I’ve never seen more students in line for a game than I saw pulling into the Bramlage Coliseum parking lot this morning. Wow! I’m sure only about 40 percent of them got in, but what a line.
This place is crazy, as you knew it would be. K-State fans are feeling it after six straight wins for the Wildcats and they see KU as a wounded animal, personified by center Cole Aldrich and his mask. How wounded are the Jayhawks, really? Sure, they lost Monday night at Missouri, and the way in which they lost the game was disheartening, but I don’t expect any Mizzou hangover for KU today.
I do expect Kansas State to take this game right to Kansas. The Wildcats are a confident bunch and if they make shots from the perimeter, nobody should be surprised if they win the game. Downtown Fred Brown is as deadly as any three-point shooter in the country right now and Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente hit their share, too. Not that K-State doesn’t need anything from inside the paint, but the Cats do have a decided edge on the perimeter today as it pertains to shooting.
This is fun. This is why I got into this line of work so many years ago. It was because of the games, the competition. The stories than spin from it can be great, too. But there’s nothing like a big game. So, even though I didn’t get much sleep last night (no, I’m not telling anyone why) I’m pretty pumped.
Yeah, you’re gonna get a prediction here. You know me; I love putting myself out there.
Kansas 70, Kansas State 67.