A Kansas State Wildcats Blog -- Carrying the Banner High
The Kansas State Wildcats got 71 points from its starting guards to beat Utah 81-78 Tuesday night in Bramlage Coliseum. Without the services of Abdi Bashir Jr. and Khamari McGriff, who both missed the game with injuries, the Wildcats (10-9, 1-5 Big 12) had to rely on P.J. Haggerty, David Castillo, and Nate Johnson to […]
3 days ago | 0 reads
This is flat-out awful. For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Kansas State Wildcats are off to an 0-5 start in Big 12 play, and have fallen to .500 overall at 9-9. The last time the Wildcats were this bad was during the tenure of Tom Asbury, easily the worst run for K-State […]
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Oklahoma State erased a two-point deficit by hitting three free throws with 2.4 seconds on the clock to steal an 84-83 win over the Kansas State Wildcats Saturday night in Stillwater. In a late, 9:00 p.m. start, two crucial late calls determined the outcome. With the Wildcats (9-9, 0-5 Big 12) leading 83-81, Taj Manning […]
6 days ago | 0 reads
You Kansas State Wildcats overcame a fourth-quarter deficit to pick up an incredible 65-59 road win over #17 and previously unbeaten Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon. Senior Tess Heal led a quartet of Wildcats in double figures, who used solid defense and a humongous 46-20 rebounding edge, which led to an impressive 14-3 difference in […]
6 days ago | 0 reads
The Kansas State Wildcats are staring back at some ugly history. With the clean sweep in the desert, the Cats have started the season at 9-7 overall and 0-3 in Big 12 play. It’s the worst start to the conference slate since 2022, when Bruce Weber’s squad, in his last season in Manhattan, opened Big […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
UCF Knights Game Information When: Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 Where: @ Bramlage (formerly known as The Octagon of Doom) What Time?: 7 P.M. CT 2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 13-2 Big 12 Record: 2-1 Previous 3 Games 1/11: W – 73-72 vs Cincinatti @ Home 1/6: L – 76 – 87 vs Oklahoma State @ Away 1/3: W – 81 – 75 vs Kansas @ […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
That was bad. We all expected it to be bad…but it often looked like the Kansas State Wildcats were a high school team playing against pros. Oh well, at least it’s over with — on to the second game in the state of Arizona. The Wildcats (9-6, 0-2) have headed north out of the Gadsden […]
13 days ago | 0 reads
Game Information When: Saturday, January 10th, 2026 Where: @ Desert Financial Arena – Tempe, Arizona What Time?: 2 P.M. CST 2025-26 Season Record: 9-6 Big 12 Record: 0-2 Previous 3 Games 1/7: L – 104 – 76 vs BYU @ Away 12/29: L- 89 – 95 vs Colorado @ Home 12/22: L – 75 – 78 vs Oregon State […]
14 days ago | 0 reads
Kansas State dropped a 101-76 decision against Arizona Wednesday night in Tuczon. It was simultaneously more competitive than expected and not as close as the final score would indicate. The lavender Wildcats (9-6, 0-2 Big 12) played the desert ‘Cats (15-0, 2-0) even at times and even outplayed them for a stretch immediately following halftime. […]
16 days ago | 0 reads
Well it was not meant to be this past weekend for the Wildcats. To be fair, they played tough against a very good BYU team, including playing *defense* from time to time. But they could not do the thing they need to do to win games this season, going just 3-21 from deep in the […]
16 days ago | 0 reads
Game Information When: Wednesday, January 7th Where: Tucson, Arizona – The McKale Center What Time?: 2025-26 Season Record: 14-0 Previous 3 Games 1/3: L W – 97 – 78 vs Utah @ Away 12/29: W- 99 – 71 vs South Dakota State @ Home 12/22: W – 107- 71 vs Bethune Cookman @ Home Arizona Personnel Starters Bench Key […]
17 days ago | 0 reads
The Kansas State Wildcats led early, but inability to make shots and to compete on the glass ultimately resulted in an 83-73 defeat at the hands of the No. 10 BYU Cougars Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. The loss drops K-State to 9-5 on the season and 0-1 in conference play. The Cougars, meanwhile, notched their […]
20 days ago | 0 reads
Last Sunday, it took a bit for the Wildcats to knock off the rust following a week off to rest over Christmas break, but Kansas State prevailed against the visiting Warhawks of ULM to improve to 9-4 on the season and finish the roller-coaster non-con slate on a four game win streak. Now, after another […]
20 days ago | 0 reads
With Kansas State in the middle of a bizarro Christmas where they got to unwrap their big gift on December 1, can’t play with it until after the New Year, there has been surprisingly little to talk about when it comes to the football program. Coach Klein has made a few obvious additions to his […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Well, at least the TangCats took care of business on Monday. And yet, despite beating literally the worst team in NCAA Division 1 108-49, it wasn’t even all that impressive. The Wildcats were even later mocked by said team, and it’s not the first time this season that the TangCats have been on the receiving […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
After four straight losses – the last three of which weren’t particularly close – Kansas State needed a slumpbuster and the schedule delivered Monday night. Mississippi Valley State was picked to finish last in the SWAC again after winning just three games last season and has just one win this season, against the Mississippi University for […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The last one of these opened this way: The Kansas State Wildcats are officially entering the “pay-attention” neighborhood. After a 98-77 drubbing of a decent Mississippi State squad last night, the 5-0 Wildcats are starting to appear like a legitimately solid squad…one that could be capable of fun things if they can keep things rolling […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
As it turns out, meeting newly-introduced Head Football Coach Collin Klein was the pinnacle of the afternoon in Bramlage, as K-State (5-4) dropped their fourth straight – second in a row in the Octagon of Gloom – to the Seton Hall Pirates (9-1), 78-67. K-State entered the game as a 2.5-point favorite, but produced another […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
In a festive event at the Morgan Family Arena in Manhattan, Collin Klein was officially introduced as Kansas State’s new head coach in a press conference that was nothing short of inspirational. The only notable absence from the event was Chris Klieman himself, which was certainly by design. Richard Linton began the affair before turning […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
In news that will surprise exactly nobody, the Athletic Department officially announced Collin Klein as the newest head football coach at Kansas State University. The 36th head coach in school history, he will replace Chris Klieman who announced his retirement on Wednesday after seven seasons with the program. The details of Klein’s contract have not […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
When the news about Chris Klieman started to spread like a prairie fire yesterday, I was surprised but not that surprised. The last two seasons have clearly taken a toll on Coach Klieman. I don’t have any inside information, but you could see it on his face and hear it in his voice over the […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Manhattan Mercury, under a byline from publisher Ned Seaton, no less, is reporting that Chris Klieman will announce his retirement and that Collin Klein is lined up as his replacement. Pete Thamel of ESPN made a similar report on X, while at the Athletic/New York Times Austin Meek — who used to cover K-State […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
I’m not a “fire them all” type of writer or sports fan. I have family in the college coaching profession, and they’ve been fired…multiple times, it’s never fun. In fact, K-State fired my uncle (along with everyone else on the Stan Parrish staff) in 1988, ending their stay in Manhattan. Hell, the one thing a […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The Kansas State Wildcats never showed up, and as a result dropped an absolutely excuseless stinker to the Bowling Green Falcons, 82-66. This recap is going to get all the effort the Wildcats (5-3) summed up against the visitors (6-2). K-State never led. Bowling Green got out to a molasses-slow 7-2 lead, and the two […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Once again, the Kansas State Wildcats turned what should have been an easy win into 60 minutes of stress-laded football watching as they lurched to a 24-14 win over the hapless Colorado Buffaloes at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Three touchdowns and 142 yards by Joe Jackson led the way as the Cats really struggled for […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads