GAME 34 vs. UC Irvine // Friday, March 22 // NCAA South Regional First/Second Round [San Jose, Calif.] 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL // GAME NOTES 1,650+ ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 31 NCAA TOURNAMENTS // 4 FINAL FOURS [1948, 1951, 1958, 1964] // 21 CONFERENCE TITLES 18/14 [4] [25-8, 14-4 Big 12] vs. [13] [30-5, 15-1 Big West] n 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RECORD K-STATE UC IRVINE Friday, March 22, 2019 // 1 p.m. CT // SAP Center (17,496) // San Jose, Calif. Overall Record: 25-8 WILDCATS ANTEATERS Big 12: 14-4 n Non-Conference: 10-3 Head Coach: Bruce Weber Head Coach: Russell Turner Home: 14-2 n Away: 7-5 n Neutral: 4-1 Record at K-State: 150-88/7th Year Record at UCI: 187-127/9th Year NOVEMBER MATCHUP Career Record: 463-243/21st Year Career Record: 187-127/9th Year Fri. 2 PITTSBURG STATE (Exh.) FSKC/ESPN3 W, 79-39 vs. UC Irvine: 1-0 (0-0 at neutral) vs. K-State: 0-1 (0-0 at neutral) Opening Game of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Fri. 9 KENNESAW STATE FSKC/ESPN3 W, 56-41 OPENING TIP u No. 18/14 Kansas State (25-8, 14-4 Big 12) was rewarded for its successful season Mon. 12 DENVER FSKC/ESPN3 W, 64-56 on Sunday, as the Wildcats earned their 31st bid to the NCAA Tournament, including n GAME INFORMATION U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (UVI Sports & Fitness; St. Thomas, USVI) the fifth in seven seasons under Bruce Weber. The team is the No. 15 overall seed Fri. 16 vs. Eastern Kentucky FloHoops.com W, 95-68 in the field, including the third among the four No. 4 seeds (trailing Kansas and Florida NCAA TOURNAMENT Sun. 18 vs. Penn FloHoops.com W, 64-48 State). K-State has now advanced to the postseason 11 times in the last 13 seasons Appearance ........................31st (5th under Bruce Weber) Mon. 19 vs. Missouri FloHoops.com W, 82-67 (nine NCAA Tournaments and two NITs), including three straight NCAA Tournaments Overall..............................37-34 (4-4 under Bruce Weber) Sat. 24 LEHIGH FSKC/ESPN3 W, 77-58 for the first time since making five consecutive appearances from 2010 to 2014. In South Region..................4-3 (4-2 under Bruce Weber) First Round........................................11-5 (last time: 2018) u The Big 12 co-champion, K-State was selected as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA South DECEMBER as a No. 4 seed ....................................3-2 (last time: 2013) Regional and will travel to San Jose, Calif., to play No. 13 seed and Big West regular- vs. a No. 13 seed ................................1-1 (last time: 2013) Sat. 1 @Marquette FS1 L, 71-83 season and tournament champion UC Irvine (30-5, 15-1 Big West) in the first round Sat. 8 @Tulsa CBSSN L, 46-47 at 1 p.m., CT (11 a.m., PT) on Friday, March 22 at the SAP Center. The game will air SERIES HISTORY Sat. 15 GEORGIA STATE FSKC/ESPN3 W, 71-59 on TBS with Spero Dedes (play-by-play), Len Elmore and Steve Smith (analysts) Overall............................K-State leads 1-0 (last time: 2017) Wed. 19 SOUTHERN MISS FSKC/ESPN3 W, 55-51 and Ros Gold-Onwude (sideline reporter) on the call. at NCAA Tournament ....................................First meeting Wildcat Classic (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) Last Meeting ........................................W, 71-49, 11/17/17 u The winner will advance to play either No. 5 seed Wisconsin (23-10, 14-6 Big Ten) Sat. 22 VANDERBILT ESPN2 W, 69-58 Weber vs. UC Irvine......................2-0 (0-0 at neutral sites) and No. 12 seed Oregon (23-12, 10-8 Pac-12) on Sunday, March 24. Weber vs. Turner ..........................2-0 (0-0 at neutral sites) Sat. 29 GEORGE MASON FSKC/ESPN3 W, 59-58 u K-State is making its 38th postseason appearance, which includes 31 in the NCAA TELEVISION JANUARY Tournament and seven in the NIT. The Wildcats have posted a 37-34 all-time record TBS // NCAA March Madness Live in NCAA Tournament play, including 11-5 in the first round. The school will be making Wed. 2 TEXAS* ESPNU L, 47-67 its third appearance as a No. 4 seed and the first since the 2013 NCAA Tournament, Play-by-Play ....................................................Spero Dedes Sat. 5 @ 11/11 Texas Tech* ESPNU L, 57-63 Analyst(s) ................................Len Elmore and Steve Smith in which, the Wildcats lost to No. 13 seed La Salle, 63-61, in the West Regional in Wed. 9 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPNU W, 71-69 Reporter..................................................Ros Gold-Onwude Kansas City. The other appearance as a No. 4 seed came in the 1988 NCAA Tournament Sat. 12 @ 20/21 Iowa State* ESPN2 W, 58-57 when the team advanced to the Elite Eight by defeating No. 13 La Salle (66-53), No. Wed. 16 @ 20/19 Oklahoma* ESPN2 W, 74-61 NATIONAL RADIO 5 DePaul (66-58) and No. 1 Purdue (73-70) before falling to No. 6 Kansas (71-58) in Sat. 19 TCU* ESPN2 W, 65-55 Westwood One Pontiac, Mich. It will be the school’s third consecutive appearance (2017-19) in the Online: March Madness Live App [free] / Tues. 22 14/13 TEXAS TECH* ESPN2 W, 58-45 South Regional and the fourth overall with the other trip coming in 1993. www.ncaa.com/marchmadnesslive SEC/Big 12 Challenge (Reed Arena; College Station, Texas) Sirius 138 / XM 207 / Internet 974 u K-State earned its fifth 20-win season under Weber and finished as co-champion Sat. 26 @Texas A&M ESPN L, 53-65 Play-by-Play ....................................................Chris Carrino of the Big 12 with Texas Tech with identical 14-4 marks. The Wildcats have posted 25 Analyst....................................................Mike Montgomery FEBRUARY wins in consecutive seasons for the first time in school history, while the 14 in Big Sat. 2 @Oklahoma State* ESPNU W, 75-57 12 play tie the 1958-59 and 2012-13 squads for the most in school history. Defense RADIO Tues. 5 13/14 KANSAS* ESPN W, 74-67 carries the Wildcats as they are holding opponents to 59.2 points (third nationally) K-State Sports Network Sat. 9 @Baylor* ESPN2 W, 70-63 on 41.4 percent shooting, including 31.2 percent from 3-point range. The team has Online: TuneIn.com [free] / Tues. 12 @Texas* ESPN2 W, 71-64 held 18 of 33 opponents (9 Big 12 foes) to 60 points or less with two eclipsing 70. www.kstatesports.com/watch [free] Sirius 138 / XM 207 / Internet 974 Sat. 16 23/22 IOWA STATE* ESPN2 L, 64-78 u UC Irvine has won a school-record 30 games, including 16 in a row dating back to Mon. 18 @West Virginia* ESPN W, 65-51 Play-by-Play ............................................Wyatt Thompson Jan. 19, and went a near perfect 15-1 mark in Big West play. Like the Wildcats, the Analyst ..............................................................Stan Weber Sat. 23 OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN2 W, 85-46 Anteaters are among the best defensive teams in the country, placing third in total Mon. 25 @ 15/16 Kansas* ESPN L, 49-64 rebounds (1,411), ninth in rebounding margin (+7.3) and 11th in total rebounds per TICKETS game (40.3), while is fifth in field goal percentage defense (38.0). Vivid Seats (www.vividseats.com/) MARCH Sat. 2 BAYLOR* ESPN2 W, 66-60 u This will be the second meeting between the schools and the first since 2017. Prices ..........................$66 (upper level), $100 (lower level) Mon. 4 @TCU* ESPN2 W, 64-52 Sat. 9 OKLAHOMA* ESPN2 W, 68-53 n PROBABLE STARTERS Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) Kansas State (25-8) Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG Thurs. 14 vs. [8] TCU ESPN2 W, 70-61 G2Cartier Diarra 6-4 190 So.-1L Florence, S.C. 6.7 3.4 1.7 39.7 34.3 70.2 25.6 Fri. 15 vs. [5] Iowa State ESPN2 L, 59-63 G3Kamau Stokes 6-0 170 Sr.-3L Baltimore, Md. 10.8 2.8 3.3 38.1 36.2 73.6 32.1 G5Barry Brown, Jr. 6-3 195 Sr.-3L St. Petersburg, Fla. 14.9 4.1 2.9 43.8 29.9 71.0 35.2 NCAA South Regional (SAP Center; San Jose, Calif.) G/F 20 Xavier Sneed 6-5 220 Jr.-2L St. Louis, Mo. 10.6 5.5 2.0 39.6 35.3 67.0 30.6 Fri. 22 vs. [13] UC Irvine TBS 1 pm F 14 Makol Mawien 6-9 245 Jr.-2L West Valley City, Utah 6.8 4.6 0.3 52.5 25.0 67.3 21.8 *Big 12 Conference game | All Times Central | Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches UC Irvine (30-5) Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG G2Max Hazzard 5-10 170 Jr.-2L Los Angeles, Calif. 12.5 1.9 2.2 41.8 39.4 76.6 26.1 SOCIAL MEDIA: #KStateMBB G3Robert Cartwright 6-2 180 Gr.-TR Pasadena, Calif. 6.8 2.3 2.3 38.3 32.9 81.0 21.6 Twitter/Instagram ..........@KStateMBB / @kstatesports / @kstate_gameday G 14 Evan Leonard 6-1 185 Jr.-2L Cerritos, Calif. 11.1 2.5 1.7 44.1 40.9 84.3 23.9 Facebook....................................................................K-State Men’s Basketball F 42 Tommy Rutherford 6-8 240 Jr.-2L El Cajon, Calif. 6.8 4.4 0.7 52.2 36.4 70.3 16.9 Snapchat ......................................................................................kstatesports F5Jonathan Galloway 6-10 235 Gr.-1L Brentwood, Calif.