Author: Mitch Fortner

Everyone is still buzzing from Cartier Diarra’s dunk. Kellis Robinett, from the KC Star and Wichita Eagle, calls in to discuss beating KU and who he thinks will win the Big 12. We play another round of “Mason v Music v John v Movies.” Plus, You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – Diarra is special beyond the dunk 13:25 – Kellis part one 24:08 – Kellis part two 32:42 – Gavin Potter body pant 38:05 – K-State’s offense doesn’t suck 50:42 – Mason v Music v John v Movies 1:07:49 – Other KSU players who stepped up 1:11:34 – You Can’t…

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From K-State Athletics With a furious fourth quarter rally and a dominant overtime session, Kansas State ended a three-game losing streak with a 72-62 overtime win over Kansas in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. K-State has now won 11 of the last 12 meetings with Kansas, including six straight in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas State (14-9, 5-6 Big 12) sent the game to overtime with a 7-0 run in the final 1:54 of regulation. Peyton Williams converted a three-point play, followed by a Kayla Goth jumper with 1:28 to play to pull K-State within two, 60-58. K-State hauled in a rebound on…

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From K-State Athletics Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman announced his inaugural signing class in Manhattan on Wednesday with the announcement of seven more student-athletes who plan on joining the K-State football program in 2019. With the seven signees on Wednesday, K-State’s current class comes to 23 players. The 2019 K-State signing class features a pair of FBS transfers in former Ball State running back James Gilbert and New Mexico safety Marcus Hayes in addition to community-college transfers Jonathan Alexander and Ty Zentner, while the remaining 19 are from the high school ranks. Of the 23 players, all four transfers…

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We had a full list of celebrities in-studio today. From K-State Online, Matt Hall and Derek Young. From the K-State football staff, Taylor Braet, cornerbacks coach Van Malone and running backs coach Brian Anderson. K-State adds seven to the 2019 class. Plus, there was still plenty of chat about K-State beating KU last night. 0:00 – KSU pops KU in the mouth 13:14 – Interview with Braet, Malone and Anderson 42:10 – Barry’s dunk spices up KU rivalry 52:50 – Callers on Barry’s dunk 1:02:25 – Recruits Jax Dineen and Keenan Garber 1:13:43 – Breaking News for K-State football/DY 1:19:18…

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From K-State Athletics Kansas State’s senior trio of Barry Brown, Jr. (18), Dean Wade (12) and Kamau Stokes (9) combined for 39 points to lift the Wildcats to a 74-67 win over No. 13/14 Kansas in the 290th edition of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown in front of a sold-out crowd of 12,528 at Bramlage Coliseum on Tuesday. With the win, K-State (17-5, 7-2 Big 12) ends an 8-game skid against Kansas, winning its first contest against the Jayhawks since 2015. The Wildcats have now won 7 consecutive games in Big 12 play for the first time in nearly 10 years…

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Part one of the Sunflower Showdown is tonight from Bramlage Coliseum. Powercat Gameday blogger Cole Manbeck drove from Kansas City to be on the show today. Does it feel like this is K-State’s time to beat KU? 0:00 – Feels like K-State’s night 13:28 – More about KSU winning or KU losing? 26:45 – Cole joins in studio 40:56 – Stop letting the NCAA fight your battles 54:05 – Bramlage environment/Twitter 1:03:20 – Mitch’s pep talk to K-State – Positive message from Matt Hall

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00:00 – John arrives late/Bruce Weber presser 12:44 – Mizzou/Dean Wade shooting slump 24:18 – John’s new segment 32:29 – #PowercatChallenge 38:06 – KU looks vulnerable/John sticks up for K-State on Twitter/ 48:16 – John v Music v Mason v Music 1:03:31 – Show live from Stillwater, OK tomorrow 1:09:45 – You Can’t Be Serious

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Kansas State struggled through a rough shooting effort in the first half on Wednesday night, as TCU handed K-State its second home loss of the season with a 61-47 decision at Bramlage Coliseum. In the first five minutes of Wednesday’s game, Kansas State’s offensive struggles continued from Saturday’s loss at West Virginia. K-State was forced into six turnovers and an 0-of-3 start from the field, as TCU (15-5, 5-4 Big 12) led 7-0 with 4:55 remaining in the opening quarter. K-State (13-8, 4-5) would score on four straight possessions following the media timeout to pull within five, 12-7, with 2:51…

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From K-State Athletics K-State junior Will Brennan was named to the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Team in a vote of the league’s head coaches, the conference office announced Wednesday. Brennan, a two-way player for K-State, was selected to the 17-member preseason team as a utility player after a First Team All-Big 12 season a year ago. In 2018, the 6-foot junior led the Wildcats in batting average (.359), hits (79), doubles (13), runs (49) and on-base percentage (.454) in his sophomore season. Brennan has led K-State in average each of the last two seasons. On the mound, the left-hander went…

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Matt Hall, from K-State Online, is in-studio for the whole show. So just expect a ton of chaos. 0:00 – We have a legitimate Big 12 race 12:29 – How much did the A&M loss hurt? 22:51 – Matt didn’t invite Mitch to Stillwater 31:00 – Matt is ready for pain/Show announcement 37:00 – Is KU in real trouble? 55:00 – Anti Katz 1:03:52 – Recruiting Rankings

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