2009–10 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2009–10 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Frank Martin, who served his 3rd year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. Kansas State is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Wildcats began conference play with a trip to Columbia, Missouri and faced the Missouri Tigers and finished the year with a home game against the Iowa State Cyclones. They finished the season 298 and ranked #7 in the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. They lost to the rival Kansas Jayhawks in the finals of the Big 12 tournament, 7264.

2009–10 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record298 (115 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBramlage Coliseum (12,500)
200910 Big 12 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Kansas151 .938333  .917
No. 7 Kansas State115 .688298  .784
No. 19 Baylor115 .688288  .778
No. 23 Texas A&M115 .6882410  .706
Missouri106 .6252311  .676
Texas97 .5632410  .706
Oklahoma State97 .5632211  .667
Colorado610 .3751516  .484
Texas Tech412 .2501916  .543
Iowa State412 .2501517  .469
Oklahoma412 .2501318  .419
Nebraska214 .1251518  .455
2010 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The team received a #2 seed for the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, and beat North Texas and BYU to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where the Wildcats faced Xavier. The KSU-Xavier game was a double-overtime thriller won by Kansas State 101-96, which CBSSports.com called "one of the best games in the history of the Sweet 16." Kansas State lost in the next round to Butler.

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