Anyone hoping for a repeat of the recordbreaking, fun, remarkably high-scoring matchup between Kansas State and Texas and Austin was sorely disappointed Saturday afternoon.
Instead, we got an ugly, disjointed game full of careless turnovers, fouls and missed open shots. Even worse, the Cats blew a 14-point lead and stumbled down the stretch to lose 69-66, ending a 12-game home winning streak to start the season and sending the Cats tumbling down to third, two games behind first-place Texas.
Ish Massoud’s off-balance three didn’t even draw rim at the buzzer and while a better look would have been nice to get from a halfcourt inbounds with 5.