K-State’s men have improved incrementally in each game so far this season, a pattern not dissimilar from last year’s early performance under Jerome Tang. But those improvements came against mid-major competition; tonight, the Wildcats run into the Big East, and they’ll be sorely tested..
The Game
The Kansas State Wildcats (2-1, 0-0 Big 12) meet the Providence Friars (3-0, 0-0 Big East).
Tonight marks the second-ever meeting between the two squads, the first being an NCAA Tournament game in Norman in 1977, won 87-80 by the Cats. It will be the first meeting between Jerome Tang and his opposing number: a former Missouri Tiger who most Wildcat fans actually respect, Kim English.