Nicely, at the very least the TangCats took care of enterprise on Monday. And but, regardless of beating actually the worst crew in NCAA Division 1 108-49, it wasn’t even all that spectacular. The Wildcats have been even later mocked by stated crew, and it’s not the primary time this season that the TangCats have been on the receiving finish of public derision from an opponent. Regardless, the Wildcats did nonetheless win, and as such ended a 4 recreation dropping streak that included two straight losses in what must be the pleasant confines of Bramlage Coliseum.
However now the Wildcats (6-4) are again on the highway, and whereas possibly not as powerful as take a look at as their first highway journey a number of weeks in the past, immediately’s journey north to Nebraska’s largest metropolis continues to be going to be tough. Although this isn’t a standard Creighton crew, both. Usually a robust program, the Bluejays are simply 5-4 to start out Greg McDermott’s sixteenth season in Omaha. The report is a bit deceptive, nevertheless, as all 4 losses are to groups which can be at the moment anticipated to make the NCAA Match: Gonzaga, Baylor, Iowa State, and Nebraska. Additionally they have a neutral-site win over Oregon (and former Okay-State and Creighton coach Dana Altman) on their resume. So whereas each groups have 4 losses, they aren’t the identical stage of schedules.
Working in Okay-State’s favor is that Creighton just isn’t a heavy scoring crew, averaging 74 factors per recreation. They’ve only one participant averaging double figures proper now, although 5 gamers are averaging over 8 factors per recreation. In three of their 4 losses, the Bluejays struggled to attain, barely breaking 60 factors in two video games, and scoring simply 50 final Sunday towards a Nebraska crew that gave up 85 to Okay-State. If the TangCats can rating on the price they did within the first 6 video games of the season — even together with the loss to Nebraska — then this can be a recreation they’re able to successful. However effort like they confirmed towards Bowling Inexperienced and Seton Corridor will end in one more ugly loss for the purple squad.
This shall be Jerome Tang’s first recreation at Okay-State towards Creighton, regardless of an extended historical past between the 2 applications that dates again 100 years (actually) and but, in some way, consists of simply 16 conferences between the colleges which can be just some hours aside. The final time the 2 faculties met was in 2018, when the legend of Mike McGuirl was born because the Cats knocked the Bluejays out the NCAA Match enroute to an Elite Eight look. The final time the Wildcats and Bluejays met within the common season was in December 1987 — a season that additionally completed with the Wildcats within the Elite Eight.
Possibly immediately’s recreation will spark a equally magic run.
We’ve bought an 2:10pm CT tipoff from CHI Well being Middle Omaha in Omaha, and you may catch the motion on FOX, and streaming on FoxSports.com, with Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) and Donny Marshall (analyst) on the decision.
Should you don’t have FOX, or can’t entry the stream, the sport might be heard throughout parts of the 28-station Okay-State Sports activities Community with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play) and Stan Weber (analyst) calling the motion. The sport may also be accessible on-line at Okay-Statesports.com and through the Varsity Community app, in addition to on satellite tv for pc radio at Sirius/XM Ch. 390. Stay stats are additionally accessible at k-statesports.com, and social media updates (@KStateMBB) may also be part of the protection.
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