The Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball program is the intercollegiate basketball program of the Kansas State Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference.

The team has been invited to 22 NCAA and AIAW tournaments (second-most among Big 12 teams), and was crowned champion of the 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament. Kansas State is in the top 20 all-time for wins among Division I programs.

The team's head coach is Jeff Mittie. He was hired before the 2014–2015 season, after spending the prior fifteen seasons at TCU.Jeff Mittie is New Head Coach

History Kansas State began offering women's basketball as an organized intercollegiate sport in the 1968–1969 school year, under head coach Judy Akers. Because the NCAA did not sponsor women's sports until 1982, the governing bodies for women's basketball in the earliest years were the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) and the AIAW.

The Big Eight Conference likewise did not sponsor women's basketball in its earliest years, so Kansas State competed against the University of Kansas, Wichita State, and other state schools for the "Kansas State Conference" championship. Kansas State won eight straight Kansas Conference titles, from 1972 to 1979. The Big Eight Conference began offering a mid-season basketball tournament in the 1975–1976 season, and then began sponsoring a regular season competition in 1982–1983. Kansas State won the first two Big Eight tournament titles, in 1976 and 1977, and then won the first two Big Eight regular season titles, in 1983 and 1984.

The longest-tenured and winningest head coach in team history is Deb Patterson. Patterson spent eighteen years at Kansas State and compiled a 350–226 () record. She won two Big 12 Conference titles (2004 and 2008) and a WNIT title (2006). Before Patterson, the winningest coach at Kansas State was Judy Akers, the first coach in program history, who compiled a 206–94 () record. Akers also captured eight Kansas State Conference titles (1972–1979) and the first two titles in the Big Eight Conference after it began sponsoring women's basketball (1976 and 1977 mid-season tournaments).

Postseason history

NCAA tournament results Kansas State has appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament nineteen times. They have a record of 17–19. 1982 #4 First roundSweet SixteenElite Eight #5 Stephen F. Austin#1 Old Dominion#2 Cheyney W 78–75W 76–67L 93–71 1983 #3 First roundSweet Sixteen #6 Illinois State#2 Texas W 91–72L 73–70 OT 1984 #3 First round #6 Northeast Louisiana L 78–73 1987 #9 First round #8 Northwestern L 62–61 1997 #10 First round #7 Saint Joseph's L 70–52 2002 #3 First roundSecond roundSweet Sixteen #14 Kent State#6 Arkansas#7 Old Dominion W 93–65W 82–68L 82–62 2003 #3 First roundSecond round #14 Harvard#11 Notre Dame W 79–69L 59–53 2004 #2 First roundSecond round #15 Valparaiso#7 Minnesota W 71–63L 80–61 2005 #4 First roundSecond round #13 Bowling Green#5 Vanderbilt W 70–60L 63–60 2008 #5 First roundSecond round #12 Chattanooga#4 Louisville W 69–59L 80–63 2009 #5 First roundSecond round #12 Drexel#4 Vanderbilt W 68–44L 74–61 2011 #8 First round #9 Purdue L 53–45 2012 #8 First roundSecond round #9 Princeton#1 Connecticut W 67–64L 72–26 2016 #9 First roundSecond round #8 George Washington #1 South Carolina W 56–51L 73–47 2017 #7 First roundSecond round #10 Drake#2 Stanford W 67–54L 69–48 2019 #9 First round #8 Michigan L 84–54 2022 #9 First roundSecond round #8 Washington State#1 NC State W 50–40L 89–57 2024 #4 First roundSecond round #13 Portland#5 Colorado W 78–65L 63–50 2025 #5 First roundSecond roundSweet Sixteen #12 Fairfield#4 Kentucky#1 USC W 85–41 W 80–79 OTL 61–67

NCAA Tournament seeding history Years →'82'83'84'87'97'02'03'04'05'08'09'11'12'16'17'19'22'24'25Seeds→43391033245588979945

WNIT results Kansas State has appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament eight times, including the first tournament held, in 1969. Kansas State won the tournament in 2006 and reached the semifinals (final four) again in 2007 and 2013.

1969 First round Wayland Baptist L 76–21 1970 First round Wayland Baptist L 61–43 1999 First roundSecond round CreightonArkansas State W 71–60L 83–70 2006 Second roundThird RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship Idaho StateFresno StateNebraskaWestern KentuckyMarquette W 88–68W 64–61W 77–63W 57–56 OTW 77–65 2007 Second roundThird RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Southern IllinoisIllinoisAuburnWyoming W 72–46W 66–51W 67–54L 89–79 3OT 2013 First roundSecond roundThird RoundFourth RoundSemifinals Texas SouthernIllinois StateBall StateIllinoisUtah W 72–44W 57–48W 60–48W 66–48L 54–46 OT 2015 First roundSecond round AkronMissouri W 86–68L 67–48 2018 First roundSecond roundThird Round Saint LouisUtahUC Davis W 75–61W 74–57L 69–71 2023 First roundSecond roundSuper 16 Wichita StateWyomingWashington W 90–56W 71–55L 48–55

WBIT results

AIAW tournament results The Wildcats appeared in six AIAW tournaments prior to the creation of the NCAA tournament. In 1971, Kansas State also appeared in the even earlier tournament sponsored by the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW), advancing to the Elite Eight.

The Wildcats had a combined record of 7–10.

1973 First roundConsolation first roundConsolation second roundConsolation third round Southern ConnecticutLong Beach StateEast CarolinaSouth Carolina L, 52–56W, 49–43W, 47–46W, 69–57 1974 First roundConsolation first round ImmaculataWayland Baptist L, 40–50L, 34–49 1975 First roundConsolation first roundConsolation second roundConsolation third round ImmaculataBoise StateOhio StateWilliam Penn L, 54–63W, 65–37W, 61–51L, 43–54 1977 First roundQuarterfinalsConsolation second round UtahTennesseeTennessee TechW, 70–32L, 69–81L, 58–68 1979 First roundConsolation round Old DominionValdosta State L, 75–96L, 92–104 1980 First roundSecond round Boston UniversityTennesseeW, 72–68L, 64–84

Notable Wildcat players and coaches Judy Akers — 2003 KSU Hall of Fame Inductee Brittany Chambers Kamie Ethridge — KSU assistant coach, now head coach at Washington State Olga Firsova Priscilla Gary-Sweeney — 1998 KSU Hall of Fame Inductee Marlies Gipson Lynn Hickey — 2004 KSU Hall of Fame Inductee Lynn Holzman — West Coast Conference commissioner, 2014–present Laurie Koehn Ayoka Lee — Set NCAA Division I scoring record with 61 points on January 23, 2022 Shalee Lehning Breanna Lewis Megan Mahoney Nicole Ohlde Shanele Stires Kendra WeckerWomen's Basketball – In the Pros – Kansas State University Wildcats Official Athletics Site Leann Wilcox, first scholarship player in program history, contestant on Squid Game: The Challenge (player 302)

Draft history

WNBA Draft PicksRoundPickOverallPlayerYear 1st 4th 4th Kendra Wecker 2005 1st 6th 6th Nicole Ohlde 2004 1st 13th 13th Olga Firsova 2000 2nd 10th 22nd Brittany Chambers 2013 2nd 11th 23rd Breanna Lewis 2017 2nd 12th 25th Shalee Lehning 2009 3rd 1st 26th Serena Sundell 2025 3rd 8th 34th Megan Mahoney 2005 4th 8th 56th Shanele Stires 2000

Head coaches Judy Akers (1968–1979) Lynn Hickey (1979–1984) Matilda Mossman (1984–1989) Gaye Griffin (1989–1990) Susan Yow (1990–1993) Brian Agler (1993–1996) Jack Hartman (1996; coached final seven games) Deb Patterson (1996–2014) Jeff Mittie (2014–present)

Year by year results The Big Eight Conference began sponsoring a mid-season tournament in the 1975–1976 season, but no regular season competition until 1982–1983. Kansas State competed for "Kansas State Conference" regular season titles in the years before the Big Eight began offering regular season competition.

Series records

Record vs. Big 12 opponents

Kansas Statevs. Overall record at Manhattan at Opponent's Venue at neutral site Last 5 meetings Last 10 meetings Current streakArizonaKSU, 1–0KSU, 1–00–00–0KSU, 1–0KSU, 1–0W 1Arizona StateASU, 3–2KSU, 1–0ASU, 1–0ASU, 2–1ASU, 3–2ASU, 3–2W 1 Baylor BU, 44–12BU, 14–6BU, 19–2BU, 11–4BAY, 3–2 BU, 7–3L 1BYUKSU, 5–0KSU, 2–0KSU, 2–0KSU, 1–0KSU, 5–0KSU, 5–0W 5CincinnatiKSU, 3–0KSU, 1–0KSU, 2–00–0KSU, 3–0KSU, 3–0W 3Coloradotied, 35–35KSU, 18–14CU, 17–13tied, 4–4KSU, 3–2KSU, 7–3L 2HoustonKSU, 4–0KSU, 2–0KSU, 2–00–0KSU, 4–0KSU, 4–0W 4 Iowa State KSU, 55–50 KSU, 29–19 ISU, 29–18 ISU, 8–2 ISU, 3–2 ISU, 8–2 L 1 Kansas KSU, 82–51KSU, 40–16KSU, 34–29KSU, 8–6KSU, 4–1 KSU, 6–4 W 2 Oklahoma State KSU, 43–38KSU, 24–11OSU, 21–14OSU, 6–4 KSU, 3–2 tied, 5–5 L 1 TCU tied, 12–12 KSU, 8–4 TCU, 7–4 TCU, 1–0 KSU, 4–1 KSU, 6–4 W 2 Texas Tech KSU, 29–17KSU, 13–6KSU, 12–9KSU, 4–2KSU, 3–2 KSU, 6–4 W 3 UCFKSU, 4–0KSU, 2–0KSU, 1–0KSU, 1–0KSU, 4–0KSU, 4–0W 4Utahtied, 4–4tied, 2–2UU, 2–1KSU, 1–0UU, 3–2tied, 4–4W 2 West Virginia WVU, 20–9 WVU, 8–4 WVU, 9–3 WVU, 3–2 WVU, 3–2 WVU, 7–3 L 2 *As of 3/21/2025

Record vs. former Big 12 opponents Kansas Statevs. Overall record at Manhattan at Opponent's Venue at neutral site Last 5 meetings Last 10 meetings Current streak Last meeting Missouri KSU, 46–39KSU, 27–11MU, 23–13KSU, 6–4MU, 3–2 KSU, 6–4 W 1 12/9/2023 Nebraska KSU, 46–33KSU, 27–10NU, 21–13 KSU, 6–2NU, 3–2 tied, 5–5 W 2 2/19/2011OklahomaOU, 45–32KSU, 19–17OU, 25–10tied, 3–3OU, 4–1OU, 7–3L 11/31/2024TexasUT, 33–18UT, 12–10UT, 17–5UT, 4–3UT, 4–1UT, 9–1L 23/11/2024 Texas A&M KSU, 13–9 KSU, 7–2KSU, 5–4TAM, 3–1TAM, 3–2 TAM, 6–4 L 2 12/19/2012 *As of 3/21/2025

See also Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball

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