Joe On K-State Sports

The K-State men’s basketball team extended their winning streak to five games with an 81-73 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday afternoon in Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats led for over 37 of the 40 minutes of the game, never allowing Kansas to get back in it after going into halftime with an eight-point advantage. David N’Guessan led K-State with 20 points, Dug McDaniel added 15 points and 11 assists, Coleman Hawkins had 12 points and eight assists, and Max…

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You witnessed history if you watched K-State men’s basketball beat down Iowa State yesterday in Ames. Kansas State is the first under-.500 team to beat a team ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll by 15 or more points in the poll’s history. It was a game for the ages that I did not see coming. K-State has won three games in a row and has improved their conference record to 4-6. It once seemed that a trip…

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The Houston Cougars, led by head coach Kelvin Sampson, visited Bramlage Coliseum Saturday night and put the smack down on the K-State Wildcats, winning by the score of 87 to 57. The 30-point loss was the worst in the Jerome Tang era, the fifth largest at home in school history (third largest at Bramlage Coliseum), and the largest since a 100-69 loss to Baylor on Dec. 19, 2020. This basketball program is in shambles and it appears there is no…

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“It’s a Festivus for the rest of us.” Festivus is the made-up holiday of Frank Costanza to replace Christmas on the television show “Seinfeld.” The celebration included the “airing of grievances,” with Frank declaring, “I got a lotta problems with you people, and now you’re going to hear about it!” Festivus is celebrated on December 23rd, but I’ve decided to celebrate it today. I’m getting too old to compete in the “feats of strength” portion of Festivus, but I’ve got…

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