K-State fans: The 2010 Elite 8 run was so magical. Average seeding we beat was an impressive 9.333!
Also K-State fans: The 2018 Elite 8 run was so flukey. Average seeding we beat was an embarrassing 9.666!
This is a very dumb take
The bottom line is if we're being honest the only difference between those two teams was the guy on the sideline.
Also a very dumb take
29-8 (11-5 2nd), 2 seed, 7 final AP, 6 kenpom
25-12 (10-8 4th), 9 seed, unranked, 42 kenpom
You don't think I knew the accomplishments of those teams when I posted that? When taken into historical context those teams will be looked like the same damn team. Neither won a conference title and both made runs to the elite 8 and lost to teams they should have beaten when they got there. If you want to say the '10 team was better because they had a better kenpom then you have to give in to the fact that they also underachieved, for the entire season. A team with a kempom of 6 had no business losing 8 games and have their season ended by a 5 loss horizon league team.
I don't want to look at the '10 team as underachievers so I'm going to continue to remember them like I do the '18 team, two fun teams that played two of the most entertaining sweet 16 games we've ever seen but went ice cold when they were one step away.
For the record the '19 team, with the exact same players as the '18 team, was the best team we've had since the '88 team.