Year 3 of the Jerome Tang era gets going tonight as the Wildcats take on New Orleans in the first game of the season.

The game will air on ESPN+ at 7 p.m.

EMAW Online will be on hand for it all. Tune in for live updates from Bramlage Coliseum as we get closer to game time.

Okay, I've been one of those, in years past, that's been accused of "drinking the kool-aid" and sticking up for our team when that may have been questionable. That's because I bleed purple and learned "K-State" before mommy and daddy! Dang, that game in Houston was just awful in so many ways for this arm chair q-back. Rainy conditions have to be a challenge, but that's the same for each team. Two bad snaps for extra points, aaarrgh! I hear Coach repeating "fundamentals and techniques" being a problem. There are only 3 games guaranteed left to play and I'm thinking someone on staff would have been able to work out fundamentals and techniques by now. Sounds like it's acknowledged we should have lost maybe 3 games because of "f's and t's" but managed to pull those out of the fire. I'm sad for the Cats as I know they truly want to win, this is a lot less fun for them than it is for us fans.....wondering if somehow this year's team got over-hyped. Get it together, guys and the buck stops at the top, Coach. EMAW (Mrs. Ron)

Ayoka Lee did not play in the second half of today's win against Green Bay. After the game, Mittie said that Lee suffered some an ankle injury of some kind but it doesn't appear to be serious. Mittie said that Lee was available, should they have needed her, but with a comfortable lead in place, Mittie felt like it was better to let her rest.

Mittie's quote:

"There was something in that ankle that kind of popped. ... They told me she was available and I said, 'Obviously, the margin was this and we have games coming forward.' We're hopeful that it wasn't anything that is lingering."

K-State women's basketball is opening its season with a home game against Green Bay this morning.

Green Bay is coming off an NCAA Tournament appearance, but have a new head coach (Kayla Karius) and a new-look team.

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As expected, K-State drops in AP poll, but stay ranked. Only one ranked opponent left on the schedule (No. 17 Iowa State)

First CFP ranking is on Tuesday — I’d expect K-State to be similarly ranked in that.

Looking at the standings and the rest of the schedule, it is very possible for there to be 4 teams with a 8-1 conference record.

ISU 4-0 TT, KU, CIN, UTAH, KSU---Should be favored in all games
BYU 4-0 UCF, UTAH, KU, ASU, HOU--Should be favored in all games but probably will lose 1
KSU 3-1 KU, HOU, CIN, ASU, ISU--Should be favored in all but ISU
CU 3-1 CIN, TT, UTAH, KU, OSU--Should be favored in all games

Thus, if KSU can beat ISU and the rest of the games are chalk that would leave 4 teams at 8-1

Tiebreaker???

KSU would have played the other three tied teams (and beaten two of them). But ISU, BYU, and CU would have only played KSU. Would this mean that the CCG would be KSU vs BYU (the only team to defeat KSU)???

It’s K-State gameday as they head to the Lone Star State and take on the 3-5 Houston Cougars.

The game will kick off at 2:30 on Fox.

EMAW Online will be on hand for it all. Tune in for live updates as we get closer to gametime!

Our second poor game. Too many mistakes.

(1) KSU, ISU, and BYU control their own destiny. If any of these teams win out they are in.

TWO TEAM TIEBREAKERS FOR SECOND PLACE
KSU-BYU---BYU
KSU-ISU OR CU--KSU (ASSUMES KSU BEATS ISU)
ISU-BYU OR CU--ISU
BYU-CU--CU
BYU-ISU--ISU

THREE TEAM TIEBREAKERS
BYU, ISU, KSU---KSU AND ISU
BYU, ISU, CU---ISU AND CU
ISU, KSU, CU--KSU AND ISU

FOUR TEAM TIEBREAKERS
BYU, ISU, KSU, CU--KSU AND ISU


TAKEAWAYS
BYU really needs to avoid any tiebreakers and thus win out.
KSU really favored in all multi team tiebreakers but really needs to beat ISU
CU only gets in if it wins out and BYU and KSU lose a game somewhere
ISU needs to be rooting for a BYU loss as this gives ISU another path to Arllington

They play ISU and BYU. I maybe should be an Utah fan as well. Of course if the cats can win their remaining games and the conference championship it doesn’t matter.

Otherwise it looks like we may head to San Antonio after Christmas.

Isn’t a big time announcement about to drop tonight?

ARIZONA
UCF

TEXAS TECH
ISU

KSU
HOUSTON

ARIZONA STATE
OKLAHOMA STATE

TCU
BAYLOR