It looked like the 2025-26 season’s low point came in a 71-50 loss at Nebraska. In reality, there was still further down to go, it just took one more half of basketball to get there.
Ahead 23-21 with 9:46 to go in the first half, the Jays made just three more shots the rest of the half — while Kansas State made 12 of their last 19 shots (five 3s, five layups and two dunks). The 30-10 run to end the half turned that 23-21 lead into a 51-33 deficit. CU hasn’t been on that end of things very often at home under Greg McDermott, and while the prolonged run was bad enough at face value, the way it happened was even worse.