The Cats rebounded from their season-opening loss to USC with a win over Bellarmine on Friday night, but there were still serious warning signs. K-State allowed the Knights to hit 48% from the floor until that number dipped a bit late in the game, and gave up 75 points.
These are not things you want to see from a mid-level mid-major on your home floor.
Now, there’s a solid mid-major coming to town, one armed with a pre-season conference player of the year and coming off six NCAA appearances and nine post-season invites overall over the last eleven years in which there has been a post-season.