Preview // K-State Concludes Road Trip at Utah Monday Night

GAME 26
KANSAS STATE (13-12, 7-7 Big 12) at UTAH (14-11, 6-8 Big 12)
Monday, February 17, 2025 >> 8 p.m., CT >> Huntsman Center (15,000) >> Salt Lake City, Utah

TELEVISION
ESPN2 (online link)

Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play)
Sean Farnham (analyst)
Greg Shapiro (producer)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Flagships: // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580
Satellite Radio: Ch. 383
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: 58-37/3rd Year
Career Record: 60-37*/3rd Year+
vs. Utah: 0-0 [0-0 on the road]

Utah: Craig Smith [North Dakota '96]
Record at Utah: 64-61/4th Year
Career Record: 289-169/14th Year
vs. K-State: 0-0 [0-0 at home]

LAST GAME STARTERS:
K-State (13-12)
G: #0 Dug McDaniel
G: #11 Brendan Hausen
G: #2 Max Jones
W: #33 Coleman Hawkins
W: #1 David N'Guessan

Utah (14-11)
G: #25 Mike Sharajamts
G: #55 Gabe Madsen
F: #2 Ezra Ausar
F: #10 Jake Wahlin
C: #34 Lawson Lovering

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads 2-1
Big 12 Era: First meeting
In Salt Lake City: K-State leads 1-0
At Huntsman Center: K-State leads 1-0
Active Streak: Utah, 1
Last Meeting: L, 53-63 [11/26/1983 in Rosemont, Ill.]
Jerome Tang vs. Craig Smith: 0-0

K-STATE CONCLUDES ROAD TRIP AT UTAH MONDAY NIGHT
K-State (13-12, 7-7 Big 12) concludes its final 2-game road trip of the season on Monday night, as the Wildcats travel to Salt Lake City to take on Utah (14-11, 6-8 Big 12) at the Huntsman Center at 8 p.m., CT on ESPN2. It will be just the fourth all-time meeting between the schools, including the first since 1983 and the first at the Huntsman Center in 1972. The Wildcats own a slight 2-1 edge in the series, but the Utes won the last matchup, 63-53, at the Tribune Charities Tournament in 1983.

K-State saw its Big 12-best 6-game winning streak come to an end on Saturday night, as BYU used a stellar first-half defensive performance to jump out to an 18-point halftime advantage en route to an 80-65 win at a sold-out Marriott Center. The winning streak was the longest such streak in Big 12 play since a 9-game winning streak from Jan. 9 to Feb. 12, 2019.

Although the schools have played just 3 times, they share Hall of Fame head coach Jack Gardner, who was head coach at K-State twice from 1939-42 and 1946-53 before becoming head coach at Utah from 1953-71. He is the only head coach to lead two different schools to the Final Four twice, leading the Wildcats to the Final Four in 1948 and 1951 and the Utes in 1961 and 1966.

LAST TIME OUT
K-State could not dig itself out an 18-point first-half deficit, as the Wildcats saw their winning streak come to an end in an 80-65 loss to BYU in the first leg of their 2-game road trip on Saturday. The team was held to a season-low 22 points in the first half on just 27.3 percent (9-of-33) shooting, including 25 percent (3-of-12) from 3-point range, while the Cougars shot 48.4 percent (15-of-31).

A 16-3 run pulled K-State to within 53-45 near the midway point of the second half, but BYU used a 10-2 run to build its lead back to 63-47 with 7:25 to play. The Wildcats could get no closer than 13 points the rest of the way as the Cougars moved to 12-2 at home this season.

KEY STORYLINES

Newcomers have combined to score 1442 (78.6 percent) of the team's 1835 points, accounting for 67 of 88 double-digit scoring games. Senior returner David N'Guessan has scored in double figures in a team-best 21 games (out of 25 games played), but the next 6 highest scorers are newcomers, including 16 double-digit scoring efforts by junior Brendan Hausen, 15 by senior Coleman Hawkins and 14 each by senior Max Jones and junior Dug McDaniel.
Four Wildcats are scoring in double figures led by last week's Big 12 Player of the Week - senior David N'Guessan - who leads in scoring (12.8 ppg.) and rebounding (7.0 rpg.) while hitting on a Big 12-best 64.4 percent (130-of-202) from the field. He has scored in double figures in 11 of 14 Big 12 games, including back-to-back 20-point games in wins over Arizona State and No. 16/17 Kansas.
Junior Dug McDaniel has started to step in the last month, as he is averaging 15.6 points on 43.1 percent (50-of-116) shooting in the last 8 games with 7 double-digit scoring games, including back-to-back 20-point performances against No. 13/13 Arizona (2/11/25) and BYU (2/15/25).

A K-STATE WIN WOULD…

Be the 7th in the last 8 games after a 6-game losing streak.
Be the 3rd in the last 4 road games after losing 14 in a row.
Be the 1st vs. Utah as Big 12 members.
Make the Wildcats 2-0 all-time vs. the Utes in Salt Lake City.
Be the 1,754th in program history, including 3rd vs. Utah.

NOTES ON UTAH

Led by fourth-year head coach Craig Smith, Utah has a 14-11 overall record, including a 6-8 mark in Big 12 play, after snapping a 2-game losing streak with a 74-67 win over No. 17/20 Kansas on Saturday. The Utes lost on the road at West Virginia (61-72) and Cincinnati (75-85) prior to the win over the Jayhawks. The team is 13-3 this season at home, including 5-2 in league action.
Utah averages 75.3 points on 45.5 percent shooting, including 33.7 percent from 3-point range, while allowing 70.6 points on 41 percent shooting, including 33.2 percent from 3-point range. The Utes rank seventh nationally in assists/game (18.0), while they are among the best rebounding teams at 39.2 rebounds/game (27th) and 27.3 defensive rebounds/game (31st). They also rank 44th nationally in field goal percentage defense.
Seven players are averaging better than 6 points per game, including a pair in double figures, led by fifth-year Gabe Madsen, who is averaging 15.6 points on 38.4 percent shooting with a team-best 75 made 3-pointers. Junior Ezra Ausar is averaging 11 points on 52 percent shooting with 4.6 rebounds per game. Senior Lawson Lovering (8.6 ppg.), fifth-year Mason Madsen (7.9 ppg.), sophomore Keanu Dawes (7.5 ppg.) and junior Mike Sharavjamts (7.0 ppg.) are all averaging better than 7 points per game. Sophomore Miro Little paces the team with 3.5 assists per game, while Dawes leads 4 players with at least 4 rebounds per game at 5.6 per game.
Smith has a 289-169 record in his 14th season as a head coach, including a 64-61 mark at Utah. He is a former head coach at NAIA Division II school Mayville State (2004-07), South Dakota (2014-18) and Utah State (2018-21). He crossed paths with current K-State AD Gene Taylor at North Dakota State, where Smith was an assistant to Tim Miles from 2001-04.

LAST GAME OUT

Utah snapped a 2-game losing streak by scoring 22 points off 12 Kansas turnovers en route to a near wire-to-wire 74-67 win at home on Saturday. The Utes held the Jayhawks to 40 percent shooting, including 34.6 percent in the second half, while posting a 46-36 rebounding advantage.
Fifth-year Gabe Madsen led all scorers with 24 points while sophomore Jake Wahlin had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

K-STATE/UTAH CONNECTIONS

The schools share Hall of Fame head coach Jack Gardner, who was head coach at K-State twice from 1939-42 and 1946-53 before becoming head coach at Utah from 1953-71. He is the only head coach to lead two different schools to the Final Four twice, leading the Wildcats to the Final Four in 1948 and 1951 and the Utes in 1961 and 1966. All 486 of his all-time wins came at the two schools, including 147 at K-State and 339 at Utah.
Utah assistant coach Josh Eilert played and coached at K-State. He was a walk-on from 2002-04 before serving as a graduate assistant from 2006-07. A longtime assistant at West Virginia, Eilert was the Mountaineers' interim head coach in 2023-24, going 0-2 against his alma mater.

SERIES HISTORY

K-State leads the all-time series, 2-1, in a series that dates to a home-and-home series won by the Wildcats in 1972 and 1973. Utah won the last matchup, 63-53, at the Tribune Charities Tournament in Rosemont, Ill., on Nov. 26, 1983. K-State won the only matchup at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, 65-59, on Dec. 4, 1972.

ALL-TIME MEETINGS [2-1]

Date	Rank	Result	Score	Location
12/4/1972	16/—	W	65-59	Salt Lake City
12/1/1973	—/—	W	87-82	Manhattan
11/26/1983	—/—	L	53-63	Rosemont, Ill.

LAST TIME OUT:
BYU 80, K-STATE 65

K-State could not dig itself out of an 18-point first-half deficit, as the Wildcats saw its 6-game winning streak end in an 80-65 loss to BYU on Saturday night before a sold-out crowd of 17,228 fans at the Marriott Center.
K-State scored a season-low 22 points in the first half, connecting on just 27.3 percent (9-of-33), including 25 percent (3-of-12) from 3-point range, while BYU built a 40-22 lead at the half behind 48.4 percent (15-of-31) shooting.
A 16-3 run pulled K-State to within 53-45 near the midway point of the second half, which included 5 straight points from junior C.J. Jones. However, BYU responded with 10 of the next 12 points to build its lead back to 63-47 at the third media timeout with 7:25 to play. The Wildcats could get no closer than 13 points the rest of the way as the Cougars moved to 12-2 at home this season.
After scoring a season-low 22 points in the first half on 27.3 percent (9-of-33) shooting with just 10 points in the paint (compared to 24 for BYU), the Wildcats scored 43 in the second half on 57.1 percent (16-of-28) shooting and posted a 20-16 advantage in the paint points.
Senior Dug McDaniel scored a game-high 22 points, connecting on 9-of-16 field goals, including 3-of-7 from 3-point range, in 37 minutes. He now has 10 career 20-point games, including 3 this season, including in back-to-back games.
McDaniel was joined in double figures by junior Brendan Hausen, who finished with 12 points on 3-of-10 field goals and 3-of-3 free throws.
Jones finished with 9 points in nearly 20 minutes while sophomore Mobi Ikegwuruka snagged a season-high 7 rebounds to go with his 4 points.
BYU was led by junior Richie Saunders, who had 17 points and 14 boards, while junior Dallin Hall (16 points) and senior Fousseyni Traore (11 points) also scored in double figures. Junior Keib Keita fell one point short of a double-double with 9 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks.
BYU connected on 49.1 percent (27-of-55) from the field with 40 of its 80 points coming in the paint. The Cougars were just 6 of 23 from 3-point range but made it up for it with 21 points off turnovers, 11 second-chance points, 15 fast-break points and 41 bench points.
K-State hit on 41 percent (25-of-61) from the field, including 28.6 percent (6-of-21) from 3-point range, and shot just 52.9 percent (9-of-17) from the line.
The loss snapped K-State's Big 12-best 6-game winning streak, which was the second-longest of head coach Jerome Tang's tenure and the longest such streak in Big 12 play since a 9-game winning streak from Jan. 9 to Feb. 12, 2019.

POSTGAME NEWS & NOTES

The series is now tied at 5 wins each, as K-State fell to 0-4 all-time in Provo, including 0-3 at the Marriott Center.
K-State fell to 2-7 on the road, including 2-5 in the Big 12.
K-State is now 0-9 this season when not reaching 70 points.
BYU held a 41-31 advantage on the glass, including 27 defensive rebounds... Both teams had 14 offensive rebounds with the Cougars holding an 11-8 edge in second-chance points.
Both teams had 12 turnovers with BYU posting a 21-16 edge in points off turnovers... It marked the seventh time allowing 20 or more points off turnovers.
K-State's 22 first-half points were a season-low.
BYU led 40-22 at the halftime as K-State fell to 0-8 when trailing at the half.

INSIDE THE (NOW OVER) WINNING STREAK

K-State made improvements on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball during its 6-game winning streak, which was the longest such streak in Big 12 play since winning 9 in a row from Jan. 9 to Feb. 12, 2019.
The Wildcats averaged 77.2 points during its winning streak, connecting on 47.8 percent (170-of-356) from the field, including 37.9 percent (50-of-132) from 3-point range, while making 70.9 percent (73-of-103) from the free throw line. Five players averaged between 15 and 11.3 points per game, including Dug McDaniel (15.2 ppg.), David N'Guessan (14.5 ppg.), Coleman Hawkins (12.0 ppg.), Max Jones (12.0 ppg.) and Brendan Hausen (11.3 ppg.).
On the defensive end, K-State allowing 65.2 points during the streak on 40.5 percent (143-of-353) shooting, including 27.9 percent (38-of-136) from 3-point range, while narrowly being out-rebounded, 35.3-35.2, and forcing 14.5 turnovers. The Wildcats averaged 36.3 points in the paint, 17.3 points off turnovers, 9.2 second-chance points and 14.3 fast-break points in this span.
The 6 wins are examples of why getting off to good starts is important to winning, as K-State outscored No. 23/23 West Virginia, Oklahoma State, No. 3/3 Iowa State, Arizona State, No. 16/17 Kansas and No. 13/13 Arizona, 238-173, in the first half on 48.9 percent (91-of-186) shooting. The Wildcats jumped out 19-2 vs. the Mountaineers en route to a 42-18 lead at the break, while they enjoyed a 15-4 start vs. the Cowboys en route to a 45-23 advantage at the half.

BETTER FROM 3-POINT RANGE

One of the top priorities for Jerome Tang this past offseason was getting better production from the 3-point line. Last season, K-State ranked last in the Big 12 and 289th nationally in 3-point percentage at 31.8, while the Wildcats were 183rd in the nation in 3-point field goals made/game at 7.4.
Through 25 games, the Wildcats have made some improvement in that area, as they rank 151st nationally and sixth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage (34.4) and 118th in the nation and eighth in the league in 3-point field goals/game (8.3). They are also eighth in the Big 12 in attempts (24.2).
K-State has connected on 10 or more 3-pointers in 9 games, including a near school-record 21 triples vs. UAPB (12/1/24). The 21 3-pointers are the second-most behind the record 23 set vs. Fresno State in 1994. The Wildcats have made 10 or more treys in 8 other games, including 11 vs. No. 16/17 Kansas (2/8/25).
Six Wildcats have already registered double-digit 3-pointers led by junior Brendan Hausen's 74 makes. He ranks second in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made (74) and 3-pointers/game (3.0) and third in 3-point attempts (185). He ranks among the top-60 in all 4 categories. Other players with double-digit 3-pointers include senior Max Jones (37) and senior Coleman Hawkins (29).

TOP 25 SUCCESS UNDER TANG

Head coach Jerome Tang has enjoyed success against Top 25 teams since he came to K-State prior to the 2022-23 season, posting a 16-15 record, including a 5-2 mark in 2024-25. The win over No. 13/13 Arizona (2/11/25) was the fifth this season, which ties the Wildcats for the most in the Big 12.
Tang is now 13-3 at home vs. AP Top 25 opponents, including 4-1 in 2024-25. His 16 career Top 25 wins tie Tex Winter (1954-68) for the fourth-most in school history. K-State's 16 Top 25 wins are the third-most nationally since 2022-23, trailing just the 17 by Kansas and Tennessee.

1750 WINS AND COUNTING

K-State's win over No. 3/3 Iowa State (2/1/25) represented the 1,750th win in school history, as the Wildcats became the 43rd program in Division I history to accomplish the feat. The school has a 1,753-1,250 all-time record which includes 32 NCAA Tournament appearances and 21 conference championships. K-State joined Oklahoma State, Virginia and Marquette with their 1750th wins this year.

N'GUESSAN OFF TO STRONG START

Senior David N'Guessan is off to a strong start to his fifth and final year of college in 2024-25, as the De Lier, The Netherlands native has scored in double figures in a team-leading 21 games. He leads the Wildcats in scoring (12.8 ppg.), field goals (130), free throws made (54) and rebounding (7.0 rpg.), while hitting on a Big 12-best 64.4 percent (130-of-202) from the field. He also leads in rebounding (7.2 rpg.) in Big 12 play and is second in scoring (12.1 ppg.).
N'Guessan earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career on Feb. 10, as he averaged 21 points on 70.8 percent (17-of-24) shooting with 7.5 rebounds in helping K-State to wins over Arizona State (2/4/25) and No. 16/17 Kansas (2/8/25). He followed his season-high 22-point effort vs. the Sun Devils with a team-high 20 points against the Jayhawks to post back-to-back 20-point games for the first time in his career.
N'Guessan has scored in double figures in 11 of 14 Big 12 games, including the consecutive 20-point performances. He scored a season-high 22 points vs. the Sun Devils on 8-of-11 field goals and 5-of-6 free throws to go with a team-tying 8 rebounds. He made the play of the night with K-State clinging to a 71-70 lead, as he fouled freshman Jayden Quaintance as he was attempting to dunk the game-winning basket with 4.1 seconds left, forcing him to hit 2 free throws to win the game. Quaintance missed both and K-State got the rebound.
N'Guessan has double-doubles in 3 Big 12 games, including 12 points and a career-best 17 rebounds at TCU (1/4/25), 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds at Oklahoma State (1/7/25) and 13 points and 11 rebounds at Baylor (1/22/25). His 17 boards tied for the third-most by a Wildcat in a Big 12 game and were the most since Michael Beasley's 17 rebounds vs. Missouri in 2008.
N'Guessan, the last remaining member of the 2023 Elite Eight team, is in his third season at K-State after transferring from Virginia Tech in 2022-23. He has scored 772 points in his Wildcat career, connecting on 63.5 percent from the field, to go with 506 rebounds, 91 assists, 64 blocks and 63 steals in 88 games. He is the 31st Wildcat and the first since 2020 to post 500 career rebounds.
N'Guessan has been a part of 96 victories in college, including 3 trips to the NCAA Tournament (2021, 2022, 2023), an NIT appearance in 2024, an ACC Tournament title in 2022 at Virginia Tech and Elite Eight run in 2023 at K-State.

MR. ALL-AROUND

Senior Coleman Hawkins has proven himself to be an elite all-around player for the Wildcats, as he is the only Division I player to average at least 10 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks this season. He leads the team in assists (4.4 apg.), steals (2.0 spg.) and blocks (1.3 bpg.) while he is second in rebounding (6.8 rpg.) and fourth in scoring (10.8 ppg.).
Hawkins scored in double figures 15 times (10 in Big 12 play) with a season-high 20 points vs. No. 16/17 Cincinnati (12/30/24) on 7-of-13 field goals. He also has 3 double-digit rebounding games, while he became the first Wildcat to record a points/assists double-double at Allen Fieldhouse vs. Kansas (1/18/25) with 15 points and a career-tying 10 assists for his ninth career double-double.
Hawkins ranks in the Big 12's top-10 in 6 categories, including minutes (33.6 mpg./6th), steals (1.96 spg./6th), assists (4.4 apg./8th), defensive rebounds (4.8/8th), blocks (1.3 bpg./10th) and rebounds (6.8 rpg./10th). He also places in the top 100 nationally in 4 categories, including steals (51st) and assists (98th).
Hawkins is the Wildcats' second-leading scorer (12.1 ppg.) in Big 12 play, scoring in double figures in 10 of 14 league games. He also leads the team in assists (65), steals (23) and blocks (17) in league action.

HAUSEN GOOD FROM 3

Junior guard Brendan Hausen has given the Wildcats a scoring threat from 3-point range, as the Villanova transfer ranks second in the Big 12 in total 3-point field goals made (74) and 3-pointers/game (2.96), third in 3-point attempts (185) and fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (40.0)
Hausen has connected on at least 2 made 3-pointers in 20 of 25 games while he had a season-high 6 makes against Cleveland State (11/9/24) and at St. John's (12/7/24). With his 5-of-5 performance vs. Oklahoma State (1/29/25), he became the seventh player to go 5-of-5 or better from 3-point range and the first since Denis Clemente went 6-of-6 at Texas on Jan. 31, 2009.
Hausen had his best shooting performance in the Big 12/BIG EAST Battle at St. John's (12/7/24), as he posted his second 20-point game of the season with a career-best 27 points on 9-of-17 field goals, including 6-of-10 from 3-point range. He scored 21 of his 27 points in the first half, becoming the 21st player in school history to score 20 or more points in an opening half.
A starter in all 25 games, Hausen ranks second on the team in scoring (11.8 ppg.) while connecting on 40.7 percent from the field, including 40 percent from 3-point range. He ranks second on the team behind David N'Guessan with 16 double-digit scoring games, including 14 of the last 21 games.
Dubbed the 'Amarillo Assassin' for his 3-point ability in high school, Hausen has totaled 162 made 3-pointers in his 91-game college career, making 39.7 percent from the field. He was Villanova's top 3-point shooting threat in 2023-24, totaling 61 makes on 38.1 percent shooting from the bench.

HEAD OF THE SNAKE

Junior Dug McDaniel is starting to assert himself as the team's point guard, as he has started all 14 Big 12 games after coming off the bench for much of the non-conference season. Since he was put into the lineup in the Big 12 opener, he ranks second on the team in assists (4.6 apg.), steals (1.4 spg.) and minutes (33.9 mpg.), while he is first in scoring (12.7 ppg.).
McDaniel was particularly impactful during the Wildcats' 6-game win streak, as he is averaging a team-best 15.2 points on 40.4 percent shooting with 6.7 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals in 34.5 minutes per game. He scored in double figures in 5 of those 6 games, including a pair of 20-point efforts (at No. 3/3 Iowa State and vs. No. 13/13 Arizona), while he posted his second career double-double vs. No. 16/17 Kansas with 15 points and a career-best 11 assists.
McDaniel is one of several options head coach Jerome Tang to run the point that also includes versatile big man Coleman Hawkins, who has a team-high 111 assists, as well as reserves C.J. Jones and David Castillo.
K-State is averaging 15.9 assists through 25 games this season, which ranks 50th nationally and sixth in the Big 12, while the team has assists on more than 60 percent of their made baskets (397 out of 670). The Wildcats have dished out more than 20 assists 5 times, including 30 on 40 field goals while breaking the school scoring record (120) vs. UAPB (12/1/24).

OVERTIME STREAK ENDS

K-State saw its 12-game winning streak in overtime games end in the 73-70 loss to unbeaten Drake on Dec. 21 in the Wildcat Classic at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. In a game in which they trailed by as many as 20 points in the first half, the Wildcats seemingly tied the game at 70-all in overtime on a 3-pointer by senior Coleman Hawkins with 13 seconds before the Bulldogs' Bennett Stirtz's 3-pointer with 4 seconds left proved to be the game-winner.
K-State's 12-game overtime winning streak was the second-longest in Division I history since 1950 and the second-longest current streak behind Florida State (14; 2018-current) and right ahead of Winthrop (10; 2017-current).
K-State set the Division I single-season record with 7 overtime wins in 2023-24, which included Providence (73-70), Oral Roberts (88-78), North Alabama (75-74) and Villanova (72-71) in non-conference play and No. 9/9 Baylor (68-64), No. 4/4 Kansas (75-70) and West Virginia (94-90) in Big 12 action.
The 7 overtime wins in 2023-24 set the Division I single-season record, snapping a tie of 6 with Wake Forest (1983-84), Chattanooga (1988-89) and Lafayette (2007-08). The 7 overtime wins also broke the school record of 5, while it was the most overtime games in school history (5 total set in 1992-93 and 2022-23). The 6 overtime home wins were also the Division I mark.
The loss also snapped coach Jerome Tang's 13-game personal winning streak in overtime game, which dated back to an overtime win as interim head coach at Baylor in 2013 over Texas.

HARTMAN SELECTED TO NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

Legendary head coach Jack Hartman, who won a school-record 295 games during his illustrious 16-year tenure from 1970-86, was among eight individuals announced Dec. 31 to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Hartman was the only head coach in the eight-man induction class, which included Dave Meyers (UCLA), Sihugo Green (Duquesne), Lennie Rosenbluth (North Carolina), Wayne Estes (Utah State), Sam Lacey (New Mexico State), John Rudometkin (USC) and Tom Stith (St. Bonaventure).
Hartman won nearly 600 games in his legendary career, which included stints at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College from 1955-62 and Southern Illinois from 1962-70. He won a NJCAA national championship at Coffeyville in 1961-62, going a perfect 32-0, while he led the Salukis to the 1967 NIT Championship with a 24-2 record.
Hartman led K-State to a 295-169 (.636) record, 3 Big Eight regular-season conference titles (1971-72, 1972-73, 1976-77), 2 Big Eight Tournament championships (1977, 1980) and 9 postseason appearances (7 NCAA Tournaments) during his 16 seasons as head coach.
Hartman saw the Wildcats post 20 or more wins 7 times, including 24 wins in both 1976-77 and 1980-81. He also guided the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament 7 times (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), including 4 trips (1972, 1973, 1975, 1981) to the Elite Eight.
Hartman is the sixth person with K-State to be named to the Hall of Fame, including the fourth men's basketball head coach following Jack Gardner (2006), Tex Winter (2010) and his former player Lon Kruger (2022). In addition, former Wildcat players Rolando Blackman (2015) and Bob Boozer (2016) have also been elected to the Hall of Fame.

SUCCESS IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY

K-State has posted a 187-61 (.764) record in non-conference play since the 2006-07 season. During that span, the Wildcats have a 146-18 (.899) 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 130-14 (.907) 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 10-3 in non-conference play, including 7-1 at 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	6-5	4-2	4-1
Total	187-61	146-18	130-14

'CATS PICKED 8TH IN BIG 12 POLL; HAWKINS NAMED CO-NEWCOMER

K-State was picked eighth in the new 16-team Big 12 preseason poll, while senior transfer Coleman Hawkins was named the league's co-Newcomer of the Year, alongside Baylor's Jeremy Roach.
Hawkins is the first Wildcat to be selected as the Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and the fourth to be chosen for a preseason player honor, joining Michael Beasley (2007-08 Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year), Jacob Pullen (2010-11 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year) and Dean Wade (2018-19 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year).
Hawkins, who earned All-Big Ten honors at Illinois in 2023-24, was also selected to the preseason All-Big 12 Second Team by the league coaches, joining Baylor's Norchad Omier and Roach, Iowa State's Keshon Gilbert and Kansas' Dajuan Harris Jr.
Hawkins is also the first Wildcat to earn selection to one of the main preseason all-conference teams by the coaches since Barry Brown Jr. and Wade in 2018-19. He is one of eight players in school history to be chosen for preseason all-conference honors dating to Manny Dies in 1998-99. Others include Pullen and Curtis Kelly in 2010-11, Rodney McGruder in 2012-13 and Marcus Foster in 2014-15.
K-State received 133 points to place eighth in the poll, just two points behind seventh-place Texas Tech and 17 points ahead of ninth-place BYU.
Kansas was picked first with 215 points and nine first-place votes followed closely by Houston (211, five first-place votes), third-place Iowa State (194, one first-place vote), fourth-place Baylor (185) and fifth-place Arizona (179, one first-place vote).
Hawkins has also been named to the watch list for the Naismith Trophy as well as the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award.

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