Author: John Kurtz

Not long ago, a blowout win over anybody for the Kansas State men’s basketball team seemed utterly improbable. The Wildcats had just one victory by double-digits the entire season entering Wednesday night’s game against TCU, and it had been 369 days since such a win over Big 12 competition. K-State smashed that notion – and smashed the Horned Frogs in the process – with a 71-50 win to advance to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. After losing 13 straight games, the Wildcats have now won four of their last five. “We had…

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Senior night can’t get much better than Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum for Kansas State’s Mike McGuirl. McGuirl put the team on his back with a stretch of three consecutive three-pointers to erase a six-point deficit with 2:14 left. It propelled the Wildcats to a 62-57 upset win over #7 Oklahoma – their second win in a row after a school-record 13-game losing streak. “Y’all know I like to let it fly,” McGuirl said. “I was feeling good.” McGuirl finished with a team-high 19 points and seven rebounds. He connected on 5-of-9 shots from beyond the arc on a night…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79jpSdCBO8 Two weeks to the day after a 48-point loss at #2 Baylor – the worst loss in school history – the Kansas State men’s basketball team pushed 13th ranked Texas to the final buzzer on Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. The Longhorns survived with an 80-77 win, but the Wildcats left with a renewed sense of confidence that they can compete with the upper crust of the Big 12. K-State had a chance to tie the game in the final moments. Mike McGuirl took an inbounds pass with just over four seconds left and bolted toward midcourt. Aware of…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN0JxdBCass Bill Self’s Kansas Jayhawks limped into last night’s Sunflower Showdown losers of four of their previous five games and on the verge of falling out of the top 25 for the first time in 12 years. It was the most beatable and pedestrian Kansas team that Kansas State has faced in years. Yet, the result was as predictable as ever. Kansas 74 K-State 51. The Wildcats never led and trailed by as many as 26. They have now lost four straight Big 12 games by at least 20 points – a feat unmatched in school history. The average margin…

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One of the best shooting performances in school history wasn’t enough to snap an eight-game losing streak for the Kansas State men’s basketball team on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. Texas A&M used a late 9-0 run to take down K-State 68-61 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge despite a career-high 26 points from Nijel Pack. Pack knocked down eight three-pointers – the second-most in a single game in program history – and erupted for 23 points after halftime to give the Wildcats the upper hand for much of the second half. He did everything he could to will his team to…

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