Purple Project Podcast

K-State men's and women's basketball highlight most of the week for Wildcat Athletics with a little sprinkle of women's tennis.

KSU (10-9, 3-3 Big 12): How about that! The K-State women's basketball team went into Lubbock to take down previously undefeated & ranked Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon!

We continue to roll through former Oklahoma State young talent as the Wildcats gained one of the top ranked edge pass rushers in Wendell Gregory!

The Wildcat football team & new head coach Collin Klein got their 1st running back out of the Portal in former Oklahoma State player Ronny Fields.

The K-State recruiting staff plus head coach Collin Klein has quite the tandem of former Oklahoma State players...1st Jacobi Oliphant coming off his freshman season.

The K-State football added another talented defensive backs to the upcoming 2026 roster from University Miami (OH) in Koy Beasley.

The K-State women's tennis team brought the brooms Friday afternoon with a CLEAN sweep of Memphis during the Jayhawk Invitaional!

KSU (9-9): The K-State women's basketball team get set to resume Big 12 play on the road in Lubbock, Texas against Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon.

The K-State women's tennis took on Iowa State in "sort of" their 1st head-to-head battle of the 2026 season!

KSU (9-8, 0-4 Big 12) Well, it's another loss in Bramlage for the K-State men's basketball team as they continue to remain winless in Big 12 conference play on Wednesday night.

The K-State women's tennis team gets their spring season going in Lawrence this weekend again 2 familiar Big 12 teams & Memphis.

K-State football head coach Collin Klein now has his new offensive coordinator in Sean Gleeson coming from the neighbor state east in Missouri!

KSU (9-7) The K-State men's basketball team look to grab their 1st Big 12 conference win Wednesday night when UCF Golden Knights come to town.

KSU (9-9, 2-3 Big 12): The K-State women's basketball team found themselves digging out of a hole again this time coming up short in a Big 12 conference loss to Utah on Saturday afternoon.

Kansas State Athletics is getting busy this week with the return of women's tennis & indoor track field! Plus the usual basketball lineup.

One of the defensive stars for Kansas State football is moving on is linebacker Austin Romaine is going to Lubbock & the Texas Tech Red Raiders with on the Big 12 conference regular season last fall.

KSU (9-7, 0-3 Big 12) The K-State men's basketball team comes up short again on the road this time in Tempe on Saturday afternoon to still sit without a victory in Big 12 play.

We continue to go through the players that 1st year NEW head coach Collin Klein of K-State & crew grabbed during the 2-week run so far. Next up defensive backs Kaleb Patterson from Illinois.

After spending a couple of season at Illinois, Thad Ward is returning to Kansas State to be Associate head coach under new head coach Collin Klein's staff!

The K-State football team & head coach Collin Klein has one of his former players follow him to the Little Apple in Izaiah Williams from Texas A&M.

The K-State men's & women's basketball teams are ready to go back to back on the same day again this time on opposite end of the road in Tempe-Bramlage.

KSU (9-6, 0-2 Big 12): For the 1st time in program history, the K-State men's basketball team started out with back to back games against Top 10 ranked opponents.

K-State football returns a familiar name back to the new Collin Klein era in Brain Lepak who will return to coach back the Tight Ends group who have been a BIG part of the offense the last several seasons.

KSU (9-8, 2-2 Big 12): K-State's women's basketball senior Tess Heal continues her mid-season resurgence as she drops 31 points in a come from behind win on the road against Houston on Wednesday night!

K-State football head coach Collin Klein landed their 1st commit out of the transfer portal from Arkansas in cornerback Keshawn Devila.

K-State women's volleyball players Brenna Schmidt & Symone Sims earned and represented Kansas State on CSC All-Academic squad!

K-State head football coach Collin Kieln has his new strength & conditioning coach in Jeremy Jacobs who has an impressive background coming from the Army.

KSU (9-5): We take a look at the men's basketball activity from the 1st weekend of Big 12 play & preview #1 team in the country on the road in Arizona Wednesday night.

K-State football head coach Collin Klein brings on his new offensive line coach in Mike Schmidt from the San Diego State Aztecs.

KSU (8-8, 1-2 Big 12): The lady Cats basketball miss a big opportunity in Bramlage as West Virginia held them off 60-58 on Sunday afternoon as Big 12 play continues.

K-State QB star Avery Johnson made his announcement after chatting with family & friends that he WILL return to Manhattan for his senior season!

KSU (9-5, 0-1 Big 12): AJ Dybansta's #10 BYU Cougars went into the Little Apple & knocked off PJ Haggerty & Cats in the Big 12 opener in Bramlage on Saturday afternoon.

K-State men's basketball head coach Jerome Tang & his team gets ready to begin Big 12 against #10 BYU! Also, we briefly look at the month of January.

The NCAA open the doors officially for players (as least for football) who wants to hop into the transfer portal. We go through the entire K-State list up to the date of who is getting in line to potentially transfer.

K-State new football head coach Collin Klein made two more coaching hires prior to the new year one of those was new running backs coach Cory Patterson.

KSU (8-7, 1-1): After a slow start, the K-State women's basketball team led by Tess Heal ran away from Cincinnati on Wednesday the final day of 2025 in Bramlage Coliseum!

As K-State Athletics closed out the calendar this afternoon we give our shutouts to all (well some on the episode) that have graduated in the 2025 fall semester!

Another defensive backs coach was named on the Collin Klein staff in Jeremiah Johnson coming from Coastal Carolina University.

The Kansas State defensive players who were on the field in 2025 are getting in line to hit the transfer portal once the calendar year turns 2026.

KSU (9-4) The K-State men's basketball team wrapped up 2025 non conference play with a 9-point victory over ULM on Sunday afternoon!

The Kansas State football team will have a duo of defensive coordinators heading into the Collin Klein era with the hiring of Marcus Woodson who will be working with the defensive backs as well.

With the weather outside turning just a little bit K-State head coach/director Travis Geophert knows their schedules going into 2026!

KSU (7-6-5): Head coach Colleen Corbin completed her 1st full season with the K-State women's soccer squad which saw a ton of historic moments we continue to dive in!

Head coach of K-State football Collin Klein added new linebackers coach Nick Toth who holds currently 25 years of coaching experience.

KSU (8-4): The K-State men's basketball team & head coach Jerome Tang sit in an interesting spot before Big 12 play when the once the calendar year changes.

KSU (7-6-5): We take a look back at what a historic 1st season for head coach Colleen Corbin & the women's soccer team!

K-State volleyball star Shaylee Myers continued to received postseason mentions to close out her volleyball career at K-State!

The K-State football coaching staff led by Collin Klein has their new defensive coordinator as Kieln brings Jordan Peterson from Texas A&M!

New head coach for K-State football Collin Klein is filling out his coaching staff pretty fast now as Christian Ellsworth makes his return back to Kansas State!

KSU (7-7, 0-1 Big 12): The K-State women's basketball team opened up the Big 12 conference part of their schedule last Saturday on the road in a 77-55 loss against #9 TCU.