You want to blame Frank Martin. Go ahead.
You want to blame the second-half defense. That’s fine.
You want to blame poor foul shooting. That works, too.
But remember this – it’s a collective effort. The loss at Missouri stings, but let’s not get carried away. Teams in the Big 12 should win at home, right? And the Wildcats had already won two on the road.
What I took from it – and I have to give credit to my dad, who calls me after every K-State game and has become a big Wildcats fan back home in Vermont, which is odd – is that this team isn’t able to apply the finishing blow yet. On the road, anyway.
On the road in conference, you must do whatever it takes to finish a team off – particulary if you have a 14-point lead with 14 minutes left in regulation or a nine-point cushion with 10 minutes to play. Everyone is sick of hearing about how young this team is, so I won’t bore anyone by repeating that. But inexperience was a considerable factor yesterday.
As for the other subplots, I truly believe Frank’s use of his roster is done for a reason. I also believe he coaches in a lot of instances on feel. When he was winning six games in a row, there weren’t many complaints about his coaching style.
But, man, that’s a win K-State should have left Columbia with.
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I’m dying for some Mama Sayz!!!
Young team, young staff. It wasn’t exactly unexpected was it?
depressing to say the least
‘Stunner, where have you been?
The win over KU was a fluke!!!! Lose to a underman Misery … Chalk another L on the books March 1st!!! LOL
LOL all Hawk fans have to fall back on is Wait till March 1
Yeah. It stings really bad. But guess what? We got knocked down in the 6th round. It’s time to get back up, learn from it, and finish this damn fight strong.
J-Mart, did Martin say anything more about why Pullen didn’t get substantial minutes? Just wondering
i’m dying to see stunner dead.
interesting that jeffrey martin’s father is a big ksu bball fan. i wonder how mr. martin sr. feels about his son’s penchant for slapping ksu fans in the face?
btw, not doing a 5onit w. mr. martin when he visits the great state of kansas would be a slap in the face to cat fans everywhere.
Is coach Martin going to tell Walker to stop waving at his little buddies on the bench when the other team inbounds the ball? What is this 3rd grade ball at the Y?
Maybe Billy just had too much to eat before the game and had to use the bathroom.
KSU sure knows how to move the attention away from a great win and directly to negative attention. A coach with a DUI, a loss to misery. WOW what a week! All I have to say is go hawks!!! oh yes and thanks cats the pain was short lived. Now you have left us laughing at you!!!! Back to the NIT for you and your thug coach. Will it be another 1 year and out for your coach???
uk fans are so mean.
Lovintheksuloss, thanks for stopping by. I’ll urge the powers that be to give Rick Plumlee a blog, and then you’ll feel right at home. Again, thanks for stopping by and adding to my page hits. Appreciate it.
I’ve been lurking on here, and ksufans, although I killed myself on there. Tough classes this semester. Keep up the great work!