Before Kansas State played Oklahoma State on Feb. 27, 2007, Wildcat players were alerted by an assistant coach of the game’s significance.
Frank Martin, then serving under Bob Huggins, put a 20-9 Kansas State team on the bubble.
“You want to go to the NCAA Tournament?” Martin asked his players. “You got to win this game. You don’t win this game, it’s going to be hard.”
OSU beat the Wildcats by 14. When the Big Dance was revealed two weeks later, K-State wasn’t a part of it.
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