Kansas State gets one more exhibition run before the 2026-27 season starts, and Monday night brings a new test in a different setting.
The Wildcats are in Grand Island, Nebraska, to face Nebraska at 6:30 p.m. CT on Monday, Oct. 26, at the Eihusen Arena at BigIron Events Center. It is K-State’s second exhibition game and another chance to sharpen things before the opener.
Kansas State enters this one off a 71-67 loss to Missouri on Oct. 23. The Wildcats dug themselves into a 13-point hole with about five minutes left, then made things interesting by closing the gap enough to have a shot to tie or take the lead in the final minute.
The starting five for Kansas State is Dez Lindsay, Brandon Rechsteiner, Jaden Schutt, JT Rock and Isaiah Abraham.
Early in the first half, the teams were locked at 16 with 11:30 left. Kansas State had gone 4-for-11 from beyond the arc at that point, and Matt Gilhool had five points.
The game is being shown on Big Ten Network+.
After this exhibition, Kansas State opens the regular season on Nov. 3 against South Dakota State. That game is set for 7 p.m. CT at Bramlage Coliseum.
The rest of the Wildcats’ schedule is already lined up, with home dates against Cal State Northridge, Montana, Campbell, Houston, Arizona, TCU, Oklahoma State, Colorado, Arizona State, Texas Tech, Cincinnati and more, plus neutral-site games in Las Vegas and Kansas City and road trips to Seton Hall, Baylor, West Virginia, Arizona State, Iowa State, Utah, BYU, Kansas and UCF.
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