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  4.  <subtitle>A Kansas State Wildcats Blog -- Carrying the Banner High</subtitle>
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  10.    <published>2025-04-26T16:24:31-05:00</published>
  11.    <updated>2025-04-26T16:24:31-05:00</updated>
  12.    <title>2025 NFL Draft: Parrish, Giddens, Sigle (and Howard!) Drafted</title>
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  15.    &lt;figure&gt;
  16.      &lt;img alt="eb 28, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Kansas State defensive back Jacob Parrish (DB24) runs in the 40 yard dash during the 2025 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/F4diW8_9LK9NOrV8Zx_9s9rjwts=/0x0:7082x4721/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74049982/usa_today_25539994.0.jpg" /&gt;
  17.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Jacob Parrish is now a Buccaneer. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  18.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  19.  
  20.  &lt;p&gt;Amidst three days of Prime Time Hilarity, the Cats leave a mark.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="gKJGNq"&gt;This year’s NFL Draft has been wildly entertaining, largely due to the spectacle of ESPN’s anointed top-10 selection sliding all the way down to the fifth round. Shedeur Sanders, beneficiary of one of the most ridiculous PR campaigns ever, sat in his own green room for two whole days without hearing his name called — even suffering the indignity of having Cleveland, the team everyone assumed would take him, passing him by five times before selecting &lt;em&gt;an entirely different&lt;/em&gt; quarterback — Oregon/Oklahoma/Hawai’i signal caller Dillon Gabriel.&lt;/p&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="Piuq4D"&gt;And then, two rounds later, the Browns went ahead and took Sanders anyway, which is even more hilarious.&lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;p id="TjTKAi"&gt;But before any of this happened, Kansas State got on the board. &lt;strong&gt;Jacob Parrish&lt;/strong&gt;, star cornerback, was lifted off the board with the 85th in the third round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Parrish showed his speed at the combine, and can help a team which was 26th in the league in interceptions last season.&lt;/p&gt;
  23. &lt;p id="BaUtst"&gt;On the board seven picks after Sanders was finally taken, the Indianapolis Colts were not in need of a running back with Jonathan Taylor coming off a 1400-yard season. But more legs never hurt, so in the fifth round they took &lt;strong&gt;DJ Giddens&lt;/strong&gt; with the 151st pick. Giddens slid a bit from where he was expected to go, indicating the draft media put a little too much gravy on a relatively impressive combine outing.&lt;/p&gt;
  24. &lt;p id="zzcft2"&gt;Nine picks later, the reverse happened. &lt;strong&gt;Marques Sigle&lt;/strong&gt; was a longshot to have his name called, with most folks expecting him to be a high-end UDFA. Instead, with the 160th pick the San Francisco 49ers snapped up the Wildcat safety, making JT very happy. The 49ers have had a minor cottage industry in utilizing former Wildcat defenders, so Sigle should get a few years out of this.&lt;/p&gt;
  25. &lt;p id="ir39N1"&gt;Meanwhile, a former Wildcat had to bide his time longer than expected as well. But Pennsylvania’s own &lt;strong&gt;Will Howard&lt;/strong&gt; was finally rescued in the sixth round with pick 185 by the Pittsburgh Steelers. The fascinating aspect of this selection is that right now, Pittsburgh has no starting quarterback. They’re trying to sign Aaron Rodgers, but if that doesn’t happen Howard will be competing with Mason Rudolph... and another former Wildcat, &lt;strong&gt;Skylar Thompson&lt;/strong&gt;, who came over from Miami in the post-season.&lt;/p&gt;
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  31.      <name>Jon Morse</name>
  32.    </author>
  33.  </entry>
  34.  <entry>
  35.    <published>2025-04-15T20:28:03-05:00</published>
  36.    <updated>2025-04-15T20:28:03-05:00</updated>
  37.    <title>Kansas State Basketball: It’s Bleak Y’all</title>
  38.    <content type="html">  
  39.  
  40.    &lt;figure&gt;
  41.      &lt;img alt="Dec 30, 2024; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Kansas State Wildcats head coach Jerome Tang reacts during the second half against the Cincinnati Bearcats at Bramlage Coliseum." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/xlSQl8SnWzzl8OlThM3D-XCTBLQ=/0x0:7182x4788/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74025888/usa_today_25112282.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  44.  
  45.  &lt;p&gt;Drew has nothing positive to report regarding the men’s basketball program.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="FzDPVc"&gt;The world of transaction-based college basketball is exhausting, and that’s where Coach Tang chooses to reside. Make no mistake, this isn’t a coach getting unlucky with transfers; it’s a coach recruiting the equivalent of college basketball mercenaries. I don’t blame the players; they chose &lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com"&gt;Kansas State&lt;/a&gt; because Kansas State offered them the most money. These guys aren’t hiding their intentions.&lt;/p&gt;
  46. &lt;p id="Z9c8BM"&gt;Mercenaries are loyal to themselves and whoever puts the most money in their pocket.&lt;/p&gt;
  47. &lt;h3 id="u9Bk6u"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The latest round of defections was nothing if not predictable:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  48. &lt;p id="Hf3G8U"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dug McDaniel&lt;/strong&gt; is moving to his third team in four seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
  49. &lt;p id="PtGUuk"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Baye Fall&lt;/strong&gt; is moving on to his third team in three seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
  50. &lt;p id="xllavE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ugonna Onyenso&lt;/strong&gt; is moving on to his third team in four seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
  51. &lt;p id="e7GXWM"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brendan Hausen&lt;/strong&gt; is moving on to his third team in four seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
  52. &lt;p id="7yd4pE"&gt;Barring what sounds like a long-shot appeal by Max Jones for an additional season of eligibility, Kansas State will return precisely 0% of its 2024-’25 starting lineup. &lt;/p&gt;
  53. &lt;p id="n6ec9G"&gt;The leading returning scorer at this moment is rising senior guard Christian Jones, who averaged 5.7 points per game last season. He’s a solid player but not exactly someone you build your roster around.&lt;/p&gt;
  54. &lt;p id="MeDcFM"&gt;It appears that former top 100 recruit, point guard David Castillo, will run it back in Manhattan, and maybe he’s a guy you can build around, but that’s all projection. The freshman guard averaged 2.4 points and .8 assists and was barely an afterthought off the bench during K-State’s best run of form. My main issue with Castillo is shooting, or to be more precise, his inability to shoot. He chucked up 67 threes and hit a paltry 17. To make matters exponentially worse, it wasn’t like he was getting to the basket. In fact, he actively avoided driving the ball. I have no idea how you play 320 minutes of college basketball over a season and go 2-19 from two. I understand that shooting threes is essential in the college game, but if he can’t get into the paint, he can’t play point guard, and if he can’t shoot better than 25% from deep, he can’t play on the wing. The Wildcats desperately need him to be something other than the terrible offensive player he was last season.&lt;/p&gt;
  55. &lt;p id="Qzg3az"&gt;I don’t see how this can be a winning strategy. Call me old-fashioned, but I still consider basketball a team sport, and teams tend to be better when they play together for more than six months. I personally didn’t find any joy in last season. Even when things were going well, what was the point?&lt;/p&gt;
  56. &lt;p id="Qud3Q0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The team wasn’t going to win the Big 12. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  57. &lt;p id="ejFvcB"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The team wasn’t going to make, much less win, the NCAA tournament.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  58. &lt;p id="c6ELeI"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None of the core players were going to return&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  59. &lt;p id="cpd4UU"&gt;Losing sucks, but sometimes you have to lose as a team before you win as a team. The Wildcats gained nothing from last season.&lt;/p&gt;
  60. &lt;p id="k86jFM"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No character was built. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  61. &lt;p id="Ec9zik"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No bonds were forged in the hard times that will pay off during the future good times&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  62. &lt;p id="yMduMO"&gt;Frankly, it was embarrassing at times, especially considering the price tag.&lt;/p&gt;
  63. &lt;h3 id="yEm2gA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Serious Question: Is this what y’all want as K-State fans?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  64. &lt;p id="cIcgRX"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you prefer assembling a random group of mercenaries every season and hoping against hope for a one-off run in the tournament?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  65. &lt;h2 id="MoNSdb"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
  66. &lt;p id="AVA6qk"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you prefer something more like the 2015-’16 roster that went 17-16 but featured a freshman class of Dean Wade, Barry Brown, and Kamu Stokes?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  67. &lt;p id="0IJk6W"&gt;Wade, Brown, and Stokes played a combined 384 games for the ‘Cats. They played on a team that won 17 games and a team that made the Elite Eight. They played on a team that finished eighth in the Big 12 and on a team that finished first. We watched them go from green three-star freshmen being overwhelmed in the Big 12 to grizzled veterans hoisting the Big 12 trophy.&lt;/p&gt;
  68. &lt;p id="j8Sa72"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That’s missing from this program under Jerome Tang. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  69. &lt;p id="iP87jU"&gt;These guys aren’t laying it on the line for dear old EMAW; they’re barely in town long enough to learn the Wabash Cannonball. This isn’t why I watch college basketball. To me, Coleman Hawkins will always be the guy who played next to Terrance Shannon at Illinois and feuded with Purdue. He’s not a Wildcat. Tylor Perry will be remembered for his two seasons at North Texas and not for his brief stop in Manhattan. As talented as Arthur Kaluma is (which is moderately), no one will remember his career outside of his friends and family because he didn’t stay in one place long enough for anyone to care.&lt;/p&gt;
  70. &lt;p id="dFHuB5"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The program has no roots.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  71. &lt;p id="OnJnq8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; The program has no culture. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  72. &lt;p id="D7N8Qb"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The old guys aren’t around to teach the new guys what being a Kansas State Wildcat means.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  73. &lt;p id="84gQVl"&gt;I’ve pondered how to wrap this up for the last 20 minutes. It’s tough because I like to offer a way forward, and I don’t see one for K-State basketball.&lt;/p&gt;
  74. &lt;h3 id="WqmKAZ"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This looks like a program in a death spiral.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  75. &lt;p id="TPosuH"&gt;Coach Tang either can’t or won’t develop the players he recruits, and he can’t get a team of mercenaries up to speed fast enough to make the tournament without winning big in a brutal Big 12. &lt;/p&gt;
  76. &lt;p id="lAiNnH"&gt;He will try the complete rebuild strategy again this offseason, hoping that doing the same thing will yield a different result.&lt;/p&gt;
  77. &lt;p id="co9wkC"&gt;Based on what I learned as a college psych minor, that’s not a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;
  78. &lt;p id="1t09EN"&gt;I hope I’m wrong. I’m still intrigued by the idea of Coach Tang developing a squad over multiple seasons. The man knows how to coach defense, and offense tends to improve year over year if you can keep a core group of guys together. If he can bring in players who actually want to build a program instead of collecting a paycheck, the guy who took the 2022-’23 team to the Elite 8 in thrilling fashion is still on the bench, but color me skeptical.&lt;/p&gt;
  79. &lt;p id="jf33H0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key assistants are abandoning ship.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  80. &lt;p id="uMUtiG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What little recruiting there is isn’t impactful (maybe it could be if he played the guys he recruits?) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  81. &lt;p id="QheKID"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Top transfers don’t seem particularly interested in the program this offseason.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  82. &lt;p id="f47xix"&gt;It will take a special effort from this rapidly crumbling staff to assemble a tournament team out of portal spare parts. I can’t even hazard a guess on what the roster will look like next season, much less how it will perform on the court. While other teams are perfecting what they do best, this team will be trying to figure it out.&lt;/p&gt;
  83. &lt;p id="PvbNYv"&gt;I’m afraid Coach Tang will have one of the strangest career arcs in college basketball history. He’s a good game coach about to be undone by impatience and terrible roster management. It’s been a steep fall from the heights of the Elite Eight run, and the ground is getting closer every second.&lt;/p&gt;
  84. &lt;p id="4QXmKK"&gt;I wish I had better news to report, but at least I warned you heading into this article: &lt;strong&gt;things are bleak, y’all, and I don’t see them getting better.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  85. &lt;p id="rnKjaX"&gt;At the same time, I’d love to write an article next May quoting this piece and talking about how stupid I am for doubting Coach Tang. I guess we’ll have to see how things play out.&lt;/p&gt;
  86. &lt;p id="colGDm"&gt;Now it’s time to focus on what could be a historically great Wildcat football team and not think about basketball for a little while.&lt;/p&gt;
  87.  
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  90.    <id>https://www.bringonthecats.com/2025/4/15/24409200/kansas-state-basketball-its-bleak-yall</id>
  91.    <author>
  92.      <name>Drew Schneider</name>
  93.    </author>
  94.  </entry>
  95.  <entry>
  96.    <published>2025-04-14T20:34:41-05:00</published>
  97.    <updated>2025-04-14T20:34:41-05:00</updated>
  98.    <title>Serena Sundell Selected 26th Overall in 2025 WNBA Draft</title>
  99.    <content type="html">  
  100.  
  101.    &lt;figure&gt;
  102.      &lt;img alt="Serena Sundell #4 of the Kansas State Wildcats dribbles against Clara Strack #13 of the Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament Second Round on March 23, 2025 in Lexington, Kentucky." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IsobV9LdtiYS7W6As62qbhLtyTs=/0x0:3500x2333/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74023903/2206192382.0.jpg" /&gt;
  103.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  104.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  105.  
  106.  &lt;p&gt;The stellar point guard will take her talents from Manhattan to Seattle&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="07DL7y"&gt;The all-time assists leader for &lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com"&gt;Kansas State&lt;/a&gt;, a WBCA and AP All-America honorable mention selection in 2025, Serena Sundell has been selected with the 26th overall pick by the Seattle Storm.&lt;/p&gt;
  107. &lt;p id="Jd9rKO"&gt;Sundell came to K-State with the Glenn twins, a trio from a stellar AAU team that promised big returns. Sundell went on to lead the Wildcats to 93 wins in her four seasons as a starter — including K-State’s first Sweet 16 appearance in over 20 years — four years where she started and played in 139 games (both are K-State records). As mentioned, she holds the school record, but also ranks fourth in Big 12 history for career assists with 811 and is second in program history for career assists per game at 5.83 apg.&lt;/p&gt;
  108. &lt;p id="f1sfO3"&gt;But it wasn’t just feeding her teammates, Sundell also finished her career in 6th all-time at K-State with 1,771 points. That total put her in some rarified air as well, becoming the first Wildcat, and 14th overall in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history, with 1,700 or more career points and 800 or more career assists.&lt;/p&gt;
  109. &lt;p id="u08kmp"&gt;In addition to her two AA Honorable Mention nods this season, Sundell is also a two-time All-Big 12 First Team selection (2024 &amp;amp; 2025), and earned All-Big 12 HM in her freshman and sophomore campaigns and was a member of the 2022 All-Big 12 Freshman team.&lt;/p&gt;
  110. &lt;p id="x4aNc0"&gt;Seattle gets a player, that very surprisingly fell to them to open the 3rd round, with incredible court vision and a great team leader and teammate. She’s also incredibly tough, not just shooting from outside, but banging around in the interior (and often switching to take on smaller 5’s on defense when needed), and playing hurt plenty of times during her illustrious career.&lt;/p&gt;
  111. &lt;p id="J4maRl"&gt;Congrats to Serena!&lt;/p&gt;
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  116.    <author>
  117.      <name>JT VanGilder</name>
  118.    </author>
  119.  </entry>
  120.  <entry>
  121.    <published>2025-03-29T18:30:00-05:00</published>
  122.    <updated>2025-03-29T18:30:00-05:00</updated>
  123.    <title>2025 K-State Women’s Basketball: NCAA Tournament vs USC</title>
  124.    <content type="html">  
  125.  
  126.    &lt;figure&gt;
  127.      &lt;img alt="Temira Poindexter #2 of the Kansas State Wildcats reacts after scoring during the fourth quarter of a game against the Kentucky Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Memorial Coliseum on March 23, 2025 in Lexington, Kentucky." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/q2hsLudvU_lbm7zrK45p65ziwD4=/0x0:3734x2489/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73991962/2206552395.0.jpg" /&gt;
  128.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  129.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  130.  
  131.  &lt;p&gt;The 5-seed MittieCats face off against the 1-seed Trojans in the Sweet 16.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="XUmlrF"&gt;It’s been over 20 years since the &lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com"&gt;Kansas State Wildcats&lt;/a&gt; made the regional semifinals.&lt;/p&gt;
  132. &lt;p id="pGaEb1"&gt;Back in 2002, the then 3-seed Wildcats fell 82-62 to 7-seed Old Dominion. It was a reversal of 1982, when in the first NCAA Tournament, the 4-seed Wildcats beat the 1-seed Monarchs 76-67 to advance to the program’s one and only regional final.&lt;/p&gt;
  133. &lt;p id="X9ww0b"&gt;The Wildcats face a huge test today. USC comes into today’s game having lost just three games all season, earning them a 1-seed. They did, however, lose JuJu Watkins last weekend. Watkins is one of, if not &lt;em&gt;the,&lt;/em&gt; best players in college basketball this season, and was the Trojans leading scorer all season. Other stepped up last Monday night, and USC still absolutely smoked 9-seed Mississippi State, but the loss of Watkins took some shine off the win.&lt;/p&gt;
  134. &lt;p id="NcDhgW"&gt;For K-State, Ayoka Lee is another week healthier, and the Wildcats, despite needing overtime on Sunday to beat 4-seed Kentucky, have an extra day of rest on the Trojans. K-State has shown they can win big games against really good teams, but USC is definitely the best team they’ve faced this season. A daunting challenge for sure, but not impossible.&lt;/p&gt;
  135. &lt;p id="3KVJhA"&gt;USC is the favorite, but without Watkins the line is remarkably close. K-State has the horses and the experience to win this game. But it will require a complete game effort from everyone to pull off the upset and keep playing.&lt;/p&gt;
  136. &lt;p id="T78kWA"&gt;We’ve got an 7:00pm CT tipoff for the NCAA Tournament game today at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, WA, and you can &lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/fa4cd1c0-553b-4caa-aa34-f260be457996"&gt;catch the action on ESPN&lt;/a&gt; with Ryan Ruocco (play-by-play), Rebecca Lobo (analyst), and Holly Rowe (sideline) on the call.&lt;/p&gt;
  137. &lt;p id="MypBXl"&gt;If you don’t get ESPN or can’t access the stream, the game can be heard across portions of the &lt;a href="https://www.kstatesports.com/sports/2015/6/29/_131476204439108399.aspx"&gt;28-station K-State Sports Network&lt;/a&gt; with Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Kristin Waller (analyst) calling the action. The game will also be &lt;a href="https://thevarsitynetwork.com/audioapplink/source/kansas-state-university:oas-1358/content/kstate:allaccess-Live-5971"&gt;available online at &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://k-statesports.com/"&gt;K-Statesports.com&lt;/a&gt; and via the Varsity Network app. Live stats are also available at k-statesports.com, and social media updates (@KStateWBB) will also be a part of the coverage.&lt;/p&gt;
  138. &lt;p id="lmGoVa"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go Cats!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  139.  
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  143.    <author>
  144.      <name>JT VanGilder</name>
  145.    </author>
  146.  </entry>
  147.  <entry>
  148.    <published>2025-03-23T12:30:00-05:00</published>
  149.    <updated>2025-03-23T12:30:00-05:00</updated>
  150.    <title>2025 K-State Women’s Basketball: NCAA Tournament vs Kentucky</title>
  151.    <content type="html">  
  152.  
  153.    &lt;figure&gt;
  154.      &lt;img alt="Ayoka Lee #50 of the Kansas State Wildcats tries to drive to the basket against the Fairfield Stags during the first half in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on March 21, 2025 in Lexington, Kentucky." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/05I94iLS8QPhqv4wz2VsIZ7cRzw=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73979693/2206270416.0.jpg" /&gt;
  155.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  156.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  157.  
  158.  &lt;p&gt;The 5-seed Purple Wildcats take on the 4-seed Blue Wildcats to earn a trip to the Sweet 16.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="RnfLDa"&gt;Here we are again, the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament. &lt;/p&gt;
  159. &lt;p id="GQ2iQh"&gt;For your &lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com"&gt;Kansas State Wildcats&lt;/a&gt;, this has been the round of horrors for the past 23 years. For 10 of the past twelve trips to the Big Dance, the Wildcats have advanced to the second day of the tournament, but no further. The last time the Wildcats won game two was 2002, and even some really good teams have not made it past that mark since.&lt;/p&gt;
  160. &lt;p id="bM3hQg"&gt;So the MittieCats will give it a go today, looking to bust through the second-round ceiling. K-State, the 5-seed in the Spokane Regional, will face off against 4-seed Kentucky. While the K-State and Kentucky men’s teams have a long history, the women’s teams have played just once before, during the Covid-impacted 2020-2021 season. The blue Wildcats overcame a two-point halftime deficit to post a 60-49 win in Bramlage over the host purple Wildcats. That game, the MittieCats lost Ayoka Lee in the first quarter, and eventually it became too much to overcome.&lt;/p&gt;
  161. &lt;p id="8C1fgw"&gt;Ayoka Lee is back today, starting the game against Fairfield on Friday and playing 15 minutes — putting up an absurd 17 points during her limited court time. K-State will need just as much, or more, today against a very good Kentucky squad if they want to make it out of the first weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
  162. &lt;p id="U1fFSx"&gt;K-State has the ability and roster to win this game, the question is now can they put it all together and get over the hump? Can K-State be Sweet this year?&lt;/p&gt;
  163. &lt;p id="T78kWA"&gt;We’ve got an 1:00pm CT tipoff for the NCAA Tournament game today at the Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY, and you can &lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/be10b1be-f271-41ac-b1be-8593bfaa2ecd"&gt;catch the action on ESPN&lt;/a&gt; with Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Tamika Catchings (analyst) on the call.&lt;/p&gt;
  164. &lt;p id="MypBXl"&gt;If you don’t get ESPN or can’t access the stream, the game can be heard across portions of the &lt;a href="https://www.kstatesports.com/sports/2015/6/29/_131476204439108399.aspx"&gt;28-station K-State Sports Network&lt;/a&gt; with Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Kristin Waller (analyst) calling the action. The game will also be &lt;a href="https://thevarsitynetwork.com/audioapplink/source/kansas-state-university:oas-1358/content/kstate:allaccess-Live-5971"&gt;available online at &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://k-statesports.com/"&gt;K-Statesports.com&lt;/a&gt; and via the Varsity Network app. Live stats are also available at k-statesports.com, and social media updates (@KStateWBB) will also be a part of the coverage.&lt;/p&gt;
  165. &lt;p id="lmGoVa"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go Cats!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  166. &lt;p id="MDeCOP"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  167.  
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  171.    <author>
  172.      <name>JT VanGilder</name>
  173.    </author>
  174.  </entry>
  175.  <entry>
  176.    <published>2025-03-21T13:00:00-05:00</published>
  177.    <updated>2025-03-21T13:00:00-05:00</updated>
  178.    <title>2025 K-State Women’s Basketball: NCAA Tournament vs Fairfield</title>
  179.    <content type="html">  
  180.  
  181.    &lt;figure&gt;
  182.      &lt;img alt="Serena Sundell #4 of the Kansas State Wildcats drives with the ball against Kaitlin Peterson #3 of the UCF Knights in the second half at Bramlage Coliseum on February 15, 2025 in Manhattan, Kansas." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IAvsSAO63w4PiDtBtVE-QGIX4B0=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73976720/2199183763.0.jpg" /&gt;
  183.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Peter G. Aiken/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  184.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  185.  
  186.  &lt;p&gt;The Wildcats start their march journey as the 5-seed, looking to make it out of the first weekend for the first time in forever.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="1feusw"&gt;Your &lt;a href="https://www.bringonthecats.com"&gt;Kansas State Wildcats&lt;/a&gt; begin their journey into the madness of March today, looking to get out of the first weekend of action in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002.&lt;/p&gt;
  187. &lt;p id="D8Ft5N"&gt;Of course, it would have likely been easier had the MittieCats (26-7, 13-5 Big 12) not crumbled down the stretch, and had earned a 4-seed or higher and gotten the right to host the opening round games like last year. But struggle they did, but only fell to a 5-seed, which means that they still have a very tough 4-seed (and host squad) waiting for them on Sunday should they make it out of today’s game victorious.&lt;/p&gt;
  188. &lt;p id="Y3D7EW"&gt;And while the women’s tournament sees far fewer first-round upsets than the men’s tournament, it’s still a possibility. Today’s opponent is 12-seed Fairfield, who went 28-4 overall this season and 19-1 in the MAAC, including winning the conference tournament to claim the auto-bid. Three of their four losses came in the non-conference, including a 64-62 loss to Oklahoma State in Stillwater. They have had just one loss in 2025, as they lost their regular season finale at rival Quinnipiac, before winning three straight in the MAAC tournament capped by beating the Bobcats in the championship game.&lt;/p&gt;
  189. &lt;p id="mZKYjJ"&gt;The Stags will be a tough team to beat, and K-State will need to play better than they have in a month if the want to advance to the Round of 32.&lt;/p&gt;
  190. &lt;p id="GrGj7i"&gt;The bright spot for K-State is the possible return of Ayoka Lee. She’s been practicing, and the recently-crowned three-time All-American could be available today. But if she does play today, expect limited minutes in the hopes that she can dust off the cobwebs before playing more minutes on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
  191. &lt;p id="TEAoFP"&gt;Regardless, K-State needs to hope they’ve re-found their early-season mojo. A win today is expected. Anything less would be abject disappointment.&lt;/p&gt;
  192. &lt;p id="T78kWA"&gt;We’ve got an 1:30pm CT tipoff for the NCAA Tournament game today at the Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, KY, and you can &lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/b2f7c1d0-06de-4da7-a00c-34b791361812"&gt;catch the action on ESPNews&lt;/a&gt; with Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Tamika Catchings (analyst) on the call.&lt;/p&gt;
  193. &lt;p id="MypBXl"&gt;If you don’t get ESPNews or can’t access the stream, the game can be heard across portions of the &lt;a href="https://www.kstatesports.com/sports/2015/6/29/_131476204439108399.aspx"&gt;28-station K-State Sports Network&lt;/a&gt; with Brian Smoller (play-by-play) and Kristin Waller (analyst) calling the action. The game will also be &lt;a href="https://www.kstatesports.com/watch/"&gt;available online at &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://k-statesports.com/"&gt;K-Statesports.com&lt;/a&gt; and via the Varsity Network app. Live stats are also available at k-statesports.com, and social media updates (@KStateWBB) will also be a part of the coverage.&lt;/p&gt;
  194. &lt;p id="lmGoVa"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go Cats!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  195.  
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  199.    <author>
  200.      <name>JT VanGilder</name>
  201.    </author>
  202.  </entry>
  203.  <entry>
  204.    <published>2025-03-12T21:07:55-05:00</published>
  205.    <updated>2025-03-12T21:07:55-05:00</updated>
  206.    <title>Final: Baylor 70, K-State 56</title>
  207.    <content type="html">  
  208.  
  209.    &lt;figure&gt;
  210.      &lt;img alt="NCAA Basketball: Big 12 Conference Tournament Second Round - Baylor vs Kansas State" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/EDHbnip8wJ7febJ4XfIVY5A-_vg=/0x0:5224x3483/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73959044/usa_today_25653148.0.jpg" /&gt;
  211.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Dug McDaniel and the Wildcats bowed out of the Big 12 Tournament in the second round and will not wait to see whether the NIT wants to let them play again. | William Purnell-Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  212.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  213.  
  214.  &lt;p&gt;Most likely, this is the “final” final of a disappointing season.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="dHH75c"&gt;Kansas State dropped a 70-56 decision to the Baylor Bears Wednesday evening in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City.&lt;/p&gt;
  215. &lt;p id="asmjn5"&gt;For the second straight night, K-State (16-17) started fast, scoring the game’s first 4 points and forcing an early Baylor timeout. The Bears (19-13) responded with a 13-4 run to seize a lead they would never surrender. &lt;/p&gt;
  216. &lt;p id="0uvQFW"&gt;Let’s acknowledge the few positives first. David N’Guessan, who has built himself into an efficient battler for K-State, finished in style. The big man scored 20 points on 8-9 shooting from the field, and he even made 4 of 5 free throw attempts. He added 10 rebounds to notch a double-double. His efforts, frankly, saved the Wildcats from abject embarrassment at T-Mobile Center.&lt;/p&gt;
  217. &lt;p id="ku2Kpc"&gt;Dug McDaniel had a decent game, at least in some respects, scoring 14 points while collecting 7 rebounds and 5 assists. He only shot 6-17 from the floor, however, including 1-6 from three-point range, and he committed 5 of the team’s 7 total turnovers. &lt;/p&gt;
  218. &lt;p id="50ecql"&gt;Max Jones scored 10, giving the Wildcats a third double-figure scorer. He was 3-10 overall, and 0-6 from deep.&lt;/p&gt;
  219. &lt;p id="faUejB"&gt;Inefficient shooting has been a major defect, of late, and it was again. Overall the team shot 21-57 (37%), including 3-25 (12%) from outside. If you remove N’Guessan’s performance, the rest of the team combined to shoot 13-48 (27%) overall. &lt;/p&gt;
  220. &lt;p id="fmd6xc"&gt;Poor shooting was not the only culprit. Aside from N’Guessan’s performance, the team did nothing particularly well. Defenders could not stay in front of Baylor’s dribble-drives, and when K-State helped, the Bears made their wide-open looks from outside. Attempting to change the tempo by playing zone in the second half, the Wildcats repeatedly failed to rebound misses, allowing Baylor to burn more clock and get second opportunities. &lt;/p&gt;
  221. &lt;p id="CEnPWP"&gt;To be clear, Baylor did not necessarily play like a juggernaut. It only &lt;em&gt;looked &lt;/em&gt;that way. The Bears made 28 of 61 attempts (46%), including 7-21 from beyond the arc. They out-rebounded K-State 37-32, had 6 more 2nd-chance points (10-4), and beat the Cats 42-32 in the paint. They had 16 assists to K-State’s 10. Baylor committed 6 turnovers, to K-State’s 7.&lt;/p&gt;
  222. &lt;p id="7uvFOu"&gt;The Bears’ ability to create open looks and make baskets was the difference. At heart, it’s a simple game: Score, and stop the other team from scoring. Baylor was better at those things than K-State was.&lt;/p&gt;
  223. &lt;p id="cOyz9D"&gt;VJ Edgecombe scored 19, and Jayden Nunn added 18 to lead the Bears.&lt;/p&gt;
  224. &lt;h2 id="RPn7Do"&gt;NEXT GAME&lt;/h2&gt;
  225. &lt;p id="VcfPPi"&gt; Next year, most likely. &lt;/p&gt;
  226. &lt;p id="4TjWEf"&gt;There is a chance the Cats get an NIT invitation, but it is by no means a certainty. Teams are not required to have a .500 or better record any longer to be eligible. The NIT guarantees entry to the highest ranked two teams (based on NET rankings) from each of six conferences (Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern) who missed the NCAA field, irrespective of record, and then selects the 20 best teams available to complete the 32-team field. &lt;/p&gt;
  227. &lt;p id="w97Jpp"&gt;Before tonight’s loss, K-State’s NET rating was 73, one spot ahead of Arizona State. But UCF (17-15, NET 72), Utah (16-16, NET 70), and Cincinnati (18-14, NET 48), are all likely to miss the NCAA field. West Virginia (19-12, NET 46) is a bubble team that failed itself by losing to Colorado this afternoon and could get bumped by mid-major madness. The point is, K-State simply will not have one of the two highest NET rankings among non-Big Dance qualifiers from the Big 12.&lt;/p&gt;
  228. &lt;p id="j8sqb0"&gt;The Cats do have more “Quad-1” wins than any of those teams, except West Virginia. Whether that gives them a winning argument or not, nobody can predict.&lt;/p&gt;
  229. &lt;p id="C71trs"&gt;Sadly, for a three-week period when K-State knocked off three ranked opponents and decimated Iowa State in Ames, we saw the potential this squad possesses. We just didn’t see it consistently, outside of that one stretch. Night-in, night-out, the team needed to be able to rely on more than only the effort of David N’Guessan, and it never found that second consistent, reliable thing.&lt;/p&gt;
  230.  
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  234.    <author>
  235.      <name>Luke Sobba</name>
  236.    </author>
  237.  </entry>
  238.  <entry>
  239.    <published>2025-03-11T21:11:04-05:00</published>
  240.    <updated>2025-03-11T21:11:04-05:00</updated>
  241.    <title>Final: K-State 71, Arizona State 66</title>
  242.    <content type="html">  
  243.  
  244.    &lt;figure&gt;
  245.      &lt;img alt="NCAA Basketball: Big 12 Conference Tournament First Round - Arizona State vs Kansas State" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/nFjuqEmgIkfWdhuiJAtcwx-FygU=/0x0:4861x3241/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73956290/usa_today_25642933.0.jpg" /&gt;
  246.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Coleman Hawkins dominated the first half to set a winning tone for K-State in the Big 12 opening round. | William Purnell-Imagn Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  247.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  248.  
  249.  &lt;p&gt;The Cats shot well early, then hung on against a shorthanded Sun Devil squad.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="Bu5t6a"&gt;K-State made its first five 3-point attempts to build a big lead early against Arizona State in the opening round of the &lt;a href="https://www.sbnation.com/big-12-basketball-tournament"&gt;Big 12 Tournament&lt;/a&gt; in Kansas City, then held on late to secure a 71-66 win.&lt;/p&gt;
  250. &lt;p id="GlNnka"&gt;The victory for the Wildcats (16-16, 1-0 Big 12 Tournament) sets up a 6:00 meeting Wednesday against the 7-seed Baylor Bears. &lt;/p&gt;
  251. &lt;p id="Yz1VOP"&gt;The first half was all about Coleman Hawkins. After getting through the last two games on one healthy leg and lots of courage, the centerpiece of the 2024 recruiting class played inspired basketball in T-Mobile Center. He knocked down the first two three-point attempts of the game. After Brendan Hausen made one, Hawkins lit the lamp again. Arizona state burned a timeout, down 12-1, just three minutes into the game.&lt;/p&gt;
  252. &lt;p id="Edq6z5"&gt;After the timeout Arizona state made a three of its own, but Max Jones answered for the Cats. Hawkins drove for a layup, and K-State enjoyed a 17-4 lead with 16:05 to play.&lt;/p&gt;
  253. &lt;p id="9frwbR"&gt;A scoring drought, fueled by turnovers and poor shot selection, allowed the Sun Devils to stage a 15-2 run of their own, knotting the score at 19-all midway through the period. A three-point bucket by ASU’s Joson Sanon gave the Devils a 24-21 lead with 7:45 remaining until halftime, and it appeared all the good work early in the game had been undone.&lt;/p&gt;
  254. &lt;p id="X6rBnW"&gt;Dug McDaniel exacerbated K-State’s woes by making a steal but picking up a technical foul, apparently for something he said. The resulting free throws gave Arizona State a 26-23 lead with 7:18 remaining.  But the Sun Devils did not score again until the 1:27 mark.  K-State’s 11-0 run put the Cats back in front, and they took a 38-31 lead into the intermission.&lt;/p&gt;
  255. &lt;p id="GcbjS6"&gt;Hawkins had a career-high 19 points at halftime. He had not scored more than 20 in a &lt;em&gt;game&lt;/em&gt; all season.&lt;/p&gt;
  256. &lt;p id="8uKHhv"&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;McDaniel came alive in the second half, scoring 12 points on 4 field goals and 4-4 free throw shooting. He assisted Max Jones on a 3-pointer that pushed K-State to a 58-44 lead, and it seemed the game was once again in hand.&lt;/p&gt;
  257. &lt;p id="ujalYv"&gt;The Sun Devils, who could substitute very little after Adam Miller went to the bench with an injury, hung around. Over a 5:13 stretch, K-State only managed one bucket, and ASU climbed back within six, 62-56, with 4:30 remaining.&lt;/p&gt;
  258. &lt;p id="JRzBJN"&gt;With 1:06 on the clock, a tip-in by Shawn Phillips Jr. made the score 68-64, and the game remained undecided. But a nice screen-and-roll cut by David N’Guessan resulted in a layup and a foul. He made the free throw, to give the Cats a three-possession lead, 71-64. &lt;/p&gt;
  259. &lt;p id="8OXRBR"&gt;Though ASU scored again, and Max Jones missed a free throw, K-State held on for the 5-point win.&lt;/p&gt;
  260. &lt;p id="91GOrH"&gt;Hawkins filled the stat sheet, scoring 26 points while collecting 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks (plus what looked to be another, but was called goaltending), and a steal. He played 38 minutes. Let’s hope the trainers can get the leg in shape to go again tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;
  261. &lt;p id="lrWaLf"&gt;McDaniel scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half. He also booked 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, but was also guilty of an unsightly 6 turnovers, as well as the ill-advised language that gave Arizona State 2 free points.&lt;/p&gt;
  262. &lt;p id="cdrfud"&gt;Hausen and Max Jones both scored 10, and Jones tied for team-high with 8 rebounds. N’Guessan played only 17 minutes due to foul trouble. Though he only scored 5, his conventional 3-point play was key to the outcome.&lt;/p&gt;
  263. &lt;p id="XBgIvF"&gt;Arizona State was led by Alston Mason, who scored 17 points, though he was only 4-15 from the floor.&lt;/p&gt;
  264. &lt;p id="2inRaB"&gt;K-State made 27-54 shots (50%), including 8-18 (44%) from outside the arc. ASU shot 23-60 (38%) overall, and 7-26 (27%) from deep. &lt;/p&gt;
  265. &lt;p id="7Pto7w"&gt;Let us add our voices to the gigantic chorus singing in unison about the hideous floor, littered with Roman numeral XIIs everywhere, that the league chose for the tournament. Branding doesn’t have to be ugly or distracting. This is both. &lt;/p&gt;
  266. &lt;h2 id="lP87IG"&gt;NEXT GAME&lt;/h2&gt;
  267. &lt;p id="uxd988"&gt;As previously noted, the Cats and Bears tip at 6:00 on ESPN+. In their only matchup of the season, Baylor defeated K-State 70-62 in Waco on January 22. Freshman VJ Edgecombe scored 30 against the Cats in that game. &lt;/p&gt;
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  273.      <name>Luke Sobba</name>
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