by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse WACO, Texas — Under the concrete steps that support thousands of plastic forest green seats in the brisk air of the filling the bearings of the Ferrell Center, Jerome Tang cried. He was back inside a place that was his home for 19 years – but on Saturday it was no longer his house. For nearly two full decades, Jerome Tang served as Baylor head coach Scott Drew’s “right arm” until Tang, at the urging of Drew, accepted the head coaching position at Kansas State prior to the 2022-23 season. On Saturday, for the first time since…
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by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse In an early season game, Cam Carter buried a pair of 3-point attempts in the first half of a game that K-State would later go on to win. But first-year Kansas State coach Jerome Tang wasn’t happy with his players afterward. Tang was upset that Carter’s teammates failed to recognize that he caught fire in the first half from beyond the 3-point line. They stopped passing him the ball in the second half, so Carter wasn’t able to continue his hot stroke. In the end, it didn’t matter too much because K-State won the game…
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Kansas State wing Keyontae Johnson offered prayers for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who went into cardiac arrest during Monday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals, on Tuesday night following K-State’s 116-103 victory over No. 6 Texas. Prior to transferring to K-State for the 2022-23 season, Johnson played at Florida where he was a member of the All-SEC team in 2019-20. Four games into his junior season, Johnson went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the court during Florida’s game at Florida State. “It’s definitely a traumatic experience,” Johnson said. “I’m praying for him, his family, I know…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV Two days after ripping off over 100 rushing yards and a touchdown against No. 5 Alabama in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, K-State running back Deuce Vaughn has declared for the NFL Draft. https://twitter.com/C_Vaughn22/status/1610079407053459456?s=20&t=7fQILcdmppeJqo-Z-dQWyA Vaughn had two seasons of eligibility remaining if he wanted them, after playing his freshman season in the COVID year of 2020. As an undersized running back from Texas, Vaughn’s lone Power 5 offer out of high school was from Chris Klieman and the Wildcats. In ten games as a freshman, Vaughn ran for 642 yards and quickly claimed the starting…
by Gabe Swartz • EMAWOnline – Staff Writer Kansas State began Big 12 play on New Year’s Eve with the first league win in the Jerome Tang era, erasing an 11-point halftime deficit to defeat No. 24 West Virginia, 82-76, in overtime. Here are a half-dozen takeaways from Jerome Tang’s 12th win of the season. 1. Slow start from 3 erased by clutch second half makes Kansas State was as ice cold as the weather last week shooting the ball from distance for the early portions of this game. The Wildcats missed their first nine attempts from beyond the arc before a few…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV
by Gabe Swartz • EMAWOnline – Staff Writer Non-conference play is in Kansas State’s rearview mirror and the Wildcats are set to begin play in the toughest basketball league in America. On Saturday, KSU takes on West Virginia at Bramlage Coliseum. Before heading home for Christmas break, Kansas State – and specifically junior forward Nae’Qwan Tomlin – put on a dunking display that resulted in a feature on SportsCenter’s top plays segment. The Wildcats didn’t crush a Radford squad that hung around and wound up losing by eight points, but Tomlin starred with a season-high 26 points on 11 of 18 shooting from the floor. Despite being 11-1,…