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Kansas State basketball to take on Texas in Big 12 Tournament after first-round bye
MANHATTAN — With its 65-58 upset victory over No. 6-ranked Iowa State in the regular-season finale Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum, Kansas State basketball earned the No. 10 seed in the Big 12 Tournament and a second-round matchup with No. 7 seed Texas.
By knocking off Iowa State, the Wildcats stayed out of the bottom four and received a first-round bye. They will face Texas at 6 p.m. Wednesday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Texas wrapped up its regular Saturday by beating Oklahoma, 94-80, to improve to 20-11 overall with a 9-9 league record. K-State comes in at 18-13 and 8-10 in the Big 12.
Beating Iowa State gives the Wildcats a glimmer of hope of an NCAA Tournament at-large bid, providing they beat Texas. A couple of victories this week could put them back on the bubble, though their only sure path is to win the Big 12 championship and get an automatic bid.
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It has been an uneven season for K-State, which snapped a two-game losing streak with its marquee win over Iowa State on senior day. Texas also has been up and down, but did beat the Wildcats, 62-56, on Feb. 19 in their lone regular-season matchup in Austin.
The Kansas State-Texas winner will take on Wednesday’s winner between Kansas and either Cincinnati or West Virginia at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Houston, in its first Big 12 season, captured the regular-season title and is the No. 1 seed, followed by Iowa State at No. 2, Baylor at No. 3 and Texas Tech at No. 4.
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Men’s Big 12 Tournament schedule
Tuesday, March 12Game 1: No. 12 UCF vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State,11:30 a.m.Game 2: No. 11 Cincinnati vs. No. 14 West Virginia 2 p.m.Wednesday, March 13Game 3: No. 5 BYU vs. Game 1 winner 11:30 a.m.Game 4: No. 8 TCU vs. No. 9 Oklahoma, 2 p.m.Game 5: No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Kansas State, 6 p.m.Game 6: No. 6 Kansas vs. Game 2 winner, 8:30 p.m.Thursday, March 14Game 7: No. 4 Texas Tech vs. Game 3 winner, 11:30 a.m.Game 8: No. 1 Houston vs. Game 4 winner, 2 p.m.Game 9: No. 2 Iowa State vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.Game 10: No. 3 Baylor vs. Game 6 winner, 8:30 p.m.Friday, March 15Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6 p.m.Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8:30 p.m.Saturday, March 16Game 13: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 5 p.m.
Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.
BANDERA COUNTY, Texas – A woman died Monday after her vehicle was swept into a creek by high, fast-moving waters and carried several miles downstream, authorities said.
Bandera County flooding
What we know:
The Bandera County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 emergency call at approximately 5:30 a.m. from a female driver who reported that her vehicle had been inadvertently pulled into a creek near Lower Mason Creek Road.
The caller told dispatchers that she was floating downstream at a high rate of speed and was trapped inside the vehicle, according to a statement from Bandera County Sheriff Josh Teitge.
Emergency operators maintained contact with the woman for several minutes before the call disconnected, which sheriff’s officials said was likely caused by water infiltrating the vehicle. Before losing connection, operators successfully pinged the woman’s cellphone, allowing authorities to pinpoint her last known location.
Sheriff’s deputies and fire personnel immediately launched a massive search-and-rescue operation. The agency deployed swift-water rescue assets, drones, and a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter unit to scour the flooded area throughout the day.
Search crews located the completely submerged vehicle at approximately 4:30 p.m., several miles downstream from where it had first entered the water.
The driver was recovered from inside the vehicle but “succumbed to the trauma of the event,” Teitge said.
The identity of the victim was not immediately released pending notification of family members.
Teitge expressed gratitude to local first responders, the Center Point Fire Department, state helicopter crews, and dozens of community volunteers who assisted in the daylong search.
Bandera is located roughly 50 miles northwest of San Antonio.
The Source: Information in this article is from the Bandera County Sheriff’s Office.
Josh Bell hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Byron Buxton went deep for the 23rd time this season, leading off the sixth, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Monday night.
All six runs in the game came off homers, with Texas’ Joc Pederson delivering a two-run shot in the third off rookie Mike Paredes.
Minnesota’s 25-year-old left-hander fell an out short of his first major league win in his second start among four career appearances since May 31. Paredes allowed four hits and two runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Buxton has homered in six of his past nine games to get within one of major league leaders Yordan Alvarez of Houston and Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber.
Four Twins relievers held Texas to one hit over the final 4 1/3 innings, starting with Taylor Rogers (3-3) striking out Pederson, the only batter he faced, to end the fifth.
Andrew Morris pitched a perfect sixth, Eric Orze allowed a single over 1 2/3 innings and Yoendrys Gómez retired the final four Texas batters for his second save in two days and seventh of the season, six coming with Minnesota.
Josh Smith came off the bench for the Rangers in his first appearance since May 3, fouling out to catcher Alex Jackson on the only pitch he saw from Orze. Smith’s six-week absence started with a glute strain and wrist inflammation before he was hospitalized with viral meningitis.
Kyler Fedko made his major league debut for the Twins as the left fielder. The 26-year-old went 0 for 4, striking out his first two times up against Texas left-hander Mackenzie Gore, who struck out a season-high 10 in seven innings. Gore (4-6) allowed four hits and four runs with two walks in seven innings.
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