2019–20 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2019–20
Team:	Kansas State Wildcats
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Record:	11–21
Conf Record:	3–15
Head Coach:	Bruce Weber
Hc Year:	8th
Asst Coach1:	Chris Lowery (8th season)
Asst Coach2:	Brad Korn (5th season - 4th consecutive)
Asst Coach3:	Jermaine Henderson (1st season)
Stadium:	Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)

The 2019–20 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represent Kansas State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 117 basketball season. Their head coach is Bruce Weber in his eighth year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team plays its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They are the defending Big 12 regular season Co-Champions.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2018–19 season 25–9, 14–4 in Big 12 play and were the 2018-19 Big 12 Regular Season Co-Champions.^[1] They defeated TCU in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament before losing to Iowa State in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the South region. There they lost to UC Irvine.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Austin Trice	23	F	6'7"	235	Junior		Transferred^[3]
Patrick Muldoon	35	F	6'7"	210	RS Junior		Graduated^[4]
Kamau Stokes	3	G	6'0"	170	Senior		Graduated
	5	G	6'3"	195	Senior	St. Petersburg, FL	Graduated
	32	F	6'10"	228	Senior		Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
David Sloan	4	G	6'0"	230	Junior		John A. Logan College.^[5]
Joe Petrakis	35	F	6'9"	210	Sophomore		Dodge City Community College^[6]

2019 recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style="|Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 tournament|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|Mar 12, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN2| style="text-align:center"| (10)| vs. (2) No. 5 Baylor
Quarterfinals| colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[7] | style="text-align:center"|Sprint Center
Kansas City, MO

Rankings

See main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

Notes and References

1. Web site: K-State and Texas Tech Share Big 12 Regular Season Title . Big12Sports.com . Big 12 Conference . 30 October 2019.
2. Web site: Robinett . Kellis . Another early exit for Bruce Weber’s Wildcats as 13 seed UC Irvine upsets K-State . kansas.com . The Wichita Eagle . 30 October 2019.
3. Web site: Robinett . Kellis . Austin Trice will transfer from K-State after one disappointing season with Wildcats . kansascity.com . The Kansas City Star . 30 October 2019.
4. Web site: 2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster . kstatesports.com . Kansas State . 30 October 2019.
5. Web site: Ryan . Black . JUCO point guard David Sloan commits to K-State . themercury.com . The Mercury.
6. Web site: Gates . Riley . Wildcats add Petrakis as a walk-on . 247sports.com.
7. Web site: All Power 5 leagues cancel conference tournaments. ESPN.com.