Tex has always had unruly hair. (Prior to landing in LA - I think they had a personal groomer for him there)

41-20 under 4:00. A very solid first half. Would like to see a 10-0 run here and crush the life outta Tech.

Completely off topic, But i think a charity coaches game would be fun to watch.

North vs South, head coaches +1 assistant on each team.

Fist pump from Frank. Lucky no one was in front of him.

CK you idiot

KELLY IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL!!!!1111111

sooo...does Kelly play in the second half?

Close enough. 12-6 run to end that 4:00 minute stretch.

I certainly hope so.

CK has got to learn to shut the **** up. Frank may lose control.

Solid first half. Been awhile since it's been that good.

Hopefully that means that whatever it was in their system is gone now, and able to play some good basketball.

Love the new mentality of playing good players, and not playing shitty ones.

Final:

#20 KSU 94
Texas Tech 60

Tech is a really, really bad team.Pat Knight has to be skating on very thin ice.

So, Aspirilla.

Buy in or quit victim, or the "drama" that was referred to?

Both?

Awesome

http://cjonline.com/sports/basketbal...ush-texas-tech


By Austin Meek
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
MANHATTAN — Kansas State needed something to smash, and Texas Tech was sitting in the sledgehammer's path.
The No. 21 Wildcats worked themselves into a lather after dropping their first two Big 12 games, then released their aggression by pounding the Red Raiders 94-60 Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum.

Afterward, a reflective Frank Martin took the podium and turned the focus inward.
“I’ve done a bad job of coaching this team,” Martin said. “I've got to do my job better. I’ve let our kids down. I haven’t done my job the right way, and that’s not happening any more."

Martin relayed that message to his team after Wednesday’s loss to Colorado, allowing the Wildcats to purge the bad vibes that had accumulated after back-to-back Big 12 losses.
"What he did was, he made sure we understood he took full responsibility for this team," said senior Jacob Pullen, who scored 21 points. "Practice went to another gear yesterday."

That Friday practice still resonated a day later. Curtis Kelly called it the toughest he'd ever experienced, and it perhaps wasn’t purely coincidental that forward Freddy Asprilla was no longer with the team Saturday morning.
"Practice was hell yesterday," Kelly said. "I think that was just the start-up point, because (Martin) wanted to draw the line and see who was with us and who was not. Whoever stuck it out was going to be with us, and whoever didn't, he wasn't going to depend on no more.
“As you can see, Freddy's not with us no more.”

The hellish practice created quite an appetite, as the Wildcats needed only 10 minutes to completely devour Texas Tech.
Jamar Samuels fueled K-State's fast start, scoring 18 of his 22 points in the first half. At one point, Samuels forced a steal on the perimeter, ran the floor and dunked a pass from Pullen, who dished five assists without a turnover.
Kelly, back from a six-game suspension, also contributed. The senior forward returned to the starting lineup and capped K-State's furious start with a dribble, drop-step and dunk that put the Wildcats ahead 27-9.

“We knew it was going to happen,” Texas Tech coach Pat Knight said. “I know Frank’s probably gotten after them pretty good the last couple days. To me, watching tape, it wasn’t the same Kansas State team.
“I actually jumped Pullen, got on him a little when we were going through the line after the game. He's too good of a player to let that happen. They should not have gotten off to a zero-and-two start.”

Pullen’s response: “Hey, coach, we got our guy back.”
That guy is Kelly, the 6-foot-9 forward who scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in his return. Though his contributions have been minimal this year, his presence clearly provided a lift.
“It gives us our team,” Martin said.

The Wildcats, now 13-5 and 1-2 in league play, hope to make a clean break from the off-court turmoil and sluggish play that marred the first half of their season.
K-State looked like a different team Saturday, even if the struggling Red Raiders (8-10, 0-3) couldn't offer much resistance.

The change manifested itself in unexpected ways, including a reshuffled starting lineup that featured freshman shooting guard Shane Southwell.
Southwell, who averaged 4.4 minutes entering the game, played 28 against Texas Tech, finishing with five points, four assists and one turnover.
“I probably should have played him in the Oklahoma State and Colorado games,” Martin said, “but I didn’t, because I wasn’t doing my job the right way.”

Martin also tightened his rotation, playing his five starters at least 28 minutes apiece. Wally Judge and Nick Russell, sophomores who have started 11 and 14 games respectively, didn't leave the bench. Martin said Judge missed Friday's practice with an injury.
K-State also picked up the tempo, outscoring the Raiders 23-4 in transition.
“If you've watched us play the last three years, that's how we play,” Martin said. “We attack people, we run, we share the ball. That’s what made us a good team.”

It was hard to argue with the results. Aided by a career-high 15 rebounds from sophomore Rodney McGruder, K-State posted a 44-18 edge on the glass, shot 52 percent from the floor and scored 25 second-chance points on 17 offensive rebounds.
With a Big Monday trip to Missouri ahead, the Wildcats hope they have rediscovered their mojo.
“I’ve done a lot of reflection over the past four days,” Martin said. “We’re going to start playing some K-State basketball. That nonsense you guys have watched before today is over.”

I'm not convinced. These next 4 could determine our fate. Although we don't really have any "bad" losses yet. Maybe Florifa. Need to at least split the next 4.
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I think this tidbit is pretty interesting...

Yep. 1-3 or 0-4 would be awful.

Must be retty scary when "our guy" is a shoplifting kid with a bad attitude than can't stay on the floor or out of his coaches' doghouse for more than a game at a time. Welcome back Curtis!

Your "guys" shot a swimmer's mom with a bb gun from their dorm window.

This post is so full grammar fail that I can only respond with:

"Cawkchief, you have humped the shark".

:(

Fire Bill Snyder.

:LOL:

You can't fire Snyder. The frickin stadium is named after him.

Not around many KState fans other than on this board. I was wondering what the general feeling about Martin is right now? From a front row seat on the whole Mangino ousting, I know what can happen to a tough-love/hard-line coach when he's not meeting "expectations". This Big 12 season is still young, so there is still plenty of time to turn things around, but are any fans starting to question his coaching style?

I don't say this to poke/prod or anything of that nature. I generally cheer for KState unless they are playing KU and I like Frank Martin (his interviews are great). Just curious what the general feelings are about him.

We like Frank. We wish he'd recruit better players. Only shirt-tucks care about how he coaches.

I understand what you mean by that, but the shirt-tucks unfortunately control a lot of things in the athletic dept (via donations).

I just watched the shirt-tucks at KU have a knee-jerk reaction to Mangino at KU and I would say that although they coach different sports, he and Martin have very similar styles (weight jokes aside). I just would hate to see the KSU power-brokers pull the same crap with Martin.

If those shirt tucks wouild rather have Jim Wooldridge I'm sure I could find another team to cheer for. I always liked UCLA.

So, the "shirt-tucks" don't like Frank, and the "towel-pissers" do?

Currently, the shirt-tucks are preoccupied with defending Bill Snyder. The towel-pissers are busy blasting him.

Basketball is kind of an afterthought right now - yes, we realize we aren't very good this year, but meh, still better than the Wooly days.

Definitely better than the Wooly days, and that's a good thing for everyone.

Seems like finding a good replacement for grandpa won't be all that hard.

What's your opinion of hiring a 10th choice hayseed as your AD?

I think that we needed to go the complete 180 route on the AD hire. And we did. So I'm happy with it. He's the anti-Lew

I think Frank is fine. He'll get things turned around, he's a good coach who's established a style of play that works. Like Saul said, he needs to recruit better players; or at least players that aren't head cases.

At least we don't have to worry about him being lured away to his undergrad alma mater. Pretty clear from his comments that he understands the pecking order.

"HE HAS OPTIONS"?

ZOMG Big East foulfest.

Under 16

KSU 6
A&M 4

Busting out the elites.

We really need to get to the crappy teams in our schedule to build up some confidence.

Scrimmages against ourselves don't get to count.

CK you idiot.

LMAO CK FOR 3

About time the defense showed up.

Score, time plz.

29-28 Cats 35 seconds

Halftime:

KSU 29
T&M 29

CK has been solid.
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You're understating it. He's been in beastmode.

Southwell fouled out with >15 to play :facepalm:

Bad karma having Bishop behind the bench vs A&M

first one to 50 wins?

Wow KState.

13-0 run....damnit

I guess the question, "How are they going to manage to F*** it up today?" has been answered.

I don't recall having seen the ball changed during gameplay before....that was odd. They obviously didn't have any option if it ripped, but it was odd to see.

I like this new ball :)

White kid needs to quit shooting

Some great ball being played right now.

This.

They're certainly letting them play right now.....

6 chances to take the lead there.

OK, that was a nice move by Spradling

3:59 to go, 49-48 aTm with KSU bringing the ball in.
Let's see if the "first team to 50" was accurate.

3:01, 51-48 aTm

Holy shit! Whitey made something.

LOL, I was thinking about posting something along that line myself

WTF? Where was the foul?

WTF? Why are they fouling?

It was away from the ball on Russell

Game

That was a game this team should have won. You cannot make stupid unforced fouls/errors and give up offensive rebounds.

Yep

Sigh. Lots of work to do to qualify for a 11 seed in the tournament. Right now we are looking at a 2 or 3 seed in the NIT.

Wonder what Pullen would do if you guys really get into NIT. It would be ****ing hilarious.