Kansas St. 12/30 7:00 CBSSN

[sedz]

I stand by the comment that it was a bad play, and on the break you have to score there, forget the acrobatics and get a high percentage shot. As far as coaches, many of our past leaders would have been pulled DDT out for doing that, Huggs might have given him the Eric Martin walk of shame. That wasn’t the only time they failed to score on a break, and players should be held accountable for being selfish.

Nah, players did that under Huggins too. The one that sticks out in my mind is when James White threw his breakaway dunk off the backboard in the second round of the 2005 NCAA tournament against Kentucky.

[swilsonsp4]

K-State are reeling, having lost seven of their last eight games. That has caused their NET ranking to plummet to #132. Presently, that makes UC's failure in Manhattan a teetering Q2 loss, as the lowest Q2 position for a road game is #135.

The Wildcats are likely to drop considerably further over the next five games, making our game there our only Q3 loss. Here's K-State's upcoming schedule:

Today: @ KS;
Wed, 1/22: @ Baylor
Sat, 1/25: WV
Wed, 1/29: OK State
Sat, 2/1: @ IA State

If that wasn't enough, try the next five:

Tue, 2/4: @ ASU
Sat, 2/8: KS
Tue, 2/12: AZ
Sat, 2/15: @ BYU
Mon, 2/17: @ UT

Fortunately, there’s no way the Wildcats could drop below #240, which would make them a Q4 road foe. They’re not the only struggling team. There are tons of MEAC, SWAC, NEC, etc. teams that populate the lower ranks of D1, with no chance to move up significantly, since they play only their also-struggling conference mates the rest of the way.

Looking at all of this positively, maybe KSU can pull off a couple upsets. Think of this as a basket of opportunities!