The 2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 122nd basketball season. The Wildcats were led by third-year head coach Jerome Tang and played their home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. The finished the season 16–17, 9–11 in Big 12 play to finish a tie for ninth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Arizona State before losing to Baylor.

Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2023–24 season 19–15, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NIT in the Villanova Bracket. They lost to Iowa in the first round.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Arthur Kaluma 24 F 6'8" 225 Junior Glendale, AZ Transferred to Texas

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Dug McDaniel 0 G 5'11" 175 Junior Washington, D.C. Michigan Max Jones 2 G 6'4" 210 Senior Clearwater, FL Cal State Fullerton C. J. Jones 3 G 6'5" 195 Junior East St. Louis, IL UIC Mobi Ikegwuruka 4 G 6'6" 205 Sophomore Galway, Ireland Ellsworth CC Coleman Hawkins 33 F 6'10" 230 Senior Sacramento, CA Illinois

Preseason Big 12 Preseason Poll Big 12 CoachesPoints 1.Kansas215 (9) 2.Houston211 (5) 3.Iowa State194 (1) 4.Baylor185 5.Arizona179 (1) 6.Cincinnati140 7.Texas Tech135 8.Kansas State133 9.BYU116 10.TCU90 11.UCF83 12.Arizona State64 13.West Virginia62 14.Oklahoma State46 15.Colorado37 16.Utah30Reference: (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team First Team Player SchoolCaleb LoveArizonaLJ CryerHoustonJ’Wan RobertsTamin LipseyIowa StateHunter Dickinson†Kansas† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Second Team Player SchoolNorchad OmierBaylorJeremy RoachKeshon GilbertIowa StateDajuan Harris Jr.KansasColeman HawkinsKansas State† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

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