The Kansas State women’s basketball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year under coach Jeff Mittie.
This time, the Wildcats get a special bonus — they will start the postseason at home.
No. 7-seed K-State was selected as a host team in the women’s bracket, which means it will play No. 10-seed Drake in the first round at 3 p.m. Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. The winner faces the winner of No. 2-seed Stanford and No. 15-seed New Mexico State on Monday.
Stanford would normally host the opening rounds as the top seed in its pod, but the Cardinal were not able to do so this season because of a scheduling conflict at its arena.