Bruce Weber Returns Tomorrow Night To Coach Against TCU
Bruce Weber held a press conference today and said that today is his last day in Covid protocols and he plans to be on the sideline coaching the Wildcats tomorrow night against TCU.
From The Couch – Cats Lose To Oklahoma in Big 12 Opener Despite Career Game By Mark Smith
K-State lost their Big 12 basketball opener 71-69 to Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday night. The Wildcats got off to a slow start, falling behind 8-0 and trailing by as many as 15 points in the first half before trimming the lead to 33-22 by halftime. Fifth-year senior transfer guard Mark Smith had a huge game, scoring 25 points and grabbing 16 rebounds in the losing effort. Nijel Pack scored 17 points and Ismael Massoud added 13 points, but the…
From The Couch – K-State Is National Champions In…Sales!?
“The Kansas State University Sales Team is the 2021 Collegiate World Cup of Sales university champion, winning the International Collegiate Sales Competition. The competition was hosted virtually by Florida State University, Nov. 9-13.”…www.k-state.edu, November 19th, 2021 JM: I just saw this story yesterday and found it intriguing. First of all, I never knew there was a “Collegiate World Cup of Sales.” It’s an interesting concept. K-State won the international championship in sales. Maybe the football team and basketball team should…
From The Couch – Bruce Weber Uses “Pete The Cat” To Motivate The Basketball Team
K-State basketball lost a couple of eight-point games to Arkansas and Illinois in the Hall of Fame Classic last week and followed that up with a victory against North Dakota on Sunday afternoon. Weber said he showed the team a cartoon called “Pete The Cat” prior to the game on Sunday for motivation…. “I showed a little video to them…my Grandson’s favorite little…”Pete The Cat”…you can watch it…”Pete The Cat” loves his white shoes..and, uh, things don’t always go right…
From The Couch – Football Prepping For West Virginia, Basketball Wins Opener, Ayoka Lee Shines
It is a busy time in K-State athletics with the football team coming down the home stretch and both the men’s and women’s basketball programs starting their seasons. Here’s a recap of what’s going on this week in Manhattan…. “Well yeah, we absolutely need to move on, but I’m happy for those seniors that came back or the seniors that are deciding what they’re going to do that they know that on their last go round, they’re going to get…