2009–10 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

2009–10 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record29–8 (11–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBramlage Coliseum (12,500)
2009–10 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Kansas 15 1   .938 33 3   .917
No. 7 Kansas State 11 5   .688 29 8   .784
No. 19 Baylor 11 5   .688 28 8   .778
No. 23 Texas A&M 11 5   .688 24 10   .706
Missouri 10 6   .625 23 11   .676
Texas 9 7   .563 24 10   .706
Oklahoma State 9 7   .563 22 11   .667
Colorado 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Texas Tech 4 12   .250 19 16   .543
Iowa State 4 12   .250 15 17   .469
Oklahoma 4 12   .250 13 18   .419
Nebraska 2 14   .125 15 18   .455
2010 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2009–10 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Frank Martin, who served his 3rd year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. Kansas State is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Wildcats began conference play with a trip to Columbia, Missouri and faced the Missouri Tigers and finished the year with a home game against the Iowa State Cyclones. They finished the season 29–8 and ranked #7 in the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. They lost to the rival Kansas Jayhawks in the finals of the Big 12 tournament, 72–64.

The team received a #2 seed for the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, and beat North Texas and BYU to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where the Wildcats faced Xavier. The KSU-Xavier game was a double-overtime thriller won by Kansas State 101–96, which CBSSports.com called "one of the best games in the history of the Sweet 16." Kansas State lost in the next round to Butler.