Is Kansas basketball ready for first time? Wildcats still have hopes of the NCAA - Topeka Capital -journal tournament

Manhattan – so far this is a controversial point, but suddenly the State of Kansas Basketball begins to create some tournament at the NCAA tournament.

Well, maybe don’t buzz exactly, but at least a soft whisper.

After a decisive win with 81-73 over the No. 17-Classified Kansas on Saturday in the sold Bramlage Coliseum, Wildcats (12-11 as a whole, 6-6 Big 12) already won five straight and returned over .500 for The first time than The The beginning of January.

But is it too small, too late?

Kansas coach was a Symph, whose Jayhawks (16-7, 7-5) lost to K-State in Manhattan for the third consecutive year, was on the fence for Wildcats, although he did not rule them out from the big dance. Still.

“God, everyone is an opportunity,” he said, after watching K-stew taking control in the middle of the first half and never put Ku back into the game. “Everyone is playing in the tournament (Big12) in Kansas City, so everyone has a chance, but absolutely.

“They don’t have a lot of mistake for a mistake, I wouldn’t have thought, but if they play it, they will have a chance to win a lot of games.”

Things are not easier for K-State with No. 20-Classified Arizona coming to Bramlage at 19:00 Tuesday. But three of the five Wildcats wins during their series – West Virginia, Iowa and now KU – have faced the ranked team.

“This team did not look like a 12-11 team today,” he said.

While Self might be more realistic about the K-State NCAA chances, the Wildcats Coleman Hawkins striker expressed the confidence of someone whose team plays at a tournament level.

“I feel like we were one,” said Hawkins, who had 12 points, five fights and eight assists against Ku. “We just didn’t collect it and let some games slip away.

“But I definitely think we were one and we showed glare in those games we lost. Now we’re starting to put them on the side of the profit column, so I definitely think we are and I’m just glad we start to warm up in the moment.

Like himself, K-State coach Jerome Tang took a more measured look at the NCAA tournament. He saw that Wildcats was dropped last year, transferred to NIT with the latest total record 19-15 and 8-10 conference.

“I don’t know about it,” Tan said. I felt we were a tournament team when we gathered the team. I felt, even when we lost a player (Achor Achor), we would still be a tournament team.

“I think we’re good enough to win matches in the tournament. Do we have a summary to do it? I don’t know that. I’ll leave it to other people. Our goal is just to win the next game, and the way we make This is by winning tomorrow.

Or, as the exact guard of Doug McDaniel said, it remains to be done.

“The job is not over, so it’s a good idea to go back to the victory column, but I feel like we are taking every day at one time,” said McDean, who ended with 15 points, 11 assists and six fights against KU. “So, today we will celebrate today and tomorrow.

“But this is in the past. We can no longer dwell on this and we did a great job to get to the next thing.”

Arne Green is based in Salina and covers the sports of the State University of Kansas for the Gannett network. It can be reached [email protected] or on X (before Twitter) at @arnegreen.

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