The Kansas State basketball team is bringing a new trophy to Manhattan.
K-State defeated the Missouri Tigers 82-67 to win the Paradise Jam on Monday in the Virgin Islands. It’s the first time the Wildcats have won a tournament since 2011, before Bruce Weber was hired as coach.
That is a major accomplishment for seniors like Barry Brown, Kamau Stokes and Dean Wade. The K-State trio has experienced much success together, including more than 60 victories and a March run to the Elite Eight, but they had never won a trophy. Until now. The Wildcats entered this tournament with a championship-or-bust mentality, and it paid off.