The preseason Big 12 women’s basketball coaches poll is out, and Jeff Mittie’s peers have high expectations for the Wildcats entering the 2023-24 season. K-State has been picked to finish 4th, behind Texas, Baylor, and KU and ahead of Oklahoma who finished in a tie with Texas for the Big 12 regular season title last season. Kansas State will have to play three of those four teams twice this season, getting saddled with home-and-home’s with UT and OU in addition to KU. But even the game against Baylor won’t be easy, as the Cats will have to face the Bears in Waco this season.