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Cats headed to NCAA as No. 9 seed

Jeff Mittie thought Kansas State was in.

So did probably everyone who gathered at the women’s basketball coach’s home Monday night to watch the NCAA tournament selection show.

But after two of the four regions were announced and there was no K-State — including the region that the Wildcats were projected to land — the team began to seem a bit restless.

Then everything changed.

K-State players and coaches jumped to their feet when the Wildcats were announced as the No. 9 seed in the Sioux Falls, S.D., region — playing No. 8-seed George Washington on Friday at 4 p.