Jan 29, 2020; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Austin Reaves (12) and Kansas State Wildcats guard Cartier Diarra (2) go after a loose ball during the second half of a game at Bramlage Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports
The rise to riches that is Oklahoma basketball this season found an old nemesis up to the task in Kansas State on Tuesday night.
The Sooners (14-6, 9-5), who just 36 hours prior to their third consecutive road game in a little over a week’s time had been elevated to the No. 7 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25, were ripe for an upset at a place — Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas — where Oklahoma had not won in eight years.