With today being the final Tuesday show of the year, Mitch announces the 2018 Jabroni of the Year with a top 10 list. Bruce Weber provides an update on Dean Wade’s foot and when we could expect him back. Kellis Robinett calls in for two segments to talk K-State football and basketball. 0:00 – Update on Dean Wade’s foot 13:31 – Interview with Kellis Robinett 24:14 – Part two with Kellis 35:02 – Jabroni of the Year (10-6) 39:31 – Football about to stop overshadowing hoops 50:10 – When does football hype die down? 1:06:51 – Dean Wade clickbait 1:13:09…
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John Kurtz and Wyatt Thompson discuss the future of K-State basketball after Dean Wade’s injury. Where is Coach Klieman at with his K-State staff? Plus, Twitter questions and a preview of games against Vanderbilt and Southern Miss. 0:00 – Dean Wade out indefensibly with an injury 13:40 – Latest on Chris Klieman’s staff 25:46 – Rumored names for Klieman’s staff 33:27 – K-State now playing as an underdog 38:33 – KSU Should be okay without Wade 50:18 – Recruiting weekend for Klieman 1:00:16 – Twitter questions 1:08:46 – Southern Miss and Vandy/Big 12
From K-State Athletics Senior forward Dean Wade will be out for an undetermined period of time after sustaining an injury in the second half of Saturday’s game against Georgia State. “Obviously I’m disappointed for Dean and his family,” said head coach Bruce Weber. “He has worked hard to get back from his injury from last season to have a great start to his senior year. I know that he will work equally hard to rehab and come back strong.” A starter in all nine games this season, Wade has averaged 13.6 points on 52.2 percent shooting (47-of-90), including 40 percent…
Playing in the home state of senior guard Kayla Goth, Kansas State looked to pull the upset over (17/19) Arizona State but the Sun Devils held back the Wildcats with a 65-51 win at Mitchell Hall Gym in the Battle by the Bluff on the campus of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Kansas State (7-3) dashed out to a four-point lead midway through the first quarter, 15-11, as Goth registered a layup with 3:58 remaining in the opening frame to card her seventh point of the quarter. Arizona State (8-2) used a 10-0 run to power into a 21-15 lead with 1:32 to…
The guys are on board with Chris Klieman being the new football coach at K-State. Coach Klieman was officially introduced today in front of a packed Vanier Football Complex. We speak with the “Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus. Plus, You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – Coach Klieman is killin’ it 14:54 – Listener gets blocked/Jumping from NDSU to K-State 28:26 – Interview with Mitch Holthus 41:36 – Fan base now on Klieman’s side 1:01:15 – Alex Barnes and Skylar Thompson 1:13:47 – The future at running back 1:21:41 – Matt’s phone
From K-State Athletics For the first time in her career, Kansas State senior guard Kayla Goth has been named Big 12 Player of the Week in an announcement from the league office. Goth is K-State’s first Big 12 Player of the Week recipient since Brittany Chambers on March 4, 2013. This was the 27th time that a Wildcat has earned the weekly Big 12 honor and the first time in the Jeff Mittie era. Goth led the Wildcats to a pair of wins last week and extended K-State’s win streak to four games. The product of DeForest, Wisconsin, averaged 17.5…
From K-State Athletics Kansas State senior offensive lineman Dalton Risner was named one of three finalists for the 2018 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year – which recognizes exemplary leadership both on and off the field – the organization announced Monday. Risner is joined on the finalist list by Auburn’s Derrick Brown and Wisconsin’s D’Cota Dixon, and all three will be invited to the award ceremony on February 12, at The Star in Frisco, Texas, where the winner will be announced. “I am very proud to announce these three outstanding young men as the finalists for the second annual…
John Kurtz and Wyatt Thompson breakdown the latest news about the search for a new K-State football coach. It sounds like the search is down to Chris Klieman from North Dakota State and Neal Brown from Troy. Which one would make the better coach for K-State? 0:00 – Coaches still in the running 22:55 – Who is Neal Brown 36:23 – Twitter questions 42:25 – Klieman is a better candidate than you think 58:18 – What kind of staff could Klieman put together? 1:08:45 – We go to the phones
From K-State Athletics K-State built a 16-point lead early in the first quarter, then held back a furious comeback from Little Rock to secure its first road win of the season, 53-47, on Saturday at the Jack Stephens Center. K-State improved its winning streak to four with the victory. Kansas State (7-2) came out strong in the first quarter, jumping in front of the Trojans with a 12-2 lead in the first five minutes. Little Rock was 1-of-8 from the field in the opening five minutes. K-State continued to lock up the Trojans in the first quarter and held an…
From K-State Athletics No. 16/15 Kansas State had consecutive shots rim out in the final seconds, as the Wildcats dropped a defensive slugfest to Tulsa, 47-46, in front of 5,719 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on Saturday. K-State (6-2) has now dropped consecutive road games after starting the season with six consecutive wins. In a game where neither team shot particularly well from the field, the Wildcats were notably unproductive on offense, connecting on a season-low 30.5 percent (18-of-59) of their field goals, including 26.3 percent (5-of-19) from 3-point range. The 46 points were the fewest since scoring…