Your age (range) last time K-State made the Sweet 16

[1/64th]

6 yrs old.  Vaguely remember it.   

[badnewsjimmy]

23 and just married for the first time.

[Lefty]

10. These are factoids that I remember from that tourney ( i probably remember a lot of it wrong):

We were a 4 seed and played Depaul. We won easily.
We then beat LaSalle who had the L-Train. Lionel Simmons. I think.
Then we beat Purdue, the overall #1 seed on pretty much their homecourt. Major upset.
Then we got beat by KU because Scooter Barry went nuts for like 74 points.

[The Whale]

7.

Keep expecting to wake up and hear

The Wildcats miracle season ended last night as they fell to Coastal Carolina U 74 - 58 in the opening round of the CBI.  Immediately after the game, John Currie made an announcement that Jim Wooldridge had been signed to a 3 year extension.  "We're just so proud of how he's handling the program, and are glad he finally made it into the program.  We look forward to a long successful relationship going forward."

[Gooch]

11

[AbeFroman]

No memories, I was 3.

[Stevesie60]

4 months. Named after Steve Henson because of that season.

[_33]

5

[Growler]

Freshman year, skipping class 3 or 4 days a week, acting like a one-and-doner. Eventually got the D for diploma.

shazbot! you Scooter Barry.

 

[BostonPancake]

10. These are factoids that I remember from that tourney ( i probably remember a lot of it wrong):

We were a 4 seed and played Depaul. We won easily.
We then beat LaSalle who had the L-Train. Lionel Simmons. I think.
Then we beat Purdue, the overall #1 seed on pretty much their homecourt. Major upset.
Then we got beat by KU because Scooter Barry went nuts for like 74 points.

Close....we beat LaSalle first, then DePaul.  I also believe DePaul made a late run in the game, but did win by 7 or 8.

[Fldermaus]

KSU freshman year.  Watched Pudont game at Charlies, then bought tix and began the road-trip to the Silverdome before we had a chance to sober-up.

[SleepFighter]

11.  Went absolutely bonkers when we beat Purdue.

Was completely crushed two days later.

[BleedEMAW]

5, don't remember the game, but do recall walking over and watching the    being built.

[kstatefreak42]

-4 years old.

[purplefreak42]

9, I vaguely remember it.

[Saulbadguy]

this thread is depressing.  Need more uplifting threads this week.  LIKE THE K-STATE CONFIDENTIAL THREAD!

I've been a KSU Men's basketball fan for as long as I can remember.

My earliest memories of following them closely come from the 1988 NCAA tourney when I was six years old..  I remember making my parents telling me what days there were games so I could wear my purple shirt to the first grade.  I remember getting so excited after learning what an "upset" was when we beat Purdue.  It wasn't long before Scooter Barry broke my heart, and I thought to myself, "What the f#ck kind of name is Scooter?  WTF?!?"

Ever since then KSU Men's basketball has torn me down every time I get my hopes up.

I remember getting my giant thin-paper brackets from Pizza Hut so I could follow my Cats through the tourney.  I lost interest after filling out "Xavier" and "Minnesota" the first day.

After going nuts after Dana beat Roy in the B8 tourney, I rushed home to watch some dude without a neck from Tulane hit a buzzer beater to beat us.

After the New Mexico blowout, I thought, "Hey, that Manny Dies is just a freshman.  We're gonna be good!"

Most of you should know what happens next.


KSU MBB had done nothing but fail miserably every time there was a small window of optimism as long as I can remember.  That's why I'm skeptical.


Sorry for the gayness.

[schreds21]

I was 13.  Steve Henson's dad (Mike) was our track coach.  Steve came back home during the week after the loss and came to one of our practices.  I remember asking him if he was going to go watch any of the final four games and his reply was "No, I don't think I could stand to be around all those KU fans."  Dude was total EMAW