OPEN GAME THREAD: Colorado (Part 2)
by BracketCat on Feb 13, 2010 12:00 PM CST
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Colorado Buffaloes (11-12 | 2-7) AT #9 Kansas St. Wildcats (19-4 | 6-3)
Bramlage Coliseum — Manhattan, Kan.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 — 5:05 PM CST
Big 12 Network | ESPN Full Court | ESPN360
I'll go ahead and push this early since there are a lot of good games today.
Colorado has fallen on hard times since we last faced the Buffaloes.
How hard? Well, they've only won one game since then and they have dropped two in a row at home.
Just one more Northtard for the Wildcats to feast on in the Octagon of Semi-Doom.
For my previous analysis of the Buffaloes, click here. To remind yourself of what happened last time, click here. For K-State's game notes, follow the jump.
From the K-State Sports Information Department:
Kansas State (19-4, 6-3 Big 12) returns home for a two-game homestand Saturday afternoon, when the Wildcats play host to Colorado (11-12, 2-7 Big 12) at Bramlage Coliseum, at 5 p.m.
It will be the first contest for the squad in six days, since knocking off Iowa State 79-75 last Saturday at Hilton Coliseum, and the first of back-to-back home games, which continue Wednesday against Nebraska (13-10, 1-7 Big 12).
The Wildcats will be looking to make history with a win against the Buffaloes, which would represent not only the 20th of the season, but also would give the squad four consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in school history.
In addition, the win would make Frank Martin the first head coach in school history to post 20 wins in his first three seasons.
It also would be the fastest 20-win season since the 1961-62 squad won 20 in just 22 contests.
The game will be broadcast regionally on the Big 12 Network, as well as nationally on ESPN Full Court, with Mitch Holthus (play-by-play), Rich Zvosec and Paul Splittorff (analyst) on the call.
Saturday's contest will match two of the better backcourts in the Big 12, when the Wildcat tandem of Jacob Pullen (18.8 points per game) and Denis Clemente (15.7 points per game) will match up with the Buffalo pair of Cory Higgins (18.0 points per game) and Alec Burks (16.8 points per game).
The quartet ranks among the top 15 scorers in the league in both overall and conference-only games.
It will be the 141st meeting between K-State and Colorado, including the 64th in Manhattan.
The two teams have met at least twice annually since 1948.
The Wildcats own a 96-44 advantage in the series, which dates back to 1933, and have won eight straight over the Buffaloes, including four in a row at Bramlage Coliseum.
It is the longest winning streak by either team in the series since K-State won nine consecutive from 1985 to 1989, while it is the longest winning streak in Manhattan for the Wildcats since winning 29 straight from 1965-94.
K-State continued its move in the polls Monday, when the Wildcats jumped into the Top 10 in both major polls for the second time this season, ranking ninth in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches' polls.
It is the highest AP ranking since also placing ninth in the poll more than 35 years ago on March 13, 1973, while it matches the highest ranking in the coaches' poll since USA Today took over ownership of the poll in 1991-92.
It marks the first time that the program has ranked among the AP Top 15 for six consecutive weeks since the 1961-62 squad was ranked among the AP Top 10 for 14 consecutive weeks, while the team has ranked among the AP Top 25 for nine straight weeks for the first time since the 1972-73 team was ranked for 16 weeks in a row.
The Wildcats claimed their eighth straight win over the Cyclones, including their fourth in a row in Ames, behind Denis Clemente's game-high 30-point effort in a 79-75 victory Feb. 6.
The squad overcame poor first-half shooting to claim its first win this season when trailing at halftime.
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Woo!
I’m back with my brand-spanking-new computer. Fortunately, my old one died during the open week, after the Iowa State game, and my new one was delivered in time for Colorado.
I dreamed we lost the game by one point
but then woke up thinking there’s no way that’s reality. Strange
I dreamed that the Royals were going to the playoffs last year
so dreams really mean nothing.
It was a great dream.
When they had such a good record in the beginning of the season I started to wonder if it was a prophetic dream. But we all know that the Royals were far from making the playoffs :(
No, because that game was a blowout
Baylor-Missouri turned into a classic, though, despite the refs’ best attempt to hand the game to Mike Anderson.
A viable option...
but I was using the PC (it is old and can barely run this thread and ESPN360 simultaneously) for something else. For sure though, 360 will be on starting around 3 pm PST today!
--VegasCat07
The offense is looking awful today
I guess the long layoff really hurt the team’s rhythm.
It always does
We’re best with short turnarounds.
No hustle, no offensive execution, no awareness.
This is shit basketball. We deserve to lose.
I'm impressed with Frank Martin so far.
He knows it will only take a couple of good looks to turn this around for you guys.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
second
Because it eventually has to end, and I don’t want it to today.
Someone explain to me why we are so suspect against a 2-3 zone?
I mean we have all the personnel to just destroy this D.
I think it's mostly the long layoff
The team is looking sluggish and unenthusiastic.
Starting to attack the basket more
Good. Keep it up.
The best thing to happen so far is Colorado thinking they’re a good 3-point shooting team.
It really has worked surprisingly well this season
But it has bitten us a couple of times.
If it was already coming down
there was no way it was going in.
Denis and Jake are a combined 1/7 on three-pointers
And we’re still ahead by a bucket.
I like our chances.
7 Big 12 teams now in the Tourney?
At least that is what they just said after A&M just beat Texas Tech.
Wow, I'm blacked out
Apparently, if you live in Kansas City and have AT&T, you can’t watch the game because it’s on MetroSports and ESPN 360 is blacked out.
I’m not the kind of guy that will write to John Currie and complain, but this might be one of those rare, rare times. Time Warner and Comcast are horrible and they try to keep customers by using things like MetroSpots.
What a crock of shit.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
But yeah, that totally sucks
My buddy is in the same conundrum.
The Big 12 “Network” is a walking, talking joke.
Thank God. I was going to go ballistic.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
How about that steal by Denis
Caught the Buffs with their pants down, figuratively speaking.
Yeah, he'd have been fine if Pullen got out of the way.
It’s kind of bad when your teammate sets a pick on you.
What we have done this half could best be described as
A “curbstomping.”
American History X fans will know what I mean by that.
Good halftime adjustments by Frank
Or, he did a good job explaining what he would do to the players if they continued to play like slugs.
Great steal, Jamar
And they actually called the foul! I was expecting the refs’ favorite copout, the held ball.
Attempted 11 foul shots all season
And has tried 7, with 3 makes, today.
Tied his season high of points.
CU = season-high 21 turnovers
And now they have resorted to fouling Jamar to stop the alley-oop destruction.
DOOOM!!!
Frank said he tried a new offense against the 1-3-1 in the first half
And then scrapped it at halftime, which is why the two halves were so different.
So I guess the week off was bad b/c it tempted him to experiment.
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