GAME 29 vs. 1/1 Kansas // Saturday, February 29, 2020 // Dillons Sunflower Showdown 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 [9-19, 2-13 Big 12] vs. 1/1 [25-3, 14-1 Big 12] n 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RECORD K-STATE KANSAS Saturday, February 29, 2020 // 12:36 p.m. CT // Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) // Manhattan, Kan. Overall Record: 9-19 WILDCATS JAYHAWKS Big 12: 2-13 n Non-Conference: 7-6 Head Coach: Bruce Weber Head Coach: Bill Self Home: 8-7 n Away: 1-9 n Neutral: 0-3 Record at K-State: 159-108/8th Year Record at KU: 498-109/17th Year MATCHUP Career Record: 705-214/27th Year OCTOBER Career Record: 472-263/22nd Year vs. Kansas: 3-16 (3-4 at home) vs. K-State: 30-6 (11-5 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 (9-19, 2-13 Big 12) continues one of its most challenging stretches Tues. 5 NORTH DAKOTA STATE Big 12 Now W, 67-54 in school history on Saturday, as the Wildcats will play host to No. 1/1 Kansas (25-3, n GAME INFORMATION Sat. 9 @UNLV ESPN+ W, 60-56 14-1 Big 12) in the 293rd edition of the Dillon’s Sunflower Showdown at Bramlage Wed. 13 MONMOUTH Big 12 Now W, 73-54 Coliseum. Following its 85-66 loss at No. 2/2 Baylor on Tuesday night, K-State will RIVALRY GAME Tues. 19 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF Big 12 Now W, 62-51 play the No. 1 and No. 2 in consecutive games for just the second time in school Dillons Sunflower Showdown Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans Fort Myers Tipoff history and the first time since losing to No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Michigan at the 1964 K-State and Kansas will meet for the (Suncoast Credit Union Arena; Fort Myers, Fla.) Final Four at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The Wildcats are just the fifth 293rd time on Saturday in a rivalry Mon. 25 vs. Pittsburgh FS1 L, 59-63 Division I team since 1996-97 to play the nation’s top two teams in the same week that dates to 1907. It is the sixth- Wed. 27 vs. Bradley FS1 L, 60-73 and the first since West Virginia in 2016. The game will tip at 12:36 p.m., CT on CBS most played rivalry and eighth-most with Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Jim Spanarkel (analyst) and Evan Washburn played in NCAA Division I history. DECEMBER (sideline reporter) on the call. This will be the first time CBS has called a Sunflower Mon. 2 FLORIDA A&M Big 12 Now W, 76-58 SERIES HISTORY Showdown since a 69-62 Kansas win at Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 17, 1998. Big 12/Big East Battle (Bramlage Coliseum; Manhattan, Kan.) Overall..................................................Kansas leads 198-94 u K-State has 5 wins all-time (16 losses) against the nation’s No. 1 team in its history Current Streak......................................................Kansas, 2 Sat. 7 MARQUETTE ESPN2 L, 65-73 with 4 of those coming in Bramlage Coliseum (Missouri in 1990, Texas in 2010, Kansas In Manhattan........................................Kansas leads 78-48 Wed. 11 ALABAMA STATE Big 12 Now W, 86-41 in 2011 and Oklahoma in 2016). The other win came against top-ranked Kansas in At Bramlage Coliseum ..........................Kansas leads 26-5 Never Forget Tribute Classic (Prudential Center; Newark, N.J.) Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 17, 1994. The Wildcats have dropped the last 3 meetings Last Meeting........................................L, 60-81, 1/21/2020 Weber vs. Self ......................................4-17 (4-4 at home) Sat. 14 vs. Mississippi State ESPNU L, 61-67 with the No. 1 team, including a 73-67 loss to top-ranked Baylor on Feb. 3. This will be 10th meeting with a No. 1 Kansas team and the first since an 85-63 loss to the Wildcat Classic (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) TELEVISION Jayhawks in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on March 11, Sat. 21 SAINT LOUIS Big 12 Now L, 63-66 CBS Sports / CBS Sports App 2016. The 5 wins over the No. 1 team are among 25 against Top 5 teams in school Sun. 29 TULSA Big 12 Now W, 69-67 history, which includes 3 by head coach Bruce Weber (No. 1 Oklahoma in 2016, No. Play-by-Play ....................................................Brad Nessler 2 Baylor in 2017 and No. 4 Oklahoma in 2018). Overall, Weber’s 27 wins over Top 25 Analyst ..........................................................Jim Spanarkel JANUARY teams are the most by any head coach in school history. Sideline Reporter ......................................Evan Washburn Sat. 4 @Oklahoma* Big 12 Now L, 61-66 Producer............................................................Ryan Galvin Tues. 7 TCU* ESPNU L, 57-59 u K-State saw its losing streak hit 8 games on Tuesday night, as the Wildcats ran RADIO Sat. 11 @Texas* LHN L, 50-64 into a motivated Baylor team, who saw its Big 12 record 24-game winning streak Tues. 14 23/23 TEXAS TECH* Big 12 Now L, 63-77 end in its last outing on Feb. 22 against then No. 2/2 Kansas. The Bears connected K-State Sports Network Flagships // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580 Sat. 18 12/13 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPNU W, 84-68 on nearly 50 percent from the field, including 53.3 percent (16-of-30) in building a Online: TuneIn.com [free] / Tues. 21 @3/3 Kansas* ESPN2 L, 60-81 26-point lead in the first half, to earn their first series sweep of the Wildcats since www.kstatesports.com/watch [free] 2016. Five Baylor players scored in double figures led by reserveMatthew Mayer’s Big 12/SEC Challenge (Coleman Coliseum; Tuscaloosa, Ala.) XM 386 // Internet 976 game-tying 19 points, while junior Cartier Diarra led the Wildcats with 19 points Sat. 25 @Alabama ESPN2 L, 74-77 on 7-of-11 field goals, including 3-of-6 from 3-point range, while freshmanDaJuan Play-by-Play ............................................Wyatt Thompson Wed. 29 OKLAHOMA* Big 12 Now W, 61-53 Gordon and junior Mike McGuirl added 12 and 10 points, respectively. Analyst ..............................................................Stan Weber FEBRUARY u Injuries have been a big part of K-State’s season, as 5 players have combined to LIVE STATS Sat. 1 @12/11 West Virginia* ESPN2 L, 57-66 miss 53 games, which has caused coach Bruce Weber to use 8 starting lineups. The www.kstatesports.com 8 lineups are the most since using 11 in 2014-15 with at least one true freshman Mon. 3 1/1 BAYLOR* ESPN2 L, 67-73 TICKETS Sat. 8 @Iowa State* ESPN2 L, 63-73 starting in 25 of 28 games, including rookies DaJuan Gordon and Montavious www.kstatesports.com/tickets Tues. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPNU L, 59-64 Murphy starting together 8 times, including in 7 of the last 10 games, and Antonio (800) 221.CATS [2287] Sat. 15 @TCU* Big 12 Now L, 57-68 Gordon starting the last 2 games against Texas and No. 1/1 Baylor. The last time a Wed. 19 @Texas Tech* ESPN2 L, 62-69 pair of freshmen started together in more than one game came when Barry Brown, Gameday ......................$99 (bench & GA)/$175 (chairback) Sat. 22 TEXAS* CBS L, 59-70 Jr., and Dean Wade started the last 9 games of 2015-16. Wildcat 4-Pack ..........................................$300 ($75 each) Tues. 25 @2/2 Baylor Big 12 Now L, 66-85 Sat. 29 1/1 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 8 pm G2Cartier Diarra 6-4 188 Jr.-2L Florence, S.C. 13.1 4.0 4.4 41.2 31.7 64.6 31.0 Sat. 7 IOWA STATE* Big 12 Now 3 pm G 00 Mike McGuirl 6-2 188 Jr.-2L Ellington, Conn. 6.5 2.1 1.6 42.6 45.2 63.4 23.4 G 20 Xavier Sneed 6-5 215 Sr.-3L St. Louis, Mo. 14.0 4.6 1.7 37.1 31.1 67.6 32.1 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (Sprint Center; Kansas City, Mo.) F 11 Antonio Gordon 6-9 217 Fr.-HS Lawton, Okla. 4.6 3.9 0.3 40.2 25.0 50.0 18.5 Wed. 11 First Round ESPNU 6/8 pm F 14 Makol Mawien 6-9 228 Sr.-3L West Valley City, Utah 7.5 5.5 0.5 45.1 30.0 75.0 21.4 Thurs. 12 Quarterfinals ESPN2/U Fri. 13 Semifinals ESPN/U 6/8 pm Kansas Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG Sat. 14 Championship ESPN 8 pm G1Devon Dotson 6-2 185 So.-1L Charlotte, N.C. 17.9 4.0 4.1 46.4 30.4 81.0 34.6 G0Marcus Garrett 6-5 195 Jr.-2L Dallas, Texas 9.4 4.4 4.8 44.3 33.3 64.6 31.9 *Big 12 Conference game G4Isaiah Moss 6-5 208 Sr.-TR Chicago, Ill. 8.2 2.1 0.5 40.8 37.6 89.3 23.7 All Times Central and Subject to Change G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6-5 210 So.-1L Kansas City, Mo. 10.1 4.1 2.1 43.0 34.1 67.3 33.6 Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches C 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 255 Sr.-3L Delta, Nigeria 13.4 10.4 1.0 74.4 -- 45.4 27.8 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Tom Gilbert | Director of Men’s Basketball Communications | E: [email protected] | O: (785) 532-7979 | C: (785) 587-7868 GAME 29 vs.