YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS J 13 J 17 J 21 J 24 J 28 J 31 F4 F7 F 11 F 15 F 18 F 21 F 25 F 28 M3 M4
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— 20 — — 24 — — — 7 — 24 — — 6 — —
at Missouri* Nebraska* Colorado* Baylor* at Iowa State* at Colorado* Oklahoma* at Kansas* at Texas* Missouri* Iowa State* at Oklahoma State* at Texas A&M* Texas Tech* Baylor% Kansas%
L L W W L L L L L W L L L L W (OT) L
56-72 47-78 64-52 62-59 46-64 52-56 67-69 62-65 57-73 66-57 50-80 47-78 76-81 62-67 75-66 46-50
+ Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) * Big 12 Conference Game % Big 12 Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.)
Record: 16-14 (.533)/7-9 (.438) H: 10-4 A: 5-9 N: 1-1 Head Coach: Deb Patterson Earned the school’s first bid in the Women’s NIT, downing Creighton before falling at Arkansas State in the second round • Won the school’s first postseason tournament game since 1983 • Advanced to the quarterfinals of Big 12 Tournament, marking the third time in as many years that the Wildcats won their first game • K-State boasted wins over four Top 25 opponents, including a victory over then No. 16 Iowa State, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight • With a 10-4 home mark, the Wildcats posted a winning record at home for the sixth straight year and the 27th time in 31 years • Nicky Ramage earned third team All-Big 12 honors, while Angie Finkes and Olga Firsova were honorable mention selections. AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — Ohio State — — Eastern Kentucky — — at Drake — — at Eastern Michigan — — at Utah — — Army+ — — San Diego State+ — — Kent State — — at Illinois State — 24 at Santa Clara — — Oklahoma State* — — at Missouri* — 7 at Texas Tech* — 24 Nebraska* — 6 Texas* — — at Baylor* — — Missouri* — — Texas A&M* — 24 at Kansas* — — at Colorado* — 16 Iowa State* — — at Oklahoma* — — Colorado* — 19 at Iowa State* — — at Nebraska* — 22 Kansas* — — Colorado% — 9 Texas Tech% — — Creighton$ — — at Arkansas State$
W/L L W L W L W W W W W L W L W W L W L L W W L L L L W W L W L
Score 62-63 108-69 67-88 78-66 58-76 87-58 77-56 67-64 54-39 66-64 56-59 72-60 60-73 79-67 75-68 53-82 79-67 59-73 45-66 59-57 70-63 58-79 54-57 53-86 63-74 69-58 55-51 55-74 71-60 70-83
+ Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) * Big 12 Conference Game % Big 12 Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) $ Women’s National Invitation Tournament
1999-00
Earned ninth win over a Top 25 opponent during the Deb Patterson era with a victory over No. 8 Iowa State, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight • Angie Finkes and Nicky Ramage both joined the 1,000 point club and the 500 career rebound group • Olga Firsova became Kansas State’s all-time leading shot blocker and fifth all-time, men and women, at KState • With a 7-6 home mark, the Wildcats posted a winning record at home for the seventh straight year and the 28th time in 32 years • Nicky Ramage, Angie Finkes and Olga Firsova were honorable mention All-Big 12. AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — Drake — — vs. Alabama — 7 vs. North Carolina State — — Eastern Michigan — — Alabama State+ — — Idaho+ — — at Wisconsin-Green Bay — 10 vs. Oregon — — vs. TCU — — Wichita State — — at Kent State — — at Chattanooga — — at Tennessee State — — at Texas* — 23 Kansas* — — Baylor* — — at Texas A&M* — 15 Texas Tech* — — at Missouri* — 6 at Iowa State* — — Nebraska* — — Missouri* — — at Oklahoma State*
8 — 24 24 — — —
Iowa State* at Colorado* at Kansas* Oklahoma* at Nebraska* Colorado* Oklahoma State%
W W L L L W L
69-63 62-54 43-61 56-64 56-65 64-47 59-67
+ Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) * Big 12 Conference Game % Big 12 Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.)
Record: 29-5 (.853)/14-2 (.875) H: 19-1 A: 8-3 N: 2-1 Head Coach: Deb Patterson
Record: 12-16 (.429)/2-14 (.125) H: 7-6 A: 4-8 N: 1-2 Head Coach: Deb Patterson
Date N 17 N 21 N 24 N. 25 D1 D2 D5 D9 D 15 D 17 D 28 J3 J6 J 10 J 13 J 17 J 20 J 27 J 31 F3 F7 F 10 F 14 F 17 F 20 F2 F 28 M3
W/L W L L W W W W L L L L W W L L W W L L L L L W
Score 59-57 60-63 72-73 89-45 80-32 81-69 66-57 69-79 62-71 66-76 55-63 69-55 72-58 58-80 54-70 73-58 67-62 47-51 52-63 61-64 61-68 68-72 71-64
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — UMKC — — Western Illinois — — vs. Wyoming — — vs. Princeton — — Texas Southern+ — — TX A&M-Corpus Christi+ — — at Western Michigan — — at Drake — — at Wichita State — — Vermont — — at South Florida — 7 Iowa State* — — Colorado* — — at Nebraska* — — at Kansas* — 17 Texas* — — at Missouri* — — Kansas* — 12 at Texas Tech* — — Oklahoma State* — — Missouri* — 9 at Iowa State* — 10 at Oklahoma* — — Nebraska* — — Texas A&M* — 16 at Colorado* — 24 at Baylor* — 24 Baylor%
W/L W W L (OT) W W W W W W W (OT) W L L L L W L L L L L L L L W L L L
Score 62-49 63-54 70-73 63-51 84-41 63-54 90-81 69-63 65-64 64-60 71-56 58-84 62-67 58-67 67-78 72-63 60-65 62-65 41-72 55-69 54-63 52-81 60-79 69-77 60-55 56-74 57-74 44-60
+ Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) * Big 12 Conference Game % Big 12 Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.)
2001-02 Record: 26-8 (.765)/11-5 (.688) H: 13-2 A: 9-3 N: 4-3 Head Coach: Deb Patterson K-State reached the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in 19 years and the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years • Hosted first and second rounds • Finished in the upper division of the conference for the first time since 1996-97 • Posted an 11-5 Big 12 mark to receive No. 4 seed in the league tournament • Kendra Wecker became the first freshman in Big 12 Tournament history to be named to the all-tournament team • Nicole Ohlde was named first team All-Big 12 and named to the third team was Wecker and Laurie Koehn • Ohlde earned honorable mention Associated Press All-America and Kodak All-America honorable mention • Koehn was named ESPN.com’s Rookie of the Year • Patterson was named Big 12 Coach of the Year and ESPN The Magazine Coach of the Year • Wildcats receive final rankings of No. 11 in the AP Poll and No. 10 in the USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Poll.
Date N 16 N 19 N 24 N 25 N 26 N 30 D1 D6 D9 D 17 D 20 D 29 D 30 J2 J5 J9 J 12 J 16 J 19 J 23 J 27 J 30 F2 F5 F 10 F 13 F 17 F 23 F 27 M6 M7 M 15 M 17 M 23
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — at Georgia Tech — — IUPUI — — vs. Richmond! — 21 vs. Arizona State! — — vs. Western Michigan! — — Grambling State+ — — Harvard+ — — Wisconsin-Green Bay — — Oregon State — — at Middle Tenn. State — — at No. Arizona — — vs. Georgia State^ — — at Loyola^ — 4 at Iowa State* — 7 Baylor* 14 21 Colorado* 14 — Nebraska* 9 — at Texas A&M* 9 — at Oklahoma State* 11 — Kansas* 11 12 Texas Tech* 9 14 at Texas* 9 16 Iowa State* 11 — at Missouri* 11 — at Nebraska* 12 4 Oklahoma* 12 — at Kansas* 12 11 at Colorado* 14 — Missouri* 14 12 vs. Texas% 13 4 vs. Oklahoma% 11 — Kent State$ 11 — Arkansas$$ 11 15 vs. Old Dominion$$$
! Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) + Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) ^ Loyola Christmas Tournament (Baltimore, Md.) * Big 12 Conference Game % Big 12 Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) $ NCAA Tour. Mideast First Round (Manhattan, Kan.) $$ NCAA Tour. Mideast Second Round (Manhattan, Kan.) $$$ NCAA Tournament Mideast Regional (Milwaukee, Wis.)
2002-03
2000-01
Record: 13-17 (.433)/6-10 (.375) H: 7-6 A: 6-6 N: 0-5 Head Coach: Deb Patterson
Date N 19 N 26 N 27 N 30 D3 D4 D8 D 10 D 11 D 18 D 20 D 28 D 30 J5 J8 J 12 J 15 J 18 J 23 J 25 J 30 F5 F9
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Earned 10th win over a Top 25 opponent during the Deb Patterson era with a victory over No. 17 Texas • Kansas State put together the second-best start in school history with a 10-1 record • Kim Woodlee became K-State’s all-time, men and women, three-point shooter and joined the 1,000 point club • With a 7-6 home mark, the Wildcats posted a winning record at home for the eighth straight year and the 29th time in 33 years • Nicole Ohlde was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and third team All-Big 12 • Ohlde broke seven freshman records.
1998-99
Date N 16 N 18 N 22 N 23 N 28 D4 D5 D9 D 20 D 30 J2 J6 J9 J 13 J 16 J 20 J 23 J 27 J 31 F6 F 10 F 13 F 17 F 20 F 24 F 27 M2 M3 M 11 M 14
F 13 F 16 F 19 F 22 F 26 M3 M6
W/L W W W L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W W W (2OT) L W L L W L W W L W W L
Score 74-70 98-57 85-63 76-58 91-62 105-54 72-56 85-66 95-61 54-53 79-63 93-79 72-60 69-63 89-75 75-72 85-71 66-61 60-68 72-59 76-63 80-76 72-86 79-61 52-67 68-76 65-40 58-79 74-55 79-63 49-69 93-65 82-68 62-88
Kansas State won a school record 29 games en route to their second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance • Received the No. 3 seed in the tournament for a second consecutive year and hosted the first and second rounds • Finished second in the Big 12 Conference for the first time in the seven-year history of the league with a 14-2 record • Broke the school mark for most conference wins in a season (14) • The Wildcats’ winning percentage (.878) was the highest in school history • K-State begins the season with an 18-1 record, for the best start in school history • Preseason WNIT champions • Reached their highest national ranking in school history on Nov. 25, 2002, when the Wildcats were ranked No. 2 in both polls • Nicole Ohlde named to the prestigious WBCA/Kodak All-America Team and also selected as a first team AP AllAmerican • Ohlde honored as the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year • Kendra Wecker and Megan Mahoney named first team All-Big 12 along with Ohlde • Eight named to the Academic All-Big 12 team • Deb Patterson named WBCA District V Coach of the Year and a Naismith Coach of the Year Finalist • Ohlde and Wecker named USBWA All-Americans • Wecker receives third team All-America honors by the AP • Wildcats finish in the top 8 nationally in home attendance for a second-straight year • Kansas State finished ranked in the top 10 in five NCAA statistical categories • Ohlde and Wecker were named finalists for the Naismith National Player of the Year Award • Ohlde also tabbed as a finalist for the State Farm Wade Trophy Award and as a nominee for the Honda Women’s Basketball Award • K-State finishes No. 8 in the final AP Poll and No. 10 in the USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Poll.
Date N 15 N 17 N 20 N 24 N 29 N 30 D2 D6 D7 D 12 D 20 D 28 J3 J5 J8 J 11 J 15 J 19 J 25 J 29 F1 F5 F8 F 12 F 15 F 19 F 22 F 26 M1 M6 M 12 M 13 M 23 M 25
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent 5 — vs. Ball State! 5 — vs. Georgia Tech! 4 — vs. USC! 4 14 vs. Penn State! 2 — vs. Temple% 3 7 at Stanford% 7 — Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 — Middle Tenn. State+ 7 — Weber State+ 7 — at UW-Green Bay 7 — Western Michigan 4 — at Northern Illinois 4 — Western Illinois 4 — Iowa^ 4 — at Kansas* 4 24 Colorado* 4 — Iowa State* 4 — at Nebraska* 3 18 Texas* 3 — at Iowa State* 3 19 at Oklahoma* 5 — Missouri* 5 — at Baylor* 5 — Nebraska* 5 — Oklahoma State* 5 — at Missouri* 5 — Texas A&M* 5 — Kansas* 5 — at Colorado* 4 8 at Texas Tech* 7 — vs. Baylor& 7 8 vs. Texas Tech& 7 — Harvard$ 7 — Notre Dame$$
W/L W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W L W L W L
Score 71-61 83-59 73-61 88-66 72-65 57-63 115-37 79-61 60-36 80-75 92-75 63-58 84-40 103-60 88-49 61-36 68-60 88-54 71-69 69-74 74-45 68-52 65-53 64-47 64-46 66-56 88-49 80-57 67-59 64-73 77-60 64-71 79-69 53-59
! Preseason WNIT (Manhattan, Kan.) % Stanford Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.) + Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) ^ Big 12 / Big Ten Challenge (Manhattan, Kan.) * Big 12 Conference Game & Big 12 Tournament (Dallas, Texas) $ NCAA Tournament East First Round (Manhattan, Kan.) $$ NCAA Tournament East Second Round (Manhattan, Kan.)
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