Kansas State Wildcats Men 's basketball - wikipedia Kansas State Wildcats Men 's basketball Kansas State Wildcats 2017 -- 18 Kansas State Wildcats men 's basketball team University Kansas State University First season 1902 All - time record 1,612 -- 1,121 (. 590 ) Athletic director Gene Taylor Head coach Bruce Weber ( 6th season ) Conference Big 12 Location Manhattan, Kansas Arena Bramlage Coliseum ( Capacity : 12,528 ) Nickname Wildcats Colors Royal Purple and White Uniforms Home Away Alternate NCAA Tournament runner - up 1951 NCAA Tournament Final Four 1948, 1951, 1958, 1964 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 1948, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1988, 2010, 2018 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2010, 2018 NCAA Tournament appearances 1948, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 Conference tournament champions 1977, 1980 Conference regular season champions 1917, 1919, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 2013 The Kansas State Wildcats men 's basketball team represents Kansas State University in college basketball competition. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I, and is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The current head coach is Bruce Weber. The program began competition in 1902, and has a long history of success. The first two major - conference titles captured by the school were won in the sport, in 1917 and 1919 ( in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association ). Kansas State has gone on to capture 18 regular season conference crowns in the sport. Street & Smith ranked K - State 22nd in its 2005 list of the greatest college basketball programs of all time, while Jeff Sagarin listed the program 27th in his all - time rankings in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Following the 2015 -- 2016 season, the Wildcats had a record of 1612 -- 1121. Contents 1 History 1.1 Top 25 rankings 2 Rivalries 2.1 Kansas : Sunflower Showdown 2.2 Missouri 2.3 Wichita State 3 Postseason 3.1 NCAA Tournament results 3.2 NCAA Tournament seeding history 3.3 NIT results 3.4 NCIT results 4 Individual awards and accomplishments 4.1 Retired jerseys 4.2 National honors 4.3 Conference honors 4.4 Wildcats to pros 4.4. 1 Draft history 4.5 Former players as coaches 5 Coaches 6 Conference membership history 7 Series records 7.1 Record vs. Big 12 opponents 7.2 Record vs. former Big 12 opponents 8 See also 9 References 10 External links History Through the years Kansas State University has appeared in 30 NCAA basketball tournaments, most recently in 2018. The team 's all - time record in the NCAA tournament is 37 -- 34 (. 521 ). Kansas State 's best finish at the tournament came in 1951, when it lost to Kentucky in the national championship game. The school has reached the Final Four 4 times, the Elite Eight 13 times, and the Sweet Sixteen 17 times. Included among K - State 's tournament wins are some all - time classics, including an 83 -- 80 win over Oscar Robertson 's Cincinnati team in 1958, which Sports Illustrated called `` the most exciting game of the 1958 season, '' and a 50 -- 48 win over second - ranked Oregon State in 1981, which USA Today listed as one of the greatest games in NCAA tournament history. The team also had some notably successful seasons before the creation of the NIT ( 1938 ) and the NCAA tournament ( 1939 ), including conference titles in 1917 and 1919 under coach Zora G. Clevenger. The Helms Athletic Foundation named Frank Reynolds the program 's first All - American player in 1917, and the Premo - Porretta Power Poll retroactively ranked Kansas State # 12 in 1910, # 18 in 1916, # 8 in 1917 and # 7 in 1919. The best season in the school 's history may have been 1959, when the team finished the season ranked # 1 in the final Associated Press Poll and Coaches Poll. K - State has finished ranked in the Top 10 of one of the two polls on ten occasions ( most recently in 2010 ), and in the final top 25 polls twenty total times. The team has also posted a winning record at home every year since 1946. Bramlage Coliseum, home of KSU basketball After a lengthy period with little success during the 1990s and 2000s, the team returned to prominence under head coach Frank Martin. Following a twelve - year absence, the team returned to the NCAA tournament after the 2007 -- 08 season. Following that season, Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley was named an All - American and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year. In the 2009 -- 10 season, the team spent much of the year ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll and finished second in the Big 12 with an 11 -- 5 record. The team received a # 2 seed in the 2010 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament, and beat North Texas and BYU to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where the Wildcats faced Xavier. The game was a double - overtime thriller won by Kansas State 101 -- 96, which CBSSports.com called `` one of the best games in the history of the Sweet 16. '' Kansas State lost in the next round to Butler, the eventual national runner - up. On March 31, 2012, Bruce Weber was announced as head coach after Frank Martin left for South Carolina. During the 2012 -- 2013 season, Weber 's first in Manhattan, Kansas State won its first regular season conference title since 1977 and advanced to the NCAA tournament. K - State has appeared in the NCAA tournament four times in Weber 's six seasons. Kansas State has a total of 36 All - Americans, 18 regular - season conference championships and nine conference tournament championships. Top 25 rankings Kansas State University has finished in the final rankings of the AP Poll or Coaches Poll on twenty occasions throughout its history, including one season at # 1 in the final polls ( pre-NCAA Tournament ). The AP Poll first appeared in 1948, and has been published continuously since 1950 -- 51. The Coaches Poll began in the 1950 -- 51 season. Currently, the final AP Poll is released before the tournament and the final Coaches Poll is released after the tournament. Season Final Record AP Poll Coaches Poll 1949 -- 50 17 -- 7 14 n / a 1950 -- 51 25 -- 4 1951 -- 52 19 -- 5 6 1952 -- 53 17 -- 4 12 9 1956 -- 57 15 -- 8 -- 20 1957 -- 58 22 -- 5 1958 -- 59 25 -- 2 1959 -- 60 16 -- 10 -- 16 1960 -- 61 22 -- 5 1961 -- 62 22 -- 3 6 5 1962 -- 63 16 -- 9 -- 19 1972 -- 73 23 -- 5 9 7 1974 -- 75 20 -- 9 15 -- 1976 -- 77 24 -- 7 16 11 1979 -- 80 22 -- 9 -- 20 1987 -- 88 25 -- 9 20 8 2009 -- 10 29 -- 8 7 7 2010 -- 11 23 -- 11 21 24 2012 -- 13 27 -- 8 12 20 2017 -- 18 25 -- 12 -- 19 Rivalries Kansas : sunflower showdown Main article : Sunflower Showdown Kansas State 's main rivalry is with the Kansas Jayhawks. The rivalry peaked in the 1950s when both teams were annually national title contenders. The 1987 -- 88 season also proved to be momentous in the rivalry. In the first matchup of the season, on January 30, 1988, Mitch Richmond scored 35 points to lead Kansas State to a 72 -- 61 win to halt KU 's then - record 55 - game home winning streak. On February 18, KU turned the tables, prevailing 64 -- 63 at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan to deny K - State a victory over KU in the old field house 's last year. In what was supposed to be the rubber game, in the 1988 Big Eight Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament, Kansas State won a decisive victory by a 69 -- 54 score. However, the biggest was yet to come. Both teams qualified for the NCAA tournament, and after three wins each in the tournament they faced each other on March 27 in Pontiac, Michigan, for the right to advance to the Final Four. Led by Danny Manning 's 20 points, KU turned a tight game into a runaway and prevailed 71 -- 58. Kansas would go on to win the national championship. The rivalry slipped in significance after the 1988 season, and from 1994 to 2005 KU won 31 straight games against K - State, the longest streak for either school in the series. KU also posted a 24 - game win streak against the Wildcats in Manhattan, which ended on January 30, 2008, when # 22 Kansas State upset # 2 Kansas 84 -- 75. Jeff Sagarin 's rankings of the nation 's top programs by decade in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia nicely track the history of the rivalry. In the 1950s, when the rivalry was at its peak, Kansas State finished the decade ranked as the # 3 program in the nation and KU was ranked as # 4. In the 1960s KU was ranked # 9 for the decade and KSU was ranked # 11. In the 1970s, the programs were again nearly even, with Kansas State ranked at # 24 and KU at # 25. In the 1980s some separation appeared, as KU finished the decade ranked at # 19 and Kansas State at # 31. The big difference appeared in the 1990s and 2000s when KU was ranked at # 4 and # 2 for the decades, while Kansas State does not appear anywhere in the top 40. The rivalry has become more relevant again in recent years, with both teams ranked in the AP Top 25 for many of their match - ups. Missouri As of the 2014 -- 15 season, Missouri is Kansas State 's second most - played rival, with 235 games dating back to 1907. Kansas State leads the series 119 -- 116. The series was last played in the 2011 -- 12 season, before Missouri moved to the Southeastern Conference. For nearly a century beforehand, the two schools shared conferences, beginning in the 1913 -- 14 season in the Missouri Valley Conference, then in the Big Eight Conference and its predecessors from 1928 to 1996, and finally the Big 12 Conference from 1996 to 2012. Wichita State Kansas State had an ongoing in - state, out - of - conference rivalry with Wichita State, dating back to 1932 and last played in 2003. Kansas State leads the series 20 -- 11. The series had six games from 1932 to 1964, then six games on a home - and - home rotation from the 1969 -- 70 to 1971 -- 72 seasons, and most recently 19 home - and - home games every season from 1985 -- 86 to 2003 -- 04. When Wichita State became a Top 25 regular in the early 2010s, there came interest in reviving the series. In February 2013, Kansas state senator Michael O'Donnell introduced a bill requiring Kansas and Kansas State to schedule Wichita State. Postseason NCAA tournament results The Wildcats have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 30 times. Their overall record in the NCAA Tournament is 37 -- 34 (. 521 ) through the 2018 tournament. Year Seed Round Opponent Result 1948 Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game Wyoming Baylor Holy Cross W 58 -- 48 L 52 -- 60 L 54 -- 60 1951 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Arizona BYU Oklahoma A&M Kentucky W 61 -- 59 W 64 -- 54 W 68 -- 44 L 58 -- 68 1956 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Oklahoma City Houston L 93 -- 97 W 89 -- 70 1958 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game Cincinnati Oklahoma State Seattle Temple W 83 -- 80 W 69 -- 57 L 51 -- 73 L 57 -- 67 1959 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight DePaul Cincinnati W 102 -- 70 L 75 -- 85 1961 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Houston Cincinnati W 75 -- 64 L 64 -- 69 1964 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game Texas Western Wichita State UCLA Michigan W 64 -- 60 W 94 -- 93 L 84 -- 90 L 90 -- 100 1968 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game TCU Louisville L 72 -- 77 L 63 -- 93 1970 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game New Mexico State Houston L 66 -- 70 W 107 -- 98 1972 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Texas Louisville W 66 -- 55 L 65 -- 72 1973 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Southwest Louisiana Memphis State W 66 -- 63 L 72 -- 92 First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Penn Boston College Syracuse W 69 -- 62 W 74 -- 65 L 87 -- 95 1977 First Round Sweet Sixteen Providence Marquette W 87 -- 80 L 66 -- 67 1980 # 7 First Round Second Round # 10 Arkansas # 2 Louisville W 71 -- 53 L 69 -- 71 1981 # 8 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 9 San Francisco # 1 Oregon State # 4 Illinois # 2 North Carolina W 64 -- 60 W 50 -- 48 W 57 -- 52 L 68 -- 82 1982 # 5 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 12 Northern Illinois # 4 Arkansas # 8 Boston College W 77 -- 68 W 65 -- 64 L 65 -- 69 # 9 First Round Second Round # 8 Georgia # 1 UNLV W 82 -- 79 L 61 -- 80 1988 # 4 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 13 La Salle # 5 DePaul # 1 Purdue # 6 Kansas W 66 -- 53 W 66 -- 58 W 73 -- 70 L 58 -- 71 # 6 First Round # 11 Minnesota L 75 -- 86 1990 # 11 First Round # 6 Xavier L 79 -- 87 1993 # 6 First Round # 11 Tulane L 53 -- 55 # 10 First Round # 7 New Mexico State L 48 -- 69 2008 # 11 First Round Second Round # 6 USC # 3 Wisconsin W 80 -- 67 L 55 -- 72 # 2 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 15 North Texas # 7 BYU # 6 Xavier # 5 Butler W 82 -- 62 W 84 -- 72 W 101 -- 96 L 56 -- 63 2011 # 5 Second Round Third Round # 12 Utah State # 4 Wisconsin W 73 -- 68 L 65 -- 70 2012 # 8 Second Round Third Round # 9 Southern Miss # 1 Syracuse W 70 -- 64 L 59 -- 75 2013 # 4 Second Round # 13 La Salle L 61 -- 63 2014 # 9 Second Round # 8 Kentucky L 49 -- 56 2017 # 11 First Four First Round # 11 Wake Forest # 6 Cincinnati W 95 -- 88 L 61 -- 75 2018 # 9 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight # 8 Creighton # 16 UMBC # 5 Kentucky # 11 Loyola Chicago W 69 -- 59 W 50 -- 43 W 61 -- 58 L 62 -- 78 From 2011 -- 2015 the round of 64 was known as the Second Round, round of 32 was Third Round NCAA tournament seeding history The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition. Years → ' 80 ' 81 ' 82 ' 87 ' 88 ' 89 ' 90 ' 93 ' 96 ' 08 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13 ' 14 ' 17 ' 18 Seeds → 7 8 5 9 6 11 6 10 11 5 8 9 11 9 NIT results The Wildcats have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) seven times. Their combined record is 6 -- 8. Year Round Opponent Result 1976 Quarterfinals Kentucky L 78 -- 81 First Round Second Round WKU Notre Dame W 85 -- 74 L 48 -- 64 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game Mississippi State Gonzaga Fresno State Vanderbilt Siena W 78 -- 69 W 66 -- 64 W 115 -- 77 L 76 -- 82 L 79 -- 92 1998 First Round NC State L 39 -- 59 1999 First Round TCU L 71 -- 72 2007 First Round Second Round Vermont DePaul W 59 -- 57 L 65 -- 70 2009 First Round Second Round Illinois State San Diego State W 83 -- 79 L 52 -- 70 Ncit results The Wildcats appeared in one of the only two ever National Commissioners Invitational Tournaments. Their record is 0 -- 1. Year Round Opponent Result Quarterfinals Bradley L 64 -- 68 Individual awards and accomplishments Mitch Richmond had his jersey retired by KSU in 2009 Retired jerseys The following players ' jerseys have been retired by Kansas State. They represent the finest basketball players to come through Kansas State. The criteria for determining the honor includes statistical achievement, conference and national records, honors received ( such as all - conference, All - American, Academic All - American ), character and sportsmanship. Retired basketball jerseys Number Player Year 22 Ernie Barrett 2005 33 Jack Parr 2005 30 Bob Boozer 2005 12 Mike Evans 2006 12 Lon Kruger 2006 10 Chuckie Williams 2006 33 Dick Knostman 2007 25 Rolando Blackman 2007 44 Willie Murrell 2009 23 Mitch Richmond 2009 National honors Michael Beasley was named National Freshman of the Year, an All - American and the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2008 The following Kansas State players and coaches are in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ( with induction year ) : Bob Boozer ( 2010 ) ( as member of 1960 United States men 's Olympic basketball team ) Jack Gardner ( 1984 ) Mitch Richmond ( 2014 ) Tex Winter ( 2011 ) The following Kansas State players and coaches are in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame ( with induction year ) : Bob Boozer ( 2016 ) Rolando Blackman ( 2015 ) Jack Gardner ( 2006 ) Tex Winter ( 2010 ) Kansas State players and coaches have won the following national awards : Player honors USBWA National Freshman of the Year Best freshman Michael Beasley -- 2008 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award Outstanding undersized senior Jacob Pullen -- 2011 Pete Newell Big Man Award Top low - post player Michael Beasley -- 2008 Coaching honors NABC Coach of the Year Award Coach of the year Jack Hartman -- 1981 UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year Coach of the year Tex Winter -- 1958 Conference honors The Big Eight Conference established the Conference Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards in 1957. These awards have continued into the Big 12 Conference era. Player of the Year Bob Boozer -- 1958 Bob Boozer -- 1959 Lon Kruger -- 1973 Lon Kruger -- 1974 Mike Evans -- 1977 Mike Evans -- 1978 Rolando Blackman -- 1980 Michael Beasley -- 2008 Coach of the Year Tex Winter -- 1958 Tex Winter -- 1959 Tex Winter -- 1960 Cotton Fitzsimmons -- 1970 Jack Hartman -- 1975 Jack Hartman -- 1977 Dana Altman -- 1993 Frank Martin -- 2010 Bruce Weber − 2013 Wildcats to pros The following former Wildcats have gone on to play professionally, either in the NBA or elsewhere. Kansas State University has had two overall # 1 draft picks in the NBA since the draft began in 1947 : Howie Shannon ( 1949 ) and Bob Boozer ( 1959 ). Tyrone Adams Ernie Barrett Danny Beard Michael Beasley Rolando Blackman Bob Boozer Jack Carby Norris Coleman Luis Colon Denis Clemente Larry Comley Les Craft Roy DeWitz Justin Edwards Mike Evans Wally Frank Carl R. Gerlach Thomas Gipson David Hall Rick Harman Ed Head Jordan Henriquez Steve Henson Lew Hitch Steve Honeycutt Stephen Hurt Martavious Irving Jim Iverson Mike Johnson Askia Jones Jerry Jung Curtis Kelly Darren Kent Dick Knostman Lon Kruger Ernie Kusnyer Don Matuszak Cartier Martin Jeremiah Massey Don Matuzsak Rodney McGruder Pat McKenzie Steve Mitchell Willie Murrell Ed Nealy Jack Parr Pervis Pasco Nick Pino Cedrick Price Jessee Priscock Jacob Pullen Randy Reed Mitch Richmond Bob Rousey Jamar Samuels Matt Siebrandt Earl Seyfert Howie Shannon Roy Smith Shane Southwell Jack Stone Roger Suttner Jerry Venable Bill Walker Jeff Webb Chuckie Williams Gene Williams Larry Williams Jari Wills Mike Wroblewski Draft history NBA / ABA Draft Picks Round Pick Overall Player Year 1st 1st 1st Howie Shannon 1949 1st 1st 1st Bob Boozer 1959 1st 2nd 2nd Michael Beasley 2008 1st 5th 5th Mitch Richmond 1988 1st 7th 7th Ernie Barrett 1951 1st 9th 9th Rolando Blackman 1981 1st 15th 15th Chuckie Williams 1976 2nd 10th 19th Lew Hitch 1951 1st 21st 21st Mike Evans 1978 2nd 9th 24th Gene Williams 1969 4th 6th 31st Willie Murrell 1964 2nd 3rd 33th Wes Iwundu 2017 2nd 15th 38th Norris Coleman 2nd 17th 44th Steve Henson 1990 2nd 17th 47th Bill Walker 2008 10th 2nd 70th Jack Parr 1958 10th 8th 91st Larry Comley 1961 8th 5th 166th Ed Nealy 1982 Former players as coaches A number of former Wildcat players have gone to successful careers as head basketball coaches, including : Bob Chipman -- finished career as 21st - winningest coach in college basketball history Mike Evans Bill Guthridge -- National college coach of the year ( 1998 ) Tim Jankovich Gene Keady -- 4x national college coach of the year ; National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Lon Kruger -- Coached five Division I schools to the NCAA tournament Jim Molinari Brad Underwood Coaches Kansas State has had 23 head coaches. A number of notable and successful coaches have led the Wildcats through the years. Following are all the coaches that have been at Kansas State. Coach Years at KSU Win % Conf. W Conf. L Conf. Win % Awards and Achievements During Tenure Charles W. Melick 1905 -- 1906 7 9. 438 N / A N / A N / A Mike Ahearn 1906 -- 1911 26 24. 520 N / A N / A N / A Guy Lowman 1911 -- 1914 30 16. 652 0 10. 000 Carl J. Merner 1914 -- 1916 19 15. 559 13 13. 500 Zora G. Clevenger 1916 -- 1920 54 17. 761 38 16. 704 2 Conference Regular Season Championships ( 1917, 1919 ) Highest winning percentage in program history E.A. Knoth 1920 -- 1921 14 6. 700 11. 733 Highest conference winning percentage in program history E.C. Curtiss 1921 -- 1923 5 28. 152 5 27. 156 Charles Corsaut 1923 -- 1933 89 81. 524 61 63. 492 Frank Root 1933 -- 1939 38 72. 345 19 47. 287 Jack Gardner ^ 1939 -- 1942 ; 1946 -- 1953 147 81. 645 66 46. 589 1 NCAA Championship Game ( 1951 ) 2 Final Fours ( 1948, 1951 ) 1 Sweet Sixteen ( 1951 ) 2 NCAA Tournament Appearances ( 1948, 1951 ) 3 Conference Regular Season Championships ( 1948, 1950, 1951 ) 3 Conference Holiday Tournament Championships ( 1947, 1950, 1952 ) 2 times ranked in top 6 of final AP and UPI polls ( 1951, 1952 ) Chili Cochrane 1942 -- 1943 6 14. 300 9. 100 Cliff Rock 1943 -- 1944 7 15. 318 9. 100 Fritz Knorr 1944 -- 1946 14 33. 298 6 14. 300 Tex Winter ^ 1953 -- 1968 261 118. 689 154 57. 730 2 Final Fours ( 1958, 1964 ) 4 Elite Eights ( 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964 ) 6 Sweet Sixteens ( 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968 ) 6 NCAA Tournament Appearances ( 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968 ) 8 Conference Regular Season Championships ( 1956, 1958 -- 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968 ) 4 Conference Holiday Tournament Championships ( 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 ) Ranked No. 1 in final AP and UPI polls ( 1959 ) 4 times ranked in top 6 of final AP and UPI polls ( 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 ) UPI National Coach of the Year ( 1958 ) Big 7 Coach of the Year ( 1958 ) 2 - time Big 8 Coach of the Year ( 1959, 1960 ) Undefeated conference season ( 14 -- 0 ) ( 1959 ) Developed the Triangle offense Cotton Fitzsimmons 1968 -- 1970 34 20. 630 19 9. 679 1 Sweet Sixteen ( 1970 ) 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance ( 1970 ) 1 Conference Regular Season Championship ( 1970 ) Big 8 Coach of the Year ( 1970 ) NABC District Coach of the Year ( 1970 ) Jack Hartman 1970 -- 1986 295 169. 636 133 91. 594 4 Elite Eights ( 1972, 1973, 1975, 1981 ) 6 Sweet Sixteens ( 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982 ) 7 NCAA Tournament Appearances ( 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980 -- 1982 ) 1 NIT Tournament Appearance ( 1976 ) 3 Conference Regular Season Championships ( 1972, 1973, 1977 ) 2 Conference Tournament Championships ( 1977, 1980 ) NABC Coach of the Year ( 1980 ) 2 - time Big 8 Coach of the Year ( 1975, 1977 ) NABC District Coach of the Year ( 1977 ) Most wins in program history Lon Kruger 1986 -- 1990 81 46. 638 34 22. 607 1 Elite Eight ( 1988 ) 1 Sweet Sixteen ( 1988 ) 4 NCAA Tournament Appearances ( 1987 -- 1990 ) NABC District Coach of the Year ( 1988 ) Only KSU coach to take squads to NCAA Tournament in four consecutive seasons Dana Altman 1990 -- 1994 68 54. 557 19 37. 339 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance ( 1993 ) 2 NIT Tournament Appearances ( 1992, 1994 ) Big 8 Coach of the Year ( 1993 ) Tom Asbury 1994 -- 2000 85 88. 491 29 63. 315 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance ( 1996 ) 2 NIT Tournament Appearances ( 1998, 1999 ) Jim Wooldridge 2000 -- 2006 83 90. 480 32 64. 333 Bob Huggins 2006 -- 2007 23 12. 657 10 6. 625 1 NIT Tournament Appearance ( 2007 ) Frank Martin 2007 -- 2012 117 54. 684 50 32. 610 1 Elite Eight ( 2010 ) 1 Sweet Sixteen ( 2010 ) 4 NCAA Tournament Appearances ( 2008, 2010 -- 2012 ) 1 NIT Tournament Appearance ( 2009 ) Big 12 Coach of the Year ( AP and coaches ) ( 2010 ) Highest NCAA seed ( 2 ) in program history ( 2010 ) Most wins ( 29 ) in one season in program history ( 2010 ) CollegeInsider.com Big 12 Coach of the Year ( 2008 ) Jim Phelan Award as mid-season National Coach of the Year ( 2009 -- 10 ) USBWA District VI Coach of the Year ( 2010 ) NABC District 8 Coach of the Year ( 2010 ) Only KSU coach to win 20 or more games in first 5 seasons Bruce Weber 2012 -- Present 124 79. 611 55 53. 509 1 Elite Eight ( 2018 ) 1 Sweet Sixteen ( 2018 ) 4 NCAA Tournament Appearances ( 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 ) 1 Conference Regular Season Championship ( 2013 ) Big 12 Coach of the Year ( AP and coaches ) ( 2013 ) USBWA District VI Coach of the Year ( 2013 ) Most wins ( 27 ) by a first - year coach in program history ( 2013 ) Most wins ( 47 ) in the first 2 years. Most conference wins ( 14 ) by a first - year coach in program history ( 2013 ) Most conference wins ( 24 ) in the first 2 years. Most conference wins ( 32 ) in the first 3 years. † Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ^ Inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Conference membership history ? -- 1912 : Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1913 -- 1927 : Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1928 -- 1947 : Big 6 Conference 1948 -- 1957 : Big 7 Conference 1958 -- 1995 : Big 8 Conference 1996 -- Present : Big 12 Conference Series records Record vs. Big 12 opponents Kansas State vs. Overall Record at Manhattan at Opponent 's Venue at Neutral Site Last 5 Meetings Last 10 Meetings Current Streak Big 12 Games Baylor KSU, 21 -- 18 KSU, 11 -- 8 BU, 8 -- 7 KSU, 3 -- 2 KSU, 4 -- 1 tied, 5 -- 5 tied, 16 -- 16 Iowa State KSU, 139 -- 87 KSU, 81 -- 27 KSU, 51 -- 50 ISU, 10 -- 7 ISU, 3 -- 2 ISU, 6 -- 4 ISU, 24 -- 22 Kansas KU, 196 -- 93 KU, 78 -- 47 KU, 89 -- 35 KU, 29 -- 11 KU, 5 -- 0 KU, 8 -- 2 L 8 KU, 47 -- 5 Oklahoma OU, 108 -- 99 KSU, 61 -- 35 OU, 64 -- 27 KSU, 11 -- 9 KSU, 3 -- 2 KSU, 6 -- 4 L 1 OU, 16 -- 14 Oklahoma State KSU, 81 -- 53 KSU, 40 -- 16 OSU, 33 -- 26 KSU, 15 -- 4 KSU, 4 -- 1 KSU, 6 -- 4 OSU, 18 -- 13 Texas KSU, 21 -- 15 KSU, 11 -- 5 UT, 9 -- 8 KSU, 2 -- 1 KSU, 4 -- 1 tied, 5 -- 5 tied, 15 -- 15 TCU KSU, 13 -- 6 KSU, 7 -- 2 KSU, 5 -- 2 TCU, 2 -- 1 KSU, 3 -- 2 KSU, 6 -- 4 KSU, 10 -- 4 Texas Tech KSU, 23 -- 17 KSU, 15 -- 4 TTU, 11 -- 7 TTU, 2 -- 1 TTU, 4 -- 1 tied, 5 -- 5 L 2 KSU, 16 -- 14 West Virginia WVU, 10 -- 5 tied, 3 -- 3 WVU, 5 -- 2 WVU, 2 -- 0 WVU, 4 -- 1 WVU, 9 -- 1 L 4 WVU, 8 -- 4 * As of December 3, 2018 Record vs. former Big 12 opponents Kansas State vs. Overall Record at Manhattan at Opponent 's Venue at Neutral Site Last 5 Meetings Last 10 Meetings Current Streak Last Meeting Colorado KSU, 96 -- 47 KSU, 54 -- 10 CU, 33 -- 32 KSU, 10 -- 4 CU, 3 -- 2 KSU, 7 -- 3 L 3 October 3, 2011 Missouri KSU, 120 -- 116 KSU, 62 -- 44 MU, 64 -- 42 KSU, 16 -- 8 KSU, 4 -- 1 KSU, 7 -- 3 Nov 23, 2015 Nebraska KSU, 126 -- 93 KSU, 69 -- 35 NU, 55 -- 38 KSU, 19 -- 3 KSU, 5 -- 0 KSU, 7 -- 3 W 5 Feb 23, 2011 Texas A&M KSU, 18 -- 8 KSU, 10 -- 0 TAMU, 7 -- 3 KSU, 5 -- 1 KSU, 3 -- 2 KSU, 6 -- 4 L 1 December 12, 2015 * As of December 12, 2015 See also List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men 's college basketball NCAA Division I Men 's Final Four appearances by school References Jump up ^ `` Bramlage Coliseum ''. 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Question: when was the last time kansas state university was in the elite 8
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