# 2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team represent Kansas State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by 11th-year head coach Jeff Mittie. They play their home games at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas, as members of the Big 12 Conference.

## Previous season

K-State finished the season 26–8, 13–5 in Big 12 and finished third in the conference. The Wildcats began the season with a school-record 20-1 start, seeing them match their best ranking in school history reaching #2 in both the AP and Coaches Poll on January 29, 2024. However, they stumbled a bit down the stretch and lost back-to-back games to Oklahoma and Texas on the road. They would rebound with a 1-point home win over Oklahoma State before suffering another road loss to Iowa State in double overtime despite Ayoka Lee returning from injury. They had back-to-back home wins over UCF and West Virginia before suffering two more frustrating losses to Kansas on the road and Iowa State at home on Senior Night. They blew out Texas Tech on the road to close out the regular season with a record of 13–5 in Big 12 play and an overall record of 24–6.
As the third seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated sixth-seeded West Virginia 65–62 in the quarterfinals, before falling 71–64 to second-seeded Texas in the semifinals. The Wildcats earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they earned a four seed and hosted the first two rounds of the tournament at Bramlage Coliseum for the first time since 2016. In the first round, K-State defeated 13-seed Portland 78–65 before ending their season with a second-round defeat to fifth-seeded Colorado by a 63–50 margin.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Ja'Mia Harris | 2 | G | 5'11" | Freshman | Lancaster, TX | Transferred to Texas State |
| Gabby Gregory | 12 | G | 6'0" | GS Senior | Tulsa, OK | Graduated |
| Rebekah Dallinger | 14 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Sydney, Australia | Graduated |
| Heavenly Greer | 15 | F | 6'2" | Junior | Phoenix, AZ | Transferred to Arizona State |

### Incoming

| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Temira Poindexter | 2 | G | 6'2" | Senior | Sapulpa, OK | Tulsa |
| Kennedy Taylor | 12 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Shawnee Mission, KS | Colorado |

### Recruiting Classes

Class of 2024
College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Finley Ohnstad G | Elko New Market, Minnesota | Lakeville South High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | Oct 20, 2022 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: Not Ranked Top 20 Rivals: Not Ranked Top 25 ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 30, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Washburn | W 89–36 | – | Bramlage Coliseum (3,433) Manhattan, KS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 4, 2024* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | No. 13 | Green Bay | W 92–45 | 1–0 | Bramlage Coliseum (4,408) Manhattan, KS |
| November 7, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 13 | Belmont | W 82–56 | 2–0 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,452) Manhattan, KS |
| November 14, 2024* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 10 | Creighton | W 86–68 | 3–0 | Bramlage Coliseum (5,436) Manhattan, KS |
| November 18, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 10 | Little Rock | W 73–43 | 4–0 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,437) Manhattan, KS |
| November 20, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 10 | Milwaukee | W 111–46 | 5–0 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,438) Manhattan, KS |
| November 25, 2024* 2:00 pm, FloCollege | No. 9 | vs. No. 13 Duke Ball Dawgs Classic Semifinals | L 62–73 | 5–1 | Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV |
| November 27, 2024* 1:00 pm, FloCollege | No. 9 | vs. DePaul Ball Dawgs Classic 3rd place game | W 92–66 | 6–1 | Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV |
| December 1, 2024* 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 9 | Central Arkansas | W 86–39 | 7–1 | Bramlage Coliseum (4,057) Manhattan, KS |
| December 3, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 13 | Eastern Illinois | W 90–43 | 8–1 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,407) Manhattan, KS |
| December 5, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 13 | USC Upstate | W 110–24 | 9–1 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,386) Manhattan, KS |
| December 8, 2024* 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 13 | at Texas A&M | W 89–50 | 10–1 | Reed Arena (3,617) College Station, TX |
| December 14, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 13 | vs. Middle Tennessee Bill Snyder Classic | W 74–48 | 11–1 | Civic Arena (2,115) St. Joseph, MO |
| December 18, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 13 | New Mexico State | W 83–39 | 12–1 | Bramlage Coliseum (3,547) Manhattan, KS |
| Conference regular season ||||||
| December 22, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 13 | Cincinnati | W 76–57 | 13–1 (1–0) | Bramlage Coliseum (7,700) Manhattan, KS |
| January 1, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 12 | at Houston | W 74–55 | 14–1 (2–0) | Fertitta Center (739) Houston, TX |
| January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 12 | Texas Tech | W 77–57 | 15–1 (3–0) | Bramlage Coliseum (6,042) Manhattan, KS |
| January 8, 2025 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 12 | at No. 22 Utah | W 71–47 | 16–1 (4–0) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,746) Salt Lake City, UT |
| January 11, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 12 | at BYU | W 92–65 | 17–1 (5–0) | Marriott Center (2,517) Provo, UT |
| January 16, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 11 | Arizona | W 62–47 | 18–1 (6–0) | Bramlage Coliseum (4,356) Manhattan, KS |
| January 19, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 11 | Arizona State | W 81–69 | 19–1 (7–0) | Bramlage Coliseum (6,879) Manhattan, KS |
| January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 10 | at Colorado | L 53–63 | 19–2 (7–1) | CU Events Center (4,407) Boulder, CO |
| January 30, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN | No. 11 | Iowa State | W 87–79 $^{OT}$ | 20–2 (8–1) | Bramlage Coliseum (5,497) Manhattan, KS |
| February 2, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 11 | at Kansas Sunflower Showdown | W 91–64 | 21–2 (9–1) | Allen Fieldhouse (8,180) Lawrence, KS |
| February 5, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 12 | No. 9 TCU | W 59–50 | 22–2 (10–1) | Bramlage Coliseum (7,477) Manhattan, KS |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 12 | at No. 25 Oklahoma State | L 55–85 | 22–3 (10–2) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,178) Stillwater, OK |
| February 12, 2025 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | No. 14 | at Cincinnati | W 90–53 | 23–3 (11–2) | Fifth Third Arena (1,126) Cincinnati, OH |
| February 15, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 14 | UCF | W 97–67 | 24–3 (12–2) | Bramlage Coliseum (6,246) Manhattan, KS |
| February 17, 2025 1:00 pm, FOX | No. 12 | at No. 17 West Virginia | L 57–70 | 24–4 (12–3) | WVU Coliseum (4,122) Morgantown, WV |
| February 22, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 12 | Kansas Sunflower Showdown | W 90–60 | 25–4 (13–3) | Bramlage Coliseum (11,010) Manhattan, KS |
| February 24, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | No. 17 Baylor | L 62–79 | 25–5 (13–4) | Bramlage Coliseum (5,200) Manhattan, KS |
| March 2, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | at Iowa State | L 63–85 | 25–6 (13–5) | Hilton Coliseum (10,728) Ames, IA |
| Big 12 tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | (5) No. 20 | vs. (13) UCF Second Round | W 80–65 | 26–6 | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO |
| March 7, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPNU | (5) No. 20 | vs. (4) No. 16 West Virginia Quarterfinals | L 69–73 | 26–7 | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 19 | |
| Coaches | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13т | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | |