Now the real challenge can begin.
Kansas State closed out the initial portion of its nonconference basketball schedule with a 67-54 victory over Gardner-Webb on Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum, a result that improved the team’s record to 11-1.
There is much for the Wildcats to be proud of. They are off to their best start under Bruce Weber and they enter Big 12 play on a six-game winning streak. Their only blemish is a 69-68 loss to Maryland on a neutral court. The hot start came against one of the nation’s weakest schedules, but K-State has played well enough to receive votes in each of the past two AP top 25 polls and to climb to No.