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K-State Heads to Lawrence Saturday for 278th Sunflower Showdown
Saturday afternoon two of the three top ranked college basketball teams in the nation from the state of Kansas will be meeting up for a much anticipated match up.
The #25 Kansas State Wildcats will make the short drive down I-70 Saturday to Lawrence for the 278th Sunflower KSU BASKETBALLShowdown against the #18 Kansas Jayhawks. K-State has not won in Lawrence since 2006 and the last time the Wildcats won in Lawrence when both teams were ranked was 1958.
Shane Southwell, senior guard, said that a win Saturday would be crucial. “I never won there or even got close to winning there. I want to get a win there. It is going to be hard to look back on my life and say I did not get a win in that arena.”
To prepare his team for the atmosphere in Lawrence Saturday Head Coach oscar Weber had his team practice while loud crowd noises played in the background.
“The biggest thing is that you have to keep your poise, just try to play and just keep coming at them,” Weber said.
Thomas Gipson, junior forward, said that the extra sound during practice was something new to the team. “We didn’t do that last year, because coaches did not even know it was going to be that loud. Today (Thursday) we handled it pretty well. We were still focused and people were still communicating and trying to talk over the music and system. I feel like we did well.”
Saturday’s game tip’s off at 1:00 p.m. from Allen Fieldhouse.