1969–70 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

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

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]

Roster

1969–70 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
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

Date time, TV	Rank#	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. No. 12 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.

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