Kansas State Wildcats Tickets : The Women Team Has Participated In 18 Ncaa Basketball Tournaments
Kansas State University's (variously "Kansas State"
, "K-State" or "KSU") athletic teams are called the Wildcats. The official color of the teams is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools (including also Syracuse and Harvard) that have only one official color; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors.Kansas State participates in the NCAA's Division I and is a member of the Big 12 Conference since 1996. Previously, Kansas State competed in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference until 1912; the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1913 to 1928; and the Big Eight Conference from 1928 to 1996 (known as the Big Six from 1928/47 and the Big Seven from 1947/57). Because the Big 12 does not sponsor rowing, the women's rowing team competes as an affiliate of Conference USA.
Kansas State's men's basketball team began competition in 1902. The program has a long history of success. The first two major conference titles captured by the school were won in the sport, in 1917 and 1919, in the Missouri Valley Conference. Kansas State has gone on to capture 17 conference crowns in the sport. The program has also appeared in 25 NCAA basketball tournaments.
Kansas State lost to the University of Kentucky for the national championship in 1951, reached the Final Four four times, the Elite Eight 12 times, and the Sweet Sixteen 16 times. K-State has finished ranked in the Top Ten of the AP Poll on eight occasions (most recently in 2010), and in the top twenty 13 total times. When Street & Smith's Annual listed the 100 greatest college basketball programs of all time in 2005, K-State ranked 22nd.
After a lengthy period with little success during the 1990s and 2000s, the team recently returned to prominence. Following a twelve-year absence, the team returned to the NCAA tournament after the 2007/08 season, under first-year head coach Frank Martin. Following that season, Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley was named an All-American and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year.
In the 2009/10 season, the team spent much of the year ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll and finished second in the Big 12 with an 11-5 record. The team received a #2 seed for the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, and beat North Texas, BYU and Xavier to advance to the Elite Eight. The season ended for Kansas State with a loss to Butler on March 27, 2010.Kansas State's women's basketball team began intercollegiate competition in 1968. The team is among the top 15 all-time winningest programs in the NCAA.
The women's team has participated in 18 total NCAA basketball tournaments and AIAW tournaments (pre-NCAA), the second-most appearances in the Big 12 Conference. K-State has finished ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll on three occasions (1984, 2003, 2004), and in the top twenty nine times. Following the 2005/2006 season, Kansas State was crowned champion of the Women's National Invitation Tournament.The current head coach is Deb Patterson. Under Patterson, the team has attended eight NCAA tournaments and won two conference championships.
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