A Kansas State Wildcats Blog -- Carrying the Banner High
The Wildcats made BYU earn it, but in the end, A.J. Dybantsa was inevitable. The freshman phenom broke the Big 12 Tournament freshman scoring record and the record for most field goals in a game in a game that wasn’t decided until midway through the second half. BYU also set the Big 12 record for […]
about 16 hours ago | 0 reads
Headed into our first mid-week home game of the season, your Kansas State Wildcats baseball team sits at 11-4 on the season and compiled a 5-1 home record, taking last weekend’s series in a sweep that ended with a 20-7 run-rule victory on Sunday. Aided by friendly weather, the Wildcats bats had no trouble this […]
about 19 hours ago | 0 reads
This is it. There is no tomorrow for the Kansas State men’s basketball team unless they can pull off the upset. Regardless, barring a magical run to a Big 12 Tournament Championship, this is the last time we will see this Wildcats team on the court — in more ways that one. Of course there […]
about 19 hours ago | 0 reads
Overall Record: 21 – 10 Big 12 Record: 9-9 Previous 3 Games 3/7: W – 82 – 76 vs Texas Tech @ Home 3/3: L – 68 – 90 vs Cincinnati @ Away 2/23: L – 71 – 79 vs West Virginia @ Away Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank / Big 12 Rank in ()) KenPom […]
1 day ago | 0 reads
Welcome to Day 1 of the Big 12 Tournament. If you’re lucky enough to have today off and want to talk about some Big 12 Basketball with other Kansas State fans, this is your place. All the basketball chat without the trolls and bots, in this economy? Indeed, folks, there is a better way to […]
1 day ago | 0 reads
*tap tap* Is this thing on? It’s been a long, long while since your benevolent despot held the reins of the Slate, but it’s back now (just in time for there to be not that much to talk about, but that’s how it goes sometimes). The format is going to change somewhat, however. Some Slate […]
2 days ago | 1 read
These Cats just keep on rolling. Your Kansas State Wildcats women’s basketball team (18-16, 8-10 Big 12) got the ball rolling at the 2026 Big 12 Tournament with an impressive 91-66 throttling of Cincinnati on Wednesday. Then they pulled off an incredible 21-0 run to end the game to take game two 58-51 over 5-seed […]
4 days ago | 1 read
This weird, ugly season is finally almost over. We’ve reached was is very likely the penultimate game for the 2025-26 version of the Kansas State Wildcats men’s basketball squad. This is the regular season finale, and the Cats should not be expected to make it out of the opening round next week in Kansas City […]
4 days ago | 1 read
Kansas 2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 21 – 9 Big 12 Record: 11-6 Previous 3 Games 3/3: L – 60 – 70 vs Arizona State @ Away 2/28: L – 61 – 84 vs Arizona @ Away 2/23: W – 69 – 59 vs Houston @ Home Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank / Big 12 Rank in […]
5 days ago | 3 reads
Coming off a tougher-than-expected home opener, your Kansas State Wildcats are set for another home series in the early part of the season as they host Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) for a three game set. K-State opened their home slate last weekend going 2-1 against the Columbia Lions, falling 8-9 to the visitor from […]
5 days ago | 2 reads
“It’s a little weird to be adding someone to the coaching staff in March,“ your benevolent despot said when Joe Bob Clements posted a Powercat to social media and changed his X avatar. And while Clements is not taking on a role as a position coach, he has in fact returned to the Wildcats as […]
5 days ago | 2 reads
Hey everyone, it’s been a minute since I’ve written anything about football, and I thought today would be a nice opportunity to put out something positive. I’ve been going through a couple of Texas A&M games last season, mainly looking at position groups for the offense, but every now and then, I come across a […]
9 days ago | 3 reads
It’s Opening Day in Manhattan, KS! Your Kansas State Wildcats are finally at the friendly confines of Tointon Family Stadium to open the home portion of their 2026 schedule. This weekend, the BatCats are set to face off against the Columbia Lions. Coming off two-straight seasons as regular season champs, and winning the 2025 tournament […]
12 days ago | 3 reads
After two big weekend series, your Kansas State Wildcats sit at 6-1 on the young season, including going 4-0 versus Big 10 opponents. Of course, the Big 10 is not a baseball conference (outside of the newer teams from the Pac-12), so you might temper your enthusiasm a bit — but it’s still way better […]
15 days ago | 4 reads
Your Kansas State Wildcats are back in action this weekend after coming off an opening weekend blitz that saw them start the season 4-0 with wins over Iowa, UConn, Penn State, and Air Force. It wasn’t exactly a murderers row, but the BatCats did what they were supposed to do, downing Big 10 foes Iowa […]
19 days ago | 4 reads
The Kansas State Wildcats shook off the turmoil of the week to defeat Baylor 90-74 Tuesday night in a game they never trailed in Bramlage Coliseum. The win ends a 6-game losing streak for the Cats (11-15, 2-11 Big 12) and turns the page after Athletic Director Gene Taylor announced the dismissal of head coach […]
22 days ago | 2 reads
Well…here we are. Fans had been clamoring for a change, but it was not expected to happen quite so soon. Regardless, the call has been answered and whether or not you agree with how it happened, it has: Jerome Tang has officially been removed as head coach of your Kansas State men’s basketball team. Matt […]
22 days ago | 5 reads
By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard the news. Jerome Tang was relieved of his head coaching duties, for cause, by Kansas State on Sunday. I’ll let the lawyers fight it out over what constitutes “for cause” because that’s decidedly not my lane. Basketball is my lane, and I do know this: Coach Tang needed […]
23 days ago | 5 reads
As reported by multiple sources, led by Matt Norlander of CBS, Kansas State has fired men’s head basketball coach Jerome Tang. The dismissal comes in the wake of widely publicized comments at a press conference following the Cincinnati loss on Wednesday, a 91-62 humiliation at Bramlage that stands as one of K-State’s worst home losses […]
24 days ago | 4 reads
Y’all, this one isn’t going to be pretty. Houston enters today’s game as the consensus #3 team in the nation and currently sits at 22-2 overall and 10-1 in Big 12 play. And yet, they are currently only 22.5-point favorites over the visiting TangCats, a team sitting at 10-14 overall, 1-10 in Big 12 play, […]
25 days ago | 4 reads
It’s time to put away those winter blues — it’s baseball season! Your Kansas State Wildcats, fresh off their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, take to the field in Arizona this weekend to open a 2026 season that has some lofty goals set. The Wildcats return a bevy of starters from last season’s NCAA Tournament […]
26 days ago | 4 reads
The Cincinnati Bearcats built a 28-point lead in the first half, made 16 3-point buckets, and destroyed the K-State Wildcats 91-62 Wednesday evening in Bramlage Coliseum. This one does not merit much description. The score is enough. Nevertheless, a few unembellished facts: K-State lost by 29. At home. To a team that came in 12-12. […]
28 days ago | 5 reads
There’s little else to say at this point. Your Kansas State Wildcats are mired in one of the worst seasons in school history, sitting at 10-12 overall and 1-8 in Big 12 play. And it’s not just that the TangCats are bad. They seem to be actively getting *worse* as the season progresses. Certainly injuries […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads
It was nice to talk to y’all about something other than the abomination that is Kansas State basketball and the current state of college athletics. Sometimes staring at the tree directly in front of you keeps you from fearing the roaring forest fire in the distance. Today I’m staring at the Kansas State offensive line, […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Well, kids – I think we’re just about done here for 2025-26. The #8 Iowa State Cyclones came into Bramlage today and absolutely thumped our flimsy excuse for a basketball team 95-61, posting the second-worst loss in Bramlage Coliseum history. Only a 41-point loss to Oklahoma in 1992 out-gassed this stinker. K-State took a brief […]
about 1 month ago | 5 reads