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Kansas State Still Has Work To Do To Make NCAA Tournament
The Kansas State basketball program has little time to celebrate Monday’s upset of Cincinnati in the Big 12 opener.
There is still plenty of work left for the Wildcats to start thinking NCAA Tournament. After struggling through the non-conference portion of the schedule, they need more quality wins to have any chance of an at-large bid.
According to the website Field Of 68, the Wildcats at least took a step in the right direction.
“K-State (7-5, 1-0) still has a lot of work to do to be in the tournament field after not securing a single marquee non-conference victory,” wrote Samuel Lance. “Coming into the game, the Wildcats were one of the10 worst power teams in the NET and KenPom. But this win over the Bearcats is a good place to start a run. Jerome Tang is now 10-2 vs. AP Top 25 opponents at home since taking over the Wildcats in 2022.”
The Wildcats are seemingly starting to figure things out. Forward Coleman Hawkins, who transferred from Illinois, had his best games of the season. He finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. He shot 7 of 13 from the field.
“I feel like I was a little bit more aggressive,” Hawkins said. “I feel like I was kinda all over the place, it’s hard to determine what to do with me because we wanted to exploit if they were switching. If not, try to pick and pop. I was used as a ball handler a little bit, but I think I was just a little bit more aggressive.”
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MANHATTAN — Hanging on the walls at the Rally House in Aggieville in the early weeks of the season, Dylan Edwards’ purple Kansas State uniform hung next to Avery Johnson’s, as the two premier players for the Wildcats entering the 2025 season.
Those who have bought Johnson’s No. 2 jersey can wear it with pride, knowing he’s been a standout quarterback for the Wildcats, while showing rare loyalty in the current college football landscape, and that he could take his game to another level with the return of coach Collin Klein.
Those who bought Edwards’ No. 3 jersey? If they weren’t able to find the receipt to return it after his frustrating and drama-filled season, they may be looking for their nearest fire pit to burn it.
Especially now.
Edwards, one of the more polarizing players in recent K-State football history, will return to Bill Snyder Family Stadium this fall, this time on the opposing sideline, after he chose to continue his college career for the arch-rival Kansas Jayhawks.
Already largely disliked by the K-State fanbase, now that he has opted to wear the Kansas blue and crimson, Edwards will be met with hostility when the two meet for this year’s Sunflower Showdown in Manhattan.
Edwards takes on the perfect villain role in this rivalry, which has been one-sided for the better part of the last two decades.
Edwards, of course, committed to K-State out of high school, only to flip to Notre Dame before eventually decommitting to the Fighting Irish to play for Deion Sanders at Colorado. After one season at Colorado, he left to play for K-State for two seasons. In his second season with the Wildcats, he got hurt after muffing the first punt of the season and only played meaningful snaps in one game.
The weekly mystery of Edwards’ availability grew frustrating for fans, especially amid a disappointing season, until he eventually redshirted and left the team in early November. Then-coach Chris Klieman called the situation “unfortunate” after Edwards entered the transfer portal.
Fast forward to Jan. 16, and Edwards was seen in Allen Fieldhouse for the Jayhawks’ win over Baylor.
“Fall seven times, stand up eight,” Edwards posted on Instagram, announcing his commitment. “#rockchalk”
Kansas will enter the latest chapter of the in-state matchup on a 17-game losing streak, losing each game since 2008. Even when K-State looked vulnerable entering this year’s game, the Wildcats, without Edwards, still handed the Jayhawks a 42-17 defeat in Lawrence.
But if Edwards, whose talent when he’s available to play is undeniable, were to come in and help the Jayhawks end the streak? The Derby product would be seen as a hero in Lawrence, while making his name even more cursed in K-State lore.
No matter what, Edwards’ addition to the Jayhawks adds another level of intrigue to a game that’s been played since 1902. When Edwards’ name is announced at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, the chorus of boos may be even louder than the roar it gave when he broke away for a 75-yard touchdown in the Wildcats’ win over UCF.
By choosing to play for the Jayhawks, Edwards has apparently embraced the idea of being a villain in the eyes of the Kansas State faithful. You can bet that no one will be wearing their old purple No. 3 jersey when the Jayhawks make the drive down Bill Snyder Highway later this year.
Wyatt D. Wheeler covers Kansas State athletics for the USA TODAY Network and Topeka Capital-Journal. You can follow him on X at @WyattWheeler_, contact him at 417-371-6987 or email him at wwheeler@usatodayco.com
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) – One of the victims in the Lawrence bar shooting Saturday has been identified.
The Lawrence, Kansas, Police Department shared a Facebook post from the 18-year-old deceased victim’s father, stating in part:
On Saturday, the Lawrence police responded to the Jayhawk Cafe (The Hawk), located at 13th and Ohio, around 2 a.m.
There, they found two victims with gunshot wounds. 18-year-old Aidan was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 16-year-old male was taken to a local trauma center in critical condition.
Aiden’s father stated on Facebook that the 16-year-old victim is one of his son’s close friends.
Two suspects are facing murder charges in connection with the shooting.
One suspect is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault, and the second suspect is charged in connection with felony murder and aggravated assault.
Both suspects were booked into the Douglas County Jail.
View WIBW’s original report HERE.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) – A 34-year-old man is dead after an accident with a semi-truck in southeast Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says on Saturday morning, around 3:30 a.m. Dakota Hinman from Parsons was driving on County Road 2800 in Montgomery County.
KHP says that Hinman did not yield to oncoming traffic at the intersection of Highway 169.
A semi struck Hinman’s vehicle on the driver’s side. Hinman was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt.
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