10 Fun Facts About North Dakota State Basketball

10 Fun Facts About North Dakota State Basketball

K-State basketball opens the regular season tomorrow night against North Dakota State at 7:00 in Bramlage Coliseum.  Here are 10 fun facts about NDSU basketball. 1)  North Dakota State plays in the Summit League. 2)  They won their postseason conference tournament in March to qualify for the 2019 NCAA tournament, their fourth NCAA tournament appearance. 3)  They beat North Carolina Central 78-74 in the First Four and lost to Duke 85-62 in the next round. 4)  They are picked to…

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K-State’s Big 12 Title Game Chances

K-State’s Big 12 Title Game Chances

K-State played a great game Saturday against KU, winning 38-10.  Skylar Thompson ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 129 yards.  This one reminded me a little bit of the way Bill Snyder’s teams used to manhandle Kansas.  While this was the 11th victory in a row against Kansas, it was the biggest margin of victory since a 45-14 drubbing of the Jayhawks in 2015. Les Miles provided K-State with some bulletin board material when a viral…

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Can K-State make the Big 12 Championship Game? Updated October 27th

Can K-State make the Big 12 Championship Game? Updated October 27th

Last week I posted a scenario where K-State could still make the Big 12 Championship game assuming a loss to Oklahoma and Oklahoma winning out.  While it was kind of posted in jest at the time, it is now turning into quite a plausible scenario assuming K-State’s win against Oklahoma was not a fluke and they can keep playing as well as they did on Saturday. Assuming the next few weeks turn out like I outlined in my previous post,…

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Can K-State Still Make The Big 12 Championship Game?

Can K-State Still Make The Big 12 Championship Game?

Good win for the Cats on Saturday against TCU.  It puts K-State at 1-2 and in a tie for third place in the loss column in conference play.  Baylor and OU seem to be running away with the conference so far and have given everyone they’ve played a loss.  Iowa State and Texas are tied for second at 3-1.  Here are the standings as of today: I thought it would be fun to run a couple scenarios to see if…

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