ESPN B12 "shootaround" aka preview below, pretty general really, but it gives decent background info on all the teams in the league.
"Kansas State
Best-case scenario: The best-case is pretty straightforward. New coach oscar Weber, one of the nation's best man-to-man defensive coaches, takes over Frank Martin's big, physical, ugly defensive team -- which returns basically everyone, save Jamar Samuels -- and the combination is a match made in heaven. After years of struggling with barely committed Illinois defenders, Weber relishes the ethos of this bunch, and the Wildcats become of the nation's least-relished matchups in turn.
Worst-case scenario: This team and Weber were as close to a perfect match as K-State fans could possibly hope. But there may be a bit of worst-case in that too. Weber's teams have struggled to score in the past, and the Cats were turnover prone and inaccurate from the field in 2011-12, relying on dominant offensive rebounding for the majority of their attack. Perhaps the worst-case is that this dynamic repeats itself and Kansas State is merely decent as a result."
MIP's
"Kansas State: Rodney McGruder
The small forward is one of the five best players in the Big 12 and has the potential to an All-American. Still, there are times when he becomes passive, which can be maddening to a coach. McGruder went nearly a month without a 20-point game during conference play last season but still averaged 15.8 points per game."
http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/summershootaround120724/big-12
