A lot has changed since the last time these two teams met.
Back at the beginning of January, K-State was struggling extra hard to open their Big 12 schedule, having to play the game in Morgantown with just 8 scholarship players available (up from an expected 7 headed into the game) and one full-time assistant coach that was acting head coach for the game. And yet the Wildcats still very nearly won that game, falling 71-68 to the Mountaineers way back on January 8th.
At the time, it seemed like a decent omen for the Cats. WVU was 11-2 headed into that game, and were looking to be decently positioned in the upper-half of the conference.