Preview // K-State Plays First True Road Game at 25/24 Indiana Tuesday

GAME 7
KANSAS STATE (5-1) AT 25/24 INDIANA (5-0)
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | 7:10 p.m., CT | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) | Bloomington, Ind.

TELEVISION
FS1 (online link)

Connor Onion (play-by-play)
Steve Smith (analyst)
Dennis Blount (producer)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Flagships: // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580
Satellite Radio: None
Online: Varsity Network [free] / www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]

Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play)
Stan Weber (analyst)

LIVE STATS
kstate.statbroadcast.com

COACHES
K-State: Jerome Tang [Charter Oak State College '07]
Record at K-State: 66-43/4th Year
Career Record: 68-43*/4th Year+
vs. Indiana: 0-0

Indiana: Darian DeVries [Northern Iowa '98]
Record at Indiana: 5-0/1st Year
Career Record: 174-68/8th Year
vs. K-State: 1-1

LAST GAME STARTERS:
K-State (5-1)
G: #4 P.J. Haggerty
G: #34 Nate Johnson
G: #1 Abdi Bashir Jr.
W: #0 Elias Rapieque
W: #21 Khamari McGriff

Indiana (5-0)
G: #6 Tayton Conerway
G: #5 Conor Enright
G: #3 Lamar Wilkerson
F: #12 Tucker DeVries
F: #1 Reed Bailey

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Indiana leads 19-12
In Bloomington : Indiana leads 11-4
At Assembly Hall: Indiana leads 3-0
Active Streak: Indiana, 9
First Meeting: Indiana won 60-33 (12/14/1936)
Last Meeting: Indiana won 71-70 (11/23/1998)
Jerome Tang vs. Darian DeVries: 1-0

A K-STATE WIN WOULD…

Give the Wildcats their best start (6-1) since 2022-23.
Snap a 9-game losing streak vs. Indiana.
Move the Wildcats to 19-13 all-time vs. Indiana.
Be the first-ever at Assembly Hall, snapping 5-game road skid.
Give the Wildcats a 194-63 non-conference mark since 2006.

K-STATE PLAYS FIRST TRUE ROAD GAME AT 25/24 INDIANA TUESDAY NIGHT
K-State (5-1) will play its first true road game of the season on Tuesday night, as the Wildcats travel to Bloomington, Ind., for the first time since 1985 where they will meet No. 25/24 Indiana (5-0) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Tip is set for 7 p.m., CT and will air on FS1. This will be the first meeting with a ranked team this season and the second straight against a Big Ten opponent.

K-State and Indiana will meet for the 32nd time on Tuesday night with the Hoosiers leading 19-12 in a series that dates to 1936. The Hoosiers have dominated the series of late with 9 consecutive wins, including 4 straight at home. This will be the first meeting at Assembly Hall since a 78-71 win by Indiana on Dec. 10, 1985, while the first overall matchup since the 1998 Maui Invitational.

Led by first-year head coach Darian DeVries, No. 25/24 Indiana is a perfect 5-0 to start after home wins over Alabama A&M (98-51), Milwaukee (101-70), UIW (69-61) and Lindenwood (73-53) along with a neutral site win over Marquette (100-77). Five players are averaging in double figures led by senior transfers Tucker DeVries (19.2 ppg.) and Lamar Wilkerson (17.0 ppg.).

Junior P.J. Haggerty earned his first Big 12 Player of the Week award on Monday afternoon after averaging 31.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists in helping K-State to a 2-1 record last week and a runner-up finish at the Hall of Fame Classic.

LAST TIME OUT

Senior Sam Hoiberg knocked down the winning free throw with 0.6 seconds left to lift Nebraska to an 86-85 win over K-State in the Hall of Fame Classic Championship on Friday.
After Hoiberg intentionally missed the second free throw and senior Nate Johnson grabbed the rebound, the officials made a timing adjustment to give K-State one last chance with 0.9 seconds, however, senior Khamari McGriff's pass was off the mark, as Nebraska (6-0) remained unbeaten.
The tandem of juniors P.J. Haggerty (27 points) and Abdi Bashir Jr. (26 points) combined for 53 of the team's 85 points, including 33 in the second half when the Wildcats rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit. Johnson joined the duo in double figures with 12 points.
In leading the team in scoring for the sixth consecutive game, Haggerty became the first Wildcat to open with six straight games of 20 or more points, eclipsing a record once set by Michael Beasley in 2007-08. Haggerty's 168 points through the first 6 games are the most by a player in that span.

HAGGERTY NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Junior P.J. Haggerty earned his first career Big 12 Player of the Week award on Monday afternoon after averaging 31.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists in helping Kansas State to a 2-1 record and a runner-up finish at the Hall of Fame Classic.
Haggerty was joined on this week's Starting Five by Arizona's Jaden Bradley and Koa Peat, UCF's Jamichael Stillwell and Iowa State's Tamin Lipsey.
Haggerty averaged 31.7 points on 57.6 percent (34-of-59) shooting, including 35.7 percent (5-of-14) from 3-point range, and 88 percent (22-of-25) from the free throw line to go with 7.7 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.3 steals in 34.6 minutes per game in victories over Tulsa (85-84) and Mississippi State (98-77) and a narrow loss to Nebraska (86-85). He posted back-to-back 30-point games against Tulsa and MSU, including a season-high 37 points in the win over the Bulldogs.

OFFENSE OFF TO HOT START

After scoring 85 or more points for the fifth time in 6 games, including 4 games of 90 or more points, the Wildcats continued their fast offensive start. The squad is averaging 92.8 points on 52.1 percent (199-of-382) shooting, including 43.3 percent (68-of-157) from 3-point range, while hitting on 77.1 percent (91-of-118) from the free throw line.
The 557 points are the most points through the first 6 games of a season, surpassing the 541 scored by the 1991-92 squad. The 98 points vs. MSU marked the fourth 90-point performance to open the season, which was a first since that Dana Altman-led squad 34 years ago.
According to @OptaStats, K-State is the first Big 12 team to start a season with consecutive games of at least 14 made 3-pointers and a 50.0 3-point percentage. The only other DI teams to do that in the last 30 seasons are North Florida in 2015-16 (also coached by associate head coach Matthew Driscoll) and Drake in 2017-18.

POINTS IN THE FIRST 5 GAMES

557, 2025-26 (94, 98, 99, 84, 98 and 85 points)
541, 1991-92 (103, 90, 115, 59, 99 and 75 points)
533, 1997-98 (93, 89, 89, 71, 101 and 90 points)
516, 1956-57 (97, 90, 84, 90, 72 and 83 points)
490, 2008-09 (96, 88, 82, 69, 83 and 72 points)

HAGGERTY JOINS ELITE COMPANY

After his 27-point performance vs. Nebraska, junior P.J. Haggerty became the first Wildcat to open a season with 6 consecutive games of 20 or more points, eclipsing a record shared with Michael Beasley in 2007-08. His 168 points are also the most by a player through the first 6 games, surpassing Beasley's 163 points.

20-POINT GAMES IN THE FIRST 5 GAMES

32, 30, 28, 30 and 30 points by Michael Beasley, 2007-08
27, 23, 23, 31 and 37 points by P.J. Haggerty, 2025-26

HAGGERTY HAS RARE 30-10 GAME

Junior P.J. Haggerty had 31 points and a career-tying 10 rebounds vs. Tulsa to become the first Wildcat since Michael Beasley in 2008 to post a rare 30-point, 10-rebound double-double. He scored 27 of his 31 points in the second half, which are the fifth-most in any half.

MOST POINTS AT BRAMLAGE

K-State's 99-96 win over Cal on Nov. 13 made history, as the 195 combined points were the most-ever in Bramlage Coliseum, surpassing the 194 scored between K-State (106) and Marshall (88) on Dec. 2, 1995.
K-State posted the highest field goal percentage of the Jerome Tang era for the second straight game, as the Wildcats hit on 64.4 percent (38-of-59) from the field. It was the highest field goal percentage since shooting 66.0 percent vs. Wake Forest on March 14, 2017.

TRIO OF 'CATS POST 20-POINT GAMES

K-State had three players record 20-point games in the win over Cal, as junior P.J. Haggerty led the way with 23 points to go with 21 from senior Khamari McGriff and 20 from senior Nate Johnson.
The trio is the first to each have 20-point games since Dean Wade (34 points), Kamau Stokes (23 points) and Barry Brown Jr. (21 points) did it against Iowa State on Dec. 29, 2017.

McGRIFF, CASTILLO GO PERFECT

Two Wildcats - senior Khamari McGriff and sophomore David Castillo - each went perfect from the field, becoming the 24th and 25th players in school history to go perfect from the field on 5 or more field goals in the 98-71 win over Bellarmine on Nov. 8. They are the first teammates to accomplish the feat in the same game.
Castillo scored a career-high 19 points on 7-of-7 shooting, including 5-of-5 from 3-point range, while McGriff totaled 16 points on 8-of-8 field goals. Castillo is just the eighth Wildcat to go 5-of-5 from beyond the arc, joining his high school coach Clent Stewart who was in attendance.

NOTES ON INDIANA

Led by first-year head coach Darian DeVries, No. 25/24 Indiana is off to a 5-0 start after home wins over Alabama A&M (98-51), Milwaukee (101-70), UIW (69-61) and Lindenwood (73-53) to go with an impressive 100-77 neutral-site win over Marquette. The Hoosiers have an entirely new team (13 new players) from a squad that posted a 19-13 record, including a 10-10 mark, in 2024-25.
Indiana is averaging 88.2 points on 50 percent shooting, including 39.4 percent from 3-point range, while allowing 62.4 points on 36.2 percent shooting, including 28.7 percent from 3-point range. The Hoosiers out-rebound their opponents, 39.4 to 33.2, and turn the ball over just 8.8 times per game. They are shooting 77.1 percent from the free throw line.
The Hoosiers rank in the top-25 nationally in several categories, including third in assist/turnover ratio (2.36), 12th in assists (20.8), 13th in turnovers (8.8), 22nd in scoring margin (+25.8) and 23rd in scoring defense (62.4).
Indiana is a balanced team with 5 players averaging in double figures led by transfers Tucker DeVries (19.2 ppg.) and Lamar Wilkerson (17.0 ppg.). DeVries is connecting on 47 percent from the field, including 46.5 percent from 3-point range, and is shooting 82.4 percent from the line. Wilkerson is tops in steals (2.2 spg.) and second in 3-pointers (16). Senior Sam Alexis is averaging a team-best 7.0 rebounds per game to go with 11.4 points per game. Senior Tayton Conerway has a team-high 30 assists to go with 11 points per game. Senior Reed Bailey is shooting a team-best 65.4 percent.
The Hoosiers were picked 10th in the 18-team preseason Big Ten media poll. Current No. 1 Purdue is the preseason favorite to win the league.
DeVries is in his eighth season as a head coach, which includes a 6-year stint in guiding Drake to six 20-win seasons and 3 NCAA Tournament bids from 2018-24. He has a 174-68 record as a head coach, including a 19-13 mark in one season at West Virginia. He is 1-1 all-time vs. K-State.

SERIES HISTORY

Indiana leads the series, 19-12, including an 11-4 mark in games played in Bloomington. The teams first met on Dec. 14, 1936 when the Hoosiers posted a 60-33 win at home over the Wildcats. K-State once led the series, 12-10, after an 87-83 overtime win at home on Dec. 9, 1968 before Indiana rattled off 9 straight in the series, including 4 in a row at home.
This will be the first meeting between the schools since a 71-70 win by Indiana at the Maui Invitational on Nov. 23, 1998. Overall, this will be the first at Assembly Hall since a 78-71 win on Dec. 10, 1985.
K-State is 185-171 against current teams from the Big Ten, including a 57-94 mark in games played on the road.

LAST 5 MEETINGS [0-5]
Date                      Rank     Result Score                   Location
12/18/1982       —/—     L             46-48                    Manhattan
12/21/1983       —/—     L             53-56 [OT]          Bloomington
12/22/1984       —/—     L             58-70                    Manhattan
12/10/1985       —/—     L             71-78                    Bloomington
11/23/1998       —/—     L             70-71                    Maui

LAST MEETING:
INDIANA 71, K-STATE 70 (Nov. 23, 1998)

A.J. Guyton paced four Hoosiers in double figures with a game-high 25 points, as Indiana posted a 71-70 win over K-State in the last meeting between the schools at the Maui Invitational on Nov. 23, 1998.
The Wildcats led 45-29 at halftime behind 52.9 percent shooting before the Hoosiers turned up the defensive intensity, holding the squad to 25 points on just 26.5 percent shooting. Shawn Rhodes led the way with 15 points and a game-high 15 rebounds for K-State.

HAGGERTY AMONG THE BEST

Junior P.J. Haggerty is the among the best players to ever transfer to K-State, as he is coming off a career-best year in 2024-25, in which, he became the first Memphis Tiger since 2008 to be named an AP All-American while becoming the first Division I player to average at least 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game to go with 6.5 free throws per game since Ja Morant in 2018-19. He is the only Division I player to average at 21 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game in each of the last 2 seasons.
Haggerty ranked third nationally in both scoring (21.7 ppg.) and total points (759) in 2024-25, while his 759 points were an AAC single-season record and the most since Dajuan Wagner (762) set the school season record in 2001-02.
Haggerty was a consensus Second Team All-American in his lone season at Memphis, while was just the second Tiger to be named the AAC Player of the Year as well as Most Outstanding Player at the AAC Tournament. He was also a finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award, the Wooden Award and the Riley Wallace Award as the most impactful transfer.
Haggerty, who has also made stops at TCU (2022-23) and Tulsa (2023-24), has scored more than 1,600 points (1,601) in his college career, connecting on 49.1 percent from the field and 79.5 percent from the free throw line. He has scored in double figures in 70 of 78 career games with 29 games of 25 or more points, including five 30-point games and one 40-point game. He scored a career-high 42 points vs. Wichita State on March 14.

HAGGERTY'S PRESEASON ACCOLADES

2025-26 Wooden Award Watch List
2025-26 Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List
2025-26 Jersey Mike's Naismith College Player of the Year Watch List
2025-26 NABC Preseason Division I Player of the Year Watch List
2025-26 Jay Bilas Preseason First Team All-American
2025-26 @CBB Analytics Preseason First Team All-American
2025-26 CBS Sports Preseason Third Team All-American
2025-26 The Field of 68 Preseason Third Team All-American
2025-26 Preseason All-Big 12 Team (coaches)
2025-26 Jerry West Award Preseason Watch List (one of 20)

HAGGERTY ALSO GREAT AT LINE

In addition to his scoring prowess, P.J. Haggerty is also great at getting to the free throw line, as he ranked in the top-3 nationally in both free throws made and attempted in the past 2 seasons, including second in attempts (309) and third in makes (237) in 2023-24 while at Tulsa and second in both makes (224) and attempts (274) in 2024-25 while at Memphis.
Haggerty has made 515 free throws on 648 attempts in the past 4 seasons, averaging nearly 7 makes on nearly 9 attempts in his last 78 games played.
Last season, Haggerty connected on 81.8 percent from the free throw line with an AAC-best 224 makes on 274 attempts. He went perfect from the line in 6 games, including 14-of-14 vs. Tulane on March 15 in the AAC Tournament. He made 27 straight free throws at one point during the season.
Haggerty drew 7.9 fouls per 40 minutes as a sophomore at Tulsa in 2023-24, finishing behind only National Player of the Year Zach Edey with 309 free throw attempts, while his 237 free throws were the third-most in the country.

BASHIR GOOD FROM 3

Junior guard Abdi Bashir Jr. is among the best returning 3-point shooting in the country, as he led the NCAA in 3-point field goals/game (3.85) while he was second in total 3-point field goals (127) and 3-point field goals attempted (332) in 2024-25). He broke both the Monmouth and CAA single-season record for 3-pointers (327).
Bashir connected on a career-high 10 3-pointers in his 38-point performance against Rutgers on Nov. 18, 2024. The 10 treys tied for the second-most in Monmouth history. He made at least 5 3-pointers in 12 games, while he had 8 triples in back-to-back games vs. Northeastern (2/24/25) and Elon (2/27/25).
Bashir has made 202 3-point field goals in his 72-game college career on 38.3 percent shooting, which is nearly 3 made 3-pointers per game. He leads the team with 24 makes so far this season on 50 percent shooting. His 7 made 3-pointers vs. Nebraska (11/21/25) tied for the sixth-most ever in a game.
As a sophomore, Bashir led Monmouth and the CAA in scoring at 20.1 points per game, while he was 16th in scoring and 25th in total points (663) in the NCAA. He posted five 30-point games, which tied for the most in program history, while he scored 20 or more points in 13 other contests. He scored a career-high 38 points at Rutgers on Nov. 15, 2024, which were the most points scored against the Scarlet Knight since 1977.
Bashir also had notable performances against Michigan State (20 points), Wichita State (15 points), Stephen F. Austin (30 points), Seton Hall (28 points), Lehigh (22 points), Princeton (26 points) and Auburn (15 points) in 2024-25.

BASHIR ALSO A TWIN

Junior Abdi Bashir Jr. and his brother Abdul are among 9 sets of twins playing Division I basketball in 2025-26, including one of 3 sets of identical twins (Illinois' Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic and Texas State's Dimp and Ky Pernell).
They also one of 3 sets playing at different schools, joining Ethan (Air Force) and Eli (Le Moyne) Greenberg and Tajuan (Seton Hall) and Takai (Oregon) Simpkins.

TWINS PLAYING DIVISION I BASKETBALL
Abdi and Abdul Bashir (K-State, Auburn)
Micah and Marley Curtis (North Dakota)
Cameron and Cayden Boozer (Duke)
Dominykas and Dovydas Butka (Campbell)
Ethan and Eli Greenberg (Air Force, Le Moyne)
Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic (Illinois)
Dimp and Ky Pernell (Texas State)
Tajuan and Takai Simpkins (Seton Hall, Oregon)
Donny and MJ Yeager (Oakland)

SPECIAL NIGHT IN THE OPENER

Junior Nate Johnson nearly made history in his first game in a Wildcat uniform, as he narrowly missed the school's first recorded triple-double, as he finished with 22 points on 8-of-11 field goals, including 6-of-7 from 3-point range, to go with 9 rebounds and 9 assists in 31 minutes, in the 93-64 win over UNC Greensboro on Nov. 4.
Johnson's 6 made 3-pointers are the most by a Wildcat in a season opener, while his 9 assists tie Aaron Swartzendruber vs. Kansas City in 1996 and Larry Reid vs. UTSA in 2000 for the most in an opener. He finished the game with an impressive +47 +/- rating.
Junior All-American candidate P.J. Haggerty and Johnson became the first duo to go over 20 points in a season opener in nearly 18 years since Michael Beasley and Blake Young went for 32 and 22 points against Sacramento State on Nov. 9, 2007.
Haggerty's 27 points, which came on 10-of-20 field goals and 6-of-7 free throws, are ninth-most by a Wildcat in an opener and the most since the aforementioned Beasley, who had 32 points in his first career game.
Haggerty and Johnson became the first Wildcat duo to post 20-point games since Arthur Kaluma (23) and Cam Carter (21) did it against No. 6/6 Iowa State on March 9, 2024.
The 93 points equaled the most by a Jerome Tang-team in a season opener (93 vs. UTRGV (11/7/22) and were the most since scoring 98 vs. Southern Utah on Nov. 14, 2014.
K-State shot just over 50 percent (34-of-67) from the field, including 59.5 percent (22-of-37) in the second half, while hitting on 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from 3-point range. The 14 made 3-pointers tie for the seventh-most in any game and are the most-ever in a season opener.
The Wildcats scored 60 of their 93 points in the second half, connecting on 59.5 percent from the field and 64.7 percent (11-of-17) from 3-point range. The 60-point second-half marked the 11^th time that a Wildcat team has scored 60 or more points in a half and tied for the ninth-most points in any half.

1750 WINS AND COUNTING

K-State entered the 2025-26 season as one of the winningest programs in Division I history, as the Wildcats have posted a 1,756-1,255 (.583) all-time record which includes 32 NCAA Tournament appearances and 21 conference championships.
The current 1,761 wins are the 43rd-most in Division I history, including the seventh-most among current Big 12 schools.

SUCCESS IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY

K-State has posted a 193-63 (.752) record in non-conference play since the 2006-07 season. During that span, the Wildcats have a 150-18 (.890) mark at home venues (includes games played at Bramlage Coliseum, INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita and the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City) in non-conference play, including a 134-14 (.903) mark at Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State's 12-1 non-conference mark in 2022-23 was the best since the 2009-10 team went a program-best 13-1. Last season, the team went 7-6 in non-conference play, including 4-1 in Bramlage Coliseum.

Year	Overall	Home	Bramlage
2006-07	11-4	7-0	7-0
2007-08	10-4	8-1	7-1
2008-09	12-3	11-0	10-0
2009-10	13-1	9-0	8-0
2010-11	12-3	9-1	8-1
2011-12	11-1	7-0	6-0
2012-13	11-2	9-0	8-0
2013-14	10-3	7-1	7-1
2014-15	7-6	6-2	5-2
2015-16	11-2	8-0	8-0
2016-17	11-2	8-0	8-0
2017-18	11-2	8-1	8-0
2018-19	10-3	7-0	6-0
2019-20	7-6	6-2	6-1
2020-21	4-5	4-5	4-5
2021-22	8-5	6-1	6-1
2022-23	12-1	8-0	7-0
2023-24	10-3	8-1	7-1
2024-25	7-6	4-2	4-1
2025-26	5-1	4-0	4-0
Total	193-63	150-18	134-14

TANG ADJUSTS COACHING STAFF

Head coach Jerome Tang adjusted his coaching staff during the offseason, adding veteran head coach Matthew Driscoll as associate head coach as well as acclaimed player development coach Bill Peterson as an assistant coach and Chase Driscoll as director of video and analytics.
The winningest coach in both North Florida and Atlantic Sun Conference history during a 16-year stint (2009-25) with the Ospreys, Driscoll joined the staff on May 23. He won 248 games at North Florida, including 144 in ASUN play, while guiding the school to 3 regular-season championships and the league's tournament championship and a NCAA Tournament bid in 2015.
Driscoll's relationship with Tang dates back more than 20 years, as the two coached alongside each other for 6 seasons (2003-09) at Baylor as original members of head coach Scott Drew's staff.
Peterson has served in various capacities in the NBA, including the Golden Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks. He has mentored over 20 NBA players, including Hall of Famers Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash and Karl Malone. He also has a combined 10 years of head coaching experience at the NAIA, Division II and G-League levels in his 47-year coaching career.
Peterson coached alongside Tang while at Baylor from 2017-22, where they helped guide the Bears to the 2021 NCAA Championship.
Chase Driscoll joined the staff on May 13 after serving as an assistant coach and director of operations for his father, Matthew, at North Florida.

BAYLOR NORTH

With the additions of associate head coach Matthew Driscoll and assistant coach Bill Peterson, Jerome Tang tapped into his coaching history, as all three were on staff at Baylor. Tang and Driscoll were part of Scott Drew's first staff from 2003-09, while Tang and Peterson helped the Bears to the 2021 NCAA title while together on staff from 2017-22.
Driscoll and Peterson aren't the only K-State staffers with Baylor ties, as director of player development Austin Carpenter was a graduate assistant for Tang with the Bears from 2020-22, while current graduate assistants Henry Dugat and Mark Vital Jr. are among the best players in Baylor history.
Dugat is one of five players known as "The Foundation" that was inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021. He was part of Drew's first two recruiting classes that led to Bears' historic turnaround. He still ranks in the top 20 all-time in program history with 1,229 career points.
Vital was a 3-time All-Big 12 selection and a member of Baylor's 2021 National Championship team, playing in 126 games with 105 starts.

'CATS PICKED 9TH IN BIG 12 POLL; HAGGERTY NAMED TO ALL-BIG 12 TEAM

K-State was picked ninth in the 16-team Big 12 preseason poll, while junior transfer P.J. Haggerty was one of 10 selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 by the league coaches.
The Wildcats totaled 117 points in the preseason poll, just 3 points behind eighth-place Cincinnati and 27 points ahead of 10^th-place TCU.
Reigning regular-season and tournament champion Houston was selected first with 224 points and 14 of the 16 first-place votes followed by second-place BYU (204 points, one first-place vote) and third-place Texas Tech (200 points). The rest of the top-7 included Arizona (179 points, one first-place vote), Iowa State (170), Kansas (163) and Baylor (137).
The rest of the preseason poll included eighth-place Cincinnati (120) followed by K-State, TCU, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Utah, UCF, Colorado and Arizona State.
Haggerty's selection marks the second straight year that a Wildcat has been named to the preseason all-conference team (Coleman Hawkins, 2024) by the league coaches. He is one of nine players in school history to be chosen for preseason all-conference honors dating to Manny Dies in 1998-99. Others include Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly in 2010-11, Rodney McGruder in 2012-13 and Marcus Foster in 2014-15 and Barry Brown Jr. and Dean Wade in 2018-19.

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