Kansas State men’s basketball schedule for 2015-16 is set as Big 12 games are announced
The Big 12 announced its men’s basketball schedule on Thursday, completing Kansas State’s slate for the 2015-16 season.
The Wildcats will begin their conference schedule on Jan. 2 against West Virginia. From there they will play a pair of road games against Texas and Oklahoma. Then comes two home games against Texas Tech and Iowa State. Next up is a trip to Baylor, followed by a home game against Oklahoma State and trips to West Virginia and Kansas.
K-State will head to Allen Fieldhouse at 8 p.m. on Feb. 3.
The Wildcats will start the second half of their Big 12 schedule with home games against Oklahoma and Baylor, then travel to Oklahoma State and TCU. Next comes a home game against Kansas on Feb. 20.
Then they take on Texas and travel to Iowa State, finishing their slate with a game against TCU and a road trip to Texas Tech on March 5.
The majority of K-State’s conference games will be played on ESPNU (six) and ESPNews (six). Television for three games will be determined later. Its game at Texas may end up on the Longhorn Network. Two games will be played on ESPN or ESPN2 -- vs. Kansas and at Iowa State.
The Wildcats will not make an appearance on Big Monday.
K-State’s prominent nonconference games include matchups against St. Louis, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas A&M.
Here is a look at the schedule (some TV times and channels are TBA, all home games are in CAPS and at Bramlage Coliseum):
Date | Opponent | Time | TV |
Friday, Oct. 30 | EMPORIA STATE (exhibition) | ||
Friday, Nov. 6 | FORT HAYS STATE (exhibition) | ||
Friday, Nov. 13 | MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE | ||
Monday, Nov. 16 | COLUMBIA | ||
Friday, Nov. 20 | SOUTH DAKOTA | ||
Monday, Nov. 23 | vs. Missouri* | 6 p.m. | ESPNU |
Tuesday, Nov. 24 | vs. North Carolina/Northwestern | 6:30 or 9 p.m. | TBA |
Sunday, Nov. 29 | SOUTH CAROLINA STATE | ||
Friday, Dec. 4 | at Georgia | ||
Wednesday, Dec. 9 | COPPIN STATE | ||
Saturday, Dec. 12 | at Texas A&M | ||
Saturday, Dec. 19 | vs. Colorado State ** | ||
Tuesday, Dec. 22 | NORTH DAKOTA | ||
Tuesday, Dec. 29 | SAINT LOUIS | ||
Saturday, Jan. 2 | WEST VIRGINIA | 2 p.m. | ESPNU |
Tuesday, Jan. 5 | at Texas | TBA | Longhorn Network |
Saturday, Jan. 9 | at Oklahoma | TBA | ESPNews |
Tuesday, Jan. 12 | TEXAS TECH | ||
Saturday, Jan. 16 | IOWA STATE | 3 p.m. | ESPNU |
Wednesday, Jan. 20 | at Baylor | TBA | ESPNews |
Saturday, Jan. 23 | OKLAHOMA STATE | 5 p.m. | ESPNU |
Tuesday, Jan. 26 | at West Virginia | 6 p.m. | ESPNews |
Saturday, Jan. 30 | MISSISSIPPI*** | 1 p.m. | ESPNU |
Wednesday, Feb. 3 | at Kansas | 8 p.m. | ESPNU |
Saturday, Feb. 6 | OKLAHOMA | 5 p.m. | ESPNU |
Wednesday, Feb. 10 | BAYLOR | TBA | ESPNews |
Saturday, Feb. 13 | at Oklahoma State | Noon | ESPNews |
Wednesday, Feb. 17 | at TCU | TBA | ESPNews |
Saturday, Feb. 20 | KANSAS | 5 p.m. | ESPN/2 |
Monday, Feb. 22 | TEXAS | 6 p.m. | ESPNU |
Saturday, Feb. 27 | at Iowa State | 3 or 5 p.m. | ESPN/2 |
Wednesday, March 2 | TCU | ||
Saturday, March 5 | at Texas Tech | 2 p.m. | ESPNews |
March 9-12 | Big 12 Tournament**** |
*CBE Hall of Fame Classic at the Sprint Center
**at Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
***Big 12/SEC Challenge
****at the Sprint Center
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This story was originally published August 20, 2015 at 1:37 PM with the headline "Kansas State men’s basketball schedule for 2015-16 is set as Big 12 games are announced."