The thing about getting bounced from the tournament by a double-digit seed in the first round is you had to have had a very good season in the first place.
Kansas State did. The Wildcats shared the Big 12 championship with Texas Tech, the second time in seven years under coach Bruce Weber that K-State hoisted a league trophy.
But Friday’s first-round loss to UC Irvine 70-64 also was the second by Kansas State to a No. 13 seed in the Weber. The first also occurred after a Big 12 title, in 2013 to La Salle.
The Wildcats joined the list of Big 12 teams that fell to a No.