NCAA Tournament March Madness

#79 Kansas St

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Projection: likely out

Kansas State's résumé is a study in contrasts: it boasts a resume-building neutral-court victory over Mississippi State and a gritty nonconference win at California that show it can beat quality opponents, but those bright spots are undermined by an ugly road loss at Indiana and damaging setbacks to Bowling Green and Seton Hall that raise questions about consistency. The offense has flashed the ability to overwhelm lesser competition, as in comfortable wins over UNC Greensboro and Bellarmine, yet defensive breakdowns produced blown leads and a narrow neutral loss to Nebraska. Upcoming road tests at Creighton, Arizona and Houston are the sort of high-leverage chances to reverse the narrative while a string of more controllable home dates against UCF, Cincinnati and Baylor offers ways to steady the profile. The net effect is a résumé with some meaningful wins but too many bad losses and uneven road results, leaving only a few clear paths to erase the doubt.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Greensboro274W93-64
11/8Bellarmine286W98-71
11/13California71W99-96
11/17Tulsa80W84-83
11/20(N)Mississippi St82W98-77
11/21(N)Nebraska27L86-85
11/25@Indiana21L86-69
12/1Bowling Green116L82-66
12/6Seton Hall57L78-67
12/8MS Valley St365100%
12/13@Creighton6634%
12/20South Dakota28394%
12/28ULM35499%
1/3BYU1122%
1/7@Arizona67%
1/10@Arizona St7035%
1/14UCF5350%
1/17@Oklahoma St4928%
1/20Utah12275%
1/24Kansas1730%
1/27@West Virginia7336%
2/1Iowa St213%
2/7@TCU5831%
2/11Cincinnati7560%
2/14@Houston109%
2/17Baylor3340%
2/21@Texas Tech1916%
2/25@Colorado6333%
2/28TCU5852%
3/3West Virginia7358%
3/7@Kansas1714%