Preview // K-State Visits UCF Wednesday Night

GAME 28
KANSAS STATE (13-14, 7-9 Big 12) at UCF (14-13, 5-11 Big 12)
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 >> 6 p.m., CT >> Addition Financial Arena (9,465) >> Orlando, Fla.

TELEVISION
ESPN+ (online link)

Drew Fellios (play-by-play)
B.J. Taylor (analyst)
Eric Posman (producer)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
Flagships: // KMAN 1350 & WIBW 580
Satellite Radio: Ch. 382
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: 58-39/3rd Year
Career Record: 60-39*/3rd Year+
vs. UCF: 1-0 [0-0 on the road]

UCF: Johnny Dawkins [Duke '86]
Record at UCF: 162-116/9th Year
Career Record: 318-230/17th Year
vs. K-State: 0-1 [0-0 at home]

LAST GAME STARTERS:
K-State (13-14)
G: #0 Dug McDaniel
G: #11 Brendan Hausen
G: #3 C.J. Jones
G: #2 Max Jones
W: #1 David N'Guessan

UCF (14-13)
G: #1 Mikey Williams
G: #3 Darius Johnson
G: #4 Keyshawn Hall
G: #22 Nils Machowski
C: #52 Moustapha Thiam

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads 3-0
Big 12 Era: K-State leads 1-0
In Orlando: K-State leads 1-0
At Addition Financial Arena: First meeting
Active Streak: K-State, 3
Last Meeting: W, 77-52 [1/6/2024 in Manhattan]
Jerome Tang vs. Johnny Dawkins: 1-0

K-STATE CONCLUDES ROAD TRIP AT UTAH MONDAY NIGHT
K-State (13-14, 7-9 Big 12) hits the road on Wednesday, as the Wildcats travel to Orlando, Fla., to take on UCF (14-13, 5-11 Big 12) at Addition Financial Arena at 6 p.m., CT on ESPN+. The Wildcats have 4 games left in the regular season, including 2 on the road at UCF and Cincinnati.

K-State and UCF will be meeting for just the fourth time, including the second time in Big 12 play, and the first time since the Wildcats opened the 2023-24 conference season with a 77-52 win over the Knights on Jan. 6, 2024. This will be the first meeting at Addition Financial Arena.

K-State has lost 3 straight games (at BYU, Utah and vs. Arizona State) after a 6-game winning streak from Jan. 25 to Feb. 11. The Wildcats played without its all-everything Coleman Hawkins in the loss to the Sun Devils, scoring a season-low 54 points on a season-worst 33.3 percent shooting. There is no timeline for Hawkins' return as the Wildcats used a 4-guard lineup in his absence.

LAST TIME OUT
In a game where both teams were missing significant players, it was Arizona State which got a big performance from freshman Jayden Quaintance to snap a 6-game skid in a near wire-to-wire 66-54 win over K-State on Sunday. The rookie scored a team-high 18 points to enact some semblance of revenge after missing the game-winning free throws in the 71-70 loss to the Wildcats on Feb. 4.

K-State saw its losing streak hit 3 games with the loss, as the Wildcats played without Hawkins, who is the only Division I player to average 10 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. The team was paced by senior David N'Guessan, who collected his eighth career double-double, including his team-leading fifth of the season, with game-highs in both points (20) and rebounds (13). It marked his second 20-point, 10-rebound performance of the season.

KEY STORYLINES

Newcomers have combined to score 1538 (79 percent) of the team's 1958 points, accounting for 72 of 93 double-digit scoring games. Senior returner David N'Guessan has scored in double figures in a team-best 22 games (out of 27 games played) with five 20-point performances, but the next 6 highest scorers are newcomers, including 17 double-digit scoring efforts by junior Brendan Hausen and 15 by senior Coleman Hawkins, senior Max Jones and junior Dug McDaniel.
N'Guessan, who earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors for the first time on Feb. 10, continues to lead the Wildcats in both scoring (12.9 ppg.) and rebounding (7.2 rpg.) while connecting on a Big 12-best 63.2 percent (141-of-223) from the field. He has scored in double figures in 12 of 16 Big 12 games with 4 double-doubles, including a 20-point, 13-rebound effort vs. ASU. He also paces the team in scoring (12.3 ppg.) and rebounding (7.6 rpg.) in Big 12 play on 60.6 percent shooting.
McDaniel has started to step up in the last month, as he is averaging 14.2 points on 40.4 percent (57-of-141) shooting in the last 10 games with 8 double-digit scoring games, including three 20-point efforts against No. 3/3 Iowa State (2/1/25), No. 13/13 Arizona (2/11/25) and BYU (2/15/25).

A K-STATE WIN WOULD…

Snap a 3-game overall losing streak.
Snap a 2-game road losing streak.
Extend its winning streak vs. UCF to 4 games.
Be the first vs. the Knights at Addition Financial Arena.
Be the 1,754th in program history, including 4th vs. UCF.

NOTES ON UCF

Led by ninth-year head coach Johnny Dawkins, UCF is 14-13 on the season, including 5-11 in Big 12 play. The Knights snapped a 7-game losing streak with a 76-72 win over Utah on Sunday. They went 9-2 in non-conference play, including a 64-61 win over a top 15 Texas A&M squad, before wins over Texas Tech and Colorado to start Big 12 play. Since that 11-3 start, they have won just 3 of 13 games, which includes the aforementioned 7-game losing streak. UCF is 11-5 at home, including 3-5 in league play.
UCF is averaging 78.9 points on 42.2 percent shooting, including 33.5 percent from 3-point range, while allowing 80.3 points on 45.7 percent shooting, including 33.7 percent from 3-point range. The Knights are among the best offensive teams in the country, ranking 60th nationally in scoring and 18th in free throw percentage (77.7) while averaging better than 8.5 3-point makes per game.
Four players are averaging in double figures led by the Big 12's leading scorer - junior Keyshawn Hall - who is averaging 18.8 points on 44.3 percent shooting, including 36.9 percent from 3-point range, to go with a team-high 6.9 rebounds per game. Senior Darius Johnson is averaging 15 points on 41.7 percent shooting to go with a team-best 63 made 3-pointers as well as team-highs in both assists (114) and steals (63). Fifth-year Jordan Ivy-Curry (13.6 ppg.) and freshman Moustapha Thiam (10.3 ppg.) also averaging in double figures as Thiam as a team-leading 59 blocked shots.
Dawkins, a legendary player and assistant coach at Duke, has a 318-230 record in his 17th season as a head coach, including a 162-116 mark in his ninth season in Orlando. He led Stanford from 2008-16 prior to coming to UCF. A two-time consensus First Team All-American (1985, 1986), he has his No. 24 uniform retired at Duke and was the 1986 Naismith Player of the Year. He led Duke to the 1986 NCAA title game, losing to Louisville.

LAST GAME OUT

UCF snapped a 7-game losing streak with a 76-72 win over Utah at home on Sunday. The Knights connected on 44.6 percent (29-of-65) from the field, scoring 20 points off 19 Ute turnovers and 16 fast-break points.
Five players scored in double figures, including a near double-double of 18 points and 9 rebounds from Moustapha Thiam. He was joined in double figures by Darius Johnson (12 points), Jordan Ivy-Curry (12 points), Keyshawn Hall (11 points) and Dallan Coleman (10 points).

SERIES HISTORY

Wednesday's game will be just the fourth all-time meeting between the schools with K-State leading 3-0. The Wildcats won the first meeting, 71-59, at home on Jan. 6, 2003, before a 73-71 victory at the 2007 Old Spice Classic at the Milkhouse on the Disney campus on Nov. 23.
This will be second meeting as conference foes, as K-State earned a 77-52 win over the Knights at home on Jan. 6, 2024, in the first Big 12 game of the 2023-24 season. This will be the first matchup at Addition Financial Arena.

ALL-TIME MEETINGS [3-0]

Date	Rank	Result	Score	Location
1/6/2003	—/—	W	71-59	Manhattan
11/23/2007	18/—	W	73-71	Orlando
1/6/2024	—/—	W	77-52	Manhattan

LAST MEETING:
K-STATE 77, UCF 52 [Jan. 6, 2024]

K-State held UCF to a season-low 52 points, including just 19 points in the first half on 21.6 percent shooting, as the Wildcats posted a 77-52 win over the Knights in the last meeting between the schools on Jan. 6, 2024.

LAST TIME OUT:
ARIZONA STATE 66, K-STATE 54

Behind a team-high 18 points from freshman Jayden Quaintance, Arizona State snapped a 6-game losing streak with a near wire-to-wire 66-54 win over K-State on Sunday afternoon before 9,121 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State (13-14, 7-9 Big 12) saw its losing streak hit 3 games with the loss, as the Wildcats played without their all-everything senior Coleman Hawkins, who is the only Division I player to average 10 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game.
Arizona State (13-14, 4-12 Big 12) had its own missing piece, as head coach Bobby Hurley dismissed the Sun Devils' leading scorer B.J. Freeman (13.7 ppg.) prior to the road trip. However, it was Hawkins' presence that was clearly felt more as K-State was held to a season-low 54 points on 33.3 percent (22-of-66) shooting, including 19.2 percent (5-of-26) from 3-point range.
The Wildcats were paced by senior David N'Guessan, who collected his eighth career double-double, including his team-leading fifth of the season, with game-highs in both points (20) and rebounds (13). It marked his second 20-point, 10-rebound performance and the first since the season opener. He was joined in double figures by junior C.J. Jones, who scored 10 points.
Quaintance was one of three Sun Devils to score in double figures, as he finished 8-of-11 from the field, including 2-of-4 from 3-point range, to go with 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block in 26 minutes. He enacted some semblance of revenge with his performance, as he missed the game-winning free throws with 4.1 seconds left in the 71-70 loss to the Wildcats on Feb. 4.
ASU jumped out to a 12-6 lead before the first media timeout, including 5 points from Quaintance. K-State responded with 8 of the next 12 points to pull to within 16-14 at the second media timeout at the 10:37 mark. However, the Sun Devils rattled off 7 straight points out of the timeout as part of a 15-5 to run take a double-digit lead. Jones scored 7 of his 10 points in a 9-3 run to end the first half, as the Wildcats closed to within 41-28 at the break.
A 7-0 run out of halftime quickly extended ASU's lead back to double figures less than 3 minutes into the second half. K-State pulled to within 50-40 near the midway point but ASU scored 7 of the next 10 points to go up 57-43 with third media timeout with 7:35 to play. The lead grew to as many as 21 points (66-45) after a dunk by Shawn Phillips Jr. with 1:46 remaining before the Wildcats ended the game on a 9-0 run for the 66-54 final score.
For the game, ASU connected on 46.3 percent (25-of-54) from the field, including 36 percent (9-of-25) from 3-point range, compared to 33.3 percent (22-of-66) shooting for K-State on just 19.2 percent (5-of-26) from beyond the arc. The Wildcats outrebounded the Sun Devils, 43-33, including 17 offensive rebounds that resulted in just 9 second-chance points.

POSTGAME NEWS & NOTES

K-State still leads the series, 6-5, including 2-2 in Manhattan... The teams split their 2 meetings with K-State winning 71-70 in Tempe on Feb. 4.
The 54 points and 33.3 field goal percentage were both season-lows.
K-State is now 0-11 this season when not reaching 70 points.
K-State held a 43-33 advantage on the glass, including 17 offensive rebounds that the Wildcats converted into 9 second-chance points.
K-State held the advantage in points off turnovers (13-11), points in the paint (34-30), second-chance points (9-7) and fast-break points (12-0).
ASU led 34-28 at the halftime, as K-State is now 0-9 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 27 games, the Wildcats have made some improvement in that area, as they rank 168th nationally and eighth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage (34.1) and 113th in the nation and eighth in the league in 3-point field goals/game (8.3). They are also seventh in the Big 12 in attempts (24.3).
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 at Utah (2/17/25).
Six Wildcats have registered double-digit 3-pointers led by junior Brendan Hausen's 81 makes. He ranks second in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made, 3-pointers/game (3.0) and percentage (39.9). He ranks among the top 55 in all 4 categories. Other players with double-digit 3-pointers include seniors Max Jones (38), Coleman Hawkins (30) and junior Dug McDaniel (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 1,753-1,252 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 CONTINUES STRONG PLAY

Senior David N'Guessan has continued his strong play in his fifth and final season in 2024-25, as the De Lier, The Netherlands native has scored in double figures in a team-leading 22 games. He leads the Wildcats in scoring (12.9 ppg.), field goals (141), free throws made (59) and rebounding (7.2 rpg.), while hitting on a Big 12-best 63.2 percent (141-of-223) from the field. He also leads the team in scoring (12.3 ppg.) and rebounding (7.6 rpg.) in Big 12 play.
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 12 of 16 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 4 Big 12 games, including 12 points and a career-best 17 rebounds at TCU (1/4/25), 12 points and 12 boards at Oklahoma State (1/7/25), 13 points and 11 rebounds at Baylor (1/22/25) and 20 points and 13 rebounds vs. Arizona State (2/23/25). His 17 boards tied for the third-most by a Wildcat in a Big 12 game and were the most since 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 799 points in his Wildcat career, connecting on 63 percent from the field, to go with 526 rebounds, 92 assists, 66 blocks and 65 steals in 90 games. He is 14 points shy of 1,000 career points in 147 games at Virginia Tech and K-State.
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, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks this season. He leads the team in assists (4.5 apg.), steals (2.0 spg.) and blocks (1.3 bpg.) while he is second in rebounding (6.7 rpg.) and fourth in scoring (10.7 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-15 in 6 categories, including steals (2.0 spg./6th), minutes (33.3 mpg./7th), assists (4.5 apg./8th), defensive rebounds (4.8/9th), blocks (1.3 bpg./9th) and rebounds (6.7 rpg./11th). He also places in the top-100 nationally in 4 categories, including steals (45th) and assists (80th).
Hawkins is the Wildcats' third-leading scorer (11.7 ppg.) in Big 12 play,scoring in double figures in 10 league games. He also leads the team in steals (25) and blocks (18) while he is second in rebounding (6.4 rpg.) and assists (72).

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 (81) and 3-pointers/game (3.0) and third in 3-point field goal percentage (39.9) and attempts (203).
Hausen has connected on at least 2 made 3-pointers in 22 of 27 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 27 games, Hausen ranks second on the team in scoring (11.8 ppg.) while connecting on 40.3 percent from the field, including 39.9 percent from 3-point range. He ranks second on the team behind David N'Guessan with 17 double-digit scoring games, including 15 of the last 23 games.
Dubbed the 'Amarillo Assassin' for his 3-point ability in high school, Hausen has totaled 169 made 3-pointers in his 93-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 16 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 first in assists (4.8 apg.) and minutes (34.4 mpg.), second in scoring (12.2 ppg.) and steals (1.4 spg.) and third in 3-point field goals made (20).
McDaniel was particularly impactful during the Wildcats' 6-game win streak, as he averaged 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 is second on the team in assists (118), as well as reserves C.J. Jones and David Castillo.
K-State is averaging 15.9 assists through 27 games this season, which ranks 49th nationally and sixth in the Big 12, while the team has assists on nearly 60 percent of their made baskets (429 out of 718). 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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