If you hadn’t written Kansas State off an hour before tip, you almost certainly did so when we learned the Cats would be without starting point guard Nijel Pack and his roommate, Seryee Lewis, for COVID-19 reasons.
So it came as a pleasant surprise when the Wildcats came out ready to compete and actually kept a lead for a little while against Oklahoma State. Predictably, with only eight players — two of whom were walk-ons — things eventually went south and got worse when OSU stopped missing shots, culminating in a 70-54 loss.
Senior Mike McGuirl hit a couple threes early on his way to a game-high 15 points to help Kansas State take a 10-6 lead.