi (25-8, 11-5 C-USA) in the second Record: 21-10 [10-8 Big 12] round of East Regional at the CONSOL Energy Center (19,069) in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Thursday, March 15. The game will tip at 11:40 Home: 12-4 ■ Away: 6-4 ■ Neutral: 3-2 a.m. CDT and will be broadcast nationally on TruTV (as well as NCAA.com) with Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Len Elmore (analyst), Reggie Miller (analyst) and Marty Snider (sidelines) on the call. The Wildcats enter the contest with wins in four of their last NOVEMBER six games, which includes back-to-back victories over Top 10 foes Baylor and Missouri for the first time in school history. The team Sun. 6 -- -- FORT HAYS STATE (Exh.) FSKC W, 90-60 recorded its school-record sixth consecutive 20-win season (and for the 25th time in school history) in 2011-12, including the fifth Fri. 11 -- -- CHARLESTON SOUTHERN FSKC W, 72-67 Mon. 14 -- -- LOYOLA CHICAGO FSKC W, 74-61 in a row under head coach Frank Martin. K-State also claimed 10 conference wins and sole possession of fifth place in the final Tues. 22 -- -- MD.-EASTERN SHORE FSMW W, 92-50 Big 12 standings, which marked the fifth time in the last six seasons that the squad has posted at least 10 conference wins (joining Kansas as the only ones to do so in each of the last three years). The Wildcats joined Kansas as the only Big 12 schools to receive DECEMBER a bye to the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship each of the last six seasons. Prior to the 2006-07 season, the Thurs. 1 -- -- GEORGE WASHINGTON FSMW W, 69-56 school had not recorded more than three straight 20-win seasons (done twice), while its last 10-win season in conference play Sun. 4 -- -- @Virginia Tech ESPNU W, 69-61 came in 1987-88. K-State has now advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times in the last five seasons, which is the best five- Wichita Wildcat Classic (INTRUST Bank Arena; Wichita, Kan.) year stretch in school history and the best going to four straight tournaments from 1987-90. The NCAA Tournament trip is the Thurs. 8 rv -- vs. West Virginia ESPN2 L, 80-85 (2 OTs) fourth under Martin, including third in a row -- a feat that has only been done twice before at K-State (1980-82; 1987-90). Sun. 11 rv -- NORTH FLORIDA FSMW W, 79-68 (OT) Hy-Vee Wildcat Classic (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Sat. 17 -- 21 vs. Alabama ESPNU W, 71-58 K-State is 32-29 all-time in NCAA Tournament play, including a 5-3 mark in second-round games. In the school’s previous 25 NCAA Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i) Tournament appearances, the Wildcats have advanced to the Sweet 16 a total of 16 times. The program has also reached the Elite Thurs. 22 rv -- vs. Southern Illinois ESPNU W, 83-58 Eight 11 times, made four Final Four appearances (1948, 1951, 1958, 1964) and played in one National Championship game Fri. 23 rv -- vs. UTEP ESPNU W, 78-70 (1951). The school will be making its fourth appearance in the East Regional with its previous trips coming in 1975, 1989 and Sun. 25 rv -- vs. Long Beach State ESPN2 W, 77-60 1996 and is 2-2 all-time in the region. The Wildcats will be making its second appearance as a No. 8 seed and the first since making Sat. 31 25 -- HOWARD FSMW W, 82-46 a run to the Elite Eight in 1981. The school knocked off ninth-seed San Francisco, 64-60, and top-seeded Oregon State, 50-48, ni the West Regional first and second rounds in Los Angeles, Calif., then defeated fourth-seed Illinois, 57-52, in the semifinals in Salt JANUARY Lake City before falling to second-seed North Carolina, 82-68, in the finals. Overall, the school is 3-1 as a No. 8 seed. This will Wed. 4 22 15 @Kansas* B12 L, 49-67 mark the first time that K-State has played in an NCAA Tournament game in Pittsburgh and just the second time in the state of Sat. 7 22 6 MISSOURI* B12 W, 75-59 Pennsylvania. The Wildcats played Penn in the first round of the 1975 NCAA Tournament at the famed Palestra in Philadelphia. Tues. 10 18 4 BAYLOR* FSMW L, 73-75 Last season, the squad went 1-1 in the NCAA Southeast Regional at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz., knocking off No. 12 seed Utah Sat. 14 18 -- @Oklahoma* B12 L, 73-82 State, 73-68, in the second round before losing to No. 4 seed Wisconsin, 70-65, in the third round. Wed. 18 25 -- TEXAS* ESPN2 W, 84-80 Sat. 21 25 -- @Oklahoma State* B12 W, 66-58 MORE ABOUT THE ‘CATS Wed. 25 22 -- @Texas Tech* ESPNU W, 69-47 K-State has advanced to the postseason for the sixth consecutive season (a program-first), including the fifth straight under head Sat. 28 22 -- OKLAHOMA* FSMW L, 60-63 coach Frank Martin, in 2011-12. The Wildcats, which has at least 20 wins for the sixth year in a row, boasts a NCAA RPI of 48 and Tues. 31 rv rv @Iowa State* FSMW L, 70-72 has six victories against teams rated in the Top 100 of the RPI, including four versus squads rated in the Top 25. K-State is one of FEBRUARY just five schools (Duke, Indiana, Kansas and Missouri) to have at least three wins (Baylor and Missouri twice) over RPI Top 10 eamst Sat. 4 rv -- TEXAS A&M* B12 W, 64-53 (using the NCAA RPI) and the only one to have two of those victories on the road (Baylor and Missouri). The team also has a strong Tues. 7 rv -- TEXAS TECH* B12 W, 65-46 non-conference schedule with wins over Alabama, Long Beach State and Virginia Tech (on the road). In fact, the Wildcats have Sat. 11 rv -- @Texas* ESPN L, 64-75 handed the Big West champion 49ers one of their two losses since Dec. 25. In all, the squad played 14 games (6-8) against teams Mon. 13 -- 4 KANSAS* ESPN L, 53-59 that advanced to the NCAA Tournament this season, which includes five teams from the Big 12 (No. 2 seed Kansas in Midwest, No. Sat. 18 -- 9 @Baylor* B12 W, 57-56 2 seed Missouri in West), No. 3 seed Baylor in South, No. 8 seed Iowa State in South and No. 11 seed Texas in East) and Alabama Tues. 21 -- 3 @Missouri* ESPN2 W, 78-68 (No. 9 seed in Midwest), West Virginia (No. 10 seed in Midwest) and Long Beach State (No. 12 seed in West). Sat. 25 -- -- IOWA STATE* B12 L, 61-65 Tues. 28 rv -- @Texas A&M* ESPN2 W, 76-70 UP NEXT: SEMIFINALS The winner of Thursday’s second-round match-up will play either No. 1 seed Syracuse (31-2, 17-1 BIG EAST) or No. 16 seed UNC MARCH Asheville (24-9, 16-2 Big South) on Saturday, March 17 at a time to be determined. Sat. 3 rv -- OKLAHOMA STATE* B12 W, 77-58 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Requested players will go at 12:50 p.m. EDT in the interview room, while head coach Frank Martin will be Thurs. 8 rv 12 vs. Baylor ESPN2 L, 74-82 on dais at 1:05 p.m. EDT. There is a practice open to the media and the public from 1:30-2:10 p.m. EDT at CONSOL Energy Center. NCAA East Regional (CONSOL Energy Center; Pittsburgh, Pa.) Thurs. 15 rv -- vs. Southern Mississippi TruTV 11:40 a.m. KANSAS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Tom Gilbert, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications/Men’s Basketball Contact * Big 12 Conference game ■ ■ All Times Central and Subject to Change Email: [email protected] Office Phone: (785) 532-7979 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7868 Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches Press Row: (785) 539-3423 ■ Twitter: tgilbertSID ■ Website: www.k-statesports.com Address: 1800 College Avenue, Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 37, Manhattan, KS 66502 2011-12 Men’s Basketball GAME NOTES GAME SET LAST MEETING IN THE SERIES Kansas State 74, Southern Miss 55 Roster Size: 16 ■ Letterman Returning/Lost: 7/5 ■ Starting Returning/Lost: 3/2 Dec.