Road to the Final 4: K-State Basketball
Big game today against Loyola Chicago and Sister Jean for a chance to make the Final 4! Hope we can pull off the victory and go to San Antonio!
The last time K-State was in the Sweet 16
The last time K-State was in the Sweet 16 was in 2010. They played Xavier in a classic double overtime thriller won by the Cats. That team was led by Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente and coached by Frank Martin. Here are some video highlights of that game: Hope we can channel some of that mojo in the game with Kentucky tomorrow night!
Bruce Weber and John Calipari Press Conferences
Here is a link to the audio of Bruce Weber’s presser today: https://www.wibwnewsnow.com/audio-bruce-weber-press-conference/. You can watch John Calipari’s comments and the entire press conference here: http://coachcal.com/news/2018/3/21/caltube-coach-cals-pre-kansas-state-media-opportunity.aspx. Kentucky forward Kevin Knox was asked today about the possibility of Wade playing and said: “Hopefully he plays so they don’t have an excuse.” Wow. Sounds pretty confident.
K-State Basketball Pic of the Day
Funny meme about knocking off the “Cinderella” UMBC.
Victory over UMBC!
It wasn’t pretty, but K-State was victorious over UMBC last night, 50-43, to move on to the Sweet 16. This is the first time K-State has been in the Sweet 16 since an Elite 8 appearance in 2010. KSNT reported on the game live from Kite’s in Aggieville. K-State was a 10 point favorite over the Retrievers and ended up winning a close defensive struggle by seven points. They play five seed Kentucky on Thursday night for the right to…