Cal basketball, 3-0 for first time since 2019, faces top-ranked Kansas State on the road Thursday.

Cal basketball, off to a 3-0 start—their best since 2019—faces its toughest test of the season Thursday night at Kansas State. The Golden Bears, who defeated Cal State Fullerton 93-65, travel to Manhattan, Kan., for a road game against the Big 12’s Kansas State, also 2-0 after wins over UNC Greensboro and Bellarmine. Coach Mark Madsen stressed the challenge of shifting from home games to a loud, hostile environment. Kansas State’s point guard P.J. Haggerty leads the offense with an average of 25 points per game and strong playmaking, including 11 assists in one outing. Coach Jerome Tang praised Haggerty’s potential to improve his assist-to-turnover ratio. Cal guard Dai Dai Ames, who played for Kansas State last season, acknowledged the team’s strength and the difficulty of the matchup.