MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State (9-12, 2-6 Big 12) welcomes the No. 1 team to Bramlage Coliseum for the ninth time on Monday night, as the Wildcats play host to top-ranked Baylor (19-1, 8-0 Big 12, winners of 19 consecutive games. The game can be heard on MY 93.1 starting at 7 p.m.
This will mark the first meeting between the schools this season. It will represent the 21st meeting with the No. 1 team in school history and the first since a 77-68 loss at home to top-ranked Baylor on Jan. 14, 2017.
K-State has five wins all-time against the nation's No. 1 team in its history with four of those coming in Bramlage Coliseum (Missouri in 1990, Texas in 2010, Kansas in 2011 and Oklahoma in 2016). The other win came against top-ranked Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 17, 1994. The Wildcats have dropped the last 2 meetings with the No. 1 team, including an 85-63 loss to top-ranked Kansas in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on March 11, 2016 and to Baylor in 2017.
Monday's game will conclude a stretch of three games in a six-day span for the Wildcats, which began in the 61-53 win over Oklahoma on Jan. 29 and continued with the 66-57 loss at No. 12/11 West Virginia on Saturday. The contest marks the second time this season that K-State has faced ranked teams in consecutive games (three consecutive Top 25 opponents from Jan. 14-21, while the Baylor game on Monday will mark the fifth Top 25 foe in a seven-game stretch for the Wildcats.