K-State has it’s ninth known commitment for the 2015 recruiting class in the form of Mill Valley (KS) offensive tackle Evan Applegate. Applegate tweeted his commitment Friday afternoon: @big_apple55 · 2h I just committed to be a KSU WILDCAT!!! Thank you to all the coaches who have recruited me. The 6-foot-6, 270 pound Applegate is listed as a three-star prospect by rivals.com and is the seventh best prospect in the state of Kansas. He has listed offers from Arkansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and many others. Applegate becomes the fourth K-State commitment from the state of Kansas in 2015, joining Lawrence Free State…
Author: John Kurtz
The 2014-15 Manhattan High boys won’t have their leading scorer and rebounder from a season ago. Payton Stephens, who averaged nearly 14 points and six rebounds per game as a junior, is transferring from MHS. Stephens is a 6-foot-4 forward who has been a three-year varsity player for the Indians and was expected to be a force once again. New Manhattan High head coach Benji George was “blindsided” by the decision and still hasn’t spoken directly with Stephens. “I was around Payton almost every day this summer,” George said. “My relationship with him couldn’t have been better.” George first became aware of…
K-State senior forward Thomas Gipson was arrested in Geary County yesterday on suspicion of driving while his licence was revoked. Gipson was stopped for speeding on US-77 near the I-70 junction at 11:56 a.m. He was booked into the Geary County Detention Center after a check showed that his licence had been revoked. He was later released on a $1,000 bond. Gipson averaged over 11 points and 5 rebounds per game as a junior last season for the Wildcats.
K-State will appear on national television in a school record 17 of their 18 Big 12 games. The league released the full Big 12 schedule on Thursday. The Wildcats will be on ESPN or ESPN2 nine times, ESPNU six times and ESPNNews twice. Five of the Wildcats nine Big 12 home games will be on Saturday, including games with Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa State. Full Schedule: 14-15 MBB Schedule_8.14.14
Jeff Mittie’s first Big 12 game at K-State will come on the road at Iowa State on January 3rd. The Wildcats will get three of their first five Big 12 games at Bramlage Coliseum, starting with reigning co-Big 12 regular season champion Baylor on January 6th. Then K-State will play Kansas at Bramlage on January 10th for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. The rest of the home schedule will be: Iowa State (Jan. 17), Oklahoma State (Jan. 28), Texas (Feb. 4), TCU (Feb. 11), Texas Tech (Feb. 14), Oklahoma (Feb. 21) and West Virginia (March 3). The rest of the road…
Garden City Community College head coach Matt Miller tells KMAN that linebacker D’Vonta Derricott has now graduated from Garden City, is eligible to play for K-State and should be headed to Manhattan late Monday or Tuesday. Derricott is the final of four junior college recruits that K-State has been waiting on since the start of fall camp. Linebacker Isaiah Riddle, offensive tackle A.J. Allen and defensive tackle Terrell Clinkscales arrived late last week. Derricott was a four-star recruit according to Rivals.com who picked the Wildcats over offers from Miami (FL), West Virginia, Wisconsin and many others. K-State opens the season…
For a fifth straight season, K-State’s game against Kansas in Manhattan will be featured on ESPN’s “Big Monday.” The game will tip off at 8:00 P.M. on February 23rd, 2015. It’s the only game this season that the Wildcats will have on Big Monday. It will be the 11th Big Monday game that K-State has hosted at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats beat Kansas 85-82 in overtime last season on Big Monday in Manhattan. Full Big Monday Schedule: Jan. 5 – Oklahoma at Texas Jan. 19 – Oklahoma at Kansas Jan. 26 – Texas at Iowa State Feb. 2 – Iowa…
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K-State will take on Purdue in their opening game of the 2014 Maui Invitational on November 24th at 1:30 P.M. on ESPN2. Bruce Weber was an assistant for 18 years under Gene Keady at Purdue from 1980-98 and was 7-11 against the Boilermakers during his time at Illinois. Purdue finished just 15-17 and 5-13 in the Big Ten last season. They return four players that started at least 15 games last season and add two top-100 recruits in Isaac Haas and Vince Edward. The other game in K-State’s half of the bracket is Missouri against Arizona. Pittsburgh, Chaminade, BYU and…
Grossmont Community College offensive tackle A.J. Allen has informed KMAN that he is on his way to K-State early this week. K-State players are scheduled report Sunday for the start of fall camp. Allen won’t make it on Sunday, but he says he expects to be in Manhattan, “around Tuesday or Wednesday.” This is welcome news to the Wildcats who need help at offensive tackle after losing both Cornelius Lucas and Tavon Rooks to graduation. Fellow junior college offensive tackle Luke Hayes practiced in the spring, but ended up playing at guard in the spring game. All-Big 12 guard Cody…