In all his years covering Kansas State for GoPowercat.com, D. Scott Fritchen had only seen a few players leap into media row at Bramlage Coliseum. He’d never been involved in one of those collisions.
He knew that was about to change when he saw Kansas guard Frank Mason come sprinting toward him in the final minutes of Monday night’s 74-71 Kansas victory over K-State.
“There was a slow-motion moment when we locked eyes,” Fritchen said, “and I knew for certain there would probably be a casualty.”
Fritchen first thought about his laptop — at least he’d backed it up last week — then a balky right knee that had bothered him since he broke his right tibia 10 years ago.