CSU, K-State to meet in basketball at neutral sites

CSU and Kansas State have reached an agreement to play nonconference men's basketball games at neutral sites over the next two seasons, school officials said Monday.

The Rams and Wildcats will meet Dec. 19, 2015, at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas, and Dec. 17, 2016, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, a Colorado State University spokesman said. The two-game agreement was first reported Monday afternoon by the Wichita Eagle on its website.

Starting times for the games will be determined by the conference television partners of each school.

CSU generally doesn't announce its basketball schedules until August, after the Mountain West has released the conference schedule.

Intrust Bank Arena is a 15,000-seat facility in Wichita, about 130 miles from Kansas State's campus in Manhattan. The Pepsi Center is a 19,155-seat arena in Denver, about 60 miles from CSU's campus in Fort Collins.

CSU hasn't played in the Pepsi Center since 2006 when the MW held its conference tournament there.

K-State coach Bruce Weber has made it a point to schedule a game the weekend before Christmas in Wichita every other season. The Wildcats beat Gonzaga there last season and West Virginia there in 2011.

CSU and K-State have played 12 times previously, with the most-recent matchup an 84-83 win by the Rams on Dec. 2, 2006.

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