MANHATTAN, Kan. — Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger warned his then-No. 1 team of the challenge it would face at Kansas State, even though the rebuilding Wildcats were near the bottom of the Big 12 standings.
The Sooners failed to heed his warning in time.
Buoyed by a boisterous home crowd packed inside Bramlage Coliseum, the Wildcats roared back from an early nine-point hole for an 80-69 victory on Saturday night. It was the third time Oklahoma had lost in league play, and all of those defeats have come away from the Lloyd Noble Center.
“It’s tough to win on the road, period,” Kruger said afterward.