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From The Couch – Jerome Tang On Jon Rothstein’s Podcast

From The Couch – Jerome Tang On Jon Rothstein’s Podcast

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Jerome Tang was on Jon Rothstein’s “College Hoops Today” podcast today and, needless to say, Tang didn’t disappoint. Here are a couple of his quotes of note… “Everyone I run into, they are full of passion and energy and excitement for the place. There’s purple everywhere. They say they put purple salt on the roads during wintertime.”…Jerome Tang, April 12, 2022 JM: Tang seems very impressed with Manhattan and the K-State fan base. And the winter road crews who put…

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From The Couch – What To Make Of The Nijel Pack Transfer

From The Couch – What To Make Of The Nijel Pack Transfer

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JM: And with that, Nijel Pack announced that he is entering the transfer portal. It’s interesting that he made a point to say that K-State will be one of the schools he will consider. I guess if he doesn’t get a good offer anywhere he could still come back, but I put the chances of that at about zero. Losing Pack is a real bummer. I really liked him, but it’s not the end of the world that he is…

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From The Couch – Lamar Hurd Shows Us The Humble Beginnings of Jerome Tang

From The Couch – Lamar Hurd Shows Us The Humble Beginnings of Jerome Tang

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Lamar Hurd played basketball for new K-State head coach Jerome Tang at Heritage Christian High School in Cleveland, Texas, graduating in 2002. He went on to play college basketball at Oregon State and is currently the television analyst for the Portland Trail Blazers. He was taken in by the Tang family when he was 11 years old and is still very close to them When he heard that Jerome Tang was hired at K-State, he did a video blog showing…

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From The Couch – Jerome Tang And His Staff Are Getting To Work

From The Couch – Jerome Tang And His Staff Are Getting To Work

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Jerome Tang and his new coaching staff are not wasting any time getting to work on the recruiting trail. While the announcement of Tang’s staff has not yet been released by the University, it’s been reported that Texas assistant head coach Ulric Maligi will join Tang as his associate head coach. Maligi is widely considered as one of the best recruiters in the country and has worked for Texas coach Chris Beard both at Texas Tech and Texas. Also rumored…

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From The Couch – Tang Wins The Dang Day

From The Couch – Tang Wins The Dang Day

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New K-State head basketball coach Jerome Tang held his introductory press conference today and to say he won the press conference is a huge understatement. He CRUSHED the press conference. He was affable, energetic, emotional, funny, and entertaining. He engaged the crowd and had them experience a wide range of emotions from laughing, cheering, and even crying during his half-hour introduction. I’m not sure I ever recall an introductory press conference where the incoming coach got up in front of…

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