MANHATTAN
Before Kansas State defeated No. 1 Oklahoma 80-69 on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum, Bruce Weber took extreme measures to ensure the Wildcats thought they could beat the nation’s top-ranked team.
He showed his players highlights of previous K-State teams that upset No. 1 teams at home. Then he sat them in K-State’s student section and instructed them to picture the eruption of cheers that would occur in those seats should they beat Oklahoma. Finally, he ordered them onto the court for a mock court-storming.
Run to midcourt, jump up and down and wait for thousands of enthusiastic supporters to join them for a party.