K-State Online’s Matt Hall was our guest host today and he was in-studio from the full show. Discussing topics about K-State football, basketball and answering questions from Twitter. Vahe Gregorian from the Kansas City Star called in to discuss why Coach Snyder should step down as head coach. Plus, You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – Hoops receives Final Four prediction 14:49 – Interview with Vahe Gregorian 25:18 – Reaction to Vahe/Potatoes 33:37 – What sports would you want to be the star of? 38:55 – Football press conferences are getting crazy 57:34 – Does a straw one or two holes?…
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John feels Coach Snyder has lost the benefit of the doubt after today’s press conference. Kellis Robinett is today’s guest host and he was in-studio for the 2nd hour. KU is starting to close the gap with K-State. Plus, what’s grinding Mason’s gears and Jabroni of the Week. 0:00 – Audio from Snyder’s press conference 14:48 – KU closing the gap with KSU 22:05 – What’s Grinding Mason’s Gears 33:15 – Risner vs. The Family 37:15 – Kellis Robinett in-studio 1:11:11 – Jabroni of the Week
From K-State Athletics Senior forward Dean Wade was named a Preseason Top 50 candidate for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s in an announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club today (November 6). The Wooden list, which reflects the early frontrunners for one of the premier Player of the Year awards, was chosen in a poll of national college basketball experts. Players not on the list are still eligible for the Wooden Award midseason and late-season lists and the National Ballot. Wade was one of five Big 12 players on the watch list, along with Kansas’ Quentin Grimes…
Kansas State used a 13-0 run to end the first quarter and capture a lead they would never relinquish on Monday night, as the Wildcats capped its exhibition schedule with a 65-50 win over Pittsburg State at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats were led by freshman guard Christianna Carr with a game-high 27 points. Carr was 10-of-20 from the field, including 6-of-12 from beyond the arc. She also added five rebounds to her final line. Joining Carr in double figures was redshirt junior Jasauen Beard with 11 points, five rebounds and four steals. Pittsburg State was led by Athena Alvarado with…
From K-State Athletics Seniors Barry Brown, Jr., and Dean Wade were among 50 players selected to the watch list for the Citizen Naismith Trophy Player of the Year, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club today (November 5). The preseason watch list will be trimmed to 30 on February 13, 2019 with the release of the midseason 30 team followed by 10 national semifinalists on March 4, 2019 and four finalists on March 19, 2019. The 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy will be awarded at the Naismith Awards Brunch on April 7, 2019 at the Final Four. K-State was among 10…
From K-State Athletics The Big 12 Conference named K-State redshirt freshman Brooke Heyne as its Rookie of the Week after leading the Wildcats in kills, hitting percentage and digs in a straight-set win over West Virginia Saturday, the league office announced Monday. Heyne, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, collects her second weekly honor of the season after picking up 11 kills while hitting .450 to go with a career-best 10 digs for the first double-double of her career against the Mountaineers. Her 3.67 kills per set and 3.33 digs per set were best among Big 12 freshmen last week. The…
Another close game and more post game controversy after the 14-13 loss to TCU on Saturday. Hear audio from Coach Snyder’s press conference Saturday and teleconference today. K-State men’s basketball makes an impressive debut on Friday against Pitt State. Head Coach Bruce Weber calls in. Plus, headlines from around the Big 12. 0:00 – Frustrating loss and post game controversy 15:36 – KSU hoops takes care of Pitt State 24:49 – Interview with Bruce Weber 34:11 – KU gets rid of David Beaty 38:02 – Snyder on Isaiah Zuber after the game 49:38 – How tough will the KU game…
Announced on the team’s Twitter account, Manhattan High boys soccer coach Frank Alonso passed away on Sunday morning. He had been battling stage IV pancreatic cancer. Alonso was 52. Deemed inoperable by doctors, Coach Alonso was diagnosed with this disease on October 15. Once the community heard about the news, a GoFundMe page created to support Alonso’s fight and it raised $45,344 as of Monday morning. Recently, the MHS soccer team held a fundraiser that brought in over $6,000 in a few hours. His Indians defeated Shawnee Mission East in penalty kicks in the semis, but lost, 3-0, to Olathe…
From K-State Athletics A layup from Peyton Williams with under 30 seconds to play sent K-State to a come from behind 48-46 win in exhibition play against Fort Hays State at Bramlage Coliseum on Thursday night. After Fort Hays State used a 7-0 run to rally back into a 46-46 tie with 45 seconds remaining, K-State found Williams in the low block on a post-up. Williams gathered and used two dribbles across the lane to finish a right-hand layup with 25 seconds to play. Fort Hays State was unable to convert on its final possession, as Williams blocked the game-tying…
From K-State Athletics One day after being named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, Kansas State senior right tackle Dalton Risner added another line to his off-the-field resume on Thursday by being named a semifinalist for the 2018 Wuerffel Trophy, the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach (FL) announced. Risner is one of 12 players to be named a semifinalist for the “nation’s premier award for community service” and the lone player from the Big 12 on the list. He is the first Wildcat ever to earn semifinalist status for the award. A product of Wiggins, Colorado,…