1950–51Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up Big Seven Champions
National Championship Game, L 58-68 vs.Kentucky
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
Record	25–4 (11–1 Big Seven)
Head coach	Jack Gardner (8th season)
Assistant coach	Tex Winter (4th season)
Home arena	Ahearn Field House
Seasons ← 1949–50 1951–52 →

v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kansas State	11	–	1	.917	25	–	4	.862
Kansas	8	–	4	.667	16	–	8	.667
Missouri	8	–	4	.667	16	–	8	.667
Oklahoma	6	–	6	.500	14	–	10	.583
Nebraska	4	–	8	.333	9	–	14	.391
Iowa State	3	–	9	.250	9	–	12	.429
Colorado	2	–	10	.167	4	–	20	.167

Rankings fromAP Poll^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Dec 2, 1950*		at Long Island University	L 59–60	0–1	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Dec 4, 1950*		at Ohio State	W 68–51	1–1	Ohio State Men's Gym Columbus, Ohio
Dec 6, 1950*		at Purdue	W 60–44	2–1	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 9, 1950*		Utah State	W 66–56	3–1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 12, 1950*		Wichita	W 73–42	4–1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 16, 1950*		Indiana	L 52–58 ^OT	4–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 18, 1950*		Wisconsin	W 77–58	5–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 21, 1950*	No. 20	Springfield (MO)	W 82–59	6–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 28, 1950*		Oklahoma Big Seven Holiday Tournament	W 55–53	7–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 29, 1950*		vs. Nebraska Big Seven Holiday Tournament	W 72–53	8–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 30, 1950*		vs. Minnesota Big Seven Holiday Tournament	W 70–62	9–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 6, 1951	No. 9	at Missouri	W 60–43	10–2 (1–0)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, Missouri
Jan 13, 1951	No. 9	Iowa State	W 98–58	11–2 (2–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 15, 1951	No. 10	at Kansas	W 47–43	12–2 (3–0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, Kansas
Jan 27, 1951	No. 9	Colorado	W 63–42	13–2 (4–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 31, 1951*	No. 7	No. 4 Long Island University	W 85–65	14–2	Ahearn Field House (14,028) Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 3, 1951	No. 7	at Colorado	W 60–45	15–2 (5–0)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, Colorado
Feb 5, 1951	No. 7	at Nebraska	W 79–50	16–2 (6–0)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 10, 1951	No. 4	Missouri	W 75–64	17–2 (7–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 17, 1951	No. 3	at Oklahoma	L 46–49	17–3 (7–1)	McCasland Field House Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 24, 1951	No. 5	Kansas	W 65–51	18–3 (8–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 26, 1951	No. 4	Nebraska	W 74–48	19–3 (9–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 3, 1951	No. 4	at Iowa State	W 81–47	20–3 (10–1)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
Mar 5, 1951	No. 4	Oklahoma	W 87–48	21–3 (11–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 14, 1951*	No. 4	No. 5 Illinois	W 91–72	22–3	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 21, 1951*	No. 4	vs. No. 12 Arizona NCAA First Round	W 61–59	23–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 23, 1951*	No. 4	vs. No. 11 Brigham Young NCAA Regional Semifinal	W 64–54	24–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 24, 1951*	No. 4	vs. No. 2 Oklahoma A&M NCAA Regional Final	W 68–44	25–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 27, 1951*	No. 4	vs. No. 1 Kentucky NCAA National Championship	L 58–68	25–4	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	7	Ernie Barrett	Boston Celtics
2	10	Jack Stone	Baltimore Bullets
2	19	Lew Hitch	Minneapolis Lakers

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
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Kansas Wildcats" "Wabash Cannonball" Wildcat Victory The Pride of Wildcat Land
People	Head coaches 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 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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