LAWRENCE — Kansas State’s basketball team is looking for something, anything, to turn its season around, and what better way to do that than knocking off rival Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse?
Trouble is, the Wildcats go into Saturday’s first leg of the 2025 Sunflower Showdown having dropped four straight games and 13 in a row on the road dating back to last January. Worse, they haven’t won in Lawrence since 2006.
K-State (7-9, 1-4 Big 12) will try to end that 18-game run of futility with a noon tipoff against the No. 10-ranked Jayhawks (12-4, 3-2) in front of a national television audience on CBS.
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The Wildcats did show promise in their last outing, a 61-57 home loss to Texas Tech that was tied before they ended the game with a 5-minute, 50-second scoring drought. KU is coming off a lopsided 74-57 loss at No. 2 Iowa State on Wednesday but is 8-1 at home this season.
Forward David N’Guessan leads K-State with 12.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, while KU center Hunter Dickinson averages 15.2 points and a league-leading 10.4 rebounds.
Here’s everything you need to know about Kansas State’s game vs. Kansas, including time, TV, streaming and radio information, along with betting odds.
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What channel is Kansas State vs. Kansas on?
TV channel: CBS
Radio: K-State Sports Network
Kansas State vs. Kansas start time
When: Noon on Saturday, Jan. 18
Where: Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence
Kansas State vs. Kansas betting odds
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Saturday morning, Jan. 18
Spread: Kansas -14.5
Over/under: 139.5 points
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Who are the TV announcers for K-State vs. Kansas?
Brad Nessler (play-by-play) and Bill Raftery (analyst) will have the call.
Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on X (formerly Twitter) at @arnegreen.
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