Kansas State basketball vs Arizona State: Score prediction, scouting report for Tuesday

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Kansas State basketball will face Arizona State for the third time this season when the teams meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament at Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center.

K-State (15-16, 9-11 Big 12) is the No. 10 seed and needs to win at least two games in the tournament to avoid finishing below .500 for the first time in coach Jerome Tang’s three seasons. The Wildcats finished the regular season Saturday with a 73-57 loss at home against Iowa State.

Arizona State (13-18, 4-16) ended the regular season on a four-game losing streak, with its only victory in the last 11 games at Kansas State on Feb. 23. The Sun Devils finished with an 85-57 home loss to Texas Tech on Saturday.

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The winner of this game moves on to face No. 7 seed Baylor in the second round Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Here are three things to know, plus a prediction, for Tuesday’s game:

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Kansas State forward Coleman Hawkins (33) dribbles against Iowa State’s Joshua Jefferson (2) during their game Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan.

The Wildcats and Sun Devils are familiar by now

While this is Arizona State’s first season as a member of the Big 12, the Sun Devils and K-State have made up for lost time, squaring off twice during the regular season and now for a third time in the conference tournament.

Each team won on the other’s home court, with K-State prevailing at Arizona State, 71-70, in the middle of a season-long six-game winning streak. The Sun Devils evened the score in Manhattan, winning handily, 66-54.

K-State forward Coleman Hawkins, who missed the game in Manhattan with a broken tibia, has since returned to the lineup.

It has been a rough initiation into the Big 12 for Arizona State under 10th-year coach Bobby Hurley. The Sun Devils have…

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Author : The Topeka Capital-Journal

Publish date : 2025-03-10 14:09:00

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