K-State Basketball

Former Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang has hired legal representation following his Sunday night firing, and they’re coming out swinging. On Monday afternoon, ESPN’s Pete Thamel announced that Tang had retained lawyers Tom Mars and Bennett Speyer in response to K-State terminating the fourth-year head coach with cause. Mars, who is a fairly prominent […]

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For the second time in the last three months, Kansas State fans experienced a whirlwind of change in a small amount time over the weekend when former Wildcat men’s basketball head coach Jerome Tang was fired for cause. While most are aware of where things stand as of publication early Monday afternoon, it’s worth looking […]

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By Toby Hammes Kansas State has started its search for a new men’s basketball head coach following the firing of Jerome Tang on Sunday. Here are eight names to look out for over the next several weeks as athletics director Gene Taylor begins his hunt for the 26th K-State men’s basketball coach in school history. […]

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Kansas State’s fourth-quarter comeback fell just short Sunday in a road loss at No. 25 Iowa State. The Wildcats (14-13, 7-7 Big 12) trailed by double-digits early in the fourth quarter, but found a way to make a late push to get within a point with just over a minute left. But K-State was unable […]

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By Ned Seaton and Tim Everson Kansas State on Sunday fired Jerome Tang, deciding to part ways with a basketball coach whose tenure began with enormous promise and ended with fans wearing bags on their heads. In doing so, K-State said the firing was “for cause,” claiming that Tang had violated the terms of his […]

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Kansas State men’s basketball struck first and showed early fight against No. 3 Houston on Saturday afternoon at Fertitta Center, but a decisive 33-4 Houston run spanning the end of the first half and start of the second proved too much to overcome in a 78-64 loss. “As a team, we’ve decided that we can […]

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By Toby Hammes Kansas State men’s basketball continued its descent into the depths of team record book hell on Wednesday night, falling 91-62 to Cincinnati at Bramlage Coliseum to tie the 7th-worst home loss in program history. Including the Wildcats’ recent 34-point home floor loss to Iowa State, three of the seven worst home losses […]

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Once again, Kansas State men’s basketball put itself in position to win a Big 12 game. Once again, it couldn’t finish. TCU took its first lead of the afternoon on two free throws with 6.7 seconds remaining and capitalized on a late K-State turnover to secure an 84-82 victory Saturday at Schollmaier Arena. The Wildcats […]

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In perhaps their most complete performance of the season, the Kansas State women rocketed past BYU for a 77-52 bounce-back win over the Cougars after a disappointing loss at Arizona on Wednesday. K-State (13-12, 6-6 Big 12) got off to a strong start, but it was a dominant second half that featured the Wildcats outshooting […]

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