K-State Wildcats vs. Seton Hall Pirates: Basketball game time, TV, odds and pick
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.
- K-State hosts Seton Hall at 3 p.m. Saturday in Bramlage Coliseum (ESPN); Wildcats favored
- Seton Hall's 8-1 with elite rim defense; K-State at 5-3 arrives on a three-game skid
- Pick: Reporter favors KSU 85-84, citing fact that this is Seton Hall’s 1st true road test
The Kansas State basketball team will be back in action when it hosts Seton Hall at 3 p.m. on Saturday inside Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State (5-3) is coming off three straight losses, including an embarrassing home defeat against Bowling Green. Seton Hall (8-1) has won consecutive games against Washington State and Central Connecticut.
Here’s everything you need to know before tipoff ...
K-State vs. Seton Hall: Game details
When: 3 p.m. Saturday
Where: Bramlage Coliseum
TV: ESPNU
Radio: KCSP (610 AM) in Kansas City, KFH (1240 AM and 97.5 FM) in Wichita
Odds: K-State by 4.5 with an O/U of 147.5.
Probable starters
Seton Hall (8-1)
- F (6) — Stephon Payne, 6-9, Sr., 7.2 ppg
- G (0) — Adam Clark, 5-10, Jr., 9.6
- G (23) — Mike Williams, 6-3, Jr., 9.7
- G (22) — Elijah Fisher, 6-6, Sr., 8.3
- G (14) — AJ Staton-McCray, 6-4, Sr., 13.7
Kansas State (5-3)
- F (21) — Khamari McGriff, 6-9, Sr., 10.1
- F (0) — Elias Rapieque, 6-9, Jr., 3.4
- G (34) — Nate Johnson, 6-3, Sr., 12.4
- G (1) — Abdi Bashir, 6-7, Jr., 12.1
- G (4) — PJ Haggerty, 6-4, Jr., 25.1
About Seton Hall:
The Pirates are off to a hot start at 8-1 with some nice wins over North Carolina State and Washington State. Head coach Shaheen Holloway has his team playing well behind AJ Staton-McCray and Mike Williams. They have been at their best on defense, where they force turnovers on 24.4% of all possessions, block shots on 23% of all possessions and defend two-pointers at a top-10 rate nationally. On offense, they are making 35.8% of their shots from beyond the arc.
About K-State:
The Wildcats are coming off a humiliating home loss to Bowling Green. It will be interesting to see how they bounce back. In the first six games of the season, head coach Jerome Tang seemed content to win with offense, even if it meant allowing the other team to score 90-plus points. Lately, he has changed course and tried to win with defensive lineups. But that hasn’t worked. PJ Haggerty is the team’s leading scorer. David Castillo has been coming on as a sophomore.
K-State game prediction:
If ever there is a time for the K-State men’s basketball team to play well, it is now.
The Wildcats have lost three in a row, and they just got embarrassed by Bowling Green on their home floor. Tang was disgusted with his team’s effort in that game and highly critical of his players afterward.
One would expect K-State players to bounce back with a stronger effort against Seton Hall.
For that reason, I think the Wildcats find a way to win this game. Seton Hall is a talented team from the Big East, but they only check in at No. 73 in Bart Torvik’s national ratings database. This is also their first true road game of the season.
With new head football coach Collin Klein watching from the stands, K-State will get back to its winning ways.
K-State 85, Seton Hall 84
Last game prediction: K-State 97, Bowling Green 82 ❌ (actual score: Bowling Green 82, K-State 66)
Season record: 6-2.
Season record ATS: 5-3.
Season record O/U: 6-2.