1969–70 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

1969–70 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
1969–70 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, ; Midwest Regional, Third Place
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	20–8 (10–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Cotton Fitzsimmons (2nd season);
Home arena	Ahearn Field House
	Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas State	10	–	4	.714	20	–	8	.714
Kansas	8	–	6	.571	17	–	9	.654
Oklahoma	7	–	7	.500	19	–	9	.679
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	16	–	9	.640
Missouri	7	–	7	.500	15	–	11	.577
Colorado	7	–	7	.500	14	–	12	.538
Oklahoma State	5	–	9	.357	14	–	12	.538
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	12	–	14	.462

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1969–70 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented the Kansas State University during the 1969–70 college men's basketball season.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	24	Jeff Webb	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	West Allis, Wisconsin

Head coach

Cotton Fitzsimmons

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Dec 1, 1969*	Indiana State	W 99–63	1–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 5, 1969*	at Creighton	W 64–56	2–0	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
Dec 8, 1969*	at Indiana	L 95–102	2–1	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
Dec 12, 1969*	Wichita State	W 81–69	3–1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 13, 1969*	at Wichita State	L 73–77	3–2	Charles Koch Arena Wichita, Kansas
Dec 15, 1969*	Vanderbilt	W 91–78	4–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 19, 1969*	at TCU	W 75–65	5–2	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 20, 1969*	vs. Texas-Arlington	W 67–62	6–2	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 26, 1969*	vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 51–49	7–2	Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 29, 1969*	vs. Oklahoma Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 67–72	7–3	Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 30, 1969*	vs. Missouri Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 64–58	8–3	Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 5, 1970	Oklahoma State	W 72–56	9–3 (1–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 10, 1970	Oklahoma	W 77–56	10–3 (2–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 13, 1970	at Nebraska	W 71–64	11–3 (3–0)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, Nebraska
Jan 17, 1970*	St. Francis	W 78–71	12–3 (3–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 26, 1970	at Oklahoma State	W 71–60	13–3 (4–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jan 31, 1970	Missouri	W 64–63	14–3 (5–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 2, 1970	Iowa State	W 82–64	15–3 (6–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 7, 1970	at Colorado	L 59–72	15–4 (6–1)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, Colorado
Feb 9, 1970	at Iowa State	L 64–80	15–5 (6–2)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
Feb 14, 1970	Kansas Sunflower Showdown	W 71–68	16–5 (7–2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 16, 1970	at Missouri	W 63–60	17–5 (8–2)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, Missouri
Feb 21, 1970	Nebraska	W 69–62	18–5 (9–2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 26, 1970	Colorado	W 79–69	19–5 (10–2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 28, 1970	at Oklahoma	L 73–80	19–6 (10–3)	McCasland Field House Norman, Oklahoma
Mar 7, 1970	at Kansas Sunflower Showdown	L 79–82	19–7 (10–4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1970*	vs. No. 5 New Mexico State Semifinals	L 66–70	19–8 (10–4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 14, 1970*	vs. Houston Midwest Regional third place	W 107–98	20–8 (10–4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ sports-reference.com 1969-70 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ "1969-70 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
^ "1969-70 K-State Schedule". K-State Basketball. K-State Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

[1] sports-reference.com 1969-70 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[2] "1969-70 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". CBBRef. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

[3] "1969-70 K-State Schedule". K-State Basketball. K-State Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

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v t e Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Manhattan YMCA (1902–1911) Nichols Hall (1911–1950) Ahearn Field House (1950–1988) Bramlage Coliseum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Kansas (results)
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Kansas Wildcats" "Wabash Cannonball" Wildcat Victory The Pride of Wildcat Land
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics