IOWA CITY — The third-seeded University of Iowa men’s basketball team will host Kansas State in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday at 8 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will be televised on ESPN and broadcast on KBOE 104.9 FM.

The NIT appearance will be the ninth in program history and the first since the 2016-17 season. Iowa is 10-8 all-time in the NIT, including finishing runner-up in 2013.

The Hawkeyes enter the NIT with an 18-14 overall record, finishing in a three-way tie for sixth place in the Big Ten standings. It was Iowa’s 11th upper division finish in the last 12 seasons.

All five Hawkeye starters garnered All-Big Ten recognition during the 2023-24 season. Tony Perkins was a second-team All-Big Ten selection, leading scorer Payton Sandfort earned third-team honors, while Owen Freeman, Ben Krikke and Josh Dix were earned honorable mention recognition. Freeman was also named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the first Hawkeye to earn the distinction since Jess Settles in 1994.

Kansas State enters the NIT with a 19-14 overall record. The Wildcats, who were 8-10 in Big 12 play, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament last week in Kansas City. K-State’s Arthur Kaluma and Tyler Perry earned honorable mention All-Big 12 selections this season.

The winner of Tuesday’s game will meet the winner of a first round contest featuring No. 2 seed Utah and UC Irvine.