The Kansas State Wildcats did exactly what a first-place basketball team is supposed to do against a middling opponent on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum.
K-State hammered Oklahoma State 85-46 and put the Cowboys away early in a conference matchup that felt as lopsided as a November game against a directional school.
It was an ideal result for the Wildcats (21-6, 11-3 Big 12) as they stay all alone atop the league standings and prepare for one of their most difficult games of the season — a Big Monday road trip to Kansas.
This one was over before the first media timeout.