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The Kansas State Wildcats basketball program is the intercollegiate basketball program of the Kansas State University Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Their official uniform colors are purple and silver, and the mascot is Willie the Wildcat. Kansas State's men's basketball team began competition in 1902, and has a long history of success.
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About The Kansas State Wildcats
The first two Missouri Valley Conference titles captured by the school were won in the sport, in 1917 and 1919. Kansas State has gone on to capture 17 conference crowns in the sport. Frank Martin is the current head coach. Through the years the team earned the right to participate in 23 NCAA basketball tournaments, and their best finish at the tournament came in 1951, when it played the University of Kentucky for the national championship. The school has reached the Final Four four times, the Elite Eight 11 times, and the Sweet Sixteen 16 times.
Included among K-State's tournament wins are some all-time classics, including a 50-48 win over second-ranked Oregon State University in 1981, and a 83-80 win over Oscar Robertson's University of Cincinnati team in 1958, which Sports Illustrated called "the game of the year." Bob Huggins coached for one season at K-State in 2006 and led the school to a berth in the NIT Tournament and its first 20-win season since 1989, and on April 5, 2007, Huggins announced that he was leaving to accept the head coach position at West Virginia, his alma mater. He was replaced by Huggin's assistant Frank Martin, and the team started the 2007-2008 season ranked in the AP top 25, and went on to a 20-11 record with a 10-6 record in the Big 12 Conference.
