The 1995–96 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant coll ...

as a member of the

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during the

1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1995 and concluded with the 64-team 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, whose finals were held at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, ...

. The head coach was Tom Asbury who was in his second season at the helm. The team played its home games at

Bramlage Coliseum Fred Bramlage Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Manhattan, Kansas, with an official capacity of 11,000. It is the home to the Kansas State University men's and women's basketball teams, and used to serve as the venue for Kansas State's ...

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. The Wildcats finished with a record of 17–12 (7–7 Big 8), and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 10 seed in the East region. Kansas State was beaten by No. 7 seed

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in the opening round of the tournament.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public inst ...

Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball seasons 1995 in sports in Kansas 1996 in sports in Kansas