What did we learn from Saturday?
1. Missouri isn’t very good. Serviceable, but not tremendous.
2. Don’t upset Mike.
3. This team won’t lose again at home – sorry, Texas.
Which leads us to this week, which might be the most critical stretch of the season for the Wildcats. Has this team grown from its road woes? In fairness, each conference road loss came with certain circumstances. The game in Missouri was more about what K-State failed to do, which was close out the Tigers. And the game at Texas Tech was simply about the Wildcats failing to play with purpose early and being unable to adequately defend the Red Raiders’ motion offense – at least in the first half.
There is little margin for error when winning on the road – look at the two road victories K-State recorded. They weren’t blowouts by any stretch, and the Wildcats never let up in either.
Handling Nebraska in Lincoln will be difficult. Beating Baylor in Waco is going to be extremely difficult. And I don’t think a split does anything for K-State, if the Wildcats are intent on taking the Big 12 title. It’s a sweep or bust, and finally, after what I saw Saturday, I think this team is capable.
What do you think?
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I think winning the Big XII title is a pipedream for us now with our other 2 losses. I don’t see us winning in Lawrence, and I would take a split this week, and then beat Texas, Colorado, at Iowa St. and take a 12-4 and possibly 2nd or 3rd place finish with this team. Just win at Nebraska and then I think the Baylor game is gravy for us
Win two of the next three between NU, BU and UT and we’ll still have a decent chance to win the conference. I can see KU losing in College Station and possibly to KSU. Win only one of these next three and we’re most likely out unless we find a way to beat KU and get some help. There are a lot of scenarios but we really must win at least two of these three to stay in a realistic hunt, bottom line. Going 3-0 would obviously keep us in the drivers seat.
I won’t feel confident about KSU winning again on the road until I actually see them doing it. This team needs to learn how to adjust to road officiating and not letting it take them out of their game.
I can see a game much like last year in Lincoln. Let’s also not forget that NU was within 5 of KSU in Manhattan in the 2nd half.
KSU goes 3 and 3 to finish the year 11-5 if they lose Wednesday night. Win on the road in Lincoln and I think they finish 5-1 and 13-3. A road win in Lincoln will give them the confidence to win on the road in Waco.
13-3 will win the conference. It wasn’t TTech’s motion offense in the 1st half that beat K-State, it was their secondary and fast break’s that they scored on.
Three and three it is
Winning on the road is hard
Softly falling snow
we will have to implode, not to beat nu.
K-State is going to win all the games their supposed to the rest of the way. 5-1 may still not be enough. The only way KU loses another game is to K-State (KU will beat A&M if the game matters). I think the players finally understand you can’t take anytime off but a win at Lawrence may still be to much to ask,though 3 straight impressive wins may change my mind.
Having a hard time commenting because I am still upset J-Mart bailed on the team Saturday because he was afraid of a little rain. If I have to comment I see us finishing 13-3 in the Big 12. We need to remember we lost to Tech because we were without Gilbert or Sutton and had no defensive answer for Voskul. The MU game was a fluke. I think we will role Nebraska Wednesday.
I believe that we finish 13-3 in the Big 12. I think somehow we find a way to win in Larryville on March 1 but also think we drop another game that we shouldn’t. That being said, I think that we win both games this week.
This team is Dr Jeckle and Mr. Hyde. I don’t think they can lose at home, but on the road they are slow, sloppy and just un motivated at best. They need to come out with a chip on there shoulder like they do at home and try and proove they are the better team on the floor. I personally want to think they could win the rest of the road games because they should, but they Should have beaten MU, and Tech as well. So until they show me something against NU and BU. I say they go 2-4 for the last 6 games. Hey, how can you read them any different from past perfomances? Now my Fan side says we will the last 6 games and everything will be right with the world in Wildcat country.
We haven’t played well on the road since OU. We could turn it around, but I doubt we win in Lawrence. The Africa game is ours, though.
Important note: Every team in the league has at least two road losses.
Realistically, the only game left that the Cats shouldn’t win is in Lawrence, but we’ve seen what this team can do when motivated, and KU has yet to beat a top 25 team.
The Cats really are in the drivers’ seat in this race, no matter what Cat fans who’ve grown used to losing seem to think.
From here on these young guys NEED to go into EVERY game with a chip on their shoulder – like they’ve got something to prove – because they do! No one thinks they can win on the road anymore. No one thinks they can beat Baylor in Waco. No one thinks they can beat Texas. And no one gives them a chance to beat KU the sceond time… in Lawrence! Man, they NEED to develop an attitude. They need to go out every game, now, and prove the naysayers wrong if they want to be contenders!
Every Man A Wildcat!
berford…I think EVERYONE expects K-State to beat Texas, and no one’s all that impressed with Baylor these days.
But your point is taken. Play like they doubt you…