ESPN's Joe Lunardi has K-State in the tournament (and not even needing to go to Dayton) at this point:
https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/s...logy-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions

JUST IN: Chris Klieman says that he expects all of K-State's players who are eligible to play expected to play in the Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama on New Year's Eve.

Gonna have to play our best game ever… I really expected Young and Anderson and several others to opt out. That’s not looking like the case though.

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One of the biggest failures of HCBS's tenures was the failure to capitalize on their own success by boosting recruiting in 2003, and 2012.
Hoping HCCK sees the press the championship gives them as an opportunity to reach higher and uses that to our advantage on the trail. Hope Avery Johnson is everything we hope he is.

on K-State Online. I kind of wonder if one way we got him here is because we play them. Regardless I love that he is here and a big inspiration to this team.

Check in here once a year to express annual appreciation to the Cats for again beating KU, a matter of special significance to we of another era (graduated in 1970) who long ago had to suffer routine humiliation at their smug hands. And now that our team has won the Big 12 Championship, it could hardly get any better, or sweeter, for us old Cats who have stubbornly and proudly stuck by Kansas State football through thick and thin. Beat Alabama! (And I do believe we will.)

Should be quite a battle with them only beating Texas by 1 point.

Is the combination of coach Tang and Klieman the best we have had?

K-State and Nebraska are set to tip off in a few minutes here at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

Wildcats are five-point favorites.

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Anybody heard how many tickets have been sold?

The last one of the week, maybe I was too harsh on special teams, but the standard they set for themselves may have stung a little bit.

Will throw a lot of general notes and quick hitters in this thread, also feel free to use this as a way to crowd source questions or travel and anything else Sugar Bowl related. After a few days I will make this a sticky thread in all likliehood.

Just had a few quick notables on the game after Nick Saban and Chris Klieman both had quick Zoom meetings with the media tonight

Alabama Opt Outs
Saban says that he has not had those conversations yet (likely because they thought CFP was still in play), but there is an awards banquet tonight at 5:00 and some conversations may start there with guys like Bryce Young, Will Anderson and others

Knowles and Boye-Doe
Both should be good to go for Sugar Bowl, per Klieman

Story from @alec.busse on what Tang and the staff did this summer with Nowell to elevate his game and the level of play at K-State

Need 7 SUGAR bowl tickets preferably on the KSU side. 785-614-2528

How May of these Hutch or Iowa Western kids is K-State recruiting?

Those are all 4 and 5 stars there.