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Kansas at Kansas State was billed as Tuesday night’s biggest game — a top-15 showdown between two state rivals, one of whom has a coach (Bill Self) who already has two national titles and a spot in the Naismith Memorial Hall owns of Fame, the other led by a first-year coach (Jerome Tang) who came with just 17 results under his belt.
The competition lived up to expectations.
Good game.
Final score: Kansas State 83, Kansas 82 at OT.
So this is the new biggest win of Tang’s fledgling head coaching career. His Wildcats are now 16-2 overall, 5-1 in the Big 12 and ranked #6 in the CBS Sports Top 25 and 1 daily college basketball rankings updated Wednesday morning.
“I told you all, we’re going to get you a court storm!” Tang said to KSU fans after they made their way to the court to celebrate immediately after last buzzer. “From now on you expect to win!”
Drop the microphone.
As we discussed on Tuesday night’s episode of “Inside College Basketball.”, Kansas State is the best story in sports. The Wildcats were picked to finish last in the Big 12 after winning just 14 games last season. They’ve already surpassed that aggregate win by two games and are now 5-1 in Quadrant 1 and at the top of the Big 12 standings with Kansas and Iowa State.
Kansas State’s jump to No. 6, combined with Iowa State’s jump to No. 8 after Tuesday’s 78-67 win over Texas, resulted in Xavier, TCU and Tennessee being pushed back into the top 25 and 1 through no fault of their own became. The only other notable move is Clemson is out of the top 25 and 1 after losing 87-77 at Wake Forest on Tuesday. Brad Brownell’s Tigers were replaced in the top 25 and 1 by Rutgers, who are 7-1 in their last eight games with wins over Purdue, Ohio State, Maryland, Northwestern and Wake Forest.
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