Preview // Okay-State Continues Homestand Saturday Night time vs. Bellarmine

GAME 2

KANSAS STATE (1-0) VS. BELLARMINE (0-1)

Saturday, November 8, 2025  |  7:01 p.m., CT  |  Bramlage Coliseum (11,010)  |  Manhattan, Kan.

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LIVE STATS

COACHES

Record at Okay-State: 62-42/4th Year

Career Record: 64-42*/4th Year+

vs. Bellarmine: 1-0

Bellarmine: Doug Davenport [Bellarmine ’10]

Record at BU: 0-1/1st Year

Career Record: 0-1/1st Year

vs. Okay-State: 0-0

LAST GAME STARTERS:

Okay-State (1-0)

Bellarmine (0-1)

G: #2 Tyler Doyle

G: #8 Kenyon Goodin

F: #11 Brian Waddell

F: #23 Sam Donald

F: #32 Jack Karasinski

SERIES HISTORY

Overall: Okay-State leads 1-0

At Home: Okay-State leads 1-0

At Bramlage Coliseum: Okay-State leads 1-0

Active Streak: Okay-State, 1

First Meeting: Okay-State received 83-75 (11/10/23)

Last Meeting: Okay-State received 83-75 (11/10/23)

A Okay-STATE WIN WOULD…

• Make the Wildcats 2-0 for the 4th time in 5 seasons.

• Move the Wildcats to 2-0 all-time vs. Bellarmine.

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• Give the Wildcats a 190-62 non-conference mark since 2006.

• Extend its house non-conference mark to 148-18 since 2006.

Okay-STATE CONTINUES HOMESTAND SATURDAY NIGHT VS. BELLARMINE

Okay-State (1-0) continues its 4-game homestand to open the 2025-26 season by internet hosting Bellarmine (pronounced BELL-er-men) (0-1) on Saturday evening at Bramlage Coliseum. The recreation will tip off at 7:01 p.m., CT on ESPN+. Saturday’s recreation will wrap up the primary week of the common season.

This will probably be simply the second assembly and the primary since an 83-75 win by the Wildcats on Nov. 10, 2023. Okay-State is 14-1 towards groups from the Atlantic Sun Conference, together with 12-0 at house.

Led by first-year head coach Doug Davenport, who’s taking on for his legendary father, Scott, returns 7 lettermen from a squad that posted a 5-26 report and completed Twelfth within the ASUN with a 2-16 mark. The Knights opened the season with a 104-59 loss at Georgia on Monday evening.

LAST TIME OUT

• Okay-State erupted for 60 factors within the second half to shake off a poor offensive begin, because the Wildcats opened the 2025-26 season with a 93-64 win over UNC Greensboro on Tuesday evening

• The Wildcats scored simply 12 factors within the first 11 minutes off the sport, falling behind by as many as 10 factors, earlier than scoring 21 of the final 33 factors to tug to inside 34-33 of the Spartans on the half. The squad scored 22 of the primary 31 factors to take a 12-point lead and compelled a timeout, then after a layup by UNCG, rattled off 15 straight factors to go forward 70-45 win with beneath 10 minutes to play. The lead grew to as many as 32 factors.

• Okay-State shot simply over 50 p.c (34-of-67) from the sphere, together with 59.5 p.c (22-of-37) within the second half, whereas hitting on 51.9 p.c (14-of-27) from 3-point vary. The 14 made 3-pointers tie for the seventh-most in any recreation and are the most-ever in a season opener.

• Three Wildcats – P.J. Haggerty (27 factors), Nate Johnson (22) and Abdi Bashir Jr. (16) – scored in double figures, as Haggerty and Johnson grew to become the primary Wildcat duo to put up 20-point video games since Arthur Kaluma (23) and Cam Carter (21) did it towards No. 6/6 Iowa State on March 9, 2024.

SPECIAL NIGHT IN THE OPENER

• Junior Nate Johnson almost made historical past in his first recreation in a Wildcat uniform, as he narrowly missed the varsity’s first recorded triple-double, as he completed with 22 factors on 8-of-11 area targets, together with 6-of-7 from 3-point vary, to go together with 9 rebounds and 9 assists in 31 minutes.

• Johnson’s 6 made 3-pointers are essentially the most by a Wildcat in a season opener, whereas his 9 assists tie Aaron Swartzendruber vs. Kansas City in 1996 and Larry Reid vs. UTSA in 2000 for essentially the most in an opener. He completed the sport with a formidable +47 +/- score.

• Junior All-American candidate P.J. Haggerty and Johnson grew to become the primary duo to go over 20 factors in a season opener in almost 18 years since Michael Beasley and Blake Young went for 32 and 22 factors, respectively, towards Sacramento State on Nov. 9, 2007. Haggerty’s 27 factors, which got here on 10-of-20 area targets and 6-of-7 free throws, are ninth-most by a Wildcat in an opener and essentially the most for the reason that aforementioned Beasley, who had 32 factors in his first profession recreation.

SEASON OPENER INS AND OUTS

• Okay-State is now 95-27 all-time in season openers relationship again to the primary season in 1903, together with an 83-10 mark at house. The Wildcats have a 31-3 report in openers performed at Bramlage Coliseum, which features a 16-game profitable streak from 1995-2012.

• Okay-State has now received 20 of its final 23 season openers with house losses to Northern Colorado in 2013 and Drake in 2020 and to No. 21/22 USC within the Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas occasion in 2023 on the T-Mobile Center.

• Head coach Jerome Tang is now 3-1 in openers, because the Wildcats efficiently opened his tenure with a 93-59 win over UTRGV on Nov. 7, 2022, earlier than an 89-65 win over New Orleans to open 2024-25 and the 93-64 win over UNC Greensboro.

HOME SUCCESS UNDER JEROME TANG

• The Wildcats have been spectacular at Bramlage Coliseum beneath head coach Jerome Tang, posting a 40-9 mark with a 19-2 mark in non-conference play. Last season, the crew went 10-6 at house (10-5 at Bramlage Coliseum) with losses to LSU, No. 12/11 Houston, Texas Tech, Arizona State and No. 10/10 Iowa State.

NOTES ON BELLARMINE

• Led by first-year head coach Doug Davenport, Bellarmine returns 7 lettermen (Luke Anderson, Tyler Doyle, Kenyon Goodin, Jack Karasinski, Grant Neal, Myles Watkins and Grant Whitaker) from a squad that went 5-26, together with a Twelfth-place end within the Atlantic Sun with a 2-16 mark.

• Karasinski, who transferred from William & Mary in 2024-25, made a huge impact in his first season, as he averaged a team-best 15.4 factors on 53.4 p.c taking pictures, together with 35 makes from 3-point vary on 38.5 p.c taking pictures. Goodin (7.1 ppg.), Doyle (6.4 ppg.) and Watkins (6.1 ppg.) additionally return after averaging higher than 6 factors per recreation.

• Among the newcomers are transfers Darrius Bolden, who performed at John Wood Community College and UW-Stevens Point, Donovan Hunter, who performed in 10 video games at Kent State in 2024-25, and Brian Waddell, who performed 4 seasons at Purdue. The crew additionally has 5 true freshmen.

• Bellarmine averaged 72.7 factors per recreation a season in the past on 46.7 p.c taking pictures, together with 36.2 p.c from 3-point vary, whereas permitting 80.1 factors on 48.1 p.c taking pictures.   

• The Knights have been picked Tenth in each the preseason ASUN ballot by the league coaches and media. Queens College (coaches) and North Alabama (media) have been the preseason picks to win the league title.

• Davenport takes over for his legendary father, Scott Davenport, who led the Knights to 426 wins and .684 profitable proportion from 2005-25, together with the 2011 Division II nationwide title and 4 journeys to the Division II Final Four. In 2020-21, the elder Davenport guided the varsity to the Division I ranks, profitable the 2022 ASUN Tournament championship.

LAST GAME OUT

• Bellarmine opened the season with a 104-59 loss at Georgia on Monday evening, because the Bulldogs shot 54.3 p.c (38-of-70) from the sphere and 90.5 p.c (19-of-21) from the road whereas holding the Knights to 40.4 p.c (23-of-57) taking pictures and forcing 22 turnovers.

• Karasinski led the best way with 23 factors, hitting on 10-of-17 area targets, together with 3-of-7 from 3-point vary, to go together with 8 rebounds. Hunter and Waddell added 9 and seven factors, respectively.

SERIES HISTORY

• This would be the second assembly between Okay-State and Bellarmine, because the Wildcats posted an 83-75 win over the Knights at house on Nov. 10, 2023.

• Okay-State is 14-1 towards groups from the ASUN, together with 12-0 at house. The Wildcats have confronted eight present members, together with 1-0 vs. Austin Peay, 1-0 vs. Bellarmine, 1-0 vs. Central Arkansas, 2-1 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 1-0 vs. Jacksonville, 2-0 vs. Lipscomb, 1-0 vs. North Alabama and 3-0 vs. North Florida.

LAST MEETING:

Okay-STATE 83, BELLARMINE 75 (Nov. 10, 2023)

• Powered by 18 factors from senior Tylor Perry and 17 from junior Cam Carter, Okay-State ushered in a brand new yr at Bramlage Coliseum with a hard-fought 83-75 win over a pesky Bellarmine squad.

• The Wildcats (1-1) led by as many as 19 factors within the second half earlier than the Knights (0-2) used a late 10-4 rally to shut to inside single digits with beneath a minute to play. The crew had a 79-63 lead after a dunk by senior David N’Guessan with 2:11 to play earlier than the customer scored 7 straight to shut the hole to 79-70 with 51.6 seconds.

• After Perry knocked down a pair of free throws, they acquired a 3-pointer from Bash Wieland, who had team-high 17 factors off the bench, to get inside 81-73 with 35 seconds left. However, they may get no nearer as Perry canned one other pair of free throws to increase the sport again to double figures.

DRISCOLL HAS HISTORY WITH BELLARMINE

• Associate head coach Matthew Driscoll went 4-2 vs. Bellarmine whereas head coach at North Florida after the Knights joined the ASUN throughout the 2020-21 season. His Osprey groups received the final 3 conferences, together with a season sweep in 2024-25 with a 98-83 win in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 11 and a 95-88 victory at house on Feb. 6.

HAGGERTY AMONG THE BEST

• Junior P.J. Haggerty is the among the many finest gamers to ever switch to Okay-State, as he’s coming off a career-best yr in 2024-25, wherein, he grew to become the primary Memphis Tiger since 2008 to be named an AP All-American whereas turning into the primary Division I participant to common no less than 21.5 factors, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per recreation to go together with 6.5 free throws per recreation since Ja Morant in 2018-19. He is the one Division I participant to common at 21 factors, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per recreation in every of the final 2 seasons.

• Haggerty ranked third nationally in each scoring (21.7 ppg.) and whole factors (759) in 2024-25, whereas his 759 factors have been an AAC single-season report and essentially the most since Dajuan Wagner (762) set the varsity season report in 2001-02.

• Haggerty was a consensus Second Team All-American in his lone season at Memphis, whereas was simply the second Tiger to be named the AAC Player of the Year in addition to Most Outstanding Player on the AAC Tournament. He was additionally a finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award, the Wooden Award  and the Riley Wallace Award as essentially the most impactful switch.

• Haggerty, who has additionally made stops at TCU (2022-23) and Tulsa (2023-24), has scored greater than 1,400 factors (1,433) in his faculty profession, connecting on 48.4 p.c from the sphere and 79.1 p.c from the free throw line. He has scored in double figures in 64 of 72 profession video games with 25 video games of 25 or extra factors, together with two 30-point video games and one 40-point recreation. He scored a career-high 42 factors vs. Wichita State on March 14.   

HAGGERTY’S PRESEASON ACCOLADES

• 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 in all 20)

HAGGERTY ALSO GREAT AT LINE

• In addition to his scoring prowess, P.J. Haggerty can be nice at attending to the free throw line, as he ranked within the top-3 nationally in each free throws made and tried previously 2 seasons, together with second in makes an attempt (309) and third in makes (237) in 2023-24 whereas at Tulsa and second in each makes (224) and makes an attempt (274) in 2024-25 whereas at Memphis.

• Haggerty has made 461 free throws on 583 makes an attempt previously 2 seasons, averaging almost 7 makes on almost 9 makes an attempt in his final 66 video games performed.

• Last season, Haggerty related on 81.8 p.c from the free throw line with an AAC-best 224 makes on 274 makes an attempt. He went excellent from the road in 6 video games, together with 14-of-14 vs. Tulane on March 15 within the AAC Tournament. He made 27 straight free throws at one level throughout the season.

• Haggerty drew 7.9 fouls per 40 minutes as a sophomore at Tulsa in 2023-24, ending behind solely National Player of the Year Zach Edey with 309 free throw makes an attempt, whereas his 237 free throws have been the third-most within the nation.

BASHIR GOOD FROM 3

• Junior guard Abdi Bashir Jr. is among the many finest returning 3-point taking pictures within the nation, as he led the NCAA in 3-point area targets/recreation (3.85) whereas he was second in whole 3-point area targets (127) and 3-point area targets tried (332) in 2024-25). He broke each the Monmouth and CAA single-season report for 3-pointers (327).

• Bashir related on a career-high 10 3-pointers in his 38-point efficiency towards Rutgers on Nov. 18, 2024. The 10 treys tied for the second-most in Monmouth historical past. He made no less than 5 3-pointers in 12 video games, whereas he had 8 triples in back-to-back video games vs. Northeastern (2/24/25) and Elon (2/27/25).

• Bashir has made 178 3-point area targets in his 66-game faculty profession on 38.4 p.c taking pictures, which is almost 3 made 3-pointers per recreation.

• As a sophomore, Bashir led Monmouth and the CAA in scoring at 20.1 factors per recreation, whereas he was sixteenth in scoring and twenty fifth in whole factors (663) within the NCAA. He posted 5 30-point video games, which tied for essentially the most in program historical past, whereas he scored 20 or extra factors in 13 different contests. He scored a career-high 38 factors at Rutgers on Nov. 15, 2024, which have been essentially the most factors scored towards the Scarlet Knight since 1977.

• Bashir additionally had notable performances towards Michigan State (20 factors), Wichita State (15 factors), Stephen F. Austin (30 factors), Seton Hall (28 factors), Lehigh (22 factors), Princeton (26 factors) and Auburn (15 factors) in 2024-25.

BASHIR ALSO A TWIN

• Junior Abdi Bashir Jr. and his brother Abdul are amongst 9 units of twins taking part in Division I basketball in 2025-26, together with one in all 3 units of an identical twins (Illinois’ Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic and Texas State’s Dimp and Ky Pernell).

• They additionally one in all 3 units taking part in at totally different faculties, becoming a member of 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 (Okay-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)

1750 WINS AND COUNTING

• Okay-State enters the 2025-26 season as one of many winningest packages in Division I historical past, because the Wildcats have posted a 1,756-1,255 (.583) all-time report which incorporates 32 NCAA Tournament appearances and 21 convention championships.

• The present 1,757 wins are the Forty third-most in Division I historical past, together with the seventh-most amongst present Big 12 faculties.

SUCCESS IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY

• Okay-State has posted a 189-62 (.752) report in non-conference play for the reason that 2006-07 season. During that span, the Wildcats have a 147-18 (.890) mark at house venues (contains video games performed at Bramlage Coliseum, INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita and the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City) in non-conference play, together with a 131-14 (.903) mark at Bramlage Coliseum.

• Okay-State’s 12-1 non-conference mark in 2022-23 was the perfect for the reason that 2009-10 crew went a program-best 13-1. Last season, the crew went 7-6 in non-conference play, together with 4-1 in Bramlage Coliseum.

RECAPPING EXHIBITION PLAY:

MISSOURI 100, Okay-STATE 91 [Exh.]

• Junior P.J. Haggerty paced all scorers with a game-high 23 factors and 6 assists whereas senior Nate Johnson added 14 factors, as Okay-State opened exhibition play with a 100-91 loss at Missouri on Oct. 24 at Mizzou Arena.

• Haggerty scored his 23 factors on 8-of-14 area targets, together with 2-of-4 from 3-point vary, and 5-of-7 free throws to go along with his game-high 6 assists, 2 rebounds and a pair of steals in 25 minutes. Johnson made 5-of-11 pictures, together with 2-of-5 from lengthy vary, to go together with a team-high 6 rebounds.

• Four Tigers scored in double figures, together with 16 factors every from junior Anthony Robinson II and graduate Jayden Stone, as Missouri related on 54.8 p.c (34-of-62) from the sphere with 54 factors within the paint and 29 fast-break factors. The Tigers return 3 starters and seven lettermen from probably the most potent offenses within the nation, rating ninth nationally at 83.6 factors per recreation.

• The Wildcats shot almost 50 p.c from the sphere (49.3 p.c; 33-of-67), whereas getting 44 factors within the paint and 35 factors from their bench, as head coach Jerome Tang used a platoon-type system for a lot of the primary half. Nine different gamers scored no less than 5 factors, together with 7 factors from junior Elias Rapieque and freshman Andrej Kostic.

• Haggerty, Johnson and Rapieque have been joined within the beginning lineup by junior Abdi Bashir Jr. and senior Khamari McGriff, taking part in the primary 3 minutes earlier than being changed by sophomore David Castillo, senior C.J. Jones, Kostic, sophomore Mobi Ikegwuruka and junior Dorin Buca for the following 3 minutes. The platooning went on each 3 minutes till the unique starters got here again in on the 8:43 mark within the midst of a 14-0 run by the Tigers.

• Robinson scored 11 of his 16 factors throughout the pivotal 14-0 run wherein Missouri took management of the sport. The Tigers flipped a 16-10 deficit right into a 24-16 lead earlier than a timeout by Tang with 8:43 to play. The lead grew to 46-32 with 2:10 remaining earlier than the Wildcats closed to 47-39 on a layup by Haggerty.

• Okay-State twice closed to inside 6 factors within the early second of the second half, together with 63-57 on a 3-pointer by Johnson and 65-59 on 2 free throws by Johnson. However, the explosive Tigers scored 17 of the following 21 factors to take an 82-63 lead with 8:16 to play. The Wildcats scored the final 7 factors, together with a layup by Buca, a 3-pointer from Taj Manning and a pair of free throws from Jones.

Okay-STATE 112, NEWMAN 90

• P.J. Haggerty and Abdi Bashir Jr. mixed for 52 factors, as Okay-State posted the second-most factors in a house exhibition recreation with a 112-90 victory over Division II Newman on Friday evening at Bramlage Coliseum.

• The 112 factors tied for the third-most scored by the Wildcats in an exhibition recreation, together with essentially the most at house since a school-record 122-point effort towards the University of Windsor on Nov. 29, 1979. Overall, it was the ninth 100-point recreation within the college’s exhibition historical past.

• Okay-State shot 60 p.c from the sphere, hitting on 42 of 70 area objective makes an attempt, with 64 factors within the paint, 34 fast-break factors and 31 factors off turnovers. The Wildcats had 27 assists, whereas posting 19 steals.

• Haggerty led all scorers with 27 factors, connecting on 11-of-14 area objective makes an attempt, to go together with a game-high 10 assists, 4 rebounds and three steals in 29 minutes, whereas Bashir added 25 factors on 7-of-14 taking pictures, together with 5 3-pointers. The duo was joined in double figures by senior Khamari McGriff and sophomore David Castillo, who every scored 11 factors.

• Newman led for greater than 6 minutes behind a barrage of 3-pointers, as 13 of its first 16 made area targets got here from lengthy vary. The Jets completed with 18, together with 5 from sophomore Jayden Schoen and senior Brandon Wilson.

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

• Okay-State was picked ninth within the 16-team Big 12 preseason ballot, whereas junior switch P.J. Haggerty was one in all 10 alternatives to the Preseason All-Big 12 by the league coaches.

• The Wildcats totaled 117 factors within the preseason ballot, simply 3 factors behind eighth-place Cincinnati and 27 factors forward of Tenth-place TCU.

• Reigning regular-season and match champion Houston was chosen first with 224 factors and 14 of the 16 first-place votes adopted by second-place BYU (204 factors, one first-place vote) and third-place Texas Tech (200 factors). The remainder of the top-7 included Arizona (179 factors, one first-place vote), Iowa State (170), Kansas (163) and Baylor (137).

• The remainder of the preseason ballot included eighth-place Cincinnati (120) adopted by Okay-State, TCU, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Utah, UCF, Colorado and Arizona State.

• Haggerty’s choice marks the second straight yr {that a} Wildcat has been named to the preseason all-conference crew (Coleman Hawkins, 2024) by the league coaches. He is one in all 9 gamers at school historical past to be chosen for preseason all-conference honors relationship to Manny Dies in 1998-99. Others embrace 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.

WHAT’S BACK FOR Okay-STATE

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• Jones performed in all 33 video games with 9 begins in his first season in 2024-25 after beginning his faculty profession at UIC the place he performed in 62 video games from 2022-24. He averaged 5.7 factors, 1.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 18.9 minutes per recreation.

• Castillo performed in 32 video games as a real freshman in 2024-25, averaging 2.4 factors, 0.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 10 minutes per recreation.

• Ikegwuruka performed in 24 video games as a sophomore, scoring in 15 video games.

• Manning has seen motion in 22 video games with a begin in his Okay-State taking part in profession, which dates again to the 2022-23 season.

WHAT’S NEW FOR Okay-STATE

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• Bashir was the highest 3-point shooter within the nation at 3.85 per recreation as a sophomore at Monmouth in 2024-25, the place he was a First Team All-CAA choice.

• Haggerty was a consensus Second Team All-American at Memphis final season, the place he ranked third nationally in scoring at 21.7 ppg.

• Johnson has scored greater than 1,900 factors in his faculty profession, together with greater than 1,600 factors on the Division I and II ranks at Wheeling and Bowling Green.

• Johnson transferred after 3 seasons at Akron the place he grew to become the primary Zip to be named each the MAC Player and Defensive Player of the Year in 2024-25.

• McGriff was a part of 99 wins in 4 seasons at UNC Wilmington, the place he developed into the CAA’s Top Six man and was named to the All-CAA Tournament crew.

• Buca is among the tallest gamers at school historical past at 7-foot-2, taking part in for Akern Libertas Livorno in 2024-25 within the Italian Series A2.

• Kostic was a member of the Serbian U18 and U19 National Teams, profitable gold on the 2023 European U18 Championship. He grew within the KK Crvena Zvezda membership crew.

• Osei performed at Casper College in 2024-25, the place he scored in 15 of 26 video games with 3 20-point video games and seven double-doubles.

• Rapieque was a member of the German U18 and U20 National Teams, taking part in on the 2023 and 2024 European U20 Championships. He grew within the ALBA Berlin membership crew.

• Wilson scored greater than 1,700 profession factors in his prep profession at Tolton Catholic High School in Columbia, Mo., which ranks second behind solely Michael Porter Jr.

FIVE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

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• Buca (Perugia, Italy), Kostic (Belgrade, Serbia) and Rapieque (Berlin, Germany) are the primary Wildcat gamers from their respective international locations.

RECAPPING LAST SEASON

• During a curler coaster of a season that included a 6-game shedding streak adopted by a 6-game profitable streak, Okay-State couldn’t overcome an up-and-down non-conference season, because the Wildcats completed with a 16-17 total report, together with a tie for ninth place with TCU within the new-look 16-team Big 12 with a Sept. 11 mark.

• Among the 16 wins have been 10 over groups that superior to the postseason (3 NCAA Tournament, 1 NIT and 6 College Basketball Crown), together with ranked wins over No. 3/3 Iowa State, No. 16/17 Cincinnati, No. 16/17 Kansas and No. 23/23 West Virginia.

• Okay-State received 6 of its first 8 video games earlier than shedding its final 3 non-conference video games (at St. John’s, Drake and Wichita State) to enter Big 12 play with a 6-5 report. After a 70-67 win over No. 16/17 Cincinnati within the Big 12 opener, the Wildcats misplaced their subsequent 6 league video games (at TCU, at Oklahoma State, No. 12/11 Houston, Texas Tech, at No. 9/10 Kansas and at Baylor). After a formidable win over No. 23/23 West Virginia, the crew rattled off 5 extra victories, together with an 80-61 win at No. 3/3 Iowa State and back-to-back house wins over No. 16/17 Kansas and No. 13/13 Arizona. However, the Wildcats could not preserve the momentum going with 4 straight losses (at BYU and Utah, Arizona State and at UCF). The crew received 3 of their final 4 earlier than falling to Baylor on the Big 12 Championship.

• Seniors Coleman Hawkins and David N’Guessan have been each lauded for his or her excellent seasons, as Hawkins was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team whereas N’Guessan was chosen to the Honorable Mention crew.

• Hawkins was the one Division I participant within the nation to common no less than 10 factors, 6.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per recreation.  The Wildcats’ main scorer (13.3 ppg.) and rebounder (7.2 rpg.), N’Guessan led the Big 12 with a 64.4 area objective proportion whereas rating within the league’s high 20 in each scoring and rebounding.

HARTMAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

• Legendary head coach Jack Hartman, who received a school-record 295 video games throughout his illustrious 16-year tenure from 1970-86, will probably be amongst eight people who will probably be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

• Hartman was the one head coach within 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 received almost 600 video games in his legendary profession, which included stints at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College from 1955-62 and Southern Illinois from 1962-70. He received a NJCAA nationwide championship at Coffeyville in 1961-62, going an ideal 32-0, whereas he led the Salukis to the 1967 NIT Championship with a 24-2 report.

• Hartman led Okay-State to a 295-169 (.636) report, 3 Big Eight regular-season convention titles (1971-72, 1972-73, 1976-77), 2 Big Eight Tournament championships (1977, 1980) and 9 postseason appearances (7 NCAA Tournaments) throughout his 16 seasons as head coach.

• Hartman noticed the Wildcats put up 20 or extra wins 7 instances, together with 24 wins in each 1976-77 and 1980-81. He additionally guided the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament 7 instances (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), together with 4 journeys (1972, 1973, 1975, 1981) to the Elite Eight.

• Hartman is the sixth individual with Okay-State to be named to the Hall of Fame, together with the fourth males’s basketball head coach following Jack Gardner (2006), Tex Winter (2010) and his former participant Lon Kruger (2022). In addition, former Wildcat gamers Rolando Blackman (2015) and Bob Boozer (2016) have additionally been elected to the Hall of Fame.