Bring On The Cats, a Kansas State Wildcats community

It's going to be a mess this year, people. Allow plenty of time to get into the stadium, especially if you're on the west side.

As a preview to its 10-day trip to Brazil, the Kansas State men's basketball team played a spirited 30-minute scrimmage Saturday before an estimated crowd of 2,000 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats alternated between the Black and White teams, playing with FIBA rules, which they will utilize during their 10-day trip to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Kansas State fans will get their first glimpse of the 2011-12 men’s basketball team Saturday, when it holds a public scrimmage for fans from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum prior to the Oklahoma football game.

Preparing his team for a new and rugged Big 12 basketball schedule, Kansas State head coach Frank Martin announced today a 13-game non-conference slate featuring as many as six contests against teams that advanced to the postseason in 2010-11. K-State will play seven of its non-conference games in Bramlage Coliseum, including five consecutive to start the season.

Senior Jacob Pullen captured three awards, including the Rolando Blackman Team Most Valuable Player trophy, to highlight festivities at the annual Kansas State men’s basketball banquet held Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum.

The Kansas State volleyball team played the top professional team from China at Bramlage Coliseum on Thursday night in front of an excited crowd. The Wildcats played five sets with Tianjin, dropping all five in tightly contested match 21-25, 13-25, 27-29, 20-25, 13-15.

Volleyball fans will have the opportunity to see one of the best teams in the world play for free this week when the Kansas State Wildcats host Bridgestone Tianjin at 5 p.m. Thursday in Bramlage Coliseum. Tianjin is the top-rated professional Chinese club team and has won its league championship seven of the last 10 years.