K-State basketball will play Alabama in Big 12/SEC Challenge
Kansas State will hit the road for a second straight year in the Big 12/SEC Challenge next basketball season.
The Wildcats will play at Alabama on January 25. Game time and TV information will be announced at a later date.
This game completes K-State’s nonconference basketball schedule for the 2019-20 season. The Wildcats previously announced 12 other nonconference games against opponents such as UNLV, Marquette, Mississippi State, Saint Louis and Tulsa.
K-State played on the road last season in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and lost to Texas A&M. Bruce Weber’s team requested another road game in the challenge to balance out a home game the Wildcats have scheduled with Marquette next season in the inaugural Big 12/Big East Challenge.
A road game against Alabama could be an interesting matchup.
The Crimson Tide are coming off an 18-win season that saw them finish ninth in the SEC, but there is hope new coach Nate Oats can improve on that in his first season.
The Wildcats return three starters from a team that shared a regular season Big 12 championship with Texas Tech.
K-State last played Alabama in 2011, beating the Crimson Tide 71-58 at the Sprint Center. The Wildcats are 2-1 against Alabama.
Big 12/SEC Challenge schedule
- Kansas State at Alabama
- TCU at Arkansas
- Iowa State at Auburn
- Baylor at Florida
- Kentucky at Texas Tech
- LSU at Texas
- Mississippi State at Oklahoma
- Missouri at West Virginia
- Tennessee at Kansas
- Oklahoma State at Texas A&M
This story was originally published July 25, 2019 at 10:27 AM.