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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Southwell?
« on: February 12, 2014, 07:19:22 PM »
Ready for Saturday? 
Out for the season? 
Dunno? 
Out for the season? Dunno?
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Kansas State Football / We Own Texas - per LHN
« on: May 04, 2013, 01:09:53 AM »
A bit OT but still worth remembering...
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / McGruder's shot - YouTube
« on: March 02, 2013, 08:35:45 PM »5
Kansas State Football / The Class of 2003
« on: November 05, 2012, 07:57:03 PM »
http://kansasstate.scout.com/a.z?s=173&p=9&c=8&yr=2003
Look what we did after our first and only Big 12 championship. Anybody remember any of these guys? What a lost opportunity...
Look what we did after our first and only Big 12 championship. Anybody remember any of these guys? What a lost opportunity...
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Kansas State Football / 2011 Games on YouTube
« on: August 18, 2012, 08:20:46 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/user/daviskb
Kent State, Miami, Baylor, Missouri, Texas Tech, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Texas, Iowa State
Can add these games per request:
2010 Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri State, Oklahoma State, Syracuse, Texas, UCF, UCLA
2009 aTm, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, UCLA
2007 Baylor,Iowa State, Texas
Bolded games are available now.
* - coming
Kent State, Miami, Baylor, Missouri, Texas Tech, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Texas, Iowa State
Can add these games per request:
2010 Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri State, Oklahoma State, Syracuse, Texas, UCF, UCLA
2009 aTm, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, UCLA
2007 Baylor,
Bolded games are available now.
* - coming
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / 9 seed, #3 conference power rankings, RV - Feb. 20
« on: February 20, 2012, 12:05:49 PM »
Bracketology
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
Power Rankings - Jason King, ESPN
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/power-rankings-022012
ESPN/USA Rankings
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology
Power Rankings - Jason King, ESPN
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/power-rankings-022012
ESPN/USA Rankings
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Jason King
« on: January 07, 2012, 06:47:06 PM »
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Three days ago, before he ever boarded the bus to leave Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas State coach Frank Martin probably uttered the word “embarrassed” 431 times.
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/43892/kansas-state-hands-missouri-first-loss
Embarrassed by his team’s 18-point loss to No. 15 Kansas.
Embarrassed by the way the Wildcats defended.
Embarrassed by the way Kansas State wilted in the nation’s toughest road environment.
“I took the DVD of that game, broke it apart and flushed it down the toilet,” Martin said Saturday, and as he talked, a cleaning crew was busy sweeping confetti off the court at Bramlage Coliseum while the Wildcats signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans.
Yes, 36 hours after its worst performance of the season, No. 22 Kansas State came through with its best in a 75-59 win over previously unbeaten Missouri.
Rodney McGruder scored 20 points and Will Spradling added 14 for a Wildcats squad that held the Tigers -- the national leader in field-goal efficiency -- to 32.7 percent shooting. Kansas State out-rebounded Missouri 39-25.
“When you get embarrassed,” Martin said, “one of two things happens to your team. Either you come apart at the seams, or those seams get a little tighter.”
The latter obviously happened to Kansas State, which was so impressive Saturday that it seemed worthy of a reward. A day off, perhaps? Maybe a trip to Valentino’s pizza buffet? Forget about it.
On Tuesday the Wildcats will face another unbeaten team -- and this one has two future NBA lottery picks on its roster -- in No. 4 Baylor. The preparation must start now.
Martin couldn’t help but chuckle at the absurdity of playing three top 15 teams in seven days.
“You gotta love the Big 12,” Martin said.
One week into the season, and absolutely nothing about this league is clear. There are four very good teams in Kansas State, Missouri, Kansas and Baylor. But predictions about who will win the conference title will likely change from game to game.
Kansas has a pair of convincing wins over Kansas State and Oklahoma, but the Jayhawks have no depth and are turnover prone on the perimeter. Baylor has the most talent but has been underwhelming in wins against two of the Big 12’s worst teams (Texas A&M and Texas Tech).
Kansas State followed a dreadful performance with a great one Saturday, and Missouri did just the opposite. The seventh-ranked Tigers looked like the best team in the country during Tuesday’s 38-point thumping of Oklahoma. But they were completely out of sorts against the bigger, longer Wildcats.
“As a coach you don’t ever want to feel like you got your butt kicked,” first-year Missouri coach Frank Haith said. “They kicked our butts. They were tougher.”
In some ways it was easy to see Missouri’s loss coming. The Tigers had played just one true road game before Saturday, and they almost choked that one away against a mediocre Old Dominion squad. They beat a Villanova team that’s as bad as it’s been in years and trounced over Cal and Notre Dame, who are well-coached but not nearly fast and athletic enough to keep up with up-tempo Missouri, which uses a four-guard lineup.
“I feel like Missouri hadn’t seen a team that really got up and pressured like we did today,” Spradling said.
Saturday marked the first time an opponent had both speed and the size to bother Haith’s squad, which was outscored 46-18 in the paint. Missouri made just five baskets in the opening half, and the game was 15 minutes old before the Tigers scored their first 2-point field goal.
“I’m sure there are a lot of teams that will try to hurt us with their size,” Haith said. “They played a physical brand of basketball. We don’t have a lot of physicality in the post.
“I didn’t think we were going to go 41 or 42-0. I figured (a loss) would happen sometime.”
After Saturday it’s hard not to wonder how many more defeats are in store for the Tigers -- or, at the very least, if this squad is built to win a Big 12 title. Missouri wasn’t even competitive for most of the game because it couldn’t do anything inside, both offensively and defensively.
Kansas State forwards Jamar Samuels and Jordan Henriquez combined for seven blocks against Missouri, which has just two players over 6-foot-6. Those two Tigers (Steve Moore and Ricardo Ratliffe) combined for four points and six rebounds. Kansas State also scored a slew of easy baskets on the offensive end.
Teams such as Baylor and Kansas will provide a similar if not more potent challenge for Missouri.
“They physically kicked us,” Haith said. “But we understand that we’re still a pretty good basketball club. We’ll learn from this. You’ve got to have a little moxie about you. In order to win on the road we’ve got to play with a little more toughness.”
It’s a valid point.
Kansas has won seven straight Big 12 titles mainly because of its ability to win away from Allen Fieldhouse. In the past five years the Jayhawks are 33-7 in conference road games. Martin, though, said teams must come out with an equal amount of toughness at home.
“You better not dwell on the emotion of the day before,” Martin said. “You’d better focus on the task at hand and get excited for every challenge. Because if you’re not, you’re going to get embarrassed like we did the other day. It’s a heck of a league.
“If you can’t protect your home court in this league or any league, you’re not a very good team. You can bring the Lakers in here, I don’t care. You’ve got to be willing to protect your home court.”
Martin knows that’s exactly the state of mind Missouri will have when the Wildcats visit Mizzou Arena Feb. 21. By then, everything that occurred Saturday will be long forgotten. Just ask Tigers guard Marcus Denmon, who passed by Martin on his way to the team bus Saturday.
“See you in Columbia,” Denmon told the coach.
Martin smiled as he recounted the exchange.
“That’s the Big 12 for you,” he said. “Conference play is crazy. You never know what’s going to happen.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/43892/kansas-state-hands-missouri-first-loss
Embarrassed by his team’s 18-point loss to No. 15 Kansas.
Embarrassed by the way the Wildcats defended.
Embarrassed by the way Kansas State wilted in the nation’s toughest road environment.
“I took the DVD of that game, broke it apart and flushed it down the toilet,” Martin said Saturday, and as he talked, a cleaning crew was busy sweeping confetti off the court at Bramlage Coliseum while the Wildcats signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans.
Yes, 36 hours after its worst performance of the season, No. 22 Kansas State came through with its best in a 75-59 win over previously unbeaten Missouri.
Rodney McGruder scored 20 points and Will Spradling added 14 for a Wildcats squad that held the Tigers -- the national leader in field-goal efficiency -- to 32.7 percent shooting. Kansas State out-rebounded Missouri 39-25.
“When you get embarrassed,” Martin said, “one of two things happens to your team. Either you come apart at the seams, or those seams get a little tighter.”
The latter obviously happened to Kansas State, which was so impressive Saturday that it seemed worthy of a reward. A day off, perhaps? Maybe a trip to Valentino’s pizza buffet? Forget about it.
On Tuesday the Wildcats will face another unbeaten team -- and this one has two future NBA lottery picks on its roster -- in No. 4 Baylor. The preparation must start now.
Martin couldn’t help but chuckle at the absurdity of playing three top 15 teams in seven days.
“You gotta love the Big 12,” Martin said.
One week into the season, and absolutely nothing about this league is clear. There are four very good teams in Kansas State, Missouri, Kansas and Baylor. But predictions about who will win the conference title will likely change from game to game.
Kansas has a pair of convincing wins over Kansas State and Oklahoma, but the Jayhawks have no depth and are turnover prone on the perimeter. Baylor has the most talent but has been underwhelming in wins against two of the Big 12’s worst teams (Texas A&M and Texas Tech).
Kansas State followed a dreadful performance with a great one Saturday, and Missouri did just the opposite. The seventh-ranked Tigers looked like the best team in the country during Tuesday’s 38-point thumping of Oklahoma. But they were completely out of sorts against the bigger, longer Wildcats.
“As a coach you don’t ever want to feel like you got your butt kicked,” first-year Missouri coach Frank Haith said. “They kicked our butts. They were tougher.”
In some ways it was easy to see Missouri’s loss coming. The Tigers had played just one true road game before Saturday, and they almost choked that one away against a mediocre Old Dominion squad. They beat a Villanova team that’s as bad as it’s been in years and trounced over Cal and Notre Dame, who are well-coached but not nearly fast and athletic enough to keep up with up-tempo Missouri, which uses a four-guard lineup.
“I feel like Missouri hadn’t seen a team that really got up and pressured like we did today,” Spradling said.
Saturday marked the first time an opponent had both speed and the size to bother Haith’s squad, which was outscored 46-18 in the paint. Missouri made just five baskets in the opening half, and the game was 15 minutes old before the Tigers scored their first 2-point field goal.
“I’m sure there are a lot of teams that will try to hurt us with their size,” Haith said. “They played a physical brand of basketball. We don’t have a lot of physicality in the post.
“I didn’t think we were going to go 41 or 42-0. I figured (a loss) would happen sometime.”
After Saturday it’s hard not to wonder how many more defeats are in store for the Tigers -- or, at the very least, if this squad is built to win a Big 12 title. Missouri wasn’t even competitive for most of the game because it couldn’t do anything inside, both offensively and defensively.
Kansas State forwards Jamar Samuels and Jordan Henriquez combined for seven blocks against Missouri, which has just two players over 6-foot-6. Those two Tigers (Steve Moore and Ricardo Ratliffe) combined for four points and six rebounds. Kansas State also scored a slew of easy baskets on the offensive end.
Teams such as Baylor and Kansas will provide a similar if not more potent challenge for Missouri.
“They physically kicked us,” Haith said. “But we understand that we’re still a pretty good basketball club. We’ll learn from this. You’ve got to have a little moxie about you. In order to win on the road we’ve got to play with a little more toughness.”
It’s a valid point.
Kansas has won seven straight Big 12 titles mainly because of its ability to win away from Allen Fieldhouse. In the past five years the Jayhawks are 33-7 in conference road games. Martin, though, said teams must come out with an equal amount of toughness at home.
“You better not dwell on the emotion of the day before,” Martin said. “You’d better focus on the task at hand and get excited for every challenge. Because if you’re not, you’re going to get embarrassed like we did the other day. It’s a heck of a league.
“If you can’t protect your home court in this league or any league, you’re not a very good team. You can bring the Lakers in here, I don’t care. You’ve got to be willing to protect your home court.”
Martin knows that’s exactly the state of mind Missouri will have when the Wildcats visit Mizzou Arena Feb. 21. By then, everything that occurred Saturday will be long forgotten. Just ask Tigers guard Marcus Denmon, who passed by Martin on his way to the team bus Saturday.
“See you in Columbia,” Denmon told the coach.
Martin smiled as he recounted the exchange.
“That’s the Big 12 for you,” he said. “Conference play is crazy. You never know what’s going to happen.”
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / K-State vs Xavier Torrent
« on: November 27, 2011, 02:24:21 PM »
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Kansas State Football / YT OT
« on: November 13, 2011, 05:18:04 PM »
K-State vs. Texas A&M, 11/12/11 1st and 2nd Overtimes
K-State vs. Texas A&M, 11/12/11 3rd and 4th Overtimes
K-State vs. Texas A&M, 11/12/11 3rd and 4th Overtimes
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Kansas State Football / aTm Torrent is Up
« on: November 12, 2011, 11:29:24 PM »
http://www.kat.ph/k-state-vs-atm-cfb-nov-12-2011-t5975456.html
K-State vs. Texas A and M College Football
November 12, 2011
LHC Bill Snyder Family Stadium
Manhattan, Kansas
3 Files:
aTm1stHalf.mp4
aTm2ndHalf.mp4
aTmOverTime.mp4
K-State vs. Texas A and M College Football
November 12, 2011
LHC Bill Snyder Family Stadium
Manhattan, Kansas
3 Files:
aTm1stHalf.mp4
aTm2ndHalf.mp4
aTmOverTime.mp4
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Kansas State Football / OSU and OU torrents
« on: November 06, 2011, 03:03:34 PM »
Oklahoma State
http://www.kat.ph/k-state-vs-oklahoma-state-university-nov-5-2011-t5960437.html
* Leave a comment *
Oklahoma
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6797559/K-State_vs._Oklahoma_University_Colllege_Football_Oct_29__2011
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Thanks!
http://www.kat.ph/k-state-vs-oklahoma-state-university-nov-5-2011-t5960437.html
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Oklahoma
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6797559/K-State_vs._Oklahoma_University_Colllege_Football_Oct_29__2011
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Thanks!
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Kansas State Football / OU Torrent
« on: November 05, 2011, 12:14:52 PM »
Something to run whilst waiting for gametime...
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6797559/K-State_vs._Oklahoma_University_Colllege_Football_Oct_29__2011
Switched from VUSE to uTorrent. Let's see how well this works.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6797559/K-State_vs._Oklahoma_University_Colllege_Football_Oct_29__2011
Switched from VUSE to uTorrent. Let's see how well this works.
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Kansas State Football / Palmer and Pollack - K-State and OU discussed
« on: October 24, 2011, 10:49:10 PM »Rendering, rendering, rendering, ugh.
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Kansas State Football / Texas Tech Torrent Available
« on: October 16, 2011, 12:47:48 PM »
Texas Tech 2 files:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6748461/K-State_vs._Texas_Tech_University_College_Football_10-15-2011
Also seeding Missouri:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6731998/K-State_vs_Missouri_University_Football_Oct_8__2011
Highlights from ESPN
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6748461/K-State_vs._Texas_Tech_University_College_Football_10-15-2011
Also seeding Missouri:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6731998/K-State_vs_Missouri_University_Football_Oct_8__2011
Highlights from ESPN
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Kansas State Football / How Bad is KU's Defense? - Near record breaking bad.
« on: October 09, 2011, 06:14:11 PM »
Near a pace to break a record for the worst defense in FBS history. The record for most yards allowed per game is 553.0 by Maryland, 1993 (6,083 total yards yielded in 11 games.)
Total Defense
Of course, teams that have played KU have had their best offensive games of the year so far:
Still to play:
I think those top 4 schools (Baylor, OU, aTm, MU) will get more than 556 yds against KU. Playing the last three could keep KU from the record books if they can keep them under 500 yds.
Total Defense
| Rank | Team | G | Opp Plays | Opp Tot Yds | Opp Tot Yds/Play | Opp Off TD | Opp Tot Yds/G |
| 1 | Michigan St. | 5 | 275 | 867 | 3.15 | 7 | 173.40 |
| 2 | UCF | 5 | 274 | 888 | 3.24 | 6 | 177.60 |
| 3 | Alabama | 6 | 356 | 1148 | 3.22 | 5 | 191.33 |
| 4 | Penn St. | 6 | 397 | 1505 | 3.79 | 6 | 250.83 |
| 5 | LSU | 6 | 396 | 1524 | 3.85 | 8 | 254.00 |
| 17 | Kansas St. | 5 | 298 | 1494 | 5.01 | 11 | 298.80 |
| 24 | Texas | 5 | 341 | 1609 | 4.72 | 12 | 321.80 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 5 | 351 | 1651 | 4.70 | 9 | 330.20 |
| 30 | Missouri | 5 | 342 | 1684 | 4.92 | 14 | 336.80 |
| 60 | Baylor | 5 | 350 | 1870 | 5.34 | 18 | 374.00 |
| 94 | Iowa St. | 5 | 385 | 2096 | 5.44 | 19 | 419.20 |
| 96 | Texas Tech | 5 | 352 | 2101 | 5.97 | 17 | 420.20 |
| 99 | Texas A&M | 5 | 409 | 2122 | 5.19 | 15 | 424.40 |
| 119 | New Mexico | 5 | 373 | 2611 | 7.00 | 30 | 522.20 |
| 120 | Kansas | 5 | 356 | 2780 | 7.81 | 34 | 556.00 |
Of course, teams that have played KU have had their best offensive games of the year so far:
| Team | Against KU | Tot Yds/G |
| McNeese State | 420 | 387 |
| Northern Illinois | 462 | 447 |
| Georgia Tech | 768 | 553 |
| Texas Tech | 530 | 524 |
| Oklahoma State | 600 | 577 |
Still to play:
| Team | Avg Yds/G |
| Baylor | 562 |
| Oklahoma | 534 |
| Texas A&M | 493 |
| Missouri | 478 |
| Iowa State | 389 |
| Texas | 388 |
| K-State | 335 |
I think those top 4 schools (Baylor, OU, aTm, MU) will get more than 556 yds against KU. Playing the last three could keep KU from the record books if they can keep them under 500 yds.
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Kansas State Football / Missouri Torrent
« on: October 09, 2011, 02:03:27 PM »
2 Files
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6731998/K-State_vs_Missouri_University_Football_Oct_8__2011
Also seeding:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6720708/K-State_vs_Baylor_University_Football_Oct_1__2011-1stHalf
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6718675/K-State_vs_Baylor_University_Football_Oct_1__2011-2ndHalf
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6731998/K-State_vs_Missouri_University_Football_Oct_8__2011
Also seeding:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6720708/K-State_vs_Baylor_University_Football_Oct_1__2011-1stHalf
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6718675/K-State_vs_Baylor_University_Football_Oct_1__2011-2ndHalf
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Kansas State Football / If you liked the Miami game torrent..
« on: September 28, 2011, 10:05:28 PM »24
Kansas State Football / KU Torrent
« on: May 30, 2011, 03:35:45 PM »
Per ChiCat request. 3 seeders as of this moment...
http://tenyardtracker.com/details.php?id=12076 2.14 GB ( 2,298,181,490 bytes )
K-State vs. KU College Football
Oct. 14 2010
Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, Kansas
4 Files
ku1stHalf.avi
ku2ndHalf.avi
ESPNTop10no6.avi
kuHighlightsESPN.avi
I'll seed for awhile.
http://tenyardtracker.com/details.php?id=12076 2.14 GB ( 2,298,181,490 bytes )
K-State vs. KU College Football
Oct. 14 2010
Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, Kansas
4 Files
ku1stHalf.avi
ku2ndHalf.avi
ESPNTop10no6.avi
kuHighlightsESPN.avi
I'll seed for awhile.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Goodman on Pullen
« on: March 01, 2011, 03:09:30 PM »
sorry if this has been posted...
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/kansas-state-upsets-texas-jake-pullen-has-wildcats-rolling-022811
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/kansas-state-upsets-texas-jake-pullen-has-wildcats-rolling-022811
Quote
AUSTIN, Texas
The season, Jake Pullen’s swan song in Manhattan, Kan., was quickly slipping away. There were the suspensions and the defections, and Kansas State’s senior and preseason first-team All-American was frustrated, much of it stemming from his teammates and their lack of experience and maturity.
But Pullen admittedly had some growing up to do of his own.
"I was so worried about my numbers,” said Pullen, who went for his fifth consecutive 20-plus point night in Monday’s 75-70 win at No. 7 Texas. "I was thinking about the next level — and it affected me.”
"I think he was thinking more about the league than the team,” chipped in fellow senior Curtis Kelly. "But after all the tribulations we’ve been though, he showed that he cares more about us — and winning — than himself.”
Pullen had his off nights early in the season, such as the 1-for-12 shooting performance in the loss to Duke back in November. But overall his numbers remained impressive.
He was doing what all the skeptics, who included plenty of NBA types, wanted to see — being a true point guard. They knew he could score, but they wanted to see if he could distribute.
But it wasn’t translating into enough wins.
Finally, following a Jan. 12 loss to Colorado at home, Wildcats coach Frank Martin called his star into his office and showed him tape of two games from a year ago — and then followed it up with tape from losses to Oklahoma State on Jan. 8 and also from the previous night against the Buffs.
"I was just walking around against Colorado and Oklahoma State,” Pullen admitted. "I wasn’t aggressive.”
"I needed to see it to understand it,” he added.
Then Pullen went into the locker room and got his teammates together and took accountability for his actions.
"You’re all accountable,” Pullen said. "And so am I.”
"I’m going to stop my bull****,” Kelly recalled Pullen saying to him.
Then Pullen began to play like the first-team All-American that so many expected going into the season.
This was a team that was in everyone’s top 5 in the preseason, but many forgot that it wasn’t the same one that went to the Elite Eight a year ago.
Pullen and Kelly were back, but the rest of the team was full of young, unproven guys. Denis Clemente, Luis Colon and Dominique Sutton — three starters from that Elite Eight squad — were gone.
"Everyone around Jake was basically new,” Martin said.
Martin takes plenty of the blame for the early-season struggles, maintaining that the offense didn’t allow Pullen to excel and kept him stagnant.
"He was frustrated,” Martin said. "The ball didn’t move – and Jake didn’t move. That’s on me.”
But this was a team clearly finding its way.
There was the suspension to Kelly to begin the season, then both Kelly and Pullen were hit with NCAA suspensions for receiving impermissible benefits at a department store.
Through it all, Pullen was hell-bent on trying to show people he could be a point guard at the next level.
"And, because of it, I was passive,” he said.
Then Pullen and the Wildcats lost to Colorado again — this time in Boulder exactly one month after the first meeting between the two teams.
This time it wasn’t just about the loss. It was how Kansas State suffered defeat. Pullen was stripped cleanly by Alec Burks in the final minute with the game on the line.
He got a three-way call at 6 a.m. the next morning from his two older brothers.
"They told me to take over games,” Pullen said. "Don’t play for the stat sheet.”
Since then, Pullen has been as dominant a scorer as any player in the nation — even more than that guy known as The Jimmer.
Pullen is averaging 27.2 points per game since that loss — and the Wildcats have reeled off five straight wins.
There was the 16-point rout over Kansas, the 10-point victory against Missouri — and the five-point road win against Texas on Monday.
"Everyone wrote us off,” Pullen said. "They said our season was down the drain.”
There was even that comment that gained Pullen national attention when, following the home loss to Colorado, he said he would refuse to play in the NIT.
"I was just emotional,” Pullen said on Monday night. "Of course I’d play in the NIT.”
But he doesn’t have to worry about that these days. Not after his Wildcats have reeled off seven of their past eight games and are 21-9 overall and 9-6 in Big 12 play with one game remaining.
Pullen is leading the Wildcats back to the Big Dance — and he’s got some help from his teammates now.
"He doesn’t talk about the NBA at all now,” Kelly said.
"The numbers don’t matter to me anymore,” Pullen added.
At least not the ones next to his name on the stat sheet.